Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
Results

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	DISTANCE

-	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	16.35 m OR

-	Vilhjálmur Einarsson (ISL)	16.26 m

-	Vitold Kreyer (URS)	16.02 m

4.	Bill Sharpe (USA)	15.88 m

5.	Martin Řehák (TCH)	15.85 m

6.	Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)	15.80 m

7.	Koji Sakurai (JPN)	15.73 m

8.	Teruji Kogake (JPN)	15.64 m

9.	Ken Wilmshurst (GBR)	15.54 m

10.	Ryszard Malcherczyk (POL)	15.54 m

11.	Ira Davis (USA)	15.40 m

12.	George Shaw (USA)	15.33 m

13.	Hiroshi Shibata (JPN)	15.25 m

14.	Kari Rahkamo (FIN)	15.21 m

15.	Mohinder Singh (IND)	15.20 m

16.	Éric Battista (FRA)	15.15 m

17.	Paul Bamela Engo (NGR)	15.03 m

18.	Tapio Lehto (FIN)	14.91 m

19.	Hannu Rantala (FIN)	14.87 m

20.	Lawrence Ogwang (UGA)	14.72 m

21.	Choi Yong-Kee (KOR)	14.65 m

—	Peter Esiri (NGR)	DNQ

—	Muhammad Rashid (PAK)	DNQ

—	Wu Chun-tsai (ROC)	DNQ

—	Ronald Gray (AUS)	DNQ

—	Gabuh Piging (NBO)	DNQ

—	Walter Herssens (BEL)	DNQ

—	Maurice Rich (AUS)	DNQ

—	Eng-Yoon Tian (SIN)	DNQ

—	Brian Oliver (AUS)	DNQ

—	Muhammad Ramzan Ali (PAK)	DNQ

—	Sium Bin Diau (NBO)	DNQ

Sentence(s)

In the Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump, da Silva popped an Olympic record of 16.35 m.

final_sentence: In the Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump, da Silva popped an Olympic record of 16.35 m.