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Triple Jump, Men

Date	23 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	35 from 23 countries

Brazil’s Adhemar da Silva had equaled the world record in 1950 and broken it in 1951, and had won the 1951 Pan American Games. He was co-favorite with Soviet Leonid Shcherbakov, the 1950 European Champion. But da Silva dominated the event. He produced four jumps beyond Shcherbakov’s best of 15.98 (52-5¼), highlighted by two world records – 16.12 (52-10¾) in round two and 16.22 (53-2¾) in round five. Sixteen metres had only been jumped three times prior to Helsinki, but da Silva did it four times in his series, also getting 16.09 (52-9½) in round four and 16.05 (52-8) in the final round. Venezuela’s Asnoldo Devonish was in second after 15.52 (50-11) in round two, but Shcherbakov surpassed him with his fourth round jump.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	62	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.32 (1)	16.22 (1)	Gold	WR
2	453	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.05 (3)	15.98 (2)	Silver
3	978	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN	15.24 (2)	15.52 (3)	Bronze
4	1023	Walt Ashbaugh	USA	14.59 (=14)	15.39 (4)
5	516	Rune Nilsen	NOR	14.65 (8)	15.13 (5)
6	313	Yoshio Iimuro	JPN	14.81 (6)	14.99 (6)
7	61	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.64 (10)	14.95 (7)
8	699	Roger Norman	SWE	14.59 (=14)	14.89 (8)
9	806	Reino Hiltunen	FIN	14.82 (5)	14.85 (9)
10	575	Zygfryd Weinberg	POL	14.65 (9)	14.76 (10)
11	1022	Jim Gerhardt	USA	14.98 (4)	14.69 (11)
12	561	Rui Ramos	POR	14.59 (13)	14.69 (12)
13	879	Preben Larsen	DEN	14.62 (11)	14.62 (13)
14	312	Tadashi Yamamoto	JPN	14.60 (12)	14.57 (14)
15	700	Arne Åhman	SWE	14.72 (7)	14.05 (15)
16 r1/2	629	Jacques Boulanger	FRA	14.49 (16)	–
17 r1/2	58	José da Conceição	BRA	14.46 (17)	–
18 r1/2	372	Choi Yeong-Gi	KOR	14.44 (18)	–
19 r1/2	628	Malik M'Baye	FRA	14.39 (19)	–
20 r1/2	314	Keizo Hasegawa	JPN	14.39 (20)	–
21 r1/2	1021	George Shaw	USA	14.39 (21)	–
22 r1/2	807	Pentti Uusihauta	FIN	14.38 (22)	–
23 r1/2	808	Valle Rautio	FIN	14.14 (23)	–
24 r1/2	334	Rade Radovanović	YUG	14.13 (24)	–
25 r1/2	393	William Laing	GHA	14.09 (25)	–
26 r1/2	380	Vasilios Sakellarakis	GRE	14.05 (26)	–
27 r1/2	560	Eugénio Lopes	POR	14.05 (27)	–
28 r1/2	576	Stanisław Kowal	POL	14.03 (28)	–
29 r1/2	722	Willi Burgard	SAA	13.86 (29)	–
30 r1/2	71	Nikola Dagorov	BUL	13.82 (30)	–
31 r1/2	280	Felix Würth	AUT	13.65 (31)	–
32 r1/2	925	Akın Altıok	TUR	13.62 (32)	–
33 r1/2	52	Walter Herssens	BEL	13.52 (33)	–
34 r1/2	90	Fawzi Chaaban	EGY	13.45 (34)	–
35 r1/2	547	Francisco Castro	PUR	13.37 (35)	–
DNS	452	Vladimir Filippov	URS	– (DNS)	–
DNS	378	Michail Michail	GRE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	101	Óscar Simón	ESP	– (DNS)	–
DNS	548	Héctor Román	PUR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	104	Neville Price	RSA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	892	Kamtorn Sanidwong	THA	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (23 July 1952 — 10:00)

