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Triple Jump, Men

Date	2 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants	24 from 13 countries
Olympic Record	15.525 WR / Nick Winter AUS / 12 July 1924 / Details

The favorite was Japan’s Mikio Oda, who had won the Far East Championships in 1923, 1925, and 1927, and had the longest marks in the past few years. He led from the start, opening with 15.03 (49-3¾), improving to 15.13 (49-7¾) in round two, and to 15.21 (49-11) in round three. The 15.21 (49-11) gave him the gold medal. American Lee Casey recorded 15.17 (49-9¼) in the final round to get silver. Finland’s Ville Tuulos also produced his best mark in the last round, 15.11 (49-7), which brought him his second consecutive bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	257	Mikio Oda	JPN	15.21 (1)	15.21 (1)	Gold
2	517	Lee Casey	USA	14.93 (3)	15.17 (2)	Silver
3	806	Ville Tuulos	FIN	14.73 (4)	15.11 (3)	Bronze
4	255	Chuhei Nanbu	JPN	15.01 (2)	15.01 (4)
5	807	Toimi Tulikoura	FIN	14.70 (5)	14.70 (5)
6	–	Erkki Järvinen	FIN	14.65 (6)	14.65 (6)
7 r1/2	323	Wim Peters	NED	14.55 (7)	–
8 r1/2	802	Väinö Rainio	FIN	14.41 (8)	–
=9 r1/2	294	Jan Blankers	NED	14.35 (=9)	–
=9 r1/2	504	Sid Bowman	USA	14.35 (=9)	–
11 r1/2	503	Lloyd Bourgeois	USA	14.28 (11)	–
12 r1/2	603	Nick Winter	AUS	14.15 (12)	–
13 r1/2	314	Gijs Lamoree	NED	14.08 (13)	–
14 r1/2	9	Imre Fekete	HUN	14.07 (14)	–
15 r1/2	319	Steef van Musscher	NED	13.93 (15)	–
16 r1/2	662	Alex Munroe	CAN	13.87 (16)	–
17 r1/2	139	Konstantinos Petridis	GRE	13.83 (17)	–
18 r1/2	691	Hermann Brügmann	DEN	13.82 (18)	–
19 r1/2	219	Theo Phelan	IRL	13.73 (19)	–
20 r1/2	542	Bob Kelley	USA	13.64 (20)	–
21 r1/2	190	Arild Lenth	NOR	13.39 (21)	–
22 r1/2	27	Ferenc Molnár	HUN	13.36 (22)	–
23 r1/2	403	Wilfred Kalaugher	NZL	12.94 (23)	–
24 r1/2	289	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	12.49 (24)	–
DNS	2	Béla Bottlik	HUN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	58	André Clayeux	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	74	Jacques Flouret	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	827	Zdravka Jakupić	YUG	– (DNS)	–
DNS	184	Gunnar Fredriksen	NOR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	128	Stelios Benardis	GRE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	210	Dalip Singh	IND	– (DNS)	–
DNS	38	Elemér Somfay	HUN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	57	Paul Couillaud	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	83	André Mourlon	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	862	Eric Svensson	SWE	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	2 August 1928
Format	Top 6 (and ties) advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	257	Mikio Oda	JPN	15.21	Q
2	255	Chuhei Nanbu	JPN	15.01	Q
3	517	Lee Casey	USA	14.93	Q
4	806	Ville Tuulos	FIN	14.73	Q
5	807	Toimi Tulikoura	FIN	14.70	Q
6	–	Erkki Järvinen	FIN	14.65	Q
7	323	Wim Peters	NED	14.55
8	802	Väinö Rainio	FIN	14.41
=9	504	Sid Bowman	USA	14.35
=9	294	Jan Blankers	NED	14.35
11	503	Lloyd Bourgeois	USA	14.28
12	603	Nick Winter	AUS	14.15
13	314	Gijs Lamoree	NED	14.08
14	9	Imre Fekete	HUN	14.07
15	319	Steef van Musscher	NED	13.93
16	662	Alex Munroe	CAN	13.87
17	139	Konstantinos Petridis	GRE	13.83
18	691	Hermann Brügmann	DEN	13.82
19	219	Theo Phelan	IRL	13.73
20	542	Bob Kelley	USA	13.64
21	190	Arild Lenth	NOR	13.39
22	27	Ferenc Molnár	HUN	13.36
23	403	Wilfred Kalaugher	NZL	12.94
24	289	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	12.49
DNS	2	Béla Bottlik	HUN	–
DNS	58	André Clayeux	FRA	–
DNS	74	Jacques Flouret	FRA	–
DNS	827	Zdravka Jakupić	YUG	–
DNS	184	Gunnar Fredriksen	NOR	–
DNS	128	Stelios Benardis	GRE	–
DNS	210	Dalip Singh	IND	–
DNS	38	Elemér Somfay	HUN	–
DNS	57	Paul Couillaud	FRA	–
DNS	83	André Mourlon	FRA	–
DNS	862	Eric Svensson	SWE	–

Group A

Date	2 August 1928

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	5	Mikio Oda	JPN	15.21
2	3	Ville Tuulos	FIN	14.73
3	2	Toimi Tulikoura	FIN	14.70
4	11	Wim Peters	NED	14.55
5	16	Sid Bowman	USA	14.35
6	1	Nick Winter	AUS	14.15
7	12	Steef van Musscher	NED	13.93
8	4	Konstantinos Petridis	GRE	13.83
9	14	Theo Phelan	IRL	13.73
10	17	Bob Kelley	USA	13.64
11	190	Arild Lenth	NOR	13.39	1
12	8	Ferenc Molnár	HUN	13.36
13	6	Wilfred Kalaugher	NZL	12.94
DNS	7	Béla Bottlik	HUN	–
DNS	9	André Clayeux	FRA	–
DNS	10	Jacques Flouret	FRA	–
DNS	13	Zdravka Jakupić	YUG	–
DNS	15	Gunnar Fredriksen	NOR	–

Group B

Date	2 August 1928

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	5	Chuhei Nanbu	JPN	15.01
2	16	Lee Casey	USA	14.93
3	2	Erkki Järvinen	FIN	14.65
4	1	Väinö Rainio	FIN	14.41
5	11	Jan Blankers	NED	14.35
6	17	Lloyd Bourgeois	USA	14.28
7	12	Gijs Lamoree	NED	14.08
8	7	Imre Fekete	HUN	14.07
9	15	Alex Munroe	CAN	13.87
10	13	Hermann Brügmann	DEN	13.82
11	6	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	12.49
DNS	3	Stelios Benardis	GRE	–
DNS	4	Dalip Singh	IND	–
DNS	8	Elemér Somfay	HUN	–
DNS	9	Paul Couillaud	FRA	–
DNS	10	André Mourlon	FRA	–
DNS	14	Eric Svensson	SWE	–

Final Round

Date	2 August 1928 — 14:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	257	Mikio Oda	JPN	15.21	15.21	14.30	x
2	517	Lee Casey	USA	15.17	x	14.93	15.17
3	806	Ville Tuulos	FIN	15.11	14.97	15.09	15.11
4	255	Chuhei Nanbu	JPN	15.01	x	14.21	15.00
5	807	Toimi Tulikoura	FIN	14.70	14.34	14.70	14.62
6	–	Erkki Järvinen	FIN	14.65	14.06	14.65	x