Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump
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The men's triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.-Men's...

 program in Tokyo
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. 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
Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt is a former Polish athlete. Having German roots, he is often referred to by the Germanized name Jozef Schmidt....

Olsztyn
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August 5, 1960
Olympic Record 16.81   Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt is a former Polish athlete. Having German roots, he is often referred to by the Germanized name Jozef Schmidt....

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September 6, 1960


Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt is a former Polish athlete. Having German roots, he is often referred to by the Germanized name Jozef Schmidt....

 set a new Olympic record with 16.85 metres.

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  16.41 metres X 15.21 16.41
2 Ira Davis
Ira Davis
J. Ira Davis was a infielder in Major League Baseball. He went to the University of Pennsylvania and played for the New York Giants in 1899. He remained active in the minor leagues through 1908.-External links:...

 
16.29 metres 16.29
3 Manfred Hinze  16.23 metres 14.10 15.47 16.23
4 Georgi Stoykovski  16.21 metres 16.21
5 Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt is a former Polish athlete. Having German roots, he is often referred to by the Germanized name Jozef Schmidt....

 
16.18 metres 16.18
6 Jan Jaskólski  16.10 metres 16.10
7 Takayuki Okazaki  16.05 metres 15.76 15.47 16.05
8 Hans-Jürgen Rückborn  15.88 metres 15.88
9 Oleg Fyodoseyev  15.87 metres 15.87
10 Mansour Dia  15.84 metres 15.64 15.84
11 Şerban Ciochină
Serban Ciochina
Şerban Ciochină is a retired Romanian triple jump athlete. He achieved 5th place at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and won the Romanian triple jump championship six years in a row from 1963 to 1968. He was also European Champion in Dortmund, Germany in 1966.- References :*...

 
15.81 metres 15.81
Victor Kravchenko
Viktor Kravchenko (athlete)
Viktor Kravchenko was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump. He trained at Dynamo in Rostov on Don.He competed for the USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the triple jump where he won the bronze medal.-References:...

 
15.81 metres 15.81
13 Bill Sharpe
Bill Sharpe (athlete)
William John Sharpe is retired male athlete from the United States, competing in the triple jump. A three-time Olympian he won the gold medal in the men's triple jump event at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.-References:*...

 
15.80 metres 15.80
14 Günter Krivec  15.78 metres X 15.78 15.78
15 Ian Tomlinson  15.76 metres 15.09 15.76 15.34
16 Vitold Kreyer
Vitold Kreyer
Vitold Anatolievich Kreyer was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow Oblast....

 
15.71 metres 15.71 15.57 15.69
17 Koji Sakurai  15.59 metres 15.42 15.59 15.45
18 Michael Ralph  15.57 metres 15.09 13.98 15.57
19 Henrik Kalocsai
Henrik Kalocsai
Henrik Kalocsai is a retired Hungarian athlete who specialized in the triple jump and long jump.He won the gold medal at the 1965 Summer Universiade, the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships and the silver medal at the 1967 European Indoor Games...

 
15.53 metres X 15.53 15.15
20 Luis Felipe Areta
Luis Felipe Areta
Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz is a retired Spanish triple jumper.His personal best jump was 16.36 metres, achieved in July 1968 in Estocolmo. He had a better indoor mark with 16.47 metres, achieved at the 1968 European Indoor Games in Madrid. Both marks are former Spanish records.He is a numerary of...

 
15.41 metres 15.41 X X
21 Kent Floerke  15.36 metres 15.36 X 15.33
22 George Ogan  15.35 metres X 15.35 15.28
23 Aşkın Tuna  15.21 metres 15.08 15.21 X
24 Christian Ohiri  15.08 metres 14.35 15.08 15.00
25 Éric Battista  15.04 metres 15.04 X X
26 Labh Singh  14.95 metres 14.95 X 14.74
27 Lyuben Gurgushinov  14.75 metres 14.75 X X
28 Marc Rabemila  14.62 metres 14.15 14.62 13.92
29 Hartley Saunders  14.59 metres 14.59 13.75 14.58
30 Hwang Chung-Dae  13.98 metres X X 13.98
31 Samir Vincent
Samir Vincent
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13.85 metres X X 13.85
32 Chu Ming  13.50 metres 13.25 X 13.50
33 Graham Boase  No mark X X X
Tomio Ota  No mark X X X
Cha Won-Sil   North Korea Did not start
C. Mousiadis  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
Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt is a former Polish athlete. Having German roots, he is often referred to by the Germanized name Jozef Schmidt....

 
16.85 metres OR 16.37 16.65 16.58 X 14.55 16.85
2 Oleg Fyodoseyev  16.58 metres 15.73 15.67 16.35 16.20 16.58 16.38
3 Victor Kravchenko
Viktor Kravchenko (athlete)
Viktor Kravchenko was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump. He trained at Dynamo in Rostov on Don.He competed for the USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the triple jump where he won the bronze medal.-References:...

 
16.57 metres 16.14 16.38 16.17 16.57 16.10 15.99
4 Frederick Alsop  16.46 metres 16.46 X 16.14 X X 16.14
5 Şerban Ciochină
Serban Ciochina
Şerban Ciochină is a retired Romanian triple jump athlete. He achieved 5th place at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and won the Romanian triple jump championship six years in a row from 1963 to 1968. He was also European Champion in Dortmund, Germany in 1966.- References :*...

 
16.23 metres 15.79 16.23 15.70 16.10 15.79 15.77
6 Manfred Hinze  16.15 metres 15.81 16.06 16.15 X 13.63 X
7 Georgi Stoykovski  16.10 metres 15.30 15.96 16.10
8 Hans-Jürgen Rückborn  16.09 metres 16.09 X 15.52
9 Ira Davis
Ira Davis
J. Ira Davis was a infielder in Major League Baseball. He went to the University of Pennsylvania and played for the New York Giants in 1899. He remained active in the minor leagues through 1908.-External links:...

 
16.00 metres 15.97 15.82 16.00
10 Takayuki Okazaki  15.90 metres 15.69 X 15.90
11 William Sharpe  15.84 metres 15.84 15.69 15.67
12 Jan Jaskólski  15.82 metres 15.82 X X
13 Mansour Dia 15.44 metres 15.40 X 15.44
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