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

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).

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Józef Szmidt
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateSeptember 6
Competitors39 from 24 nations
Winning distance16.81 OR
Medalists
Józef Szmidt
 Poland
Vladimir Goryaev
 Soviet Union
Vitold Kreyer
 Soviet Union

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 record Józef Szmidt (POL)17.03Olsztyn, Poland5 August 1960
Olympic record Adhemar da Silva (BRA)16.35Melbourne, Australia27 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)

Date Time Round
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
1Józef Szmidt Poland16.44 OR16.44Q, OR
2Vladimir Goryaev Soviet Union15.1416.2116.21Q
3Ryszard Malcherczyk Poland15.4615.9315.93Q
4Ian Tomlinson Australia15.2915.8915.89Q
5Manfred Hinze United Team of Germany15.8615.86Q
6Kari Rahkamo Finland15.8515.85Q
7Sten Erickson SwedenX15.4715.7615.76Q
8Vilhjálmur Einarsson Iceland15.4915.7415.74Q
9Yevgeny Mikhaylov Soviet Union15.6815.68Q
10Pier Luigi Gatti Italy15.12X15.6615.66Q
11Fred Alsop Great BritainX15.6515.65Q
12Ira Davis United States15.6415.64Q
13Adhemar da Silva Brazil15.4715.6115.61Q
14John Baguley Australia14.6214.7415.5615.56Q
15Vitold Kreyer Soviet Union15.5615.56Q
16Enzo Cavalli Italy15.4815.3315.3715.48
17Bill Sharpe United States15.4415.24X15.44
18Tomio Ota Japan13.5915.42X15.42
19Dodyu Patarinski BulgariaX15.37X15.37
20Jörg Wischmeyer United Team of GermanyX15.2015.2315.23
21Eric Battista France15.22X14.8315.22
22Hannu Rantala Finland15.1114.9415.0815.11
23Karl Thierfelder United Team of GermanyX15.08X15.08
24Jan Jaskólski PolandX14.8415.0415.04
25Hiroshi Shibata Japan14.9314.80X14.93
26Luis Felipe Areta SpainX14.9314.93
27Frederico Bisson ItalyX14.2114.7614.76
28Herman Stokes United States14.7414.5314.4814.74
29Samuel Igun Nigeria14.7414.5214.2614.74
30Rouhollah Rahmani Iran14.7013.5214.4214.70
31Koji Sakurai Japan14.5914.1714.0714.59
32A. Abdul Razzak Iraq14.0814.5614.2714.56
33Ramón López Cuba14.0514.5314.5214.53
34Muhammad Khan PakistanX14.4314.2014.43
35Konstantinos Sfikas Greece14.2513.6014.3214.32
36Dave Norris New ZealandX13.7814.3014.30
37Pedro Camacho Puerto RicoX14.2113.5814.21
38Yıldıray Pağda Turkey14.1113.85X14.11
39Pierre William France13.29XX13.29
Lyuben Gurgushinov BulgariaDNS
Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin MalayaDNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Józef Szmidt Poland16.78 ORX16.81 ORX16.6313.4816.81OR
Vladimir Goryaev Soviet Union16.1116.3915.5516.6316.28X16.63
Vitold Kreyer Soviet Union16.2116.0015.9616.0115.9116.4316.43
4Ira Davis United StatesX16.41X16.13X16.0516.41
5Vilhjálmur Einarsson Iceland16.3716.0615.9016.24X16.3616.37
6Ryszard Malcherczyk Poland15.8716.0115.8315.8213.1814.6616.01
7Manfred Hinze United Team of Germany15.93X15.84Did not advance15.93
8Kari Rahkamo Finland15.84X15.71Did not advance15.84
9Ian Tomlinson Australia15.4015.7113.29Did not advance15.71
10Yevgeny Mikhaylov Soviet Union15.5015.6714.83Did not advance15.67
11Sten Erickson Sweden15.4915.32XDid not advance15.49
12Fred Alsop Great Britain15.49XXDid not advance15.49
13John Baguley Australia14.8815.1615.22Did not advance15.22
14Adhemar da Silva BrazilX14.8715.07Did not advance15.07
Pier Luigi Gatti ItalyXXXDid not advanceNo mark

References

  1. "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 139.
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