Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

These are the official results of the men's triple jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualification round mark was set at 14.80 metres. Eleven athletes didn't surpass that distance in the morning session.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Adhemar da Silva  Brazil	Vilhjálmur Einarsson  Iceland	Vitold Kreyer  Soviet Union

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics.

World Record	16.56	Adhemar da Silva	Mexico City (MEX)	March 16, 1955
Olympic Record	16.22	Adhemar da Silva	Helsinki (FIN)	July 23, 1952

Vilhjálmur Einarsson set an Olympic record of 16.25 metres in the competition, but this was improved upon by Adhemar da Silva who won with a record mark of 16.35 metres.

Results

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	DISTANCE
	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	16.35 m OR
	Vilhjálmur Einarsson (ISL)	16.26 m
	Vitold Kreyer (URS)	16.0 2m
4.	Bill Sharpe (USA)	15.88 m
5.	Martin Řehák (TCH)	15.85 m
6.	Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)	15.80 m
7.	Koji Sakurai (JPN)	15.73 m
8.	Teruji Kogake (JPN)	15.64 m
9.	Ken Wilmshurst (GBR)	15.54 m
10.	Ryszard Malcherczyk (POL)	15.54 m
11.	Ira Davis (USA)	15.40 m
12.	George Shaw (USA)	15.33 m
13.	Hiroshi Shibata (JPN)	15.25 m
14.	Kari Rahkamo (FIN)	15.21 m
15.	Mohinder Singh (IND)	15.20 m
16.	Éric Battista (FRA)	15.15 m
17.	Paul Bamela Engo (NGR)	15.03 m
18.	Tapio Lehto (FIN)	14.91 m
19.	Hannu Rantala (FIN)	14.87 m
20.	Lawrence Ogwang (UGA)	14.72 m
21.	Choi Yong-Kee (KOR)	14.65 m
—	Peter Esiri (NGR)	DNQ
—	Muhamad Rashid (PAK)	DNQ
—	Wu Chun-Tsai (ROC)	DNQ
—	Ronald Gray (AUS)	DNQ
—	Gabuh Bin Piging (NBO)	DNQ
—	Walter Herssens (BEL)	DNQ
—	Maurice Rich (AUS)	DNQ
—	Eng-Yoon Tian (SIN)	DNQ
—	Brian Oliver (AUS)	DNQ
—	Muhammad Ramzan Ali (PAK)	DNQ
—	Sium Bin Diau (NBO)	DNQ

References

• Official Report
• Results