Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 3 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
Arne Åhman Sweden   George Avery Australia   Ruhi Sarialp Turkey

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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's triple jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 3, 1948. The final was won by Swede Arne Åhman.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Olympic record

Naoto Tajima (JPN)

16.00 m

Berlin, Germany

6 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday, 3 August 1948	11:00	Qualifications
Tuesday, 3 August 1948	15:30	Finals

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 14.50m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	George Avery	Australia	15.335	Q
2	Valle Rautio	Finland	14.860	Q
3	Åke Hallgren	Sweden	14.770	Q
4	Adhemar da Silva	Brazil	14.690	Q
5	Henry Rebello	India	14.650	Q
6	Hélio da Silva	Brazil	14.640	Q
7	Arne Åhman	Sweden	14.600	Q
7	Kim Won-kwon	South Korea	14.600	Q
9	Geraldo de Oliveira	Brazil	14.590	Q
10	Lennart Moberg	Sweden	14.570	Q
11	Les McKeand	Australia	14.550	Q
12	Bill Albans	United States	14.550	Q
13	Ruhi Sarıalp	Sweden	14.530	Q
14	Preben Larsen	Denmark	14.520	Q
15	Máximo Reyes	Peru	14.380
16	Erik Koutonen	United States	14.370
17	João Vieira	Brazil	14.280
18	Robert Bobin	France	14.130
19	Bob Beckus	United States	14.030
19	Bob Beckus	United States	14.030
20	Charles Épalle	France	14.020
21	Felix Würth	Austria	13.920
22	Luís García	Portugal	13.920
23	Carlos Vera	Chile	13.850
24	Allan Lindsay	Great Britain	13.700
25	Sidney Cross	Great Britain	13.455
-	Robert Hawkey	Chile	DNQ
-	G. D. Peiris	Ceylon	NM
-	Jorge Aguirre	Mexico

Final

Rank	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Arne Åhman	Sweden	15.400	14.680	14.890	14.580	x	x	15.400
	George Avery	Australia	15.365	x	14.670	14.320	14.780		15.365
	Ruhi Sarıalp	Turkey	14.230	15.020	14.910	15.025	x		15.025
4	Preben Larsen	Denmark							14.830
5	Geraldo de Oliveira	Brazil							14.825
6	Valle Rautio	Finland							14.700
7	Les McKeand	Australia							14.530
8	Adhemar da Silva	Brazil							14.490
9	Åke Hallgren	Sweden							14.485
10	Bill Albans	United States							14.330
11	Hélio da Silva	Brazil							14.310
12	Kim Won-Gwon	South Korea							14.250
13	Lennart Moberg	Sweden							14.215
	Henry Rebello	India								NM

Key: NM = No mark, x = Foul

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's triple jump, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-07.
• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.