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Triple Jump, Men

Date	3 August 1948 — 15:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	29 from 18 countries

Sweden’s Arne Åhman had placed third at the 1946 European Championships, trailing Finland’s Valle Rautio, who won the title.

At London 1948, Australia’s George Avery led the qualifiers and jumped 15.36 (50-4¾) in round one. However, Åhman had jumped first in the final, and his 15.40 (50-6¼) led from the start, and was eventually the gold medal winning mark. Rautio would finish only sixth. The bronze went to Türkiye’s Ruhi Sarıalp, the only Olympic athletics medal won by a Turkish athlete in the 20th century.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	425	Arne Åhman	SWE	14.600 (=7)	15.400 (1)	Gold
2	433	George Avery	AUS	15.335 (1)	15.365 (2)	Silver
3	468	Ruhi Sarıalp	TUR	14.530 (13)	15.025 (3)	Bronze
4	455	Preben Larsen	DEN	14.520 (14)	14.830 (4)
5	435	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.590 (9)	14.825 (5)
6	456	Valle Rautio	FIN	14.860 (2)	14.700 (6)
7	451	Les McKeand	AUS	14.550 (11)	14.530 (7)
8	452	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	14.690 (4)	14.490 (8)
9	466	Åke Hallgren	SWE	14.770 (3)	14.485 (9)
10	469	Bill Albans	USA	14.550 (12)	14.330 (10)
11	13	Hélio da Silva	BRA	14.640 (6)	14.310 (11)
12	444	Kim Won-Gwon	KOR	14.600 (=7)	14.250 (12)
13	467	Lennart Moberg	SWE	14.570 (10)	14.215 (13)
AC r2/2	463	Henry Rebello	IND	14.650 (5)	– (NM)
15 r1/2	58	Máximo Reyes	PER	14.380 (15)	–
16 r1/2	471	Erik Koutonen	USA	14.370 (16)	–
17 r1/2	465	João Vieira	POR	14.280 (17)	–
18 r1/2	458	Robert Bobin	FRA	14.130 (18)	–
19 r1/2	470	Bob Beckus	USA	14.030 (19)	–
20 r1/2	457	Charles Épalle	FRA	14.020 (20)	–
21 r1/2	434	Felix Würth	AUT	13.920 (21)	–
22 r1/2	464	Luís Alcide	POR	13.920 (22)	–
23 r1/2	454	Carlos Vera	CHI	13.850 (23)	–
24 r1/2	461	Allan Lindsay	GBR	13.700 (24)	–
25 r1/2	459	Sidney Cross	GBR	13.455 (25)	–
AC r1/2	460	Robert Hawkey	GBR	– (AC)	–
AC r1/2	418	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	– (AC)	–
AC r1/2	438	Gallage Peiris	SRI	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	462	Stefán Sörensson	ISL	– (NM)	–
DNS	16	Charles Thompson	GUY	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	3 August 1948 — 11:00
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 14.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	433	George Avery	AUS	15.335	Q
2	456	Valle Rautio	FIN	14.860	Q
3	466	Åke Hallgren	SWE	14.770	Q
4	452	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	14.690	Q
5	463	Henry Rebello	IND	14.650	Q
6	13	Hélio da Silva	BRA	14.640	Q
=7	425	Arne Åhman	SWE	14.600	Q
=7	444	Kim Won-Gwon	KOR	14.600	Q
9	435	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.590	Q
10	467	Lennart Moberg	SWE	14.570	Q
11	451	Les McKeand	AUS	14.550	Q
12	469	Bill Albans	USA	14.550	Q
13	468	Ruhi Sarıalp	TUR	14.530	Q
14	455	Preben Larsen	DEN	14.520	Q
15	58	Máximo Reyes	PER	14.380
16	471	Erik Koutonen	USA	14.370
17	465	João Vieira	POR	14.280
18	458	Robert Bobin	FRA	14.130
19	470	Bob Beckus	USA	14.030
20	457	Charles Épalle	FRA	14.020
21	434	Felix Würth	AUT	13.920
22	464	Luís Alcide	POR	13.920
23	454	Carlos Vera	CHI	13.850
24	461	Allan Lindsay	GBR	13.700
25	459	Sidney Cross	GBR	13.455
AC	460	Robert Hawkey	GBR	–
NM	438	Gallage Peiris	SRI	–
NM	462	Stefán Sörensson	ISL	–
AC	418	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	–
DNS	16	Charles Thompson	GUY	–

Group A

Date	3 August 1948

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	5	George Avery	AUS	15.335	Q
2	11	Åke Hallgren	SWE	14.770	Q
3	8	Hélio da Silva	BRA	14.640	Q
=4	2	Arne Åhman	SWE	14.600	Q
=4	13	Kim Won-Gwon	KOR	14.600	Q
6	3	Bill Albans	USA	14.550	Q
7	15	Preben Larsen	DEN	14.520	Q
8	14	Erik Koutonen	USA	14.370
9	7	Robert Bobin	FRA	14.130
10	6	Bob Beckus	USA	14.030
11	10	Charles Épalle	FRA	14.020
12	4	Luís Alcide	POR	13.920
13	9	Sidney Cross	GBR	13.455
AC	12	Robert Hawkey	GBR	–
AC	1	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	–

Group B

Date	3 August 1948

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	7	Valle Rautio	FIN	14.860	Q
2	6	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	14.690	Q
3	9	Henry Rebello	IND	14.650	Q
4	4	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.590	Q
5	3	Lennart Moberg	SWE	14.570	Q
6	2	Les McKeand	AUS	14.550	Q
7	11	Ruhi Sarıalp	TUR	14.530	Q
8	8	Máximo Reyes	PER	14.380
9	10	João Vieira	POR	14.280
10	15	Felix Würth	AUT	13.920
11	14	Carlos Vera	CHI	13.850
12	1	Allan Lindsay	GBR	13.700
NM	5	Gallage Peiris	SRI	–
NM	462	Stefán Sörensson	ISL	–
DNS	16	Charles Thompson	GUY	–

Final Round

Date	3 August 1948 — 15:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	1	Arne Åhman	SWE	15.400	15.400	14.680	14.890	14.580	x	x
2	3	George Avery	AUS	15.365	15.365	x	14.670	14.320	14.780	?
3	14	Ruhi Sarıalp	TUR	15.025	14.230	15.020	14.910	15.025	x	?
4	9	Preben Larsen	DEN	14.830	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	6	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.825	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	12	Valle Rautio	FIN	14.700	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	10	Les McKeand	AUS	14.530	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	4	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	14.490	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	7	Åke Hallgren	SWE	14.485	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	2	Bill Albans	USA	14.330	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	5	Hélio da Silva	BRA	14.310	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	8	Kim Won-Gwon	KOR	14.250	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	11	Lennart Moberg	SWE	14.215	–	–	–	–	–	–
NM	13	Henry Rebello	IND	–	x	-	-	–	–	–