1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's triple jump at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 22 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Valdemar Rautio  Finland
Silver	Bertil Johnsson  Sweden
Bronze	Arne Åhman  Sweden

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Valdemar Rautio	Finland	15.17
	Bertil Johnsson	Sweden	15.15
	Arne Åhman	Sweden	14.96
4	Eugen Haugland	Norway	14.70
5	Hannes Sonck	Finland	14.70
6	Preben Larsen	Denmark	14.65
7	Stefán Sörensson	Iceland	14.11	NR
8	Miroslav Řihošek	Czechoslovakia	13.77
9	Dennis Watts	United Kingdom	13.49

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 9 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

Czechoslovakia (1)  Denmark (1)

Finland (2)  Iceland (1)

Norway (1)  Sweden (2)

United Kingdom (1)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014