Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| Men's triple jump at the Games of the VII Olympiad
|
|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 19–21 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
|
|||||||||||||
| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics  |
||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 3 km walk | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 56 lb weight throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The men's triple jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Thursday, August 19, 1920, to Saturday, August 21, 1920.
Twenty-one triple jumpers from eight nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 15.52 |  Dan Ahearn (*) |
New York (USA) | May 30, 1911 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 14.92 | Tim Ahearne |
London (GBR) | July 25, 1908 |
(*) Dan Ahearn set his world record while being a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at this Olympics he represented the United States.
Results
The best six triple jumpers qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Qual. | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Rank | |||
| 1 |  Vilho Tuulos (FIN) |
14.505 | 1 | 14.505 |
| 2 |  Folke Jansson (SWE) |
14.16 | 3 | 14.48 |
| 3 | Erik Almlöf (SWE) |
14.19 | 2 | 14.27 |
| 4 | Ivar Sahlin (SWE) |
13.86 | 5 | 14.175 |
| 5 |  Sherman Landers (USA) |
14.00 | 4 | 14.17 |
| 6 | Dan Ahearn (USA) |
13.75 | 6 | 14.08 |
| 7 | Ossian Nylund (FIN) |
13.74 | ||
| 8 |  Benjamin Howard Baker (GBR) |
13.675 | ||
| 9 |  Kaare Bache (NOR) |
13.64 | ||
| 10 | Sven Runström (SWE) |
13.63 | ||
| 11 | Erling Juul (NOR) |
13.59 | ||
| 12 | Kaufman Geist (USA) |
13.52 | ||
| 13 | Erling Vinne (NOR) |
13.34 | ||
| 14 | Charles Lively (GBR) |
13.15 | ||
| 15 | Clarence Jaquith (USA) |
13.04 | ||
| 16 |  Etienne Proux (FRA) |
12.925 | ||
| 17 | André Chilo (FRA) |
12.54 | ||
| 18 |  Menelaos Ponireas (GRE) |
12.60 | ||
| 19 | Gustave Remouet (FRA) |
12.475 | ||
| 20 |  František Šretr (TCH) |
NM | ||
| František Stejskal (TCH) |
NM | |||
References
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
