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

Event:	Men's triple jump
Games:	1928 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Date:	August 2
Competitors:	24
Nations:	13
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	15.21
Gold:	Mikio Oda
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Levi Casey
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Vilho Tuulos
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's triple jump event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place on August 2.^[1] Twenty-four athletes from 13 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.^[2] The event was won by Mikio Oda of Japan, the nation's first medal in the men's triple jump. Levi Casey put the United States on the podium for the first time since 1924, with his silver. Vilho Tuulos of Finland took bronze, the first man to win a third medal in the event (gold in 1920, bronze in 1924).

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1924 Games were gold medalist Nick Winter of Australia, bronze medalist Vilho Tuulos and fourth-place finisher Väinö Rainio of Finland, and sixth-place finisher Mikio Oda of Japan. Oda was the favorite this time, winning the 1923, 1925 and 1927 Far East Championships; Tuulos was still a strong contender.^[3]

Denmark and New Zealand each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the eighth 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 six 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 1928 Summer Olympics.

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

Results

The six best scores advanced to the final round. Three additional rounds were jumped in the final; the results of the qualifying rounds carried over.

data-sort-type=number	Rank	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
	Mikio Oda		15.02	15.13	15.21	data-sort-value=1.00	X	14.30	data-sort-value=1.00	X	15.21
	Levi Casey		14.13	14.53	14.93	data-sort-value=1.00	X	data-sort-value=1.00	X	15.17	15.17
	Vilho Tuulos		data-sort-value=1.00	X	14.13	14.73	14.97	15.09	15.11	15.11
4	Chūhei Nambu		14.75	14.35	15.01	data-sort-value=1.00	X	14.21	15.00	15.01
5	Toimi Tulikoura		14.37	14.53	14.70	14.34	data-sort-value=1.00	X	14.62	14.70
6	Erkki Järvinen		14.63	14.65	14.23	14.06	data-sort-value=1.00	X	data-sort-value=1.00	X	14.65
7	Wim Peters		14.55			did not advance			14.55
8	Väinö Rainio		14.41			did not advance			14.41
9	Sidney Bowman		14.35			did not advance			14.35
9	Jan Blankers		14.35			did not advance			14.35
11	Lloyd Bourgeois		14.28			did not advance			14.28
12	Nick Winter		14.15			did not advance			14.15
13	Gijs Lamoree		14.08			did not advance			14.08
14	Imre Fekete		14.07			did not advance			14.07
15	Steef van Musscher		13.93			did not advance			13.93
16	Alex Munroe		13.87			did not advance			13.87
17	Konstantinos Petridis		13.83			did not advance			13.83
18	Hermann Brügmann		13.82			did not advance			13.82
19	Theo Phelan		13.73			did not advance			13.73
20	Bob Kelley		13.64			did not advance			13.64
21	Arild Lenth		13.39			did not advance			13.39
22	Ferenc Molnár		13.36			did not advance			13.36
23	Wilfrid Kalaugher		12.94			did not advance			12.94
24	Johannes Viljoen		12.49			did not advance			12.49

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174816/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/mens-triple-jump.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.
Official Report, p. 374.
Web site: Triple Jump, Men . Olympedia . 5 September 2020.
Official Report, pp. 446–48.