Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_triple_jump

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Athletics at the Olympics

Quick Facts Men's triple jump at the Games of the V Olympiad, Venue ...

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.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3][4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World record Dan Ahearn (GBR)15.52 New York, United States30 May 1911
Olympic record Tim Ahearne (GBR)14.92 London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland25 July 1908

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

More information Date, Time ...

Results

More information Rank, Athlete ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    Official report, p. 61.
  3. [3]
    "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. [4]
    Official Report, pp. 398–99.

Sources

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2007.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_triple_jump, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.