2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
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Medalists
| Gold | ||
 | Phillips Idowu |  United Kingdom |
| Silver | ||
 | Arnie David Giralt |  Cuba |
| Bronze | ||
 | Nelson Évora |  Portugal |
Qualification
Qualification rule: qualification standard 16.95m or at least best 8 qualified
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark | Q | Attempts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | Arnie David Giralt | Cuba | 17.20 SB | Q | 17.20 | ||
| 2 | Aarik Wilson |  United States | 17.17 SB | Q | 16.74 | 17.13 | |
| 3 | Dmitrij Valukevic |  Slovakia | 17.13 SB | Q | 17.13 | ||
| 4 | Phillips Idowu | United Kingdom | 17.05 | Q | 16.86 | 17.05 | |
| 5 | Fabrizio Donato |  Italy | 16.96 | Q | 16.96 | ||
| 6 | Osniel Tosca | Cuba | 16.93 | q | 16.82 | 16.93 | 16.93 |
| 7 | Nelson Évora | Portugal | 16.93 | q | 16.93 | 16.73 | X |
| 8 | Danil Burkenya |  Russia | 16.83 | q | 16.83 | 15.20 | 16.40 |
| 9 | Randy Lewis |  Grenada | 16.77 | 15.46 | X | 16.77 | |
| 10 | Andrés Capellán |  Spain | 16.67 PB | X | X | 16.67 | |
| 11 | Kenta Bell | United States | 16.66 | 16.17 | 16.37 | 16.66 | |
| 12 | Leevan Sands |  Bahamas | 16.31 | 15.76 | 16.31 | 16.24 | |
| 13 | Gu Junjie |  China | 16.25 | 16.21 | 16.08 | 16.25 | |
| 14 | Evgeniy Plotnir | Russia | 16.21 | 16.21 | X | 16.20 | |
| 15 | Xhong Minwei | China | 15.88 SB | 15.74 | 15.88 | X | |
Final
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark | Attempts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 | Phillips Idowu | United Kingdom | 17.75 WL | 17.10 | 17.75 | 17.56 | 17.45 | - | X |
 | Arnie David Giralt | Cuba | 17.47 PB | 17.43 | 17.47 | X | 16.97 | - | X |
 | Nelson Évora | Portugal | 17.27 | X | 17.26 | 17.27 | 17.26 | 16.76 | X |
| 4 | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 17.27 SB | X | 17.10 | X | 17.27 | X | X |
| 5 | Dmitrij Valukevic | Slovakia | 17.14 SB | 16.88 | X | X | 17.14 | X | X |
| 6 | Osniel Tosca | Cuba | 17.13 SB | 17.06 | 17.13 | X | 16.84 | 17.04 | 16.62 |
| 7 | Aarik Wilson | United States | 16.88 | X | 16.88 | X | X | 16.41 | 16.87 |
| 8 | Danil Burkenya | Russia | 16.84 | 16.84 | 15.30 | 16.35 | X | 16.31 | 15.62 |
