triple jump
| Rnk | Mark | Name | Nation | Born | Pos | Venue | Date | Best | Date/Best |
| 1 | 17.59 1.9 | Charles-Michael Friedek | GER | 710826 | 1 | Sevilla | 0825 | 17.59 | 970723 |
| 2 | 17.52 0.4 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 660510 | 1 | Lahti | 0728 | 18.29 | 950807 |
| 3 | 17.49 1.4 | Rostislav Dimitrov | BUL | 741226 | 2 | Sevilla | 0825 |   |   |
| + | 17.48 0.4 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 660510 | 3 | Sevilla | 0825 | 18.29 | 950807 |
| + | 17.43 0.2 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 660510 | 1 | Nürnberg, GER | 0613 | 18.29 | 950807 |
| 4 | 17.40 -0.7 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 701005 | 1 | Paris | 0620 | 17.65 | 980709 |
| 5 | 17.40 0.1 | Yoelbi Quesada | CUB | 730804 | 1 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 0710 | 17.85 | 970808 |
| + | 17.34 0.5 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 660510 | 1 | Lausanne | 0702 | 18.29 | 950807 |
| 6 | 17.32 1.7 | Andrew Murphy | AUS | 691218 | 4 | Sevilla | 0825 |   |   |
| + | 17.31 1.3 | Rostislav Dimitrov | BUL | 741226 | 1 | Tel Aviv | 0613 |   |   |
| + | 17.31 0.7 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 701005 | 2 | Lausanne | 0702 | 17.65 | 980709 |
| 7 | 17.31 1.7 | Jerome Romain | FRA | 710612 | 1 | Castres | 0808 | 17.48 | 950805 |
| 8 | 17.29 1.9 | Jiri Kuntos | CZE | 731002 | 1 | Ostrava | 0626 |   |   |
| 9 | 17.29 1.5 | Paolo Camossi | ITA | 740106 | 5 | Sevilla | 0825 |   |   |
| 10 | 17.27 1.3 | Ketil Hanstveit | NOR | 731102 | 1 | Byrkjelo, NOR | 0808 |   |   |
| + | 17.24 0.7 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 660510 | 2 | Paris | 0620 | 18.29 | 950807 |
| + | 17.24 0.3 | Yoelbi Quesada | CUB | 730804 | 3 | Lausanne | 0702 | 17.85 | 970808 |
| + | 17.20 0.2 | Charles-Michael Friedek | GER | 710826 | 2 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 0710 | 17.59 | 970723 |
| + | 17.19 0.6 | Yoelbi Quesada | CUB | 730804 | 1 | Winnipeg | 0730 | 17.85 | 970808 |
| - | 17.71W 3.4 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 660510 | 1 | Salamanca | 0715 | 18.29 | 950807 |
| - | 17.65W 9.8 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 701005 | 1 | Thessaloniki | 0623 | 17.65 | 980709 |
| - | 17.40W 7.0 | Vasiliy Sokov # | RUS | 680407 | 2 | Thessaloniki | 0623 | 17.59 | 930619 |
| - | 17.30W 4.1 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 660510 | 1 | Cape Town | 0326 | 18.29 | 950807 |
| - | 17.27W 2.3 | Paolo Camossi | ITA | 740106 | 3 | Thessaloniki | 0623 | 17.20 | 980524 |
| - | 17.27W 4. | Yoelbi Quesada | CUB | 730804 | 2 | Salamanca | 0715 | 17.85 | 970808 |