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

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Naoto Tajima
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DateAugust 6
Competitors31 from 19 nations
Winning time16.00 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Naoto Tajima
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Masao Harada
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jack Metcalfe
 Australia
← 1932
1948 →

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. Thirty-one athletes from 19 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Naoto Tajima of Japan with a world-record jump.[2] It was Japan's third consecutive gold medal in the men's triple jump; as of the 2016 Games, it is the last gold medal Japan has won in the event. Masao Harada's silver medal made it the second Games in which Japan put two men on the podium in the event. Jack Metcalfe of Australia (whose record Tajima broke) earned bronze, Australia's first medal in the event since 1924.

Background

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This was the 10th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning jumpers from the 1932 Games were bronze medalist Kenkichi Oshima of Japan, eighth-place finisher Rolland Romero of the United States, and eleventh-place finisher Onni Rajasaari of Finland. World record holder Jack Metcalfe of Australia competed, threatening the Japanese dominance of the event. Oshima had won the triple jump at the 1934 Far East Championship, with Masao Harada second. Naoto Tajima had won the long jump then, and also came into this event as the 1936 Olympic bronze medalist in the long jump.[1]

Chile, the Republic of China, Colombia, Iceland, Poland, and Yugoslavia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 10th time, having competed at each of the Games so far.

Competition format

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The competition introduced what would eventually become the standard two-round format, though at the time it was described as a three-round format. In the qualifying round (or "elimination trials"), each jumper received three attempts to reach the qualifying distance of 14.00 metres. Those who did advanced to the final round. In the final round, each jumper took three jumps (the "semifinal"). The top six after that received a further three jumps (the "final"), with the best of the six to count.[1][3]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World record  Jack Metcalfe (AUS) 15.78 Sydney, Australia 14 December 1935
Olympic record  Chūhei Nambu (JPN) 15.72 Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1932

Naoto Tajima set the new world and Olympic records with 16.00 metres in his fourth jump of the final.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Thursday, 6 August 1936 14:00
16:30
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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The distances jumped in the qualifying round are not known. Those who advanced jumped further than 14.00 metres; those who did not advance jumped shorter than that.

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

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Naoto Tajima  Japan 15.76 X 15.44 16.00 WR 15.65 X 16.00 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Masao Harada  Japan 15.39 15.45 15.42 15.50 15.27 15.66 15.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jack Metcalfe  Australia 15.50 X 14.67 14.83 X 15.20 15.50
4 Heinz Wöllner  Germany 15.27 X X 14.53 X 14.23 15.27
5 Rolland Romero  United States 14.68 X 14.90 X 15.08 15.04 15.08
6 Kenkichi Oshima  Japan 15.07 X X X X X 15.07
7 Erich Joch  Germany 14.88 14.54 14.88 Did not advance 14.88
8 Dudley Wilkins  United States 14.83 X 14.83 Did not advance 14.83
9 Olavi Suomela  Finland 13.98 14.72 14.53 Did not advance 14.72
10 Luz Long  Germany 14.31 14.62 X Did not advance 14.62
11 Edward Luckhaus  Poland 14.61 14.13 13.88 Did not advance 14.61
12 Lajos Somló  Hungary X 14.12 14.60 Did not advance 14.60
13 Onni Rajasaari  Finland 14.16 X 14.59 Did not advance 14.59
14 Eugen Haugland  Norway X 14.56 14.43 Did not advance 14.56
15 Marten Klasema  Netherlands X 14.43 14.55 Did not advance 14.55
16 Basil Dickinson  Australia 14.48 14.18 X Did not advance 14.48
17 Billy Brown  United States 14.20 14.08 14.36 Did not advance 14.36
18 Bo Ljungberg  Sweden 14.35 13.62 14.28 Did not advance 14.35
19 Lennart Andersson  Sweden X 14.26 X Did not advance 14.26
20 Sam Richardson  Canada 14.21 X X Did not advance 14.21
21 Jovan Mikić  Yugoslavia 13.71 13.45 13.90 Did not advance 13.90
22 Sigurður Sigurðsson  Iceland 13.55 13.58 13.14 Did not advance 13.58
23 Karl Kotratschek  Austria 12.87 13.14 13.15 Did not advance 13.15

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 673.