All those reaching 14.55 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.32	–	Q
2	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN	15.24	–	Q
3	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.05	–	Q
4	Jim Gerhardt	USA	14.98	–	Q
5	Reino Hiltunen	FIN	14.82	–	Q
6	Yoshio Iimuro	JPN	14.81	–	Q
7	Arne Åhman	SWE	14.72	–	Q
8	Rune Nilsen	NOR	14.65	–	Q
9	Zygfryd Weinberg	POL	14.65	–	Q
10	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.64	–	Q
11	Preben Larsen	DEN	14.62	–	Q
12	Tadashi Yamamoto	JPN	14.60	–	Q
13	Rui Ramos	POR	14.59	13.91	Q
=14	Walt Ashbaugh	USA	14.59	–	Q
=14	Roger Norman	SWE	14.59	–	Q
16	Jacques Boulanger	FRA	14.49	–
17	José da Conceição	BRA	14.46	–
18	Choi Yeong-Gi	KOR	14.44	–
19	Malik M'Baye	FRA	14.39	14.34
20	Keizo Hasegawa	JPN	14.39	14.18
21	George Shaw	USA	14.39	13.64
22	Pentti Uusihauta	FIN	14.38	–
23	Valle Rautio	FIN	14.14	–
24	Rade Radovanović	YUG	14.13	–
25	William Laing	GHA	14.09	–
26	Vasilios Sakellarakis	GRE	14.05	13.73
27	Eugénio Lopes	POR	14.05	13.67
28	Stanisław Kowal	POL	14.03	–
29	Willi Burgard	SAA	13.86	–
30	Nikola Dagorov	BUL	13.82	–
31	Felix Würth	AUT	13.65	–
32	Akın Altıok	TUR	13.62	–
33	Walter Herssens	BEL	13.52	–
34	Fawzi Chaaban	EGY	13.45	–
35	Francisco Castro	PUR	13.37	–
DNS	Vladimir Filippov	URS	–	–
DNS	Michail Michail	GRE	–	–
DNS	Óscar Simón	ESP	–	–
DNS	Héctor Román	PUR	–	–
DNS	Neville Price	RSA	–	–
DNS	Kamtorn Sanidwong	THA	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (23 July 1952)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	10	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.32	15.32	-	-
2	9	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN	15.24	14.22	15.24	-
3	12	Jim Gerhardt	USA	14.98	14.98	-	-
4	15	Reino Hiltunen	FIN	14.82	×	14.82	-
5	16	Yoshio Iimuro	JPN	14.81	14.81	-	-
6	19	Preben Larsen	DEN	14.62	14.62	-	-
7	2	Walt Ashbaugh	USA	14.59	14.59	-	-
8	3	Jacques Boulanger	FRA	14.49	×	14.37	14.49
9	7	Choi Yeong-Gi	KOR	14.44	12.11	14.38	14.44
10	21	Malik M'Baye	FRA	14.39	14.34	13.86	14.39
11	13	Keizo Hasegawa	JPN	14.39	×	14.39	14.18
12	18	William Laing	GHA	14.09	13.89	14.09	13.95
13	20	Eugénio Lopes	POR	14.05	13.67	14.05	13.55
14	17	Stanisław Kowal	POL	14.03	14.03	×	×
15	4	Willi Burgard	SAA	13.86	13.47	×	13.86
16	8	Nikola Dagorov	BUL	13.82	13.39	12.16	13.82
17	1	Akın Altıok	TUR	13.62	13.14	12.98	13.62
18	14	Walter Herssens	BEL	13.52	13.52	13.03	13.11
19	6	Fawzi Chaaban	EGY	13.45	12.85	×	13.45
20	5	Francisco Castro	PUR	13.37	13.35	13.27	13.37
DNS	11	Vladimir Filippov	URS	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (23 July 1952)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	11	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.05	15.05	-	-
2	20	Arne Åhman	SWE	14.72	13.23	14.72	-
3	17	Zygfryd Weinberg	POL	14.65	14.46	14.65	×
4	3	Rune Nilsen	NOR	14.65	14.65	-	-
5	4	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.64	14.64	-	-
6	19	Tadashi Yamamoto	JPN	14.60	13.90	14.30	14.60
7	7	Rui Ramos	POR	14.59	13.91	×	14.59
8	2	Roger Norman	SWE	14.59	14.59	-	-
9	15	José da Conceição	BRA	14.46	14.25	×	14.46
10	12	George Shaw	USA	14.39	13.64	14.39	×
11	16	Pentti Uusihauta	FIN	14.38	×	×	14.38
12	8	Valle Rautio	FIN	14.14	14.14	×	×
13	6	Rade Radovanović	YUG	14.13	13.42	×	14.13
14	10	Vasilios Sakellarakis	GRE	14.05	14.05	13.73	13.68
15	18	Felix Würth	AUT	13.65	13.65	×	13.53
DNS	1	Michail Michail	GRE	–	–	–	–
DNS	13	Óscar Simón	ESP	–	–	–	–
DNS	9	Héctor Román	PUR	–	–	–	–
DNS	5	Neville Price	RSA	–	–	–	–
DNS	14	Kamtorn Sanidwong	THA	–	–	–	–

Final Round (23 July 1952 — 15:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	2	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	16.22	15.95	16.12	15.54	16.09	16.22	16.05	WR
2	8	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.98	15.07	15.26	15.18	15.98	15.84	×
3	5	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN	15.52	15.04	15.52	-	×	×	×		1
4	6	Walt Ashbaugh	USA	15.39	15.05	15.39	14.56	14.50	15.38	×
5	1	Rune Nilsen	NOR	15.13	15.13	14.21	×	14.70	×	×
6	15	Yoshio Iimuro	JPN	14.99	14.99	×	×	×	14.66	13.70
7	10	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.95	×	14.95	12.66	–	–	–
8	9	Roger Norman	SWE	14.89	14.89	×	14.39	–	–	–
9	12	Reino Hiltunen	FIN	14.85	14.85	×	14.40	–	–	–
10	4	Zygfryd Weinberg	POL	14.76	14.76	×	×	–	–	–
11	3	Jim Gerhardt	USA	14.69	14.69	14.28	14.06	–	–	–
12	13	Rui Ramos	POR	14.69	14.69	13.82	12.15	–	–	–
13	11	Preben Larsen	DEN	14.62	14.62	×	14.19	–	–	–
14	7	Tadashi Yamamoto	JPN	14.57	×	×	14.57	–	–	–
15	14	Arne Åhman	SWE	14.05	×	×	14.05	–	–	–