Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 20 and 22 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Anatoliy Piskulin Soviet Union	Ron Livers United States	Willie Banks United States

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Ron Livers	United States	16.52
2	?	Aleksandr Yakovlev	Soviet Union	16.43
3	?	Roberto Mazzuccato	Italy	16.38
4	?	Willie Banks	United States	16.26
5	?	Juan Velásquez	Cuba	16.18
6	?	Junishi Usui	Japan	16.15
7	?	Paolo Piapan	Italy	16.02
8	?	Zou Zhenxian	China	16.01
9	?	Anatoliy Piskulin	Soviet Union	15.96
10	?	Janoš Hegediš	Yugoslavia	15.89
11	?	Adrian Ghioroaie	Romania	15.88
12	?	Andrzej Sontag	Poland	15.83
13	?	Mike Nipinak	Canada	15.79
14	?	Masami Nakanishi	Japan	15.76
15	?	Mikhail Mikhailov	Bulgaria	15.54
16	?	Georgi Georgiev	Bulgaria	15.41
17	?	Alberto Solanas	Spain	15.40
18	?	Bedros Bedrosian	Romania	15.35
19	?	Don Commons	Australia	15.33
20	?	John Okoro	Nigeria	15.20
21	?	Zdzisław Sobora	Poland	15.18
22	?	Thomas Thoma	Greece	14.85
23	?	Jim Wadda	Gambia	14.26
	?	H. Nkuria	Kenya	13.72

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Anatoliy Piskulin	Soviet Union	17.30w
	Ron Livers	United States	16.96w
	Willie Banks	United States	16.94
4	Juan Velásquez	Cuba	16.90
5	Aleksandr Yakovlev	Soviet Union	16.83
6	Zou Zhenxian	China	16.45
7	Andrzej Sontag	Poland	16.40
8	Janoš Hegediš	Yugoslavia	16.34
9	Adrian Ghioroaie	Romania	15.69
10	Paolo Piapan	Italy	14.21
	Junishi Usui	Japan	NM
	Roberto Mazzuccato	Italy	DNS