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

The men's triple jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 23 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Thirty-five athletes from 23 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Brazilian athlete Adhemar da Silva won the gold medal, breaking the world record twice.[2] It was Brazil's first medal and first victory in the men's long jump. All three of the nations represented on the podium were relatively new to the event in the Olympics; Brazil had sent triple jumpers in 1948 (including da Silva), but the Soviet Union (Leonid Shcherbakov's silver) and Venezuela (Asnoldo Devonish's bronze) each won medals in their first appearance.

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Adhemar da Silva (1956)
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 23
Competitors35 from 23 nations
Winning distance16.22 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leonid Shcherbakov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Asnoldo Devonish
 Venezuela
← 1948
1956 →

Background

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This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1948 Games were gold medalist Arne Åhman of Sweden, fourth-place finisher Preben Larsen of Denmark, fifth-place finisher Geraldo de Oliveira of Brazil, sixth-place finisher Valle Rautio of Finland, and eighth-place finisher Adhemar da Silva of Brazil. The last of these, da Silva, had been very successful in the intervening four years; he tied the world record in 1950 and broke it in 1951, as well as winning the Pan American championship. He was "co-favorite" with European champion Leonid Shcherbakov of the Soviet Union.[1]

Belgium, Egypt, Ghana, Puerto Rico, Saar, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 12th time, having competed at each of the Games so far.

Competition format

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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 14.55 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

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

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

Adhemar da Silva jumped further than his own world record four times: 16.12 in the second jump in the final round, 16.09 in the fourth, 16.22 in the fifth, and 16.05 in the sixth.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 23 July 1952 10:00
15:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Those achieving the qualifying performance of 14.55 metres advanced to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 A Adhemar da Silva   Brazil 15.32 15.32 Q
2 A Asnoldo Devonish   Venezuela 14.22 15.24 15.24 Q
3 B Leonid Shcherbakov   Soviet Union 15.05 15.05 Q
4 A Jim Gerhardt   United States 14.98 14.98 Q
5 A Reino Hiltunen   Finland X 14.82 14.82 Q
6 A Yoshio Iimuro   Japan 14.81 14.81 Q
7 B Arne Åhman   Sweden 13.23 14.72 14.72 Q
8 B Rune Nilsen   Norway 14.65 14.65 Q
9 B Zygfryd Weinberg   Poland 14.46 14.65 14.65 Q
10 B Geraldo de Oliveira   Brazil 14.64 14.64 Q
11 A Preben Larsen   Denmark 14.62 14.62 Q
12 B Tadashi Yamamoto   Japan 13.90 14.30 14.60 14.60 Q
13 B Rui Ramos   Portugal 13.91 X 14.59 14.59 Q
14 A Walter Ashbaugh   United States 14.59 14.59 Q
B Roger Norman   Sweden 14.59 14.59 Q
16 A Jacques Boulanger   France X 14.37 14.49 14.49
17 B José da Conceição   Brazil 14.25 X 14.46 14.46
18 A Choi Yeong-gi   South Korea 12.11 14.38 14.44 14.44
19 A Malik M'Baye   France 14.34 13.86 14.39 14.39
20 A Keizo Hasegawa   Japan X 14.39 14.18 14.39
21 B George Shaw   United States 13.64 14.39 X 14.39
22 B Pentti Uusihauta   Finland X X 14.38 14.38
23 B Valle Rautio   Finland 14.14 X X 14.14
24 B Rade Radovanović   Yugoslavia 13.42 X 14.13 14.13
25 A William Laing   Ghana 13.89 14.09 13.95 14.09
26 B Vasilios Sakellarakis   Greece 14.05 13.73 13.68 14.05
27 A Eugénio Lopes   Portugal 13.67 14.05 13.55 14.05
28 A Stanisław Kowal   Poland 14.03 X X 14.03
29 A Willi Burgard   Saar 13.47 X 13.86 13.86
30 A Nikola Dagorov   Bulgaria 13.39 12.16 13.82 13.82
31 B Felix Würth   Austria 13.65 X 13.53 13.65
32 A Akin Altiok   Turkey 13.14 12.98 13.62 13.62
33 A Walter Herssens   Belgium 13.52 13.03 13.11 13.52
34 A Fawzi Chaaban   Egypt 12.85 X 13.45 13.45
35 A Francisco Castro   Puerto Rico 13.35 13.27 13.37 13.37
A Vladimir Filippov   Soviet Union DNS
B Mikhail Mikhail   Greece DNS
B Neville Price   South Africa DNS
B Héctor Román   Puerto Rico DNS
B Kamtorn Sanidwong   Thailand DNS
B Oscar Simón   Spain DNS

Final

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Medal ceremony

Devonish was injured and did not jump after the second round.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
  Adhemar da Silva   Brazil 15.95 16.12 WR 15.54 16.09 16.22 WR 16.05 16.22 WR
  Leonid Shcherbakov   Soviet Union 15.07 15.26 15.18 15.98 15.84 X 15.98
  Asnoldo Devonish   Venezuela 15.04 15.52 15.52
4 Walter Ashbaugh   United States 15.05 15.39 14.56 14.50 15.38 X 15.39
5 Rune Nilsen   Norway 15.13 14.21 X 14.70 X X 15.13
6 Yoshio Iimuro   Japan 14.99 X X X 14.66 13.70 14.99
7 Geraldo de Oliveira   Brazil X 14.95 12.66 Did not advance 14.95
8 Roger Norman   Sweden 14.89 X 12.66 Did not advance 14.89
9 Reino Hiltunen   Finland 14.85 X 14.40 Did not advance 14.85
10 Zygfryd Weinberg   Poland 14.76 X X Did not advance 14.76
11 Jim Gerhardt   United States 14.69 14.28 14.06 Did not advance 14.69
12 Rui Ramos   Portugal 14.69 13.82 12.15 Did not advance 14.69
13 Preben Larsen   Denmark 14.62 X 14.19 Did not advance 14.62
14 Tadashi Yamamoto   Japan X X 14.57 Did not advance 14.57
15 Arne Åhman   Sweden X X 14.05 Did not advance 14.05

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ Official Report, pp. 314–14.
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