Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	29 November 1962
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning distance	53 ft 2 in (16.21 m) GR
Medalists
Ian Tomlinson   Australia   John Baguley   Australia   Fred Alsop   England

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women

The men's triple jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Thursday 29 November 1962.

The event was won by the defending champion Australian Ian Tomlinson with a jump of 53 ft 2 in (16.21 m), breaking his own Games record by over a foot. Tomlinson won by 4 ³⁄₄ in (12 cm), ahead of his compatriot John Baguley and Fred Alsop from England who won the bronze medal.^[1]

Wales' Lynn Davies who had finished fourth in the long jump failed to record a single legal jump.

Records

World record	Józef Szmidt (POL)	55 ft 10 ^1⁄4 in (17.02 m)	Olsztyn, Poland	5 August 1960
Games record	Ian Tomlinson (AUS)	51 ft 7 ^3⁄4 in (15.74 m)	Cardiff, Wales	24 July 1958	[2]
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
29 November	Final	Ian Tomlinson	Australia	53 ft 2 in (16.21 m)	GR
29 November	Final	Fred Alsop	England	52 ft 7 in (16.03 m)	NR

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Tomlinson, IanIan Tomlinson	Australia	53 ft 2 in (16.21 m)	GR
	Baguley, JohnJohn Baguley	Australia	52 ft 9 ^1⁄4 in (16.08 m)
	Alsop, FredFred Alsop	England	52 ft 7 in (16.03 m)	BR[4]
4	Boase, GrahamGