| | Event type
Triple Jump, Men
| Date | 4 August 1932 — 14:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California | |
| Participants | 16 from 12 countries | |
| Format | Final only. | |
Chuhei Nanbu had always been beaten by his countryman, Mikio Oda, the 1928 Olympic champion. But Oda was injured in Los Angeles and would place only 12th. Nanbu led round one with 15.07 (49-5½), but Sweden’s Eric Svensson moved ahead in the second round. Nanbu responded in round five with 15.72 (51-7) to get the gold medal. The third-ranked Japanese, Kenkichi Oshima, jumped 15.05 (49-4½) in round three which would give him the bronze medal, but he also improved in round six with 15.12 (49-7¼).
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 289 | Chuhei Nanbu |  JPN | 15.72 | 15.07 (NP) | 14.67 (NP) | 15.22 (NP) | 14.89 (NP) | 15.72 (NP) | 14.85 (NP) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 388 | Eric Svensson |  SWE | 15.32 | 14.21 (NP) | 15.32 (NP) | x (NP) | 14.70 (NP) | 14.77 (NP) | x (NP) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 297 | Kenkichi Oshima | JPN | 15.12 | x (NP) | x (NP) | 15.05 (NP) | x (NP) | 14.85 (NP) | 15.12 (NP) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 250 | Eamonn Fitzgerald |  IRL | 15.01 | 14.89 (NP) | 15.01 (NP) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 5 | 229 | Wim Peters |  NED | 14.93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | 422 | Sol Furth |  USA | 14.88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 7 | 407 | Sid Bowman | USA | 14.87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 8 | 454 | Rolland Romero | USA | 14.85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 9 | 238 | Péter Bácsalmási |  HUN | 14.33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | 272 | Francesco Tabai |  ITA | 14.29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | 132 | Onni Rajasaari |  FIN | 14.20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | 296 | Mikio Oda | JPN | 13.97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 13 | 222 | Nikolaos Papanikolaou |  GRE | 13.92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 14 | 246 | Mehar Chand Dhawan |  IND | 13.66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 15 | 321 | Salvador Alanís |  MEX | 13.28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 77 | Jack Portland |  CAN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |