| Event: | Men's triple jump |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 23, 1998. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 16.90 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Saturday August 22, 1998.
| Gold |  Jonathan EdwardsGreat Britain (GBR) | |
| Silver |  Denis KapustinRussia (RUS) | |
| Bronze | Rostislav Dimitrov Bulgaria (BUL) |
| Q | automatic qualification | |
| q | qualification by rank | |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| WR | world record | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.29 m | August 7, 1995 | ||||
| 17.74 m | August 31, 1990 | ||||
| Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships | |||||
| Event Record | 17.99 m | August 23, 1998 | |||
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 17.10 m | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 16.97 m | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 16.82 m | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 16.69 m | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 16.69 m | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 16.54 m | ||||||
| 7 | 12 | 16.50 m | ||||||
| 8 | 13 | 16.49 m | ||||||
| 9 | 14 | 16.39 m | ||||||
| 10 | 15 | 16.34 m | ||||||
| 11 | 18 | 16.26 m | ||||||
| 12 | 23 | 16.12 m | ||||||
| 13 | 24 | 16.10 m | ||||||
| 14 | 25 | 15.91 m | ||||||
| 15 | 27 | 15.54 m | ||||||
| - | - | X | X | X | NM | |||
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 17.10 m | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 16.87 m | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 16.79 m | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 16.78 m | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 16.55 m | ||||||
| 6 | 16 | 16.33 m | ||||||
| 7 | 17 | 16.32 m | ||||||
| 8 | 19 | 16.24 m | ||||||
| 9 | 20 | 16.16 m | ||||||
| 10 | 21 | 16.13 m | ||||||
| 11 | 22 | 16.13 m | ||||||
| 12 | 26 | 15.69 m | ||||||
| 13 | 28 | 15.42 m | ||||||
| 14 | 29 | 14.65 m | ||||||
| - | - | X | X | X | NM | |||
| - | - | DNS | ||||||
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 17.84 | 17.53 | - | - | - | 17.99 | 17.99 m | CR | |||
| 17.13 | 17.22 | 17.45 | - | 16.90 | X | 17.45 m | ||||
| 17.26 | X | X | X | X | X | 17.26 m | ||||
| 4 | 16.56 | 17.22 | 16.93 | X | 16.77 | X | 17.22 m | |||
| 5 | X | 17.16 | 16.48 | 16.77 | X | 16.15 | 17.16 m | |||
| 6 | X | 16.94 | 16.92 | X | 17.04 | 16.98 | 17.04 m | |||
| 7 | 16.45 | 16.20 | 17.03 | X | 16.75 | X | 17.03 m | |||
| 8 | 16.99 | X | 16.74 | X | 16.62 | X | 16.99 m | |||
| 9 | 16.73 | 16.84 | 15.58 | 16.84 m | ||||||
| 10 | 16.83 | 16.66 | 16.48 | 16.83 m | ||||||
| 11 | X | 16.62 | 16.67 | 16.67 m | ||||||
| 12 | 16.43 | 16.53 | 16.58 | 16.58 m | ||||||