Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.-Medal table:...

at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

. The competition was held on August 6, 1936. The final was won by Naoto Tajima of Japan

Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of...

Final

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 5
Round 6

Final standings

Rank	Name	Distance	Notes
	Naoto Tajima Naoto Tajima was a Japanese athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He won a gold medal in the triple jump , and won a bronze medal in the long jump, behind Jesse Owens and Lutz Long....	16.00	WR
	Masao Harada Masao Harada was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.He competed for Japan in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the triple jump where he won the silver medal.-References:*...	15.66
	Jack Metcalfe Jack Metcalfe John "Jack" Patrick Metcalfe was an Australian athlete who competed in high jump, long jump and javelin events, though he is best remembered as a triple jumper....	15.50
4	Heinz Wöllner	15.27
5	Rolland Romero	15.08
6	Kenkichi Oshima Kenkichi Oshima was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.He competed for Japan in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, in the triple jump where he won the bronze medal.He was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan....	15.07
7	Erich Joch	14.88
8	Dudley Wilkins	14.83
9	Olavi Suomela	14.72
10	Luz Long Luz Long Carl Ludwig "Luz" Long was a German Olympic athlete, notable for winning Silver at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for giving advice to his competitor, Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the broad jump as a result of Long's advice.Long was killed in...	14.62
11	Edward Luckhaus	14.61
12	Lajos Somló	14.60
13	Onni Rajasaari	14.59
14	Eugen Haugland Eugen Haugland Eugen Haugland was a Norwegian triple jumper. He represented Haugesund IL.He was a brother of Jens Edv. Haugland, father of Terje Haugland and grandfather of Hanne Haugland....	14.56
15	Marten Klasema	14.55
16	Basil Dickinson Basil Dickinson John Basil Charles Dickinson is an Australian athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was born in Queanbeyan....	14.48
17	Billy Brown	14.36
18	Bo Ljungberg	14.35
19	Lennart Andersson	14.26
20	Sam Richardson Sam Richardson Samuel "Sam" Richardson is a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Toronto.In 1936 he was a member of the Canadian relay team which finished fifth in the Olympic 4x100 metre event...	14.21
21	Jovan Mikić	13.90
22	Sigurður Sigurðsson	13.58
23	Karl Kotratschek	13.15

Key: WR = World record

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