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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Adhemar da Silva (1956)
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 23
Competitors35 from 23 nations
Winning distance16.22 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leonid Shcherbakov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Asnoldo Devonish
 Venezuela
← 1948
1956 →

The men's triple jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 23 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Thirty-five athletes from 23 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Brazilian athlete Adhemar da Silva won the gold medal, breaking the world record twice.[2] It was Brazil's first medal and first victory in the men's long jump. All three of the nations represented on the podium were relatively new to the event in the Olympics; Brazil had sent triple jumpers in 1948 (including da Silva), but the Soviet Union (Leonid Shcherbakov's silver) and Venezuela (Asnoldo Devonish's bronze) each won medals in their first appearance.

Background

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This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1948 Games were gold medalist Arne Åhman of Sweden, fourth-place finisher Preben Larsen of Denmark, fifth-place finisher Geraldo de Oliveira of Brazil, sixth-place finisher Valle Rautio of Finland, and eighth-place finisher Adhemar da Silva of Brazil. The last of these, da Silva, had been very successful in the intervening four years; he tied the world record in 1950 and broke it in 1951, as well as winning the Pan American championship. He was "co-favorite" with European champion Leonid Shcherbakov of the Soviet Union.[1]

Belgium, Egypt, Ghana, Puerto Rico, Saar, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 12th time, having competed at each of the Games so far.

Competition format

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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 14.55 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

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 16.01 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 30 September 1951
Olympic record  Naoto Tajima (JPN) 16.00 Berlin, Germany 6 August 1936

Adhemar da Silva jumped further than his own world record four times: 16.12 in the second jump in the final round, 16.09 in the fourth, 16.22 in the fifth, and 16.05 in the sixth.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 23 July 1952 10:00
15:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Those achieving the qualifying performance of 14.55 metres advanced to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 A Adhemar da Silva  Brazil 15.32 15.32 Q
2 A Asnoldo Devonish  Venezuela 14.22 15.24 15.24 Q
3 B Leonid Shcherbakov  Soviet Union 15.05 15.05 Q
4 A Jim Gerhardt  United States 14.98 14.98 Q
5 A Reino Hiltunen  Finland X 14.82 14.82 Q
6 A Yoshio Iimuro  Japan 14.81 14.81 Q
7 B Arne Åhman  Sweden 13.23 14.72 14.72 Q
8 B Rune Nilsen  Norway 14.65 14.65 Q
9 B Zygfryd Weinberg  Poland 14.46 14.65 14.65 Q
10 B Geraldo de Oliveira  Brazil 14.64 14.64 Q
11 A Preben Larsen  Denmark 14.62 14.62 Q
12 B Tadashi Yamamoto  Japan 13.90 14.30 14.60 14.60 Q
13 B Rui Ramos  Portugal 13.91 X 14.59 14.59 Q
14 A Walter Ashbaugh  United States 14.59 14.59 Q
B Roger Norman  Sweden 14.59 14.59 Q
16 A Jacques Boulanger  France X 14.37 14.49 14.49
17 B José da Conceição  Brazil 14.25 X 14.46 14.46
18 A Choi Yeong-gi  South Korea 12.11 14.38 14.44 14.44
19 A Malik M'Baye  France 14.34 13.86 14.39 14.39
20 A Keizo Hasegawa  Japan X 14.39 14.18 14.39
21 B George Shaw  United States 13.64 14.39 X 14.39
22 B Pentti Uusihauta  Finland X X 14.38 14.38
23 B Valle Rautio  Finland 14.14 X X 14.14
24 B Rade Radovanović  Yugoslavia 13.42 X 14.13 14.13
25 A William Laing  Ghana 13.89 14.09 13.95 14.09
26 B Vasilios Sakellarakis  Greece 14.05 13.73 13.68 14.05
27 A Eugénio Lopes  Portugal 13.67 14.05 13.55 14.05
28 A Stanisław Kowal  Poland 14.03 X X 14.03
29 A Willi Burgard  Saar 13.47 X 13.86 13.86
30 A Nikola Dagorov  Bulgaria 13.39 12.16 13.82 13.82
31 B Felix Würth  Austria 13.65 X 13.53 13.65
32 A Akin Altiok  Turkey 13.14 12.98 13.62 13.62
33 A Walter Herssens  Belgium 13.52 13.03 13.11 13.52
34 A Fawzi Chaaban  Egypt 12.85 X 13.45 13.45
35 A Francisco Castro  Puerto Rico 13.35 13.27 13.37 13.37
A Vladimir Filippov  Soviet Union DNS
B Mikhail Mikhail  Greece DNS
B Neville Price  South Africa DNS
B Héctor Román  Puerto Rico DNS
B Kamtorn Sanidwong  Thailand DNS
B Oscar Simón  Spain DNS

Final

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Medal ceremony

Devonish was injured and did not jump after the second round.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adhemar da Silva  Brazil 15.95 16.12 WR 15.54 16.09 16.22 WR 16.05 16.22 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leonid Shcherbakov  Soviet Union 15.07 15.26 15.18 15.98 15.84 X 15.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Asnoldo Devonish  Venezuela 15.04 15.52 15.52
4 Walter Ashbaugh  United States 15.05 15.39 14.56 14.50 15.38 X 15.39
5 Rune Nilsen  Norway 15.13 14.21 X 14.70 X X 15.13
6 Yoshio Iimuro  Japan 14.99 X X X 14.66 13.70 14.99
7 Geraldo de Oliveira  Brazil X 14.95 12.66 Did not advance 14.95
8 Roger Norman  Sweden 14.89 X 12.66 Did not advance 14.89
9 Reino Hiltunen  Finland 14.85 X 14.40 Did not advance 14.85
10 Zygfryd Weinberg  Poland 14.76 X X Did not advance 14.76
11 Jim Gerhardt  United States 14.69 14.28 14.06 Did not advance 14.69
12 Rui Ramos  Portugal 14.69 13.82 12.15 Did not advance 14.69
13 Preben Larsen  Denmark 14.62 X 14.19 Did not advance 14.62
14 Tadashi Yamamoto  Japan X X 14.57 Did not advance 14.57
15 Arne Åhman  Sweden X X 14.05 Did not advance 14.05

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ Official Report, pp. 314–14.
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