1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
2000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's triple jump event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Igor Parygin  Soviet Union
Silver	Zdravko Dimitrov  Bulgaria
Bronze	Du Benzhong  China

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Igor Parygin	Soviet Union	16.97
	Zdravko Dimitrov	Bulgaria	16.13
	Du Benzhong	China	16.00
4	Jaroslav Mrštík	Czechoslovakia	15.82
5	Lahor Marinović	Yugoslavia	15.66
6	Michele Stagnaro	Italy	15.60 w
7	Lars Hedman	Sweden	15.39
8	Brian Wellman	Bermuda	15.28
9	Lawrence Lynch	United Kingdom	15.24
10	Thomas Wolf	East Germany	15.20
11	Bruny Surin	Canada	13.30
	Juan López	Cuba	DQ	(IAAF rule 32.2)

19 Jul

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Igor Parygin	Soviet Union	16.10	Q
2	Lars Hedman	Sweden	15.89	Q
3	Thomas Wolf	East Germany	15.78	Q
4	Du Benzhong	China	15.70	Q
5	Bruny Surin	Canada	15.47	q
6	Roberto Giommoni	Italy	15.44
7	Katsumi Sazanami	Japan	15.43
8	Aryírios Tsoúlos	Greece	15.15
9	James Williams	United States	15.11
10	Patrice Kopoin	Côte d'Ivoire	14.43
11	Yousef Awad	Egypt	13.93
12	Lotfi Khaïda	Algeria	13.68
13	Toyi Simklima	Togo	13.53
	Timothy Barnes	Australia	NM
	Nikola Avramov	Bulgaria	NM
	Edward Manderson	Cayman Islands	NM

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Zdravko Dimitrov	Bulgaria	15.82	Q
2	Brian Wellman	Bermuda	15.80	Q
	Lawrence Lynch	United Kingdom	15.80	Q
4	Michele Stagnaro	Italy	15.67	Q
5	Lahor Marinović	Yugoslavia	15.60	Q
6	Jaroslav Mrštík	Czechoslovakia	15.52	Q
7	Stanislav Bobkov	Soviet Union	15.45
8	Jari Lämsä	Finland	15.21
9	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	15.19
10	Ricardo Valiente	Peru	14.97
11	René Zeman	Austria	14.93
12	José Escalera	Puerto Rico	14.76
13	Rogel Nachum	Israel	14.68
14	Joe McDonald	United States	14.59
15	Devon Hyde	Belize	13.55
	William Akanoa	Cook Islands	NM
	Juan López	Cuba	DQ	(IAAF rule 32.2) Q

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.