Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Triple Jump medalists gold Nambu silver Svenson bronze Ohshima 1932.jpg
Svensson, Nambu, and Oshima
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DateAugust 4, 1932
Competitors16 from 12 nations
Winning distance15.72 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Chūhei Nambu
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Erik Svensson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Kenkichi Oshima
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
  1928
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The men's triple jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 4. Sixteen athletes from 12 nations competed. [1] The 1930 Olympic Congress in Berlin had reduced the limit from 4 athletes per NOC to 3 athletes. [2] Chūhei Nambu of Japan won gold with a world record breaking jump. [3] It was Japan's second consecutive gold medal in the men's triple jump; Japan also became the third nation (after the United States and Sweden) to have two medalists in the event in the same Games as Kenkichi Oshima took bronze. Sweden took its first medal in the event since 1920 with Erik Svensson's silver.

Background

This was the ninth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1928 Games were the two Japanese jumpers, gold medalist Mikio Oda and fourth-place finisher Chūhei Nambu; they were joined this time by Kenkichi Oshima. Oda held the world record, but was injured. Nanbu was the long jump world record holder and had won bronze in that event earlier in the Games. [1]

India, Italy, and Mexico each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the ninth time, having competed at each of the Games so far.

Competition format

The competition was only a final. [1] [4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Japan.svg  Mikio Oda  (JPN)15.58 Tokyo, Japan 27 October 1931
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Nick Winter  (AUS)15.525 Paris, France 12 July 1924

Chūhei Nambu set the new world and Olympic records with 15.72 metres in his fifth jump.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 4 August 193214:30Final

Results

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Chūhei Nambu Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15.0714.6715.2214.8915.72 WR 14.8515.72 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Erik Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14.2115.32X14.7014.77X15.32
Bronze medal icon.svg Kenkichi Oshima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan XX15.05X14.8515.1215.12
4 Eamonn Fitzgerald Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 14.8915.01Unknown15.01
5 Wim Peters Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Unknown14.93
6 Sol Furth US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Unknown14.88
7 Sid Bowman US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Unknown14.87
8 Rolland Romero US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Unknown14.85
9 Péter Bácsalmási Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary Unknown14.33
10 Francesco Tabai Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Unknown14.29
11 Onni Rajasaari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Unknown14.20
12 Mikio Oda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Unknown13.97
13 Nikolaos Papanikolaou Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece Unknown13.92
14 Mehar Chand Dhawan British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India Unknown13.66
15 Salvador Alanís Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg  Mexico Unknown13.28
Jack Portland Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada XXXXXXNo mark

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. Official Report, p. 377.
  3. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. Official Report, p. 448.