Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump

at the Games of the XV Olympiad

Venue

Date

July 23

Competitors

35 from 23 nations

Medalists

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
10 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The Men's triple jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 23 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.Brazilian athlete Adhemar da Silva won the gold medal.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (BRA)	16.01 m	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	30 September 1951
Olympic record	Naoto Tajima (JPN)	16.00 m	Berlin, Germany	6 August 1936

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
23 July	Final	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	16.22 m	OR	WR

Qualifying Performance 14.55 advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Mark
1	A	Adhemar da Silva	Brazil	15.32
2	A	Arnoldo Devonish	Venezuela	15.24
3	B	Leonid Shcherbakov	Soviet Union	15.05
4	A	Jim Gerhardt	United States	14.98
5	A	Reino Hiltunen	Finland	14.82
6	A	Yoshio Imuro	Japan	14.81
7	B	Arne Åhman	Sweden	14.72
8	B	Rune Nilsen	Norway	14.65
9	B	Zygfryd Weinberg	Poland	14.65
10	B	Geraldo de Oliveira	Portugal	14.64
11	A	Preben Larsen	Denmark	14.62
12	B	Tadashi Yamamoto	Japan	14.60
13	B	Rui Ramos	Portugal	14.59
=14	A	Walt Ashbaugh	United States	14.59
=14	B	Roger Norman	Sweden	14.59
16	A	Jacques Boulanger	France	14.49
17	B	José da Conceição	Brazil	14.46
18	A	Choi Yeong-Gi	South Korea	14.44
19	A	Malik M'Baye	France	14.39
20	A	Keizo Hasegawa	Japan	14.39
21	B	George Shaw	United States	14.39
22	B	Pentti Uusihauta	Finland	14.38
23	B	Valle Rautio	Finland	14.14
24	B	Rade Radovanović	Yugoslavia	14.13
25	A	William Laing	Gold Coast	14.09
26	B	Vasilios Sakellarakis	Greece	14.05
27	A	Eugénio Lopes	Portugal	14.05
28	A	Stanisław Kowal	Poland	14.03
29	A	Willi Burgard	Saar	13.86
30	A	Nikola Dagorov	Bulgaria	13.82
31	B	Felix Würth	Austria	13.65
32	A	Akin Altiok	Turkey	13.62
33	A	Walter Herssens	Belgium	13.52
34	A	Fawzi Chaaban	Egypt	13.45
35	A	Francisco Castro	Puerto Rico	13.37

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
01 !	Adhemar da Silva	Brazil	15.95	16.12	15.54	16.09	16.22	16.05	16.22	WR
02 !	Leonid Shcherbakov	Soviet Union	15.07	15.26	15.18	15.98	15.84	00.00 !x	15.98
03 !	Arnoldo Devonish	Venezuela	15.04	15.52	–	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	15.52
4	Walt Ashbaugh	United States	15.05	15.39	14.56	14.50	15.38	00.00 !x	15.39
5	Rune Nilsen	Norway	15.13	14.21	00.00 !x	14.70	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	15.13
6	Yoshio Imuro	Japan	14.99	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	14.66	13.70	14.99

7	Geraldo de Oliveira	Brazil	00.00 !x	14.95	12.66				14.95
8	Roger Norman	Sweden	14.89	00.00 !x	12.66				14.89
9	Reino Hiltunen	Finland	14.85	00.00 !x	14.40				14.85
10	Zygfryd Weinberg	Poland	14.76	00.00 !x	00.00 !x				14.76
11	Jim Gerhardt	United States	14.69	14.28	14.06				14.69
12	Rui Ramos	Portugal	14.69	13.82	12.15				14.69
13	Preben Larsen	Denmark	14.62	00.00 !x	14.19				14.62
14	Tadashi Yamamoto	Japan	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	14.57				14.57
15	Arne Åhman	Sweden	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	14.05				14.05

Triple jump at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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