Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 6
Competitors	31 from 19 nations
Medalists
Naoto Tajima  Japan Masao Harada  Japan Jack Metcalfe  Australia

The men's triple jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 6, 1936. The final was won by Naoto Tajima of Japan.

Results

Qualifying

Athlete	Nationality	Distance	Notes
Naoto Tajima	Japan		Q
Masao Harada	Japan		Q
Jack Metcalfe	Australia		Q
Heinz Wöllner	Germany		Q
Rolland Romero	United States		Q
Kenkichi Oshima	Japan		Q
Erich Joch	Germany		Q
Dudley Wilkins	United States		Q
Olavi Suomela	Finland		Q
Luz Long	Germany		Q
Edward Luckhaus	Poland		Q
Lajos Somló	Hungary		Q
Onni Rajasaari	Finland		Q
Eugen Haugland	Norway		Q
Marten Klasema	Netherlands		Q
Basil Dickinson	Australia		Q
Billy Brown	United States		Q
Bo Ljungberg	Sweden		Q
Lennart Andersson	Sweden		Q
Sam Richardson	Canada		Q
Jovan Mikić	Yugoslavia		Q
Sigurður Sigurðsson	Iceland		Q
Karl Kotratschek	Austria		Q
Chia Gwechang	Republic of China
Edward Boyce	Great Britain
Grigorios Lambrakis	Greece
Juan Reccius	Chile
Karol Hoffmann	Poland
Situ Guong	Republic of China
Pedro del Vecchio	Colombia
Wang Shilin	Republic of China

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Round one	Round two	Round three	Round four	Round five	Round six	Result	Notes
	Naoto Tajima	Japan	15.76	foul	15.44	16.00	15.65	foul	16.00	WR
	Masao Harada	Japan	15.39	15.45	15.42	15.50	15.27	15.66	15.66
	Jack Metcalfe	Australia	15.50	foul	14.67	14.83	foul	15.20	15.50
4	Heinz Wöllner	Germany	15.27	foul	foul	14.53	foul	14.23	15.27
5	Rolland Romero	United States	14.68	foul	14.90	foul	15.08	15.04	15.08
6	Kenkichi Oshima	Japan	15.07	foul	foul	foul	foul	foul	15.07
7	Erich Joch	Germany	14.88	14.54	14.88				14.88
8	Dudley Wilkins	United States	14.83	foul	14.83				14.83
9	Olavi Suomela	Finland	13.98	14.72	14.53				14.72
10	Luz Long	Germany	14.31	14.62	foul				14.62
11	Edward Luckhaus	Poland	14.61	14.13	13.88				14.61
12	Lajos Somló	Hungary	foul	14.12	14.60				14.60
13	Onni Rajasaari	Finland	14.16	foul	14.59				14.59
14	Eugen Haugland	Norway	foul	14.56	14.43				14.56
15	Marten Klasema	Netherlands	foul	14.43	14.55				14.55
16	Basil Dickinson	Australia	14.48	14.18	foul				14.48
17	Billy Brown	United States	14.20	14.08	14.36				14.36
18	Bo Ljungberg	Sweden	14.35	13.62	14.28				14.35
19	Lennart Andersson	Sweden	foul	14.26	foul				14.26
20	Sam Richardson	Canada	14.21	foul	foul				14.21
21	Jovan Mikić	Yugoslavia	13.71	13.45	13.90				13.90
22	Sigurður Sigurðsson	Iceland	13.55	13.58	13.14				13.58
23	Karl Kotratschek	Austria	12.87	13.14	13.15				13.15

Key: WR = World record