1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
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
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
20 km walk		men
50 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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's triple jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 3 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Miloš Srejović Yugoslavia
Silver	Viktor Sanejev Soviet Union
Bronze	Anatoliy Piskulin Soviet Union

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Miloš Srejović	Yugoslavia	16.94
	Viktor Sanejev	Soviet Union	16.93
	Anatoliy Piskulin	Soviet Union	16.87
4	Bernard Lamitié	France	16.87
5	Gennadiy Valyukevich	Soviet Union	16.64
6	Keith Connor	United Kingdom	16.64
7	Milan Spasojević	Yugoslavia	16.62
8	Aston Moore	United Kingdom	16.55
9	Janoš Hegediš	Yugoslavia	16.24
10	Eugeniusz Biskupski	Poland	16.23
11	Lothar Gora	East Germany	16.20
12	Gábor Katona	Hungary	16.18
13	Karel Hradil	Czechoslovakia	16.05
14	Carol Corbu	Romania	16.02
15	Béla Bakosi	Hungary	15.74

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (1)

• Hungary (2)
• Poland (1)

• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (3)

• United Kingdom (2)
• Yugoslavia (3)

References

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