Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump


The Men's triple jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 23 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Brazilian athlete Adhemar da Silva won the gold medal.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
DateEventAthleteTimeORWR
23 JulyFinal16.22 mORWR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 14.55 advance to the Final.
RankGroupNameNationalityMarkNotes
1AAdhemar da Silva15.32
2AAsnoldo Devonish15.24
3BLeonid Shcherbakov15.05
4AJim Gerhardt14.98
5AReino Hiltunen14.82
6AYoshio Iimuro14.81
7BArne Åhman14.72
8BRune Nilsen14.65
9BZygfryd Weinberg14.65
10BGeraldo de Oliveira14.64
11APreben Larsen14.62
12BTadashi Yamamoto14.60
13BRui Ramos14.59
=14AWalter Ashbaugh14.59
=14BRoger Norman14.59
16AJacques Boulanger14.49
17BJosé da Conceição14.46
18AChoi Yeong-gi14.44
19AMalik M'Baye14.39
20AKeizo Hasegawa14.39
21BGeorge Shaw14.39
22BPentti Uusihauta14.38
23BValle Rautio14.14
24BRade Radovanović14.13
25AWilliam Laing14.09
26BVasilios Sakellarakis14.05
27AEugénio Lopes14.05
28AStanisław Kowal14.03
29AWilli Burgard13.86
30ANikola Dagorov13.82
31BFelix Würth13.65
32AAkin Altiok13.62
33AWalter Herssens13.52
34AFawzi Chaaban13.45
35AFrancisco Castro13.37

Final