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

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. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912. Twenty athletes from seven nations competed.[1]

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Left-right: Gustaf Lindblom, Georg Åberg, Erik Almlöf at the 1912 Olympics
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 15
Competitors20 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gustaf Lindblom  Sweden
Georg Åberg  Sweden
Erik Almlöf  Sweden
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
4×100 m relaymen
4×400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Standing long jumpmen
Standing high jumpmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
2-hand shot putmen
2-hand discusmen
2-hand javelinmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

Records

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

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

Results
PlaceAthletePreliminaryFinalBest mark
123Rank456
1 Gustaf Lindblom (SWE) 14.7414.7614.201st—14.3514.3214.76
2 Georg Åberg (SWE) 13.5813.9014.512nd—14.03—14.51
3 Erik Almlöf (SWE) —13.4614.173rd—13.8514.1014.17
4 Erling Vinne (NOR) 13.6314.1413.344th14.14
5 Platt Adams (USA) 13.7214.09—5th14.09
6 Edvard Larsen (NOR) 13.2713.9014.066th14.06
7 Hjalmar Ohlsson (SWE) 14.0113.8713.917th14.01
8 Nils Fixdal (NOR) 13.9613.5813.668th13.96
9 Charles Brickley (USA) 13.8813.8413.779th13.88
10 Gustaf Nordén (SWE) 13.8112.76—10th13.81
11 Johan Halme (FIN) 13.7913.4313.5111th13.79
12 Inge Lindholm (SWE) 13.1413.5713.7412th13.74
13 Edward Farrell (USA) —13.4213.5713th13.57
14 Otto Bäurle (GER) 13.12—13.5214th13.52
15 Gustav Krojer (AUT) 12.9013.4512.9515th13.45
 Patrik Ohlsson (SWE) 12.9813.3713.4515th13.45
17 Skotte Jacobsson (SWE) 13.33—12.7117th13.33
18 Calvin Bricker (CAN) 13.2518th13.25
19 Timothy Carroll (GBR) —12.5412.5619th12.56
20 Arthur Maranda (CAN) 12.5312.0712.2520th12.53

References
  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.

Sources
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2007.
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