The Men's triple jump event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 5–7 March 2004.
The winning margin was 40 cm which as of July 2024 remains the greatest winning margin at the men's triple jump at these championships.
Medalists
edit| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Christian Olsson Sweden
|
Jadel Gregório Brazil
|
Yoandris Betanzos Cuba
|
Results
editQualification
editQualifying performance 16.95 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Mykola Savolaynen |  Ukraine |
16.50 | 16.82 | 17.16 | 17.16 | Q |
| 2 | A | Dmitrij Valukevic |  Belarus |
17.16 | 17.16 | Q | ||
| 3 | A | Yoandris Betanzos | Cuba |
14.09 | 17.10 | 17.10 | Q | |
| 4 | B | Marian Oprea |  Romania |
17.01 | 17.01 | Q | ||
| 5 | A | Christian Olsson | Sweden |
16.99 | 16.99 | Q | ||
| 6 | B | Jadel Gregório | Brazil |
16.96 | 16.96 | Q | ||
| 7 | B | Julien Kapek |  France |
16.78 | 16.95 | 16.95 | Q | |
| 8 | B | Danil Burkenya |  Russia |
16.65 | 15.37 | 16.79 | 16.79 | q |
| 9 | B | Hristos Meletoglou |  Greece |
16.19 | 16.54 | 16.79 | 16.79 | NR |
| 10 | A | Daniel Donovici | Romania |
16.72 | 16.65 | 16.76 | 16.76 | |
| 11 | B | Fabrizio Donato |  Italy |
15.01 | 16.68 | 15.52 | 16.68 | |
| 12 | A | Andrew Murphy |  Australia |
16.67 | 16.60 | 16.45 | 16.67 | |
| 13 | A | Aleksandr Sergeev | Russia |
16.49 | 16.60 | 16.56 | 16.60 | |
| 14 | B | Momchil Karailiev |  Bulgaria |
15.91 | 16.57 | 16.34 | 16.57 | SB |
| 15 | B | Allen Simms |  United States |
16.08 | 16.49 | 15.95 | 16.49 | |
| 16 | A | LaMark Carter | United States |
16.23 | X | 16.47 | 16.47 | |
| 17 | A | Gu Junjie |  China |
16.06 | 16.38 | 16.40 | 16.40 | SB |
| 18 | A | Sébastien Pincemail | France |
16.38 | X | X | 16.38 | |
| 19 | A | Nelson Évora |  Portugal |
16.30 | 15.17 | 16.10 | 16.30 | |
| 20 | B | Olivier Sanou |  Burkina Faso |
16.09 | X | X | 16.09 | SB |
| 21 | A | Péter Tölgyesi |  Hungary |
15.97 | 15.64 | X | 15.97 | |
| B | Arnie David Giralt | Cuba |
DNS |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Christian Olsson | Sweden |
17.30 | 17.51 | 17.83 | – | 17.45 | – | 17.83 | WR |
 |
Jadel Gregório | Brazil |
16.87 | 17.43 | 16.88 | 17.28 | 17.01 | 17.21 | 17.43 | |
 |
Yoandris Betanzos | Cuba |
14.56 | 17.07 | 17.23 | X | X | 17.36 | 17.36 | |
| 4 | Dmitrij Valukevic | Belarus |
17.07 | 17.14 | 17.22 | X | 16.95 | X | 17.22 | |
| 5 | Marian Oprea | Romania |
16.70 | 17.19 | 17.15 | 16.75 | X | 16.92 | 17.19 | SB |
| 6 | Mykola Savolaynen | Ukraine |
16.76 | X | 16.67 | 16.53 | 16.73 | 16.95 | 16.95 | |
| 7 | Danil Burkenya | Russia |
16.28 | 16.53 | X | 16.62 | 16.52 | 16.34 | 16.62 | |
| 8 | Julien Kapek | France |
16.01 | 16.43 | 16.48 | 16.37 | 16.50 | X | 16.50 |