European Athletics Championships 1938 / men's triple jump

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's triple jump
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	11 athletes from 8 countries
Competition phase	September 4th
Medalist
gold	Onni Rajasaari ( FIN )
silver	Jouko Norén ( FIN )
bronze	Karl Kotratschek ( GER )

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's triple jump at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 4, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

In the triple jump , there was a Finnish double victory. Onni Rajasaari became European champion . Jouko Norén came in second. Bronze went to the German Karl Kotratschek .

Records

Existing records

World record	16.00 m	Naoto Tajima	OS Berlin , Germany	August 6, 1936
Championship record	14.89 m	Willem Peters	EM Turin , Italy	September 9, 1934

Record improvement

 Onni Rajasaari improved the EM record by 43 centimeters to 15.32 meters.

execution

On the IAAF website there is only one list of results for all technical disciplines with the final result for all participants. A qualification is not listed there for any jumping, pushing or throwing competition. Accordingly, all eleven three-jumpers competed together in a group for the final. It is not clear how many attempts were available to the athletes and whether after the third round, as was common at the Olympic Games at the time, for example, the best six jumpers went into a final with three more rounds.

At the Olympic Games during this time, it was common practice in the technical disciplines to first conduct a qualifying round on the morning of the competition day if the number of participants was not too small. This preliminary round was held in two groups. The final with the qualified athletes usually took place in the afternoon of the same day.

final

Lennart Andersson finished sixth

September 4, 1938, 3:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Width (m)
1	Onni Rajasaari	Finland	15.32 CR
2	Jouko Norén	Finland	14.95 PB
3	Karl Kotratschek	German Empire	14.73 PB
4th	Ioannis Palamiotis	Greece	14.70 NO
5	Vittorio Turco	Italy	14.64 PB
6th	Lennart Andersson	Sweden	14.56 SB
7th	Franco Bini	Italy	13.96 PB
8th	Jean Nichil	France	13.88 NO
9	Bicoku Sefedin	Albania	13.68 PB
10	Max Roujoux	France	13.24 PB
11	François Mersch	Luxembourg	12.93 SB

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 12, 2019
• Men Triple Jump European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 12, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 12, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, triple jump men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 12, 2019
• 2nd European Men's Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 12, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Triple jump men , accessed March 12, 2019
2. ^ European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 , accessed March 12, 2019