Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Adhemar da Silva 1956b.jpg
Adhemar da Silva
Venue Olympic Park Stadium
Date27 November 1956
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning distance16.35 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Adhemar da Silva
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg Vilhjálmur Einarsson
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Bronze medal icon.svg Vitold Kreyer
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1952
1960  
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The men's triple jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The event was also known at the time as the hop, step and jump. [1] Thirty-two athletes from 20 nations competed. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Adhemar da Silva of Brazil, successfully defending his 1952 title. He was the second man to do so, after Myer Prinstein in 1900 and 1904. Vilhjálmur Einarsson won Iceland's first Olympic medal in any event with the silver in this competition. Vitold Kreyer put the Soviet Union on the men's triple jump podium for the second Games in a row with his bronze.

Summary

The qualification round mark was set at 14.80 metres. Eleven athletes didn't surpass that distance in the morning session.

During the afternoon final, Bill Sharpe took the early lead with an American record 15.88m. In the second round, the surprise of the Olympics Vilhjálmur Einarsson jumped a wind aided 16.26m to take the lead. Defending champion and world record holder Adhemar da Silva jumped 16.04m. In the third round, Vitold Kreyer moved into bronze medal position with a 16.02m, while Sharpe injured himself on his attempt and was unable to continue the battle. In the fourth round, da Silva popped an Olympic record 16.35 m (53 ft 7+12 in) to take the lead. da Silva backed up his jump by equalling Einarsson's best jump in the fifth round and adding a 16.21m in the final round. da Silva became Brazil's first back to back winner, while Einarsson won Iceland's first medal. [3]

Background

This was the 13th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1952 Games were gold medalist Adhemar da Silva of Brazil and silver medalist Leonid Shcherbakov of the Soviet Union. Bronze medalist Asnoldo Devonish of Venezuela was entered but did not compete. In 1953, Shcherbakov had broken da Silva's world record, set at the 1952 Olympics; in 1955, da Silva took the world record back. [2]

Nigeria, North Borneo, Pakistan, Singapore, and Uganda each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 13th time, having competed at each of the Games so far.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936. In the qualifying round, each jumper received three attempts to reach the qualifying distance of 14.80 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. In the final round, each athlete had three jumps; the top six received an additional three jumps, with the best of the six to count. [2] [4]

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Brazil.svg  Adhemar da Silva  (BRA)16.56 Mexico City, Mexico 16 March 1955
Olympic recordFlag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Adhemar da Silva  (BRA)16.22 Helsinki, Finland 23 July 1952

Vilhjálmur Einarsson jumped what would have been an Olympic record of 16.26 metres in the competition, but this was (a) wind-assisted and (b) improved upon by Adhemar da Silva, who won with a record mark of 16.35 metres.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 27 November 195610:00
14:30
Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Teruji Kogake Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15.6315.63Q
2 Leonid Shcherbakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.5915.59Q
3 Koji Sakurai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15.4915.49Q
4 Kari Rahkamo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15.4315.43Q
5 Vitold Kreyer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.3815.38Q
6 Hiroshi Shibata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15.2715.27Q
7 George Shaw US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 14.7915.2315.23Q
8 Tapio Lehto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.6713.3415.2115.21Q
9 Vilhjálmur Einarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 15.1615.16Q
Bill Sharpe US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 15.1615.16Q
11 Adhemar da Silva Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 15.1515.15Q
12 Éric Battista Flag of France.svg  France 14.9914.99Q
13 Martin Řehák Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14.9714.97Q
14 Lawrence Ogwang Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda 14.7614.3114.9514.95Q
15 Mohinder Singh Flag of India.svg  India 14.6614.9314.93Q
16 Ira Davis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 14.9314.93Q
Peter Esiri Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria 14.9314.93Q
18 Hannu Rantala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.4514.9214.92Q
19 Ken Wilmshurst Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 14.8914.89Q
20 Choi Yong-Kee Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 14.8614.86Q
21 Ryszard Malcherczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 14.8414.84Q
22 Paul Bamela Engo Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria 14.8114.81Q
23 Brian Oliver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.3714.0814.7414.74
24 Gabuh Piging Flag of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg  North Borneo 14.4714.55X14.55
25 Ronald Gray Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.3714.4614.3114.46
26 Wu Chun-tsai Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China X14.36X14.36
27 Maurice Rich Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.2613.7613.9114.26
28 Sium Diau Flag of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg  North Borneo 14.0913.9913.5614.09
29 Walter Herssens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14.0513.9914.05
30 Muhammad Rashid Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan XX13.9013.90
31 Muhammad Ramzan Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 13.0013.5313.3513.53
Eng-Yoon Tian Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Singapore XXXNo mark
Yevgeny ChenFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNS
Asnoldo Devonish Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela DNS
A. Abdul Razzak Flag of Iraq (1921-1959).svg  Iraq DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Adhemar da Silva Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 15.6916.0415.9016.35 OR 16.2616.2116.35 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Vilhjálmur Einarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland X16.2615.81X15.6116.26
Bronze medal icon.svg Vitold Kreyer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.83X16.0215.51XX16.02
4 Bill Sharpe US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 15.88X14.1515.88
5 Martin Řehák Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 15.58X15.85X15.1015.6315.85
6 Leonid Shcherbakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.75X15.58X15.8015.1215.80
7 Koji Sakurai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15.7315.5915.29Did not advance15.73
8 Teruji Kogake Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15.6414.7115.01Did not advance15.64
9 Ken Wilmshurst Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15.4215.5415.09Did not advance15.54
10 Ryszard Malcherczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 15.5415.2615.41Did not advance15.54
11 Ira Davis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 14.16X15.40Did not advance15.40
12 George Shaw US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 15.33XXDid not advance15.33
13 Hiroshi Shibata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15.2514.85XDid not advance15.25
14 Kari Rahkamo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15.21XXDid not advance15.21
15 Mohinder Singh Flag of India.svg  India 15.20XXDid not advance15.20
16 Éric Battista Flag of France.svg  France 15.1515.03XDid not advance15.15
17 Paul Bamela Engo Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria 14.9815.0314.87Did not advance15.03
18 Tapio Lehto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.6314.91XDid not advance14.91
19 Hannu Rantala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.6514.8714.87Did not advance14.87
20 Lawrence Ogwang Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda 14.1914.7214.15Did not advance14.72
21 Choi Yong-Kee Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 14.65XXDid not advance14.65
Peter Esiri Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria XXXDid not advanceNo mark

References

  1. Abrahams, Harold (1956). The Olympic Games Book. p. 108.
  2. 1 2 3 "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. Official Report, p. 332.