Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump


The men's triple jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 6. Józef Szmidt of Poland won the gold medal.

Results

All jumpers reaching 15.50 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

RankNameNationalityMarkNotes
1Józef Szmidt16.44OR
2Vladimir Goryaev16.21
3Ryszard Malcherczyk15.93
4Ian Tomlinson15.89
5Manfred Hinze15.86
6Kari Rahkamo15.85
7Sten Erickson15.76
8Vilhjálmur Einarsson15.74
9Yevgeny Mikhaylov15.68
10Pier Luigi Gatti15.66
11Fred Alsop15.65
12Ira Davis15.64
13Adhemar da Silva15.61
14John Baguley15.56
15Vitold Kreyer15.56
16Enzo Cavalli15.48
17Bill Sharpe15.44
18Tomio Ota15.42
19Dodyu Patarinski15.37
20Jörg Wischmeyer15.23
21Eric Battista15.22
22Hannu Rantala15.11
23Karl Thierfelder15.08
24Jan Jaskólski15.04
25Hiroshi Shibata14.93
26Luis Felipe Areta14.93
27Frederico Bisson14.76
28Herman Stokes14.74
29Samuel Igun14.74
30Rouhollah Rahmani14.70
31Koji Sakurai14.59
32A. Abdul Razzak14.56
33Ramón López14.53
34Muhammad Khan14.43
35Konstantinos Sfikas14.32
36Dave Norris14.30
37Pedro Camacho14.21
38Yıldıray Pağda14.11
39Pierre William13.29

Final

RankNameNationalityMark123456Notes
Józef Szmidt16.8116.78x16.81x16.6313.48OR
Vladimir Goryaev16.6316.1116.3915.5516.6316.28x
Vitold Kreyer16.4316.2116.0015.9616.0115.9116.43
4Ira Davis16.41x16.41x16.13x16.05
5Vilhjálmur Einarsson16.3716.3716.0615.9016.24x16.36
6Ryszard Malcherczyk16.0115.8716.0115.8315.8213.1814.66
7Manfred Hinze15.9315.93x15.84----
8Kari Rahkamo15.8415.84x15.71----
9Ian Tomlinson15.7115.4015.7113.29----
10Yevgeny Mikhaylov15.6715.5015.6714.83----
11Sten Erickson15.4915.4915.32x----
12Fred Alsop15.4915.49xx----
13John Baguley15.2214.8815.1615.22----
14Adhemar da Silva15.07x14.8715.07----
-Pier Luigi Gatti-xxx----

Key: OR = Olympic record; X = foul