Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 19–21
Competitors21 from 8 nations
Medalists
   Finland
   Sweden
   Sweden
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m steeplechase men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
3000 m team race men
3 km walk men
10 km walk men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men
56 lb weight throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon men
Decathlon men
Cross-country events
Individual men
Team men

The men's triple jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Thursday, August 19, 1920, to Saturday, August 21, 1920.

Twenty-one triple jumpers from eight nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 15.52 United Kingdom Dan Ahearn (*) New York (USA) May 30, 1911
Olympic Record 14.92 United Kingdom Tim Ahearne London (GBR) July 25, 1908

(*) Dan Ahearn set his world record while being a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at this Olympics he represented the United States.

Results

The best six triple jumpers qualified for the final.

Place Athlete Qual. Final
Distance Rank
1  Vilho Tuulos (FIN) 14.505 1 14.505
2  Folke Jansson (SWE) 14.16 3 14.48
3  Erik Almlöf (SWE) 14.19 2 14.27
4  Ivar Sahlin (SWE) 13.86 5 14.175
5  Sherman Landers (USA) 14.00 4 14.17
6  Dan Ahearn (USA) 13.75 6 14.08
7  Ossian Nylund (FIN) 13.74
8  Benjamin Howard Baker (GBR) 13.675
9  Kaare Bache (NOR) 13.64
10  Sven Runström (SWE) 13.63
11  Erling Juul (NOR) 13.59
12  Kaufman Geist (USA) 13.52
13  Erling Vinne (NOR) 13.34
14  Charles Lively (GBR) 13.15
15  Clarence Jaquith (USA) 13.04
16  Etienne Proux (FRA) 12.925
17  André Chilo (FRA) 12.54
18  Menelaos Ponireas (GRE) 12.60
19  Gustave Remouet (FRA) 12.475
20  František Šretr (TCH) NM
 František Stejskal (TCH) NM

References

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