1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Triple jump
gender	Men
Attendees	21 athletes from 8 countries
Competition location	Antwerp Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 19, 1920 (qualification) August 21, 1920 (final)
Medalist Vilho Tuulos ( FIN )   Folke Jansson ( SWE )   Erik Almlöf ( SWE )

The men's triple jump at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held on August 19 and 21, 1920 in the Antwerp Olympic Stadium. 21 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the Finn Vilho Tuulos ahead of the two Swedes Folke Jansson and Erik Almlöf .

Swiss athletes did not take part. German and Austrian athletes were excluded from these games.

Existing records

World record	Dan Ahearn ( USA )	15.52 m	new York	May 30, 1911
Olympic record	Tim Ahearne ( Great Britain )	14.92 m	London	July 25, 1908

The two jumpers Dan Ahearn and Tim Ahearne were brothers of Irish origin. Dan emigrated to the USA in 1909 and deleted the "e" in his last name. Tim later followed his brother. Both athletes were not eligible to compete in the Stockholm Games because they had not yet been granted US citizenship.

Conducting the competition

All 21 jumpers had to jump a qualifying round on August 19th (start: 2.30 p.m.). The best six athletes advanced to the final, which began on August 21 at 11.30 a.m.

Note: The qualified jumpers are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

Date: August 19, 1920, 2:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Vilho Tuulos	Finland	14.51 m
2	Erik Almlöf	Sweden	14.19 m
3	Folke Jansson	Sweden	14.16 m
4th	Sherman Landers	United States	14.00 m
5	Ivar Sahlin	Sweden	13.86 m
6th	Dan Ahearn	United States	13.75 m
7th	Ossian Nylund	Finland	13.74 m
8th	Benjamin Howard Baker	Great Britain	13.68 m
9	Kaare Bache	Norway	13.64 m
10	Sven Runström	Sweden	13.63 m
11	Erling Juul	Norway	13.59 m
12	Kaufman spirit	United States	13.52 m
13	Erling Vinne	Norway	13.34 m
14th	Charles Lively	Great Britain	13.15 m
15th	Clarence Jaquith	United States	13.04 m
16	Étienne Proux	France	12.93 m
17th	André Chilo	France	12.54 m
18th	Menelaus Ponireas	Greece	12.60 m
19th	Gustave Remouet	France	12.48 m
ogV	František Šretr	Czechoslovakia
	František Stejskal	Czechoslovakia

final

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Vilho Tuulos	Finland	14.505 m
2	Folke Jansson	Sweden	14,480 m
3	Erik Almlöf	Sweden	14,270 m
4th	Ivar Sahlin	Sweden	14.175 m
5	Sherman Landers	United States	14.170 m
6th	Dan Ahearn	United States	14.080 m

Date: August 21, 1920, 11:30 a.m.

As with the long jump , the athletes' performances all remained well below their potential, which was mainly due to the poor general conditions. World record holder Dan Ahearn just managed to qualify for the final battle, but did not get past sixth place. Ville Tuulos achieved his victory distance in the preliminary battle two days before the final. The distances achieved there were counted as a performance as usual, and since no one could jump any further, the Finn became Olympic champion with 14.505 m.

The Swede Erik Almlöf was one of the few athletes who could win a medal after 1912 in 1920.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 145f

Web links

• SportsReference triple jump , accessed September 3, 2017
• Official report , French (PDF), accessed on September 3, 2017

Video

• Vilho Tullos Wins Triple Jump Gold For Finland - Antwerp 1920 Olympics , published July 11, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 3, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 556 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Official report, page 113 (French)