Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October 1964. 36 athletes from 23 nations entered, with 2 not starting in the qualification round.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Józef Szmidt of Poland, the third man to repeat as Olympic champion in the triple jump. Just as in 1960, the Soviet Union took silver and bronze behind Szmidt.

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Józef Szmidt
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date16 October
Competitors34 from 21 nations
Winning distance16.85 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Józef Szmidt
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleg Fyodoseyev
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Victor Kravchenko
 Soviet Union
← 1960
1968 →
Official Video Highlights @50:50 Video on YouTube

Background

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This was the 15th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1960 Games were gold medalist Józef Szmidt of Poland, bronze medalist Vitold Kreyer of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Ira Davis of the United States, seventh-place finisher Manfred Hinze of the United Team of Germany, ninth-place finisher Ian Tomlinson of Australia, and twelfth-place finisher Fred Alsop of Great Britain. Szmidt had won the European championship again in 1962 and would have been the favorite but for a recent knee surgery that made his ability to repeat questionable.[2]

The Bahamas, Hong Kong, Madagascar, Romania, and Senegal each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 15th 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 15.80 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][3]

Records

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These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.

World record   Józef Szmidt (POL) 17.03 Olsztyn, Poland 5 August 1960
Olympic record   Józef Szmidt (POL) 16.81 Rome, Italy 6 September 1960

Józef Szmidt set a new Olympic record with 16.85 metres.

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Friday, 16 October 1964 10:30
14:30
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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The qualification standard was 15.80 metres with a minimum of 12 jumpers advancing. Each jumper had three opportunities. 13 met or exceeded the standard, advancing to the next round.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Fred Alsop   Great Britain X 15.21 16.41 16.41 Q
2 Ira Davis   United States 16.29 16.29 Q
3 Manfred Hinze   United Team of Germany 14.10 15.47 16.23 16.23 Q
4 Georgi Stoykovski   Bulgaria 16.21 16.21 Q
5 Józef Szmidt   Poland 16.18 16.18 Q
6 Jan Jaskólski   Poland 16.10 16.10 Q
7 Takayuki Okazaki   Japan 15.76 15.47 16.05 16.05 Q
8 Hans-Jürgen Rückborn   United Team of Germany 15.88 15.88 Q
9 Oleg Fyodoseyev   Soviet Union 15.87 15.87 Q
10 Mansour Dia   Senegal 15.64 15.84 15.84 Q
11 Şerban Ciochină   Romania 15.81 15.81 Q
Victor Kravchenko   Soviet Union 15.81 15.81 Q
13 Bill Sharpe   United States 15.80 15.80 Q
14 Günter Krivec   United Team of Germany X 15.78 15.78 15.78
15 Ian Tomlinson   Australia 15.09 15.76 15.34 15.76
16 Vitold Kreyer   Soviet Union 15.71 15.57 15.69 15.71
17 Koji Sakurai   Japan 15.42 15.59 15.45 15.59
18 Michael Ralph   Great Britain 15.09 13.98 15.57 15.57
19 Henrik Kalocsai   Hungary X 15.53 15.15 15.53
20 Luis Felipe Areta   Spain 15.41 X X 15.41
21 Kent Floerke   United States 15.36 X 15.33 15.36
22 George Ogan   Nigeria X 15.35 15.28 15.35
23 Aşkın Tuna   Turkey 15.08 15.21 X 15.21
24 Christian Ohiri   Nigeria 14.35 15.08 15.00 15.08
25 Éric Battista   France 15.04 X X 15.04
26 Labh Singh   India 14.95 X 14.74 14.95
27 Lyuben Gurgushinov   Bulgaria 14.75 X X 14.75
28 Marc Rabémila   Madagascar 14.15 14.62 13.92 14.62
29 Hartley Saunders   Bahamas 14.59 13.75 14.58 14.59
30 Hwang Jeong-dae   South Korea X X 13.98 13.98
31 Samir Vincent   Iraq X X 13.85 13.85
32 Chu Ming   Hong Kong 13.25 X 13.50 13.50
33 Graham Boase   Australia X X X No mark
Tomio Ota   Japan X X X No mark
Cha Won-Sil   North Korea DNS
C. Mousiadis   Greece DNS

Final

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The qualification jumps were ignored, each jumper starting with a clean slate in the final. Each jumper jumped three times; the six who had jumped the furthest received another three attempts.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
  Józef Szmidt   Poland 16.37 16.65 16.58 X 14.55 16.85 OR 16.85 OR
  Oleg Fedoseyev   Soviet Union 15.73 15.67 16.35 16.20 16.58 16.38 16.58
  Victor Kravchenko   Soviet Union 16.14 16.38 16.17 16.57 16.10 15.99 16.57
4 Fred Alsop   Great Britain 16.46 X 16.14 X X 16.14 16.46
5 Șerban Ciochină   Romania 15.79 16.23 15.70 16.10 15.79 15.77 16.23
6 Manfred Hinze   United Team of Germany 15.81 16.06 16.15 X 13.63 X 16.15
7 Georgi Stoykovski   Bulgaria 15.30 15.96 16.10 Did not advance 16.10
8 Hans-Jürgen Rückborn   United Team of Germany 16.09 X 15.52 Did not advance 16.09
9 Ira Davis   United States 15.97 15.82 16.00 Did not advance 16.00
10 Takayuki Okazaki   Japan 15.69 X 15.90 Did not advance 15.90
11 William Sharpe   United States 15.84 15.69 15.67 Did not advance 15.84
12 Jan Jaskólski   Poland 15.82 X X Did not advance 15.82
13 Mansour Dia   Senegal 15.40 X 15.44 Did not advance 15.44

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 48.