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

Men's triple jump at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	16 October
Competitors	36 from 23 nations
Medalists
Józef Szmidt   Poland   Oleg Fyodoseyev   Soviet Union   Victor Kravchenko   Soviet Union

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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.

World Record	17.03	Józef Szmidt	Olsztyn (POL)	August 5, 1960
Olympic Record	16.81	Józef Szmidt	Rome (ITA)	September 6, 1960

Józef Szmidt set a new Olympic record with 16.85 metres.

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 Alsop	Great Britain	16.41 metres		X	15.21	16.41
2	Ira Davis	United States	16.29 metres		16.29	—
3	Manfred Hinze	Germany	16.23 metres		14.10	15.47	16.23
4	Georgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	16.21 metres		16.21	—
5	Józef Szmidt	Poland	16.18 metres		16.18	—
6	Jan Jaskólski	Poland	16.10 metres		16.10	—
7	Takayuki Okazaki	Japan	16.05 metres		15.76	15.47	16.05
8	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	Germany	15.88 metres		15.88	—
9	Oleg Fyodoseyev	Soviet Union	15.87 metres		15.87	—
10	Mansour Dia	Senegal	15.84 metres		15.64	15.84	—
11	Şerban Ciochină	Romania	15.81 metres		15.81	—
	Victor Kravchenko	Soviet Union	15.81 metres		15.81	—
13	Bill Sharpe	United States	15.80 metres		15.80	—
14	Günter Krivec	Germany	15.78 metres		X	15.78	15.78
15	Ian Tomlinson	Australia	15.76 metres		15.09	15.76	15.34
16	Vitold Kreyer	Soviet Union	15.71 metres		15.71	15.57	15.69
17	Koji Sakurai	Japan	15.59 metres		15.42	15.59	15.45
18	Michael Ralph	Great Britain	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 Floerke	United States	15.36 metres		15.36	X	15.33
22	George Ogan	Nigeria	15.35 metres		X	15.35	15.28
23	Aşkın Tuna	Turkey	15.21 metres		15.08	15.21	X
24	Christian Ohiri	Nigeria	15.08 metres		14.35	15.08	15.00
25	Éric Battista	France	15.04 metres		15.04	X	X
26	Labh Singh	India	14.95 metres		14.95	X	14.74
27	Lyuben 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	South Korea	13.98 metres		X	X	13.98
31	Samir 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
	Tomio Ota	Japan	No mark		X	X	X
—	Cha Won-Sil	North 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	Józef Szmidt	Poland	16.85 metres OR		16.37	16.65	16.58	X	14.55	16.85
2	Oleg Fyodoseyev	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 Alsop	Great Britain	16.46 metres		16.46	X	16.14	X	X	16.14
5	Şerban Ciochină	Romania	16.23 metres		15.79	16.23	15.70	16.10	15.79	15.77
6	Manfred Hinze	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-Jürgen Rückborn	Germany	16.09 metres		16.09	X	15.52
9	Ira Davis	United States	16.00 metres		15.97	15.82	16.00
10	Takayuki Okazaki	Japan	15.90 metres		15.69	X	15.90
11	William Sharpe	United States	15.84 metres		15.84	15.69	15.67
12	Jan Jaskólski	Poland	15.82 metres		15.82	X	X
13	Mansour Dia	Senegal	15.44 metres		15.40	X	15.44

References

• Official Report