Melbourne 1956 - Athletics - Men: Triple Jump

Date: 27 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	16.35m [53' 7 ¾"]
2	Vilhjalmur Einarsson	ISL	16.26m [53' 4 ¼"]
3	Vitold Kreyer	URS	16.02m [52' 6 ¾"]
4	William Sharpe	USA	15.88m [52' 1 ¼"]
5	Martin Rehak	TCH	15.85m [52' 0"]
6	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.80m [51' 10"]
7	Koji Sakurai	JPN	15.73m [51' 7 ¼"]
8	Teruji Kogake	JPN	15.64m [51' 3 ¾"]
9	Kenneth Wilmshurst	GBR	15.54m [50' 11 ¾"]
10	Ryszard Malcherczyk	POL	15.54m [50' 11 ¾"]
11	Ira Davis	USA	15.40m [50' 6 ¼"]
12	George Shaw	USA	15.33m [50' 3 ½"]
13	Hiroshi Shibata	JPN	15.25m [50' ½"]
14	Kari Rahkamo	FIN	15.21m [49' 10 ¾"]
15	Mohinder Singh	IND	15.20m [49' 10 ½"]
16	Eric Battista	FRA	15.15m [49' 8 ½"]
17	Paul Bamela Engo	NGR	15.03m [49' 3 ¾"]
18	Tapio Lehto	FIN	14.91m [48' 11"]
19	Hannu Rantala	FIN	14.87m [48' 9 ½"]
20	Lawrence Ogwang	UGA	14.72m [48' 3 ½"]
21	Choi Yong-Kee	KOR	14.65m [48' ¾"]
22	Peter Esiri	NGR
Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown)
	Muhamad Rashid	PAK
	Wu Chun-Tsai	TPE
	Ronald Gray	AUS
	Bin Piging Gabuh	NBO
	Walter Herssens	BEL
	Maurice Rich	AUS
	Eng-Yoon Tan	SIN
	Brian Oliver	AUS
	Muhammad Ramzan Ali	PAK
	Bin Diau Sium	NBO

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