European Athletics Championships 1950 / men's triple jump
| 4. European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's triple jump |
| city |
 Brussels
|
| Stadion | Heysel Stadium |
| Attendees | 16 athletes from 14 countries |
| Competition phase | August 23 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Leonid Shcherbakov ( URS )
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 silver |
Valle Rautio ( FIN )
 |
 bronze |
Ruhi Sarıalp ( TUR )
 |
The men's triple jump at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held on August 23, 1950 in the Heysel Stadium in the Belgian capital, Brussels .
Leonid Shcherbakov from the Soviet Union was European champion . The Finn Valle Rautio came in second . The bronze was won by the Turk Ruhi Sarıalp .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 16.00 m |
 Tajima Naoto
|
OS Berlin , Germany | August 6, 1936 |
| European record | 15.70 m |
Leonid Shcherbakov
|
Moscow , then Soviet Union (now Russia ) | July 20, 1950 |
| Championship record | 15.32 m |
Onni Rajasaari
|
EM Paris , France | September 4, 1938 |
Record improvement
European champion Leonid Shcherbakov improved the EM record by seven centimeters to 15.39 m.
execution
All sixteen participants went to the finals without prior qualification.
final
23 August 1950, 5:40 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonid Shcherbakov |
Soviet Union
|
15.39 CR |
| 2 | Valle Rautio |
Finland
|
14.96 SB |
| 3 | Ruhi Sarıalp |
Turkey
|
14.53 SB |
| 4th | Nilsen rune |
 Norway
|
14.50 SB |
| 5 | Arne Åhman |
 Sweden
|
14.48 SB |
| 6th | Lennart Moberg |
Sweden
|
14.46 PB |
| 7th | Preben Larsen |
 Denmark
|
14.35 SB |
| 8th | Robert Bobin |
 France
|
14.02 PB |
| 9 | Luís García |
 Portugal
|
14.01 PB |
| 10 | Sydney Cross |
 Great Britain
|
13.97 PB |
| 11 | Drago Petranović |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
13.92 PB |
| 12 | Henk van Egmond |
 Netherlands
|
13.90 PB |
| 13 | Felix Würth |
 Austria
|
13.85 PB |
| 14th | Ioannis Palamiotis |
.svg){kind=small} Greece
|
13.64 PB |
| 15th | Alojz Zagorc |
Yugoslavia
|
13.64 PB |
| 16 | Paul Willain |
Belgium
|
13.26 PB |
The triple jump Olympic champion from 1948 Arne Åhman , here also vice European champion in the high jump , had to be content with fifth place
Sixth placed Lennart Moberg
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Brussels 1950 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 30, 2019
- Men Triple Jump European Championship 1950 Brussels on todor66.com, accessed March 30, 2019
- IV European Championship, Brussels 1950 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 30, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1950, triple jump men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 30, 2019
- 4th European Athletics Championships 1950 in Brussels, Belgium from ifosta.de, accessed on March 30, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Triple jump men , accessed March 30, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. Triple jump on rfea.es, p. 26 (PDF), accessed on April 7, 2019