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Triple Jump, Men

Date	27 November 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	32 from 20 countries

Adhemar da Silva was defending champion and the world record holder with 16.56 (54-4), set in winning the 1955 Pan-American Games (at altitude in Ciudad de México). Silver medalist from 1952, Leonid Shcherbakov, the 1950-54 European Champion, was still considered dangerous. The round one leader was a shocker – Bill Sharpe of the United States who broke the American record with 15.88 (52-1¼), which would eventually place him fourth. Another surprise came in round two when Iceland’s Vilhjálmur Einarsson leapt 16.26 (53-4¼). da Silva came thru in round four with 16.35 (53-7¾), which held up for the gold medal, Einarsson winning silver. Unheralded Soviet Vitold Kreyer won the bronze medal with 16.02 (52-6¾), set in round three.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	331	Adhemar da Silva	👁 Image BRA	15.15 (11)	16.35 (1)	Gold
2	638	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	👁 Image ISL	15.16 (=9)	16.26w (2)	Silver
3	355	Vitold Kreyer	👁 Image URS	15.38 (5)	16.02 (3)	Bronze
4	351	Bill Sharpe	👁 Image USA	15.16 (=9)	15.88 (4)
5	332	Martin Řehák	👁 Image TCH	14.97 (13)	15.85w (5)
6	353	Leonid Shcherbakov	👁 Image URS	15.59 (2)	15.80 (6)
7	340	Koji Sakurai	👁 Image JPN	15.49w (3)	15.73 (7)
8	341	Teruji Kogake	👁 Image JPN	15.63w (1)	15.64 (8)
9	337	Ken Wilmshurst	👁 Image GBR	14.89 (19)	15.54 (9)
10	349	Ryszard Malcherczyk	👁 Image POL	14.84 (21)	15.54w (10)
11	350	Ira Davis	👁 Image USA	14.93 (=16)	15.40 (11)
12	352	George Shaw	👁 Image USA	15.23 (7)	15.33 (12)
13	369	Hiroshi Shibata	👁 Image JPN	15.27 (6)	15.25 (13)
14	334	Kari Rahkamo	👁 Image FIN	15.43w (4)	15.21 (14)
15	338	Mohinder Singh	👁 Image IND	14.93 (15)	15.20 (15)
16	336	Éric Battista	👁 Image FRA	14.99 (12)	15.15 (16)
17	343	Paul Engo	👁 Image NGR	14.81 (22)	15.03 (17)
18	333	Tapio Lehto	👁 Image FIN	15.21 (8)	14.91w (18)
19	335	Hannu Rantala	👁 Image FIN	14.92 (18)	14.87 (19)
20	357	Lawrence Ogwang	👁 Image UGA	14.95 (14)	14.72 (20)
21	342	Choi Yeong-Gi	👁 Image KOR	14.86 (20)	14.65 (21)
AC r2/2	344	Peter Esiri	👁 Image NGR	14.93 (=16)	– ()
23 r1/2	329	Brian Oliver	👁 Image AUS	14.74 (23)	–
24 r1/2	345	Gabuh bin Piging	👁 Image NBO	14.55 (24)	–
25 r1/2	630	Ronald Gray	👁 Image AUS	14.46 (25)	–
26 r1/2	287	Wu Chun-Tsai	👁 Image TPE	14.36 (26)	–
27 r1/2	330	Maurice Rich	👁 Image AUS	14.26 (27)	–
28 r1/2	346	Sium bin Diau	👁 Image NBO	14.09 (28)	–
29 r1/2	286	Walter Herssens	👁 Image BEL	14.05 (29)	–
30 r1/2	347	Muhammad Ramzan Ali	👁 Image PAK	13.90 (30)	–
31 r1/2	348	Muhammad Rashid	👁 Image PAK	13.53 (31)	–
AC r1/2	43	Tan Eng Yoon	👁 Image SGP	– ()	–
356	Yevgeny Chen	👁 Image URS	– ()	–
339	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	👁 Image IRQ	– ()	–
636	Asnoldo Devonish	👁 Image VEN	– ()	–

