| 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | men | women |
| 60 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m walk | women | |
| 5000 m walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
The men's triple jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 8 March. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Mike Conley  United States | Oleg Protsenko  Soviet Union | Frank Rutherford  Bahamas |
Qualification: 16.70 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q). [2] [3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khristo Markov |  Bulgaria | 17.07 | Q | |||
| 2 | Māris Bružiks | Soviet Union | 16.93 | Q | |||
| 3 | Oleg Protsenko | Soviet Union | 16.75 | Q | |||
| 4 | Mike Conley | United States | 16.62 | q | |||
| 5 | Ján Čado |  Czechoslovakia | 16.58 | q | |||
| 6 | Joseph Taiwo |  Nigeria | 16.55 | q | |||
| 7 | Norifumi Yamashita |  Japan | 16.47 | q | |||
| 8 | Frank Rutherford |  Barbados | 16.40 | q | |||
| 9 | Didier Falise |  Belgium | 16.39 | q | |||
| 10 | Al Joyner | United States | 16.36 | q | |||
| 11 | Steve Hanna | Bahamas | 16.25 | q | |||
| 12 | Đorđe Kožul |  Yugoslavia | 16.13 | q | |||
| 13 | Arne Holm |  Sweden | 16.07 | ||||
| 14 | Peter Beames |  Australia | 16.05 | ||||
| 15 | Marios Hadjiandreou |  Cyprus | 15.72 | ||||
| 16 | Serge Hélan |  France | 15.69 | ||||
| 17 | José Quiñaliza |  Ecuador | 14.77 | NR | |||
| 18 | Edward Manderson |  Cayman Islands | 14.39 | ||||
| 19 | Mauricio Carranza |  El Salvador | 13.74 | NR | |||
| Hassan Badra |  Egypt | x | x | x | NM | ||
| Jesús Oliván |  Spain | DNS | |||||
| Ajayi Agbebaku | Nigeria | DNS | |||||
| Paul Emordi | Nigeria | DNS |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mike Conley | United States | 16.56 | 17.01 | 17.15 | 17.13 | 16.07 | 17.54 | 17.54 | CR |
 | Oleg Protsenko | Soviet Union | 15.52 | 17.23 | 16.85 | 17.26 | 17.20 | x | 17.26 | |
 | Frank Rutherford | Bahamas | 14.78 | 16.31 | 17.02 | x | x | x | 17.02 | |
| 4 | Khristo Markov | Bulgaria | 16.87 | 16.96 | 16.87 | 16.70 | 16.68 | – | 16.96 | |
| 5 | Al Joyner | United States | 16.61 | 16.36 | 16.62 | – | 16.25 | 16.92 | 16.92 | |
| 6 | Joseph Taiwo | Nigeria | 16.48 | 16.63 | 16.65 | 16.41 | 16.48 | 16.50 | 16.65 | |
| 7 | Māris Bružiks | Soviet Union | 16.12 | 16.55 | 15.91 | 16.34 | 16.61 | 15.82 | 16.61 | |
| 8 | Didier Falise | Belgium | 16.40 | 16.53 | 16.26 | 16.27 | 16.20 | 16.27 | 16.53 | |
| 9 | Norifumi Yamashita | Japan | 15.49 | 16.22 | 16.43 | 16.43 | ||||
| 10 | Ján Čado | Czechoslovakia | 16.33 | 14.23 | 16.19 | 16.33 | ||||
| 11 | Steve Hanna | Bahamas | 15.61 | 16.09 | x | 16.09 | ||||
| 12 | Đorđe Kožul | Yugoslavia | 15.59 | – | 15.53 | 15.59 |
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