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Triple Jump, Men

Date	15 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants	20 from 8 countries
Olympic Record	14.92 WR / Tim Ahearne GBR / 25 July 1908 / Details

The Ahearn(e) brothers were the top triple jumpers in the world in 1912. Tim Ahearne (GBR/IRL) was the defending champion and Olympic record holder. His brother, Dan Ahearn (USA), who had emigrated to the United States and changed the spelling of his last name, was the world record holder and had won the AAU Championship in 1910 and 1911. However, neither was present in Stockholm.

In their absence, the Swedes dominated the hop, step, and jump. They swept the first three places and garnered six of the top 12 places. Gustaf “Topsy” Lindblom, in his only Olympic appearance ever, had the two longest jumps with his first efforts in the qualifying, and won the gold medal easily over teammate Georg Åberg, who had won the bronze medal in the long jump.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Qualifying	Final
1	Topsy Lindblom	SWE	14.76	14.76 (1)	14.35 (1)	Gold
2	Georg Åberg	SWE	14.51	14.51 (2)	14.03 (3)	Silver
3	Erik Almlöf	SWE	14.17	14.17 (3)	14.10 (2)	Bronze
4	Erling Vinne	NOR	14.14	14.14 (4)	–
5	Platt Adams	USA	14.09	14.09 (5)	–
6	Edvard Larsen	NOR	14.06	14.06 (6)	–
7	Hjalmar Ohlsson	SWE	14.01	14.01 (7)	–
8	Nils Fixdal	NOR	13.96	13.96 (8)	–
9	Charles Brickley	USA	13.88	13.88 (9)	–
10	Gustaf Nordén	SWE	13.81	13.81 (10)	–
11	Juho Halme	FIN	13.79	13.79 (11)	–
12	Inge Lindholm	SWE	13.74	13.74 (12)	–
13	Eddie Farrell	USA	13.57	13.57 (13)	–
14	Otto Bäurle	GER	13.52	13.52 (14)	–
15	Patrik Ohlsson	SWE	13.45	13.45 (16)	–
16	Gustav Krojer	AUT	13.45	13.45 (15)	–
17	Skotte Jacobsson	SWE	13.33	13.33 (17)	–
18	Cal Bricker	CAN	13.25	13.25 (18)	–
19	Timothy Carroll	GBR	12.56	12.56 (19)	–
20	Arthur Maranda	CAN	12.53	12.53 (20)	–
DNS	Daniel Campbell	GBR	–	–	–
DNS	Géza Vadon	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	László Tihanyi	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	James Wilkinson	USA	–	–	–
DNS	Leone Linardi	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	Giulio Alvisi	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	Colombo Zevola	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	Furio Bini	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	James Wasson	USA	–	–	–
DNS	Paul Fournelle	LUX	–	–	–
DNS	Viktor Franzl	AUT	–	–	–
DNS	William Halpenny	CAN	–	–	–
DNS	Pablo Eitel	CHI	–	–	–
DNS	Rodolfo Hammersley	CHI	–	–	–
DNS	Sidney Abrahams	GBR	–	–	–
DNS	Henry Ashington	GBR	–	–	–
DNS	Thomas O'Donohue	GBR	–	–	–
DNS	Dimitrios Triantafyllakos	GRE	–	–	–
DNS	Nándor Kovács	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	Pál Szalay	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	Manlio Legat	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	Alfredo Pagani	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	Gustav Betzén	SWE	–	–	–
DNS	Sten Hagander	SWE	–	–	–
DNS	Sander Santesson	SWE	–	–	–
DNS	Ben Adams	USA	–	–	–
DNS	Harry Babcock	USA	–	–	–
DNS	Leo Goehring	USA	–	–	–
DNS	Albert Gutterson	USA	–	–	–
DNS	Frank Irons	USA	–	–	–
DNS	Jim Thorpe	USA	–	–	–

Qualifying Round

Date	15 July 1912 — 14:00
Format	Qualifiers were separated into 4 groups, which were combined into 3 groups. Top 3 jumpers qualified for the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	Topsy Lindblom	SWE	14.76	Q
2	Georg Åberg	SWE	14.51	Q
3	Erik Almlöf	SWE	14.17	Q
4	Erling Vinne	NOR	14.14
5	Platt Adams	USA	14.09
6	Edvard Larsen	NOR	14.06
7	Hjalmar Ohlsson	SWE	14.01
8	Nils Fixdal	NOR	13.96
9	Charles Brickley	USA	13.88
10	Gustaf Nordén	SWE	13.81
11	Juho Halme	FIN	13.79
12	Inge Lindholm	SWE	13.74
13	Eddie Farrell	USA	13.57
14	Otto Bäurle	GER	13.52
15	Gustav Krojer	AUT	13.45
16	Patrik Ohlsson	SWE	13.45
17	Skotte Jacobsson	SWE	13.33
18	Cal Bricker	CAN	13.25
19	Timothy Carroll	GBR	12.56
20	Arthur Maranda	CAN	12.53

Group A

Date	15 July 1912 — 14:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Georg Åberg	SWE	14.51	13.58	13.90	14.51
2	Platt Adams	USA	14.09	13.72	14.09	x
3	Hjalmar Ohlsson	SWE	14.01	14.01	13.87	13.91
4	Juho Halme	FIN	13.79	13.79	13.43	13.51
5	Timothy Carroll	GBR	12.56	x	12.54	12.56

Group B

Date	15 July 1912 — 14:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Topsy Lindblom	SWE	14.76	14.74	14.76	14.20
2	Erik Almlöf	SWE	14.17	x	13.46	14.17
3	Edvard Larsen	NOR	14.06	13.27	13.90	14.06
4	Nils Fixdal	NOR	13.96	13.96	13.58	13.66
5	Gustaf Nordén	SWE	13.81	13.81	12.76	p
6	Gustav Krojer	AUT	13.45	12.90	13.45	12.95
7	Skotte Jacobsson	SWE	13.33	13.33	p	12.71
8	Cal Bricker	CAN	13.25	13.25	p	p
9	Arthur Maranda	CAN	12.53	12.53	12.07	12.25

Group C

Date	15 July 1912 — 14:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Erling Vinne	NOR	14.14	13.63	14.14	13.34
2	Charles Brickley	USA	13.88	13.88	13.84	13.77
3	Inge Lindholm	SWE	13.74	13.14	13.57	13.74
4	Eddie Farrell	USA	13.57	p	13.42	13.57
5	Otto Bäurle	GER	13.52	13.12	p	13.52
6	Patrik Ohlsson	SWE	13.45	12.98	13.37	13.45

Final Round

Date	15 July 1912 — ca. 16:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Topsy Lindblom	SWE	14.35	x	14.35	14.32
2	Erik Almlöf	SWE	14.10	x	13.85	14.10
3	Georg Åberg	SWE	14.03	x	14.03	x