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

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Left-right: Gustaf Lindblom, Georg Åberg, Erik Almlöf at the 1912 Olympics
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 15
Competitors20 from 8 nations
Winning distance14.76
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gustaf Lindblom
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georg Åberg
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erik Almlöf
 Sweden
← 1908
1920 →

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. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912. Twenty athletes from eight nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2] The event was won by Gustaf Lindblom of Sweden, the nation's first medal in the men's triple jump. Georg Åberg and Erik Almlöf also medaled for Sweden, completing a sweep—previously accomplished twice by the United States in 1900 and 1904.

Background

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This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four jumpers from 1908 returned: bronze medalist Edvard Larsen of Norway, fourth-place finisher Calvin Bricker of Canada, fifth-place finisher Platt Adams of the United States, and also-competed Juho Halme of Finland. The top jumpers in the world, the brothers Tim Ahearne (1908 Olympic gold medalist) and Dan Ahearn (who set the world record in 1911), were not present.[3]

Austria made its first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the fifth time, having competed at each of the Games so far.

Competition format

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The competition was described as two rounds at the time, but was more similar to the modern divided final. All athletes received three jumps initially. The top three after that received an additional three jumps to improve their distance, but the initial jumps would still count if no improvement was made.[3][4]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World record  Dan Ahearn (GBR) 15.52 New York, United States 30 May 1911
Olympic record  Tim Ahearne (GBR) 14.92 London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 25 July 1908

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Monday, 15 July 1912 14:00 Qualifying
Final

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gustaf Lindblom  Sweden 14.74 14.76 14.20 X 14.35 14.32 14.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georg Åberg  Sweden 13.58 13.90 14.51 X 14.03 X 14.51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erik Almlöf  Sweden X 13.46 14.17 X 13.85 14.10 14.17
4 Erling Vinne  Norway 13.63 14.14 13.34 Did not advance 14.14
5 Platt Adams  United States 13.72 14.09 X Did not advance 14.09
6 Edvard Larsen  Norway 13.27 13.90 14.06 Did not advance 14.06
7 Hjalmar Ohlsson  Sweden 14.01 13.87 13.91 Did not advance 14.01
8 Nils Fixdal  Norway 13.96 13.58 13.66 Did not advance 13.96
9 Charles Brickley  United States 13.88 13.84 13.77 Did not advance 13.88
10 Gustaf Nordén  Sweden 13.81 12.76 X Did not advance 13.81
11 Johan Halme  Finland 13.79 13.43 13.51 Did not advance 13.79
12 Inge Lindholm  Sweden 13.14 13.57 13.74 Did not advance 13.74
13 Edward Farrell  United States X 13.42 13.57 Did not advance 13.57
14 Otto Bäurle  Germany 13.12 X 13.52 Did not advance 13.52
15 Gustav Krojer  Austria 12.90 13.45 12.95 Did not advance 13.45
Patrik Ohlsson  Sweden 12.98 13.37 13.45 Did not advance 13.45
17 Skotte Jacobsson  Sweden 13.33 X 12.71 Did not advance 13.33
18 Calvin Bricker  Canada 13.25 Did not advance 13.25
19 Timothy Carroll  Great Britain X 12.54 12.56 Did not advance 12.56
20 Arthur Maranda  Canada 12.53 12.07 12.25 Did not advance 12.53

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ^ Official report, p. 61.
  3. ^ a b "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, pp. 398–99.

Sources

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  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2007.