Qualifying Round

Date	27 November 1956 — 10:00
Format	All those reaching 14.80 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #1 Wind (m/s)	Round #2 Distance	Round #2 Wind (m/s)	Round #3 Distance	Round #3 Wind (m/s)
1	341	Teruji Kogake	👁 Image JPN	15.63w	–	–	15.63w	–	-	–	-	–
2	353	Leonid Shcherbakov	👁 Image URS	15.59	–	–	15.59	–	-	–	-	–
3	340	Koji Sakurai	👁 Image JPN	15.49w	–	–	15.49w	–	-	–	-	–
4	334	Kari Rahkamo	👁 Image FIN	15.43w	+4.4	–	15.43w	+4.4	-	–	-	–
5	355	Vitold Kreyer	👁 Image URS	15.38	–	–	15.38	–	-	–	-	–
6	369	Hiroshi Shibata	👁 Image JPN	15.27	–	–	15.27	–	-	–	-	–
7	352	George Shaw	👁 Image USA	15.23	–	–	14.79	–	15.23	–	-	–
8	333	Tapio Lehto	👁 Image FIN	15.21	–	–	14.67	–	13.34	–	15.21	–
=9	638	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	👁 Image ISL	15.16	–	–	15.16	–	-	–	-	–
=9	351	Bill Sharpe	👁 Image USA	15.16	–	–	15.16	–	-	–	-	–
11	331	Adhemar da Silva	👁 Image BRA	15.15	–	–	15.15	–	-	–	-	–
12	336	Éric Battista	👁 Image FRA	14.99	–	–	14.99	–	-	–	-	–
13	332	Martin Řehák	👁 Image TCH	14.97	–	–	14.97	–	-	–	-	–
14	357	Lawrence Ogwang	👁 Image UGA	14.95	–	–	14.76	–	14.31	–	14.95	–
15	338	Mohinder Singh	👁 Image IND	14.93	–	14.66	14.66	–	14.93	–	-	–
=16	350	Ira Davis	👁 Image USA	14.93	–	-	14.93	–	-	–	-	–
=16	344	Peter Esiri	👁 Image NGR	14.93	–	-	14.93	–	-	–	-	–
18	335	Hannu Rantala	👁 Image FIN	14.92	–	–	14.45	–	14.92	–	-	–
19	337	Ken Wilmshurst	👁 Image GBR	14.89	–	–	14.89	–	-	–	-	–
20	342	Choi Yeong-Gi	👁 Image KOR	14.86	–	–	14.86	–	-	–	-	–
21	349	Ryszard Malcherczyk	👁 Image POL	14.84	–	–	14.84	–	-	–	-	–
22	343	Paul Engo	👁 Image NGR	14.81	–	–	14.81	–	-	–	-	–
23	329	Brian Oliver	👁 Image AUS	14.74	–	–	14.37	–	14.08	–	14.74	–
24	345	Gabuh bin Piging	👁 Image NBO	14.55	0.0	–	14.47	–	14.55	0.0	x	–
25	630	Ronald Gray	👁 Image AUS	14.46	0.0	–	14.37	–	14.46	0.0	14.31	–
26	287	Wu Chun-Tsai	👁 Image TPE	14.36	0.0	–	x	–	14.36	0.0	x	–
27	330	Maurice Rich	👁 Image AUS	14.26	+0.5	–	14.26	+0.5	13.76	–	13.91	–
28	346	Sium bin Diau	👁 Image NBO	14.09	0.0	–	13.99	–	13.56	–	14.09	0.0
29	286	Walter Herssens	👁 Image BEL	14.05	-1.2	–	14.05	-1.2	13.99	–	-	–
30	347	Muhammad Ramzan Ali	👁 Image PAK	13.90	0.0	–	x	–	x	–	13.90	0.0
31	348	Muhammad Rashid	👁 Image PAK	13.53	0.0	–	13.00	–	13.53	0.0	13.35	–
43	Tan Eng Yoon	👁 Image SGP	–	–	–	x	–	x	–	x	–
356	Yevgeny Chen	👁 Image URS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
