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

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.

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Svensson, Nambu, and Oshima
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DateAugust 4
Competitors16 from 12 nations
Winning distance15.72 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chūhei Nambu
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erik Svensson
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kenkichi Oshima
 Japan
← 1928
1936 →

Background

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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

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

Records

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

World record   Mikio Oda (JPN) 15.58 Tokyo, Japan 27 October 1931
Olympic record   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

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Date Time Round
Thursday, 4 August 1932 14:30 Final

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
  Chūhei Nambu   Japan 15.07 14.67 15.22 14.89 15.72 WR 14.85 15.72 WR
  Erik Svensson   Sweden 14.21 15.32 X 14.70 14.77 X 15.32
  Kenkichi Oshima   Japan X X 15.05 X 14.85 15.12 15.12
4 Eamonn Fitzgerald   Ireland 14.89 15.01 Unknown 15.01
5 Wim Peters   Netherlands Unknown 14.93
6 Sol Furth   United States Unknown 14.88
7 Sid Bowman   United States Unknown 14.87
8 Rolland Romero   United States Unknown 14.85
9 Péter Bácsalmási   Hungary Unknown 14.33
10 Francesco Tabai   Italy Unknown 14.29
11 Onni Rajasaari   Finland Unknown 14.20
12 Mikio Oda   Japan Unknown 13.97
13 Nikolaos Papanikolaou   Greece Unknown 13.92
14 Mehar Chand Dhawan   India Unknown 13.66
15 Salvador Alanís   Mexico Unknown 13.28
Jack Portland   Canada X X X X X X No mark

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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.