Medalists

Gold	Khristo Markov Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...  (BUL)
Silver	Māris Bružiks Maris Bružiks Māris Bružiks is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR, and later, following its dissolution, Latvia.... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)
Bronze	Oleg Protsenko Oleg Protsenko Oleg Valeryevich Protsenko is a retired male triple jumper who represented the USSR. He won a bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships as well as a silver medal at the 1987 World Indoor Championships. In June 1990 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.75 metres, which puts him 17th in the... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships
World Record		17.97 m	June 16, 1985	Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Event Record		17.29 m	September 10, 1982	Athens, Greece
Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships
Event Record		17.33 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
Event Record		17.66 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

Final

See also

• 1983 Men's World Championships Triple Jump (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Triple Jump (Los Angeles)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Triple Jump (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Triple Jump (Seoul)