Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump


The men's triple jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 3, 1948. The final was won by Arne Åhman of Sweden.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record
Olympic record		16.00 mBerlin, Germany6 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 3 August 194811:00Qualifications
Tuesday, 3 August 194815:30Finals

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 14.50 m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1George Avery15.335Q
2Valle Rautio14.860Q
3Åke Hallgren14.770Q
4Adhemar da Silva14.690Q
5Henry Rebello14.650Q
6Hélio da Silva14.640Q
7Arne Åhman14.600Q
7Kim Won-kwon14.600Q
9Geraldo de Oliveira14.590Q
10Lennart Moberg14.570Q
11Les McKeand14.550Q
12Bill Albans14.550Q
13Ruhi Sarıalp14.530Q
14Preben Larsen14.520Q
15Máximo Reyes14.380
16Erkki Koutonen14.370
17João Vieira14.280
18Robert Bobin14.130
19Bob Beckus14.030
20Charles Épalle14.020
21Felix Würth13.920
22Luís García13.920
23Carlos Vera13.850
24Allan Lindsay13.700
25Sidney Cross13.455
Robert HawkeyDNQ
G. D. PeirisNM
Jorge Aguirre

Final

RankNameCountry123456ResultNotes
Arne Åhman15.40014.68014.89014.580 15.400
George Avery15.36514.67014.32014.78015.365
Ruhi Sarıalp14.23015.02014.91015.02515.025
4Preben Larsen14.830
5Geraldo de Oliveira14.825
6Valle Rautio14.700
7Les McKeand14.530
8Adhemar da Silva14.490
9Åke Hallgren14.485
10Bill Albans14.330
11Hélio da Silva14.310
12Kim Won-Gwon14.250
13Lennart Moberg14.215
Henry RebelloNM

Key: NM = No mark, x = Foul