Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Men's Triple Jump event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 45 competitors, with two qualifying groups (45 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Saturday September 24, 1988. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.