339	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	👁 Image IRQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
636	Asnoldo Devonish	👁 Image VEN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	27 November 1956 — 14:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #1 Wind (m/s)	Round #2 Distance	Round #2 Wind (m/s)	Round #3 Distance	Round #3 Wind (m/s)	Round #4 Distance	Round #4 Wind (m/s)	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	331	Adhemar da Silva	👁 Image BRA	16.35	0.0	–	15.69	–	16.04	–	15.90	–	16.35	0.0	16.26	16.21
2	638	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	👁 Image ISL	16.26w	+4.0	–	x	–	16.26w	+4.0	15.81	+1.4	x	–	15.61	-
3	355	Vitold Kreyer	👁 Image URS	16.02	0.0	–	15.83	–	x	–	16.02	0.0	15.51	–	x	x
4	351	Bill Sharpe	👁 Image USA	15.88	0.0	–	15.88	0.0	x	0.0	14.15	–	-	–	-	-
5	332	Martin Řehák	👁 Image TCH	15.85w	+5.0	–	15.58	–	x	–	15.85w	+5.0	x	–	15.10	15.63
6	353	Leonid Shcherbakov	👁 Image URS	15.80	–	–	15.75	–	x	–	15.58	–	x	–	15.80	15.12
7	340	Koji Sakurai	👁 Image JPN	15.73	–	–	15.73	–	15.59	+0.5	15.29	–	–	–	–	–
8	341	Teruji Kogake	👁 Image JPN	15.64	+1.6	–	15.64	+1.6	14.71	–	15.01	–	–	–	–	–
9	337	Ken Wilmshurst	👁 Image GBR	15.54	0.0	15.42	15.42	–	15.54	0.0	15.09	–	–	–	–	–
10	349	Ryszard Malcherczyk	👁 Image POL	15.54w	+3.2	15.26	15.54w	+3.2	15.26	–	15.41	-2.8	–	–	–	–
11	350	Ira Davis	👁 Image USA	15.40	0.0	–	14.16	–	x	–	15.40	0.0	–	–	–	–
12	352	George Shaw	👁 Image USA	15.33	-2.7	–	15.33	-2.7	x	–	x	–	–	–	–	–
13	369	Hiroshi Shibata	👁 Image JPN	15.25	0.0	–	15.25	0.0	14.85	–	x	–	–	–	–	–
14	334	Kari Rahkamo	👁 Image FIN	15.21	+0.2	–	15.21	+0.2	x	–	x	–	–	–	–	–
15	338	Mohinder Singh	👁 Image IND	15.20	0.0	–	15.20	0.0	x	–	x	–	–	–	–	–
16	336	Éric Battista	👁 Image FRA	15.15	0.0	–	15.15	0.0	15.03	–	x	–	–	–	–	–
17	343	Paul Engo	👁 Image NGR	15.03	+1.8	–	14.98	–	15.03	+1.8	14.87	–	–	–	–	–
18	333	Tapio Lehto	👁 Image FIN	14.91w	–	–	14.63	+0.4	14.91	–	x	–	–	–	–	–
19	335	Hannu Rantala	👁 Image FIN	14.87	+1.3	–	14.65	–	14.87	+1.3	14.87	–	–	–	–	–
20	357	Lawrence Ogwang	👁 Image UGA	14.72	0.0	–	14.19	–	14.72	0.0	14.15	–	–	–	–	–
21	342	Choi Yeong-Gi	👁 Image KOR	14.65	0.0	–	14.65	0.0	x	–	x	–	–	–	–	–
344	Peter Esiri	👁 Image NGR	–	–	–	x	–	x	–	-	–	–	–	–	–

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/59415

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