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

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 Olsztyn Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...  (POL Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... )	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....	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...  (ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... )	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 Samir Vincent also known as Samir Ambrose Vincent is an Iraqi American that pleaded guilty in January 2005 to being an illegal agent for Saddam Hussein's government and helping to skim money from the Oil-for-Food Programme which earned him millions of dollars in the process.-Oil-for-Food Programme...		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