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

Qualifying Round (27 November 1956 — 10:00)

All those reaching 14.80 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	27	Teruji Kogake	JPN	15.63w	15.63w	-	-	Q
2	8	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.59	15.59	-	-	Q
3	30	Koji Sakurai	JPN	15.49w	15.49w	-	-	Q
4	29	Kari Rahkamo	FIN	15.43w	15.43w (+4.4)	-	-	Q
5	31	Vitold Kreyer	URS	15.38	15.38	-	-	Q
6	24	Hiroshi Shibata	JPN	15.27	15.27	-	-	Q
7	22	George Shaw	USA	15.23	14.79	15.23	-	Q
8	26	Tapio Lehto	FIN	15.21	14.67	13.34	15.21	Q
=9	21	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	15.16	15.16	-	-	Q
=9	12	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.16	15.16	-	-	Q
11	15	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.15	15.15	-	-	Q
12	13	Éric Battista	FRA	14.99	14.99	-	-	Q
13	17	Martin Řehák	TCH	14.97	14.97	-	-	Q
14	20	Lawrence Ogwang	UGA	14.95	14.76	14.31	14.95	Q
15	6	Mohinder Singh	IND	14.93	14.66	14.93	-	Q
=16	32	Ira Davis	USA	14.93	14.93	-	-	Q
=16	34	Peter Esiri	NGR	14.93	14.93	-	-	Q
18	14	Hannu Rantala	FIN	14.92	14.45	14.92	-	Q
19	10	Ken Wilmshurst	GBR	14.89	14.89	-	-	Q
20	11	Choi Yeong-Gi	KOR	14.86	14.86	-	-	Q
21	5	Ryszard Malcherczyk	POL	14.84	14.84	-	-	Q
22	18	Paul Engo	NGR	14.81	14.81	-	-	Q
23	28	Brian Oliver	AUS	14.74	14.37	14.08	14.74
24	7	Gabuh bin Piging	NBO	14.55	14.47	14.55 (0.0)	×
25	4	Ronald Gray	AUS	14.46	14.37	14.46 (0.0)	14.31
26	3	Wu Chun-Tsai	TPE	14.36	×	14.36 (0.0)	×
27	16	Maurice Rich	AUS	14.26	14.26 (+0.5)	13.76	13.91
28	35	Sium bin Diau	NBO	14.09	13.99	13.56	14.09 (0.0)
29	9	Walter Herssens	BEL	14.05	14.05 (-1.2)	13.99	-
30	33	Muhammad Ramzan Ali	PAK	13.90	×	×	13.90 (0.0)
31	2	Muhammad Rashid	PAK	13.53	13.00	13.53 (0.0)	13.35
NM	19	Tan Eng Yoon	SGP	–	×	×	×
DNS	23	Yevgeny Chen	URS	–	–	–	–
DNS	25	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	IRQ	–	–	–	–
DNS	1	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN	–	–	–	–

Final Round (27 November 1956 — 14:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	9	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	16.35	15.69	16.04	15.90	16.35 (0.0)	16.26	16.21	OR
2	13	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	16.26w	×	16.26w (+4.0)	15.81 (+1.4)	×	15.61	-
3	20	Vitold Kreyer	URS	16.02	15.83	×	16.02 (0.0)	15.51	×	×
4	6	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.88	15.88 (0.0)	× (0.0)	14.15	-	-	-
5	10	Martin Řehák	TCH	15.85w	15.58	×	15.85w (+5.0)	×	15.10	15.63
6	3	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.80	15.75	×	15.58	×	15.80	15.12
7	19	Koji Sakurai	JPN	15.73	15.73	15.59 (+0.5)	15.29	–	–	–
8	17	Teruji Kogake	JPN	15.64	15.64 (+1.6)	14.71	15.01	–	–	–
9	4	Ken Wilmshurst	GBR	15.54	15.42	15.54 (0.0)	15.09	–	–	–
10	1	Ryszard Malcherczyk	POL	15.54w	15.54w (+3.2)	15.26	15.41 (-2.8)	–	–	–
11	21	Ira Davis	USA	15.40	14.16	×	15.40 (0.0)	–	–	–
12	14	George Shaw	USA	15.33	15.33 (-2.7)	×	×	–	–	–
13	15	Hiroshi Shibata	JPN	15.25	15.25 (0.0)	14.85	×	–	–	–
14	18	Kari Rahkamo	FIN	15.21	15.21 (+0.2)	×	×	–	–	–
15	2	Mohinder Singh	IND	15.20	15.20 (0.0)	×	×	–	–	–
16	7	Éric Battista	FRA	15.15	15.15 (0.0)	15.03	×	–	–	–
17	11	Paul Engo	NGR	15.03	14.98	15.03 (+1.8)	14.87	–	–	–
18	16	Tapio Lehto	FIN	14.91w	14.63 (+0.4)	14.91	×	–	–	–
19	8	Hannu Rantala	FIN	14.87	14.65	14.87 (+1.3)	14.87	–	–	–
20	12	Lawrence Ogwang	UGA	14.72	14.19	14.72 (0.0)	14.15	–	–	–
21	5	Choi Yeong-Gi	KOR	14.65	14.65 (0.0)	×	×	–	–	–
NM	22	Peter Esiri	NGR	–	×	×	-	–	–	–