1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Triple jump
gender	Men
Attendees	31 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location	Olympiastadion Berlin
Competition phase	August 6, 1936
Medalist Tajima Naoto ( JPN ) Harada Masao ( JPN ) Jack Metcalfe ( AUS )
← 1932 1948 →

The men's triple jump at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 6, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 31 athletes took part.

The Japanese Tajima Naoto was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Harada Masao . The bronze medal went to the Australian Jack Metcalfe .

Existing records

• World record : 15.78 m - Jack Metcalfe ( Australia ), Sydney , August 5, 1934
• Olympic record : 14.85 m - Nambu Chūhei ( Japan ), Los Angeles final , August 4, 1932

Conducting the competition

The athletes began with a qualifying round. To qualify for the semi-finals, the jumpers had to create at least 14.00 m. In the semifinals, each participant had three attempts. The best six athletes then qualified for another three attempts in the final. The result of the semi-finals was included in the final result. All partial competitions took place on August 6th.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue. The order and width of the trial series in the qualifying round are not known.

qualification

August 6, 1936, 4.30 p.m.
Weather conditions: slightly overcast, 17-18 ° C, light tail wind.

Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
Lennart Andersson	Sweden	k. A.
Billy Brown	United States
Basil Dickinson	Australia
Eugen Haugland	Norway
Erich Joch	German Empire
Ōshima Kenkichi	Japan
Marten Klasema	Netherlands
Karl Kotratschek	Austria
Bo Ljungberg	Sweden
Luz Long	German Empire
Edward Luckhaus	Poland
Harada Masao	Japan
Jovan Mikic	Yugoslavia
Tajima Naoto	Japan
Onni Rajasaari	Finland
Sam Richardson	Canada
Rolland Romero	United States
Sigurður Sigurðsson	Iceland
Lajos Somló	Hungary
Olavi Suomela	Finland
Dudley Wilkins	United States
Heinz Wöllner	German Empire
Edward Boyce	Great Britain	k. A.
Situ Guong	China
Chia G Wechsang	China
Karol Hoffmann	Poland
Grigorios Lambrakis	Greece
Juan Reccius	Chile
Wang Shilin	China
Pedro del Vecchio	Colombia

Semifinals

Failed in the semifinals: The Austrian Karl Kotratschek

August 6, 1936
Weather conditions: slightly overcast, 17-18 ° C, light tail wind
Note: The best distances are shown in bold.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	result	annotation
1	Tajima Naoto	Japan	15.76 m	x	15.44 m	15.76 m
2	Jack Metcalfe	Australia	15.50 m	x	14.76 m	15.50 m
3	Harada Masao	Japan	15.39 m	15.45 m	15.42 m	15.45 m
4th	Heinz Wöllner	German Empire	15.27 m	x	x	15.27 m
5	Ōshima Kenkichi	Japan	15.07 m	x	x	15.07 m
6th	Rolland Romero	United States	14.68 m	x	14.90 m	14.90 m
7th	Erich Joch	German Empire	14.88 m	14.54 m	14.88 m	14.88 m
8th	Dudley Wilkins	United States	14.83 m	x	14.83 m	14.83 m
9	Olavi Suomela	Finland	13.98 m	14.72 m	14.53	14.72 m
10	Luz Long	German Empire	14.31 m	14.62 m	x	14.62 m
11	Edward Luckhaus	Poland	14.61 m	14.13 m	13.88 m	14.61 m
12	Lajos Somló	Hungary	x	14.12 m	14.60 m	14.60 m
13	Onni Rajasaari	Finland	14.16 m	x	14.59 m	14.59 m
14th	Eugen Haugland	Norway	x	14.56 m	14.43 m	14.56 m
15th	Marten Klasema	Netherlands	x	14.43 m	14.55 m	14.55 m
16	Basil Dickinson	Australia	14.48 m	14.18 m	x	14.48 m
17th	Billy Brown	United States	14.20 m	14.08 m	14.36 m	14.36 m
18th	Bo Ljungberg	Sweden	14.35 m	13.62 m	14.28 m	14.35 m
19th	Lennart Andersson	Sweden	x	14.26 m	x	14.26 m
20th	Sam Richardson	Canada	14.21 m	x	x	14.21 m
21st	Jovan Mikic	Yugoslavia	13.71 m	13.45 m	13.90 m	13.90 m
22nd	Sigurður Sigurðsson	Iceland	13.55 m	13.58 m	13.14 m	13.58 m
23	Karl Kotratschek	Austria	12.87 m	13.14 m	13.15 m	13.15 m

final

The Japanese Ōshima Kenkichi came in 6th

August 6, 1936
Weather conditions: slightly overcast, 17-18 ° C, light tail wind.

In the two previous games, Japanese athletes had won the triple jump . The Australian Jack Metcalfe had chased away the world record of 15.74 m. The Japanese triple jumpers and Metcalfe competed here as top favorites. In the semifinals, Tajima Naoto, Metcalfe and Harada Masao stayed close together. But in the first attempt at the finals, Naoto was the first triple jumper ever to jump to the 16-meter mark, improving Metcalfe's record by 22 centimeters. The Australian could not improve his 15.50 m from the first semi-final attempt and also had to let Masao pass him, who was 16 centimeters better in the last attempt. The third Japanese Ōshima Kenkichi could only show one valid attempt in the entire round of the semi-finals and finals and ended up sixth with 15.07 m.

Tajima Naoto's gold medal was the third successive Japanese victory in this discipline.
All finalists, including the seventh-placed German Erich Joch, exceeded the current Olympic record .
Note: The best sizes are shown in bold.

				final
space	Surname	nation	Qualification range	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	Tajima Naoto	Japan	15.76 m	16.00 m	15.65 m	x	16.00 m	WR
2	Harada Masao	Japan	15.45 m	15.50 m	15.27 m	15.66 m	15.66 m
3	Jack Metcalfe	Australia	15.50 m	14.83 m	x	15.20 m	15.50 m
4th	Heinz Wöllner	German Empire	15.27 m	14.53 m	x	14.23 m	15.27 m
5	Rolland Romero	United States	14.90 m	x	15.08 m	15.04 m	15.08 m
6th	Ōshima Kenkichi	Japan	15.07 m	x	x	x	15.07 m
7th	Erich Joch	German Empire	14.88 m	not in the final			14.88 m
8th	Dudley Wilkins	United States	14.83 m				14.83 m

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 292-294.

Web links

• SportsReference triple jump , accessed September 21, 2017
• Official report pp. 671–673, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 21, 2017
• 1936, Triple Jump, Men, Olympic Games, Berlin , published July 31, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 21, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 556 (English) ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Official report p. 673, English (PDF)
3. ↑ SportsReference (English)