The men's triple jump, also known as the hop, step, and jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912. Twenty athletes from eight nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 61. The event was won by Gustaf Lindblom of Sweden, the nation's first medal in the men's triple jump. Georg Åberg and Erik Almlöf also medaled for Sweden, completing a sweep—previously accomplished twice by the United States in 1900 and 1904.
Background
This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four jumpers from 1908 returned: bronze medalist Edvard Larsen of Norway, fourth-place finisher Calvin Bricker of Canada, fifth-place finisher Platt Adams of the United States, and also-competed Juho Halme of Finland. The top jumpers in the world, the brothers Tim Ahearne (1908 Olympic gold medalist) and Dan Ahearn (who set the world record in 1911), were not present.
Austria made its first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the fifth time, having competed at each of the Games so far.
Competition format
The competition was described as two rounds at the time, but was more similar to the modern divided final. All athletes received three jumps initially. The top three after that received an additional three jumps to improve their distance, but the initial jumps would still count if no improvement was made.Official Report, pp. 398–99.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
Date Time Round Monday, 15 July 1912 14:00 QualifyingFinal
Results
Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Gustaf Lindblom 14.74 14.76 14.20 X 14.35 14.32 14.76 Georg Åberg 13.58 13.90 14.51 X 14.03 X 14.51 Erik Almlöf X 13.46 14.17 X 13.85 14.10 14.17 4 Erling Vinne 13.63 14.14 13.34 Did not advance 14.14 5 Platt Adams 13.72 14.09 X Did not advance 14.09 6 Edvard Larsen 13.27 13.90 14.06 Did not advance 14.06 7 Hjalmar Ohlsson 14.01 13.87 13.91 Did not advance 14.01 8 Nils Fixdal 13.96 13.58 13.66 Did not advance 13.96 9 Charles Brickley 13.88 13.84 13.77 Did not advance 13.88 10 Gustaf Nordén 13.81 12.76 X Did not advance 13.81 11 Johan Halme 13.79 13.43 13.51 Did not advance 13.79 12 Inge Lindholm 13.14 13.57 13.74 Did not advance 13.74 13 Edward Farrell X 13.42 13.57 Did not advance 13.57 14 Otto Bäurle 13.12 X 13.52 Did not advance 13.52 15 Gustav Krojer 12.90 13.45 12.95 Did not advance 13.45 Patrik Ohlsson 12.98 13.37 13.45 Did not advance 13.45 17 Skotte Jacobsson 13.33 X 12.71 Did not advance 13.33 18 Calvin Bricker 13.25 — — Did not advance 13.25 19 Timothy Carroll X 12.54 12.56 Did not advance 12.56 20 Arthur Maranda 12.53 12.07 12.25 Did not advance 12.53
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