| 1988 European Athletics 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 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Oleg Sakirkin |  Soviet Union | 16.91 | x | 17.30 | 17.07 | – | x | 17.30 | |
 | Béla Bakosi |  Hungary | x | x | 16.82 | 17.25 | x | x | 17.25 | NR |
 | Vasif Asadov | Soviet Union | x | 17.02 | x | 17.23 | x | 16.86 | 17.23 | |
| 4 | Khristo Markov |  Bulgaria | x | 17.05 | x | x | 17.19 | x | 17.19 | |
| 5 | John Herbert |  Great Britain | 16.74 | 16.74 | 16.61 | 16.63 | 16.87 | x | 16.87 | |
| 6 | Marios Hadjiandreou |  Cyprus | 16.24 | 16.37 | 16.74 | x | x | x | 16.74 | |
| 7 | Ivan Slanař |  Czechoslovakia | x | 16.72 | 14.42 | – | x | 16.52 | 16.72 | |
| 8 | Zdzisław Hoffmann |  Poland | 16.24 | 16.29 | 16.56 | – | x | 16.36 | 16.56 | |
| 9 | Đorđe Kožul |  Yugoslavia | 16.48 | 16.55 | 16.41 | 16.55 | ||||
| 10 | Dario Badinelli |  Italy | 16.01 | 16.25 | 16.54 | 16.54 | ||||
| 11 | Lucian Sfiea |  Romania | 16.29 | 16.39 | 16.31 | 16.39 | ||||
| 12 | Wolfgang Zinser |  West Germany | 16.24 | x | 15.77 | 16.24 | ||||
| 13 | Serge Hélan |  France | 15.50 | 15.88 | 15.61 | 15.88 | ||||
| 14 | Kersten Wolters | West Germany | 15.85 | 15.64 | x | 15.85 | ||||
| 15 | Arne Holm |  Sweden | 15.73 | x | x | 15.73 | ||||
| Gyula Pálóczi | Hungary | x | x | x | NM |
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