The men's triple jump event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Sofia. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Saneyev | 16.55 | 16.83 | 16.58 | 16.63 | 16.40 | 16.75 | 16.83 | |||
| Carol Corbu | 16.38 | 16.54 | 16.43 | 16.47 | 16.83 | 16.42 | 16.83 | NR | ||
| Gennadiy Savlevich | 15.78 | 16.24 | 15.94 | x | 15.96 | x | 16.24 | |||
| 4 | Vasi Dumitrescu | 16.16 | 15.85 | 15.87 | x | x | x | 16.16 | ||
| 5 | Luis Felipe Areta | 15.93 | 15.76 | 16.05 | 16.07 | 16.11 | x | 16.11 | ||
| 6 | Zoltán Cziffra | 15.50 | 15.52 | 15.88 | 15.94 | 15.91 | 16.02 | 16.02 | ||
| 7 | Georgi Stoykovski | 15.73 | x | 16.00 | x | x | x | 16.00 | ||
| 8 | Michael Sauer | 15.79 | 15.61 | 15.61 | 15.94 | 15.73 | 15.54 | 15.94 | ||
| 9 | Harald Strutz | 15.63 | 15.79 | 15.79 | 15.52 | 15.75 | 15.60 | 15.79 | ||
| 10 | Șerban Ciochină | 15.35 | 15.74 | 15.68 | 15.74 | |||||
| 11 | Valentyn Shevchenko | 15.62 | 15.71 | 14.69 | 15.71 | |||||
| 12 | Jörg Drehmel | 13.93 | 15.35 | 15.53 | 15.53 | |||||
| 13 | Henrik Kalocsai | x | 13.72 | 15.50 | 15.50 | |||||
| 14 | Jan Broda | 15.35 | 15.28 | x | 15.35 | |||||
| 15 | Aşkın Tuna | 14.97 | x | x | 14.97 |