Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Zou Zhenxian  China	Béla Bakosi  Hungary	Keith Connor  Great Britain

Results

Qualification

[1]

Qualifying mark: 16.00 m

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Adrian Ghioroaie	Romania	16.42	Q
2	Willie Banks	United States	16.38	Q
3	Aleksandr Beskrovniy	Soviet Union	16.36	Q
4	Zou Zhenxian	China	16.17	Q
5	Robert Cannon	United States	16.15	Q
6	Bedros Bedrosian	Romania	16.05	Q
?	Ramón Cid	Spain	15.66	[2]

Final

[3][4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Zou Zhenxian	China	17.32	UR, AR
	Béla Bakosi	Hungary	16.97
	Keith Connor	Great Britain	16.88
4	Aleksandr Beskrovniy	Soviet Union	16.87
5	Robert Cannon	United States	16.55
6	Adrian Ghioroaie	Romania	16.55
7	Vladimir Chernikov	Soviet Union	16.53
8	Bedros Bedrosian	Romania	16.39
9	Masami Nakanishi	Japan	16.11
10	Li Menghchun	China	15.99
	Willie Banks	United States	DNS	[5]

References

1. "Jury achter Comaneci" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 22 July 1981. p. 9.
2. "La Universiada-81 repartió sus primeras medallas" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 July 1981. p. 23. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
3. "Final results". The Town Talk. 23 July 1981. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "Final results". United Press International. 22 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. "Chinese-Soviet 'war' mars University Games". The Pantagraph. 23 July 1981. p. 13. Retrieved 22 March 2020.