1960 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Triple jump | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 39 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stadio Olimpico | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 6, 1960 | ||||||||
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The men's triple jump at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome was held on September 6, 1960 in the Stadio Olimpico . 39 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was Józef Szmidt from Poland . He won ahead of Vladimir Gorjajew and Witold Krejer , both from the Soviet Union.
While athletes from Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part, three Germans started. Jörg Wischmeier and Karl Thierfelder failed because of the qualification distance for the final. Manfred Hinze was able to qualify for the final and finished seventh there.
Existing records
World record | 17.03 m | Józef Szmidt ( Poland ) | Olsztyn , Poland | 5th August 1960 |
Olympic record | 16.35 m | Adhemar da Silva ( Brazil ) | Melbourne finals , Australia | November 27, 1956 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in a qualifying round on September 6th, which was conducted in three groups. The required qualification width was 15.50 m. For all qualified jumpers the final took place on the afternoon of the same day. Each participant was initially entitled to three attempts. The best six athletes could then complete three more attempts.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue. The best widths are printed in bold. With the same distance, the second best distance decided the placement.
Time schedule
September 6, 9:00 a.m .: Qualification
September 6, 3 p.m .: Final
qualification
Date: September 6, 1960, from 9:00 a.m.
Group A
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | result | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Józef Szmidt | Poland | 16.44 m OR | - | - | 16.44 m | OR |
2 | Kari Rahkamo | Finland | 15.85 m | - | - | 15.85 m | |
3 | Sten Erickson | Sweden | x | 15.47 m | 15.76 m | 15.76 m | |
4th | Ira Davis | United States | 15.64 m | - | - | 15.64 m | |
5 | Hannu Rantala | Finland | 15.11 m | 14.94 m | 15.08 m | 15.11 m | |
6th | Jan Jaskólski | Poland | x | 14.84 m | 15.04 m | 15.04 m | |
7th | Hiroshi Shibata | Japan | 14.93 m | 14.80 m | x | 14.93 m | |
8th | Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz | Spain | x | 14.93 m | x | 14.93 m | |
9 | Federico Bisson | Italy | x | 14.21 m | 14.76 m | 14.76 m | |
10 | Samuel Igun | Nigeria | 14.74 m | 14.52 m | 14.26 m | 14.74 m | |
11 | Kōji Sakurai | Japan | 14.59 m | 14.17 m | 14.07 m | 14.59 m | |
12 | Ramón López | Cuba | 14.05 m | 14.53 m | 14.52 m | 14.53 m | |
13 | Dave Norris | New Zealand | x | 13.78 m | 14.30 m | 14.30 m |
Group B
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | result | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vladimir Goryayev | Soviet Union | 15.14 m | 16.21 m | - | 16.21 m | |
2 | Ryszard Malcherczyk | Poland | 15.46 m | 15.93 m | - | 15.93 m | |
3 | Ian Tomlinson | Australia | 15.29 m | 15.89 m | - | 15.89 m | |
4th | Pier Luigi Gatti | Italy | 15.12 m | x | 15.66 m | 15.66 m | |
5 | Fred Alsop | United Kingdom | x | 15.65 m | - | 15.65 m | |
6th | Witold Krejer | Soviet Union | 15.56 m | - | - | 15.56 m | |
7th | Bill Sharpe | United States | 15.44 m | 15.24 m | x | 15.44 m | |
8th | Tomio Ota | Japan | 13.59 m | 15.42 m | x | 15.42 m | |
9 | Eric Battista | France | 15.22 m | x | 14.83 m | 15.22 m | |
10 | Karl Thierfelder | Germany | x | 15.08 m | 14.42 m | 15.08 m | |
11 | Ruhollah Rahmani | Iran | 14.70 m | 13.52 m | x | 14.70 m | |
12 | Konstantinos Sfikas | Greece | 14.25 m | 13.60 m | 14.32 m | 14.32 m | |
13 | Pedro Camacho | Puerto Rico | x | 14.21 m | 13.58 | 14.21 m | |
14th | Yıldıray Pağda | Turkey | 14.11 m | 13.85 m | x | 14.11 m |
Group C
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | result | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Hinze | Germany | 15.86 m | - | - | 15.86 m | |
2 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson | Iceland | 15.49 m | 15.74 m | - | 15.74 m | |
3 | Yevgeny Mikhailov | Soviet Union | 15.68 m | - | - | 15.68 m | |
4th | Adhemar da Silva | Brazil | 15.47 m | 15.61 m | - | 15.61 m | |
5 | John Baguley | Australia | 14.62 m | 14.74 m | 15.56 m | 15.56 m | |
6th | Enzo Cavalli | Italy | 15.48 m | 15.33 m | 15.37 m | 15.48 m | |
7th | Dodyu Patarinski | Bulgaria | x | 15.37 m | x | 15.37 m | |
8th | Jörg Wischmeier | Germany | x | 15.20 m | 15.23 m | 15.23 m | |
9 | Herman Stokes | United States | 14.74 m | 14.53 m | 14.48 m | 14.74 m | |
10 | Abdul Razzak | Iraq | 14.08 m | 14.56 m | 14.27 m | 14.56 m | |
11 | Muhammad Khan | Pakistan | x | 14.43 m | 14.20 m | 14.43 m | |
12 | Pierre William | France | 13.29 m | x | x | 13.29 m |
final
Date: September 6, 1960, 3 p.m.
