Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Jozef Szmidt.jpg
Józef Szmidt
Venue Olympic Stadium
DateSeptember 6
Competitors39 from 24 nations
Winning distance16.81 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Józef Szmidt
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg Vladimir Goryaev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Vitold Kreyer
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1956
1964  

The men's triple jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 6. Thirty-nine athletes from 24 nations competed. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Józef Szmidt of Poland won the gold medal. [2] It was Poland's first medal and first victory in the men's triple jump. Vitold Kreyer of the Soviet Union repeated his bronze medal performance from 1956, becoming the sixth man to win two medals in the event. His countryman Vladimir Goryaev took silver; this made the Soviet Union the fourth nation to have two men on the podium in the same year in the triple jump (the United States, Sweden, and Japan) and the fourth nation to reach the podium three Games in a row (the United States, Finland, and Japan).[ citation needed ]

Background

This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1956 Games were two-time gold medalist (and three-time finalist) Adhemar da Silva of Brazil, silver medalist Vilhjálmur Einarsson of Iceland, bronze medalist Vitold Kreyer of the Soviet Union, two men each from the United States (Bill Sharpe and Ira Davis), Japan (Koji Sakurai and Hiroshi Shibata), and Finland (Kari Rahkamo and Hannu Rantala), Ryszard Malcherczyk of Poland, and Éric Battista of France. But among this veteran field, an Olympic newcomer was favored: Józef Szmidt was the European champion and had broken the world record with the first over-17-metre jump at the Polish championships a month before the Games. [1]

Cuba, Iran, Iraq, and Spain each made their first appearance in the event; Germany made its first appearance as the "United Team of Germany". The United States competed for the 14th 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. [1] [3]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Poland.svg  Józef Szmidt  (POL)17.03 Olsztyn, Poland 5 August 1960
Olympic recordFlag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Adhemar da Silva  (BRA)16.35 Melbourne, Australia 27 November 1956

Józef Szmidt broke the Olympic record in the qualifying round with a jump of 16.44 metres; he improved on that further in the first jump of the final round (16.78 metres) and the third jump of the final round (16.81 metres).

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 6 September 19609:00
15:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

All jumpers reaching 15.50 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Józef Szmidt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 16.44 OR 16.44Q, OR
2 Vladimir Goryaev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.1416.2116.21Q
3 Ryszard Malcherczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 15.4615.9315.93Q
4 Ian Tomlinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15.2915.8915.89Q
5 Manfred Hinze Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 15.8615.86Q
6 Kari Rahkamo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15.8515.85Q
7 Sten Erickson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden X15.4715.7615.76Q
8 Vilhjálmur Einarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 15.4915.7415.74Q
9 Yevgeny Mikhaylov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.6815.68Q
10 Pier Luigi Gatti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15.12X15.6615.66Q
11 Fred Alsop Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain X15.6515.65Q
12 Ira Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15.6415.64Q
13 Adhemar da Silva Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil 15.4715.6115.61Q
14 John Baguley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.6214.7415.5615.56Q
15 Vitold Kreyer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.5615.56Q
16 Enzo Cavalli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15.4815.3315.3715.48
17 Bill Sharpe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15.4415.24X15.44
18 Tomio Ota Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 13.5915.42X15.42
19 Dodyu Patarinski Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria X15.37X15.37
20 Jörg Wischmeyer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany X15.2015.2315.23
21 Eric Battista Flag of France.svg  France 15.22X14.8315.22
22 Hannu Rantala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15.1114.9415.0815.11
23 Karl Thierfelder Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany X15.08X15.08
24 Jan Jaskólski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland X14.8415.0415.04
25 Hiroshi Shibata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 14.9314.80X14.93
26 Luis Felipe Areta Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain X14.9314.93
27 Frederico Bisson Flag of Italy.svg  Italy X14.2114.7614.76
28 Herman Stokes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14.7414.5314.4814.74
29 Samuel Igun Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria 14.7414.5214.2614.74
30 Rouhollah Rahmani State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 14.7013.5214.4214.70
31 Koji Sakurai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 14.5914.1714.0714.59
32 A. Abdul Razzak Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg  Iraq 14.0814.5614.2714.56
33 Ramón López Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 14.0514.5314.5214.53
34 Muhammad Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan X14.4314.2014.43
35 Konstantinos Sfikas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 14.2513.6014.3214.32
36 Dave Norris Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand X13.7814.3014.30
37 Pedro Camacho Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico X14.2113.5814.21
38 Yıldıray Pağda Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 14.1113.85X14.11
39 Pierre William Flag of France.svg  France 13.29XX13.29
Lyuben Gurgushinov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria DNS
Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin Flag of Malaya.svg  Malaya DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Józef Szmidt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 16.78 OR X16.81 OR X16.6313.4816.81 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Vladimir Goryaev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 16.1116.3915.5516.6316.28X16.63
Bronze medal icon.svg Vitold Kreyer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 16.2116.0015.9616.0115.9116.4316.43
4 Ira Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States X16.41X16.13X16.0516.41
5 Vilhjálmur Einarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 16.3716.0615.9016.24X16.3616.37
6 Ryszard Malcherczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 15.8716.0115.8315.8213.1814.6616.01
7 Manfred Hinze Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 15.93X15.84Did not advance15.93
8 Kari Rahkamo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15.84X15.71Did not advance15.84
9 Ian Tomlinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15.4015.7113.29Did not advance15.71
10 Yevgeny Mikhaylov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.5015.6714.83Did not advance15.67
11 Sten Erickson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15.4915.32XDid not advance15.49
12 Fred Alsop Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15.49XXDid not advance15.49
13 John Baguley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.8815.1615.22Did not advance15.22
14 Adhemar da Silva Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil X14.8715.07Did not advance15.07
Pier Luigi Gatti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy XXXDid not advanceNo mark

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