Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the Games of the V Olympiad
Lindblom winning the gold medal.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Date	July 15
Competitors	20 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gustaf Lindblom   Sweden   Georg Åberg   Sweden   Erik Almlöf   Sweden
«1908	1920»

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
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The men's triple jump, also known as the hop, step, and jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912.

Twenty athletes from seven nations competed.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 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

Results

Place	Athlete	Preliminary				Final			Best mark
		1	2	3	Rank	4	5	6
1	Gustaf Lindblom (SWE)	14.74	14.76	14.20	1st	—	14.35	14.32	14.76
2	Georg Åberg (SWE)	13.58	13.90	14.51	2nd	—	14.03	—	14.51
3	Erik Almlöf (SWE)	—	13.46	14.17	3rd	—	13.85	14.10	14.17
4	Erling Vinne (NOR)	13.63	14.14	13.34	4th				14.14
5	Platt Adams (USA)	13.72	14.09	—	5th				14.09
6	Edvard Larsen (NOR)	13.27	13.90	14.06	6th				14.06
7	Hjalmar Ohlsson (SWE)	14.01	13.87	13.91	7th				14.01
8	Nils Fixdal (NOR)	13.96	13.58	13.66	8th				13.96
9	Charles Brickley (USA)	13.88	13.84	13.77	9th				13.88
10	Gustaf Nordén (SWE)	13.81	12.76	—	10th				13.81
11	Johan Halme (FIN)	13.79	13.43	13.51	11th				13.79
12	Inge Lindholm (SWE)	13.14	13.57	13.74	12th				13.74
13	Edward Farrell (USA)	—	13.42	13.57	13th				13.57
14	Otto Bäurle (GER)	13.12	—	13.52	14th				13.52
15	Gustav Kröjer (AUT)	12.90	13.45	12.95	15th				13.45
	Patrik Ohlsson (SWE)	12.98	13.37	13.45	15th				13.45
17	Skotte Jacobsson (SWE)	13.33	—	12.71	17th				13.33
18	Calvin Bricker (CAN)	13.25			18th				13.25
19	Timothy Carroll (GBR)	—	12.54	12.56	19th				12.56
20	Arthur Maranda (CAN)	12.53	12.07	12.25	20th				12.53

Silver medalist Georg Åberg.

Gustaf Lindblom in action.

References

• sports-reference.com
• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).. ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich". http://olympic.w.interia.pl/. Retrieved 4 January 2007.  (Polish)