Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place August 2.

Qualifying round

The six best scores advanced to the Final Round.

Qualifying Round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Distance
1	Mikio Oda	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	15.21
2	Chuhei Nanbu	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	15.01
3	Levi Casey	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	14.93
4	Ville Tuulos	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	14.73
5	Toimi Tulikoura	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	14.70
6	Erkki Järvinen	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	14.65
7	Wim Peters	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	14.55
8	Väinö Rainio	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	14.41
9	Sid Bowman	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	14.35
9	Jan Blankers	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	14.35
11	Lloyd Bourgeois	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	14.28
12	Nick Winter	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	14.15
13	Gijs Lamoree	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	14.08
14	Imre Fekete	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	14.07
15	Steef van Musscher	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	13.93
16	Alex Munroe	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	13.87
17	Konstantinos Petridis	Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	13.83
18	Hermann Brügmann	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	13.82
19	Theo Phelan	Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	13.73
20	Bob Kelley	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	13.64
21	Arild Lenth Arild Lenth Arild Lenth was a Norwegian long jumper and triple jumper.His personal best long jump was 7.18 metres, achieved in July 1928 on Bislett stadion. In August 1928 at the same stadium he jumped 14.11 metres in the triple jump, another career best. At the 1928 Summer Olympics he competed in the long...	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	13.39
22	Ferenc Molnár	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	13.36
23	Wilfred Kalaugher	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	12.94
24	Johannes Viljoen	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	12.49

Final

Rank	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Mikio Oda Mikio Oda was a Japanese athlete and the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist. He was the first Asian Olympic champion in an individual event.Oda's main event was triple jump, but he also competed in long jump and high jump, and participated in all three events in the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics...		15.21	14.30	15.21		15.21	15.21
	Levi Casey		14.93		14.93	15.17	15.17	15.17
	Vilho Tuulos Vilho Tuulos Vilho Immanuel Tuulos was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper.He was born in Tampere, and represented the sports club Tampereen Pyrintö. He won an Olympic gold medal in triple jump in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp...	14.97	14.97	15.09	15.09	15.11	15.11	15.11
4	Chuhei Nanbu		15.01	14.21	15.01	15.00	15.01	15.01
5	Toimi Tulikoura	14.34	14.70		14.70	14.62	14.70	14.70
6	Erkki Järvinen	14.06	14.65		14.65		14.65	14.65

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