1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men

The men's triple jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yoel García  Cuba	Aliecer Urrutia  Cuba	Aleksandr Aseledchenko  Russia

Qualification: 16.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Aliecer Urrutia	Cuba	17.45			17.45	Q
2	A	Charles Friedek	Germany	17.02			17.02	Q
3	A	Yoel García	Cuba	17.01			17.01	Q
4	A	Sigurd Njerve	Norway	16.92			16.92	Q
5	A	Tibor Ordina	Hungary	15.43	16.86		16.86	Q, PB
6	B	Andrew Murphy	Australia	x	16.69	16.83	16.83	Q
7	A	Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa	Zimbabwe	16.26	16.55	16.82	16.82	Q
8	B	Rogel Nachum	Israel	16.82			16.82	Q, SB
9	A	Aleksandr Aseledchenko	Russia	16.75	16.64	16.24	16.75	q
10	A	Georges Sainte-Rose	France	16.56	16.74	16.32	16.74	q
11	B	Jérôme Romain	Dominica	16.45	16.57	16.72	16.72	q
12	B	Gennadiy Glushenko	Ukraine	16.37	15.98	16.71	16.71	q
13	B	Zsolt Czingler	Hungary	16.11	16.27	16.69	16.69
14	A	LaMark Carter	United States	16.67	16.60	16.59	16.67
15	B	Gennadiy Markov	Russia	16.65	x	16.31	16.65
16	B	Serge Hélan	France	16.49	16.58	16.51	16.58
17	A	Sergey Izmaylov	Ukraine	15.93	16.44	16.02	16.44
18	A	Ionel Eftemie	Romania	16.21	16.24	16.39	16.39
19	B	Salem Al-Ahmedi	Saudi Arabia	15.95	16.30	15.81	16.30
20	B	Ivory Angello	United States	16.26	x	x	16.26
21	A	Zeng Lizhi	China	x	16.25	15.85	16.25
22	B	Anísio Silva	Brazil	16.22	x	15.70	16.22
23	A	Messías José Baptista	Brazil	16.09	16.21	x	16.21
24	A	Aleksey Fatyanov	Azerbaijan	15.62	15.35	15.38	15.62
25	B	Brian Wellman	Bermuda	–	15.61	–	15.61
	B	Carlos Calado	Portugal	x	–	–	DNF

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Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Yoel García	Cuba	16.87	17.03	17.30	17.05	16.87	–	17.30
	Aliecer Urrutia	Cuba	16.93	17.27	17.08	17.11	–	–	17.27
	Aleksandr Aseledchenko	Russia	–	17.22	16.82	16.71	–	17.22	17.22	PB
4	Charles Friedek	Germany	17.14	17.16	–	–	17.01	16.94	17.16	SB
5	Andrew Murphy	Australia	16.64	16.89	16.96	16.64	16.45	16.38	16.96
6	Rogel Nachum	Israel	16.45	16.58	16.65	16.75	16.81	16.71	16.81
7	Sigurd Njerve	Norway	15.48	16.81	–	–	–	–	16.81
8	Tibor Ordina	Hungary	16.42	16.46	16.53	16.26	16.65	15.78	16.65
9	Jérôme Romain	Dominica	16.52	16.33	–				16.52
10	Georges Sainte-Rose	France	–	16.41	16.22				16.41
11	Gennadiy Glushenko	Ukraine	16.20	–	16.41				16.41
	Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa	Zimbabwe	–	–	–				NM