The men's triple jump event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March.
Medalists
edit| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Igor Lapshin Soviet Union
|
Leonid Voloshin Soviet Union
|
Tord Henriksson Sweden
|
Results
editQualification
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igor Lapshin | Soviet Union |
16.81 | Q |
| 2 | Leonid Voloshin | Soviet Union |
16.72 | Q |
| 3 | Zou Sixin |  China |
16.68 | Q |
| 4 | Tord Henriksson | Sweden |
16.64 | Q |
| 5 | Frank Rutherford |  Bahamas |
16.63 | Q |
| 6 | Volker Mai |  Germany |
16.58 | Q |
| 7 | Chen Yanping | China |
16.51 | Q |
| 8 | Anísio Silva |  Brazil |
16.50 | Q |
| 9 | Andrzej Grabarczyk |  Poland |
16.46 | Q |
| 10 | Milan Mikuláš |  Czechoslovakia |
16.37 | Q |
| 11 | John Tillman |  United States |
16.32 | Q |
| 12 | Dario Badinelli |  Italy |
16.25 | Q |
| 12 | Nikolay Raev |  Bulgaria |
16.25 | Q |
| 14 | Jörg Friess | Germany |
16.16 | |
| 15 | Marios Hadjiandreou |  Cyprus |
15.97 | |
| 16 | Theodoros Tantanozis |  Greece |
15.85 | |
| 16 | Ján Čado | Czechoslovakia |
15.85 | |
| 18 | Dorel Eftene |  Romania |
15.83 | |
| 19 | António Santos |  Angola |
15.49 | |
| 20 | Ricardo Valiente |  Peru |
14.71 | NR |
| Charles Simpkins | United States |
NM |
Final
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Igor Lapshin | Soviet Union |
16.58 | 16.86 | 17.31 | 16.84 | x | – | 17.31 | |
 |
Leonid Voloshin | Soviet Union |
17.04 | x | 16.93 | 17.03 | x | 16.56 | 17.04 | |
 |
Tord Henriksson | Sweden |
16.74 | x | 16.80 | x | x | 16.45 | 16.80 | |
| 4 | Zou Sixin | China |
16.66 | x | 16.78 | 16.66 | 16.58 | x | 16.78 | PB |
| 5 | Volker Mai | Germany |
16.64 | 16.74 | 16.60 | 16.55 | 16.56 | 16.65 | 16.74 | |
| 6 | Chen Yanping | China |
x | 16.63 | x | x | 16.70 | x | 16.70 | |
| 7 | Dario Badinelli | Italy |
16.11 | 16.10 | 16.62 | x | 16.23 | x | 16.62 | |
| 8 | Frank Rutherford | Bahamas |
16.51 | 16.61 | x | x | x | x | 16.61 | |
| 9 | John Tillman | United States |
16.24 | 16.18 | 16.58 | 16.58 | ||||
| 10 | Anísio Silva | Brazil |
x | 16.44 | 16.09 | 16.44 | ||||
| 11 | Andrzej Grabarczyk | Poland |
16.25 | 16.33 | 16.19 | 16.33 | ||||
| 12 | Nikolay Raev | Bulgaria |
15.72 | 16.14 | 16.19 | 16.19 | ||||
| Milan Mikuláš | Czechoslovakia |
x | x | x | NM |