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

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.

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
Gustaf Lindblom
 Sweden
Georg Åberg
 Sweden
Erik Almlöf
 Sweden

Background

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

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

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

World record Dan Ahearn (GBR)15.52New York, United States30 May 1911
Olympic record Tim Ahearne (GBR)14.92London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland25 July 1908

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

Schedule

Date Time Round
Monday, 15 July 191214:00Qualifying
Final

Results

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gustaf Lindblom Sweden 14.7414.7614.20X14.3514.3214.76
Georg Åberg Sweden 13.5813.9014.51X14.03X14.51
Erik Almlöf Sweden X13.4614.17X13.8514.1014.17
4Erling Vinne Norway 13.6314.1413.34Did not advance14.14
5Platt Adams United States 13.7214.09XDid not advance14.09
6Edvard Larsen Norway 13.2713.9014.06Did not advance14.06
7Hjalmar Ohlsson Sweden 14.0113.8713.91Did not advance14.01
8Nils Fixdal Norway 13.9613.5813.66Did not advance13.96
9Charles Brickley United States 13.8813.8413.77Did not advance13.88
10Gustaf Nordén Sweden 13.8112.76XDid not advance13.81
11Johan Halme Finland 13.7913.4313.51Did not advance13.79
12Inge Lindholm Sweden 13.1413.5713.74Did not advance13.74
13Edward Farrell United States X13.4213.57Did not advance13.57
14Otto Bäurle Germany 13.12X13.52Did not advance13.52
15Gustav Krojer Austria 12.9013.4512.95Did not advance13.45
Patrik Ohlsson Sweden 12.9813.3713.45Did not advance13.45
17Skotte Jacobsson Sweden 13.33X12.71Did not advance13.33
18Calvin Bricker Canada 13.25Did not advance13.25
19Timothy Carroll Great Britain X12.5412.56Did not advance12.56
20Arthur Maranda Canada 12.5312.0712.25Did not advance12.53

References

  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. "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. Official Report, pp. 398–99.

Sources

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2007.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.