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1908 Olympic Games London, Great Britain - Men's Triple Jump

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Host City: London, Great Britain

Format: Each competitor was allowed three jumps, after which the leading three were allowed a further three trials.

Date Started: July 25, 1908

Date Finished: July 25, 1908

(Competitors: 19; Countries: 7)

Venue(s): White City Stadium, London

Overview by IAAF

As in the long jump, the athletes had three jumps in three separate groups, with the top three then taking a further three jumps. After an unhappy long jump competition, Ahearne made amends, having a fierce duel with Garfield MacDonald. Ahearne led the qualifying round, winning the second section with 14.725 ahead of MacDonald’s 14.12 The fact that the USA were shut out of the medals seemed as pleasing to the British press as the win by Ahearne. This was Ahearne’s best ever mark, but not the family record, as his younger brother Dan emigrated to the USA, dropped the final “e” from the surname, and by 1911 had leaped 15.52.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

There could be no favorite as the event was rarely contested at national meets in this era. The world record had stood since 1893 when Edward Bloss (USA) had jumped 48-6 (14.78) when the event was on the AAU program for the only time prior to 1908. The Olympic record was 47-5¾ (14.47), set by Meyer Prinstein (USA) in 1900.

Three qualifying sections were held in the morning with the three leading competitors taking three further jumps in the afternoon. The Irishman Tim Ahearne and Garfield MacDonald, a Canadian from Nova Scotia, waged a fierce battle and completely dominated the competition. They were both drawn in the same qualifying section and both produced their best performance in the final three jumps. With his final jump Ahearne set a new Olympic record to take the gold medal and MacDonald was unable to match Ahearne's effort. Contrary to most reports, Ahearne did not win with the last jump of the competition. He was ahead of MacDonald in the jumping order.

Tim Ahearne and his brother, Dan Ahearn, hailed from Dirreen, County Limerick in Ireland. Shortly after the Olympics, they emigrated to the United States, where Dan dropped the final )e) from his name. Tim Ahearne had won the 1909 AAA long jump championship, but in the United States he was eclipsed by his younger brother. Dan Ahearn set the first IAAF-recognized triple jump with 50-11 (15.52) in May 1911. He won the AAU triple jump in 1911 and 1913-1918, usually defeating Tim, who was runner-up in 1911, 1913-14, and 1916.

			Results
At first Tim Ahearne set a new Olympic record with 14.73 metres. Then Garfield MacDonald improved the record to 14.76 metres and finally Ahearne took the new Olympic record with 14.92 metres.
*Triple Jump*	Men		Final	25 July

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.92		Tim Ahearne	Great Britain	GBR	22	WR
2	14.76		Garfield MacDonald	Canada	CAN	26	OR
3	14.39		Edvard Larsen	Norway	NOR	26
*Triple Jump*	Men		Qualifying Round	25 July

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.72	Q	Tim Ahearne	Great Britain	GBR	22	OR
2	14.37	Q	Edvard Larsen	Norway	NOR	26
3	14.12	Q	Garfield MacDonald	Canada	CAN	26
4	14.10		Cal Bricker	Canada	CAN	23
5	14.07		Platt Adams	United States	USA	23
6	13.97		Frank Mount Pleasant	United States	USA	23
7	13.65		Karl Fryksdahl	Sweden	SWE	22
8	13.59		John Brennan	United States	USA	28
9	13.42		Martin Sheridan	United States	USA	27
10	13.40		Doug Stupart	South Africa	RSA	26
11	13.31		Cyril Dugmore	Great Britain	GBR	25
12	13.23		Michael Dineen	Great Britain	GBR
13	13.17		Henry Olsen	Norway	NOR	21
14	13.16		Oscar Guttormsen	Norway	NOR	24
15	13.09		Dimitrios Muller	Greece	GRE
16	12.67		Frank Irons	United States	USA	22
17	12.55		Sam Bellah	United States	USA	20
AC			Nate Sherman	United States	USA	20
AC			George Mayberry	Great Britain	GBR	24
AC			Juho Halme	Finland	FIN	19
*Triple Jump*	Men		Qualifying Round Group A	25 July

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.07		Platt Adams	United States	USA	23
2	13.65		Karl Fryksdahl	Sweden	SWE	22
3	13.42		Martin Sheridan	United States	USA	27
4	13.31		Cyril Dugmore	Great Britain	GBR	25
5	13.17		Henry Olsen	Norway	NOR	21
6	13.09		Dimitrios Muller	Greece	GRE
7	12.67		Frank Irons	United States	USA	22
*Triple Jump*	Men		Qualifying Round Group B	25 July

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.72		Tim Ahearne	Great Britain	GBR	22	OR
2	14.12		Garfield MacDonald	Canada	CAN	26
3	13.59		John Brennan	United States	USA	28
4	13.40		Doug Stupart	South Africa	RSA	26
5	13.16		Oscar Guttormsen	Norway	NOR	24
6	12.55		Sam Bellah	United States	USA	20
AC			Nate Sherman	United States	USA	20
AC			George Mayberry	Great Britain	GBR	24
AC			Juho Halme	Finland	FIN	19
*Triple Jump*	Men		Qualifying Round Group C	25 July

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.37		Edvard Larsen	Norway	NOR	26
2	14.10		Cal Bricker	Canada	CAN	23
3	13.97		Frank Mount Pleasant	United States	USA	23
4	13.23		Michael Dineen	Great Britain	GBR