Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Józef Szmidt
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateSeptember 6
Competitors39 from 24 nations
Winning distance16.81 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Józef Szmidt
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Goryaev
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vitold Kreyer
 Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

The men's triple jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 6. Thirty-nine athletes from 24 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Józef Szmidt of Poland won the gold medal.[2] It was Poland's first medal and first victory in the men's triple jump. Vitold Kreyer of the Soviet Union repeated his bronze medal performance from 1956, becoming the sixth man to win two medals in the event. His countryman Vladimir Goryaev took silver; this made the Soviet Union the fourth nation to have two men on the podium in the same year in the triple jump (the United States, Sweden, and Japan) and the fourth nation to reach the podium three Games in a row (the United States, Finland, and Japan).[citation needed]

Background

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This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1956 Games were two-time gold medalist (and three-time finalist) Adhemar da Silva of Brazil, silver medalist Vilhjálmur Einarsson of Iceland, bronze medalist Vitold Kreyer of the Soviet Union, two men each from the United States (Bill Sharpe and Ira Davis), Japan (Koji Sakurai and Hiroshi Shibata), and Finland (Kari Rahkamo and Hannu Rantala), Ryszard Malcherczyk of Poland, and Éric Battista of France. But among this veteran field, an Olympic newcomer was favored: Józef Szmidt was the European champion and had broken the world record with the first over-17-metre jump at the Polish championships a month before the Games.[1]

Cuba, Iran, Iraq, and Spain each made their first appearance in the event; Germany made its first appearance as the "United Team of Germany". The United States competed for the 14th 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 14.80 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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These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics.

World record  Józef Szmidt (POL) 17.03 Olsztyn, Poland 5 August 1960
Olympic record  Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 16.35 Melbourne, Australia 27 November 1956

Józef Szmidt broke the Olympic record in the qualifying round with a jump of 16.44 metres; he improved on that further in the first jump of the final round (16.78 metres) and the third jump of the final round (16.81 metres).

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 6 September 1960 9:00
15:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

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All jumpers reaching 15.50 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Józef Szmidt  Poland 16.44 OR 16.44 Q, OR
2 Vladimir Goryaev  Soviet Union 15.14 16.21 16.21 Q
3 Ryszard Malcherczyk  Poland 15.46 15.93 15.93 Q
4 Ian Tomlinson  Australia 15.29 15.89 15.89 Q
5 Manfred Hinze  United Team of Germany 15.86 15.86 Q
6 Kari Rahkamo  Finland 15.85 15.85 Q
7 Sten Erickson  Sweden X 15.47 15.76 15.76 Q
8 Vilhjálmur Einarsson  Iceland 15.49 15.74 15.74 Q
9 Yevgeny Mikhaylov  Soviet Union 15.68 15.68 Q
10 Pier Luigi Gatti  Italy 15.12 X 15.66 15.66 Q
11 Fred Alsop  Great Britain X 15.65 15.65 Q
12 Ira Davis  United States 15.64 15.64 Q
13 Adhemar da Silva  Brazil 15.47 15.61 15.61 Q
14 John Baguley  Australia 14.62 14.74 15.56 15.56 Q
15 Vitold Kreyer  Soviet Union 15.56 15.56 Q
16 Enzo Cavalli  Italy 15.48 15.33 15.37 15.48
17 Bill Sharpe  United States 15.44 15.24 X 15.44
18 Tomio Ota  Japan 13.59 15.42 X 15.42
19 Dodyu Patarinski  Bulgaria X 15.37 X 15.37
20 Jörg Wischmeyer  United Team of Germany X 15.20 15.23 15.23
21 Eric Battista  France 15.22 X 14.83 15.22
22 Hannu Rantala  Finland 15.11 14.94 15.08 15.11
23 Karl Thierfelder  United Team of Germany X 15.08 X 15.08
24 Jan Jaskólski  Poland X 14.84 15.04 15.04
25 Hiroshi Shibata  Japan 14.93 14.80 X 14.93
26 Luis Felipe Areta  Spain X 14.93 14.93
27 Frederico Bisson  Italy X 14.21 14.76 14.76
28 Herman Stokes  United States 14.74 14.53 14.48 14.74
29 Samuel Igun  Nigeria 14.74 14.52 14.26 14.74
30 Rouhollah Rahmani  Iran 14.70 13.52 14.42 14.70
31 Koji Sakurai  Japan 14.59 14.17 14.07 14.59
32 A. Abdul Razzak  Iraq 14.08 14.56 14.27 14.56
33 Ramón López  Cuba 14.05 14.53 14.52 14.53
34 Muhammad Khan  Pakistan X 14.43 14.20 14.43
35 Konstantinos Sfikas  Greece 14.25 13.60 14.32 14.32
36 Dave Norris  New Zealand X 13.78 14.30 14.30
37 Pedro Camacho  Puerto Rico X 14.21 13.58 14.21
38 Yıldıray Pağda  Turkey 14.11 13.85 X 14.11
39 Pierre William  France 13.29 X X 13.29
Lyuben Gurgushinov  Bulgaria DNS
Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin  Malaya DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Józef Szmidt  Poland 16.78 OR X 16.81 OR X 16.63 13.48 16.81 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Goryaev  Soviet Union 16.11 16.39 15.55 16.63 16.28 X 16.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vitold Kreyer  Soviet Union 16.21 16.00 15.96 16.01 15.91 16.43 16.43
4 Ira Davis  United States X 16.41 X 16.13 X 16.05 16.41
5 Vilhjálmur Einarsson  Iceland 16.37 16.06 15.90 16.24 X 16.36 16.37
6 Ryszard Malcherczyk  Poland 15.87 16.01 15.83 15.82 13.18 14.66 16.01
7 Manfred Hinze  United Team of Germany 15.93 X 15.84 Did not advance 15.93
8 Kari Rahkamo  Finland 15.84 X 15.71 Did not advance 15.84
9 Ian Tomlinson  Australia 15.40 15.71 13.29 Did not advance 15.71
10 Yevgeny Mikhaylov  Soviet Union 15.50 15.67 14.83 Did not advance 15.67
11 Sten Erickson  Sweden 15.49 15.32 X Did not advance 15.49
12 Fred Alsop  Great Britain 15.49 X X Did not advance 15.49
13 John Baguley  Australia 14.88 15.16 15.22 Did not advance 15.22
14 Adhemar da Silva  Brazil X 14.87 15.07 Did not advance 15.07
Pier Luigi Gatti  Italy X X X Did not advance No mark

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 139.