15 athletes had qualified for the final, among them world record holder Józef Szmidt from Poland, the first 17-meter jumper to improve the Olympic record in his qualification attempt . In the final, he jumped another 34 centimeters in the first round. Nobody could dispute the leadership anymore. In the third attempt, Szmidt added another three centimeters. Behind him, two Soviet jumpers took second and third place: Vladimir Gorjajew won the silver medal 18 centimeters behind, ahead of Witold Krejer, who was another 20 centimeters behind.
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, who had dominated the triple jump competitions of the last two Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 and in Melbourne in 1956 , was again at the start in Rome . But the standard of performance had evolved and da Silva was no longer in the shape of previous years, so this time it was only 14th in the final.
Józef Szmidt won the first Polish gold medal in the triple jump .
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Józef Szmidt | Poland | 16.78 m OR | x | 16.81 m OR | x | 16.63 m | 13.48 m | 16.81 m | OR |
2 | Vladimir Goryayev | Soviet Union | 16.11 m | 16.39 m | 15.55 m | 16.63 m | 16.28 m | x | 16.63 m | |
3 | Witold Krejer | Soviet Union | 16.21 m | 16.00 m | 15.96 m | 16.01 m | 15.91 m | 16.43 m | 16.43 m | |
4th | Ira Davis | United States | x | 16.41 m | x | 16.13 m | x | 16.05 m | 16.41 m | |
5 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson | Iceland | 16.37 m | 16.06 m | 15.90 m | 16.24 m | x | 16.36 m | 16.37 m | |
6th | Ryszard Malcherczyk | Poland | 15.87 m | 16.01 m | 15.83 m | 15.82 m | 13.18 m | 14.66 m | 16.01 m | |
7th | Manfred Hinze | Germany | 15.93 m | x | 15.84 m | not in the final of the six best jumpers |
15.93 m | |||
8th | Kari Rahkamo | Finland | 15.84 m | x | 15.71 m | 15.84 m | ||||
9 | Ian Tomlinson | Australia | 15.40 m | 15.71 m | 13.21 m | 15.71 m | ||||
10 | Yevgeny Mikhailov | Soviet Union | 15.50 m | 15.67 m | 14.83 m | 15.67 m | ||||
11 | Sten Erickson | Sweden | 15.49 m | 15.32 m | x | 15.49 m | ||||
12 | Fred Alsop | United Kingdom | 15.49 m | x | x | 15.49 m | ||||
13 | John Baguley | Australia | 14.88 m | 15.16 m | 15.22 m | 15.22 m | ||||
14th | Adhemar da Silva | Brazil | x | 14.87 m | 15.07 m | 15.07 m | ||||
ogV | Pier Luigi Gatti | Italy | x | x | x | without space |
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 208f
Videos
- Stadio olimpico: nel salto triplo, la medaglia d'oro va la polacco Schiedt che con i suoi 16 .. , published on June 21, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed on October 18, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference triple jump , accessed October 18, 2017
- Official report pp. 139–142, engl. (PDF), accessed on October 18, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. Triple jump men , accessed on rekorde-im-sport.de on October 18, 2017
- ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 64 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 18, 2017
- ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 139f (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 18, 2017
- ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 142 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 18, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 18, 2017