Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October 1964. 36 athletes from 23 nations entered, with 2 not starting in the qualification round.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jozef Szmidt Poland	Oleg Fedoseev Soviet Union	Victor Kravchenko Soviet Union

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 15.80 metres with a minimum of 12 jumpers advancing. Each jumper had three opportunities. 13 met or exceeded the standard, advancing to the next round.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3
1	Frederick John Alsop	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	16.41 metres		X	15.21	16.41
2	Ira Sylvester Davis	United States	16.29 metres		16.29	—
3	Manfred Hinze	Unified Team of Germany	16.23 metres		14.10	15.47	16.23
4	Georgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	16.21 metres		16.21	—
5	Jozef Szmidt	Poland	16.18 metres		16.18	—
6	Jan Jaskolski	Poland	16.10 metres		16.10	—
7	Okazaki Takayuki	Japan	16.05 metres		15.76	15.47	16.05
8	Hans-J. Ruckborn	Unified Team of Germany	15.88 metres		15.88	—
9	Oleg Fedoseev	Soviet Union	15.87 metres		15.87	—
10	Mansour Dia	Senegal	15.84 metres		15.64	15.84	—
11	Serban Ciochina	Romania	15.81 metres		15.81	—
	Victor Kravchenko	Soviet Union	15.81 metres		15.81	—
13	William John Sharpe	United States	15.80 metres		15.80	—
14	Gunter Krivec	Unified Team of Germany	15.78 metres		X	15.78	15.78
15	Ian Ross Tomlinson	Australia	15.76 metres		15.09	15.76	15.34
16	Vitold Kreer	Soviet Union	15.71 metres		15.71	15.57	15.69
17	Sakurai Koji	Japan	15.59 metres		15.42	15.59	15.45
18	Michael Ralph	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	15.57 metres		15.09	13.98	15.57
19	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	15.53 metres		X	15.53	15.15
20	Luis Felipe Areta	Spain	15.41 metres		15.41	X	X
21	Kent Lee Floerke	United States	15.36 metres		15.36	X	15.33
22	George Ogan	Nigeria	15.35 metres		X	15.35	15.28
23	Askin Tuna	Turkey	15.21 metres		15.08	15.21	X
24	Christian Ohiri	Nigeria	15.08 metres		14.35	15.08	15.00
25	Eric Battista	France	15.04 metres		15.04	X	X
26	Labh Singh	India	14.95 metres		14.95	X	14.74
27	Liuben Gurgushinov	Bulgaria	14.75 metres		14.75	X	X
28	Marc Rabemila	Madagascar	14.62 metres		14.15	14.62	13.92
29	Hartley Saunders	Bahamas	14.59 metres		14.59	13.75	14.58
30	Hwang Chung Dae	Korea	13.98 metres		X	X	13.98
31	Samir Ambrose Vincent	Iraq	13.85 metres		X	X	13.85
32	Chu Ming	Hong Kong	13.50 metres		13.25	X	13.50
33	Graham Boase	Australia	No mark		X	X	X
	Ota Tomio	Japan	No mark		X	X	X
—	Cha Won Sil	DPR Korea	Did not start		—
	C. Mousiadis	Greece	Did not start		—

Final

The qualification jumps were ignored, each jumper starting with a clean slate in the final. Each jumper jumped three times; the six who had jumped the furthest received another three attempts.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Jump 4	Jump 5	Jump 6
1	Jozef Szmidt	Poland	16.85 metres OR		16.37	16.65	16.58	X	14.55	16.85
2	Oleg Fedoseev	Soviet Union	16.58 metres		15.73	15.67	16.35	16.20	16.58	16.38
3	Victor Kravchenko	Soviet Union	16.57 metres		16.14	16.38	16.17	16.57	16.10	15.99
4	Frederick John Alsop	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	16.46 metres		16.46	X	16.14	X	X	16.14
5	Serban Ciochina	Romania	16.23 metres		15.79	16.23	15.70	16.10	15.79	15.77
6	Manfred Hinze	Unified Team of Germany	16.15 metres		15.81	16.06	16.15	X	13.63	X
7	Georgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	16.10 metres		15.30	15.96	16.10
8	Hans-J. Ruckborn	Unified Team of Germany	16.09 metres		16.09	X	15.52
9	Ira Sylvester Davis	United States	16.00 metres		15.97	15.82	16.00
10	Okazaki Takayuki	Japan	15.90 metres		15.69	X	15.90
11	William John Sharpe	United States	15.84 metres		15.84	15.69	15.67
12	Jan Jaskolski	Poland	15.82 metres		15.82	X	X
13	Mansour Dia	Senegal	15.44 metres		15.40	X	15.44

References

• Official Report

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