| Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade | ||
|---|---|---|
|   | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women | 
| 200 m | men | women | 
| 400 m | men | women | 
| 800 m | men | women | 
| 1500 m | men | women | 
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women | 
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | 
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | 
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | 
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women | 
| 5 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women | 
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women | 
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women | 
| Discus throw | men | women | 
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women | 
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's triple jump event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 15 and 17 July 1987. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | 
| Charles Simpkins  United States | Kenny Harrison  United States | Māris Bružiks  Soviet Union | 
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ? | Kenny Harrison |  United States | 16.96 | |
| 2 | ? | Charles Simpkins |  United States | 16.68 | |
| 3 | ? | Norifumi Yamashita |  Japan | 16.50 | |
| 4 | ? | Māris Bružiks |  Soviet Union | 16.47 | |
| 5 | ? | Edrick Floréal |  Canada | 16.45 | |
| 6 | ? | Nenad Velimirović |  Yugoslavia | 16.42 | |
| 7 | ? | José Leitão |  Portugal | 16.34 | |
| 8 | ? | Francis Dodoo |  Ghana | 16.20 | |
| 9 | ? | Jonathan Edwards |  Great Britain | 16.18 | |
| 10 | ? | Đorđe Kožul |  Yugoslavia | 16.16 | |
| 11 | ? | Jörg Elbe |  East Germany | 16.12 | |
| 12 | ? | Paolo Challancin |  Italy | 16.03 | |
| 13 | ? | Marios Hadjiandreou |  Cyprus | 15.96 | |
| 14 | ? | Theodoros Tantanozis |  Greece | 15.94 | |
| 15 | ? | Chen Yanping |  China | 15.80 | |
| 16 | ? | Gianni Cecconi |  Italy | 15.77 | [3] | 
| 17 | ? | Fethi Khalifa Abou |  Libya | 15.71 | |
| 18 | ? | Armand Gbaguidi |  Benin | 15.28 | |
| 19 | ? | Billy Oakes |  Ireland | 15.08 | |
| 20 | ? | Ricardo Valiente |  Peru | 14.76 | |
| 21 | ? | Marvin Reid |  Jamaica | 13.80 | |
| 22 | ? | Viasi Narukutabua |  Fiji | 13.79 | |
| 22 | ? | Hassan Ghazala |  Morocco | 13.79 | |
| 24 | ? | Darshana Wijegunasinghe |  Sri Lanka | 13.51 | |
| 25 | ? | Jone Marayawa |  Fiji | 12.42 | 
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Charles Simpkins |  United States | 17.16 | |
|  | Kenny Harrison |  United States | 17.07 | |
|  | Māris Bružiks |  Soviet Union | 16.90 | |
| 4 | Đorđe Kožul |  Yugoslavia | 16.79 | |
| 5 | Francis Dodoo |  Ghana | 16.78 | |
| 6 | Norifumi Yamashita |  Japan | 16.52 | |
| 7 | José Leitão |  Portugal | 16.49 | |
| 8 | Edrick Floréal |  Canada | 16.37 | |
| 9 | Jonathan Edwards |  Great Britain | 15.96 | |
| 10 | Jörg Elbe |  East Germany | 15.93 | |
| 11 | Paolo Challancin |  Italy | 15.81 | |
| 12 | Nenad Velimirović |  Yugoslavia | 14.18 |