1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 February.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Shamil Abbyasov	Soviet Union	16.81	−	17.30	−	15.01	−	17.30	WR
	Klaus Kübler	West Germany	x	16.72	x	16.73	x	−	16.73
	Aston Moore	Great Britain	x	16.73	x	x	x	16.65	16.73
4	Peter Bouschen	West Germany	16.00	x	16.59	16.61	x	16.15	16.61
5	Bernard Lamitié	France	x	16.48	x	x	16.25	16.50	16.50
6	Aleksandr Beskrovniy	Soviet Union	x	16.24	15.99	x	15.87	16.46	16.46
7	Janoš Hegediš	Yugoslavia	15.90	15.84	16.27	15.87	14.62	16.31	16.31
8	Wolfgang Knabe	West Germany	16.14	x	15.78	16.01	x	x	16.14
9	Alessandro Ussi	Italy	x	15.87	15.50				15.87
10	Johan Brink	Sweden	x	15.48	15.28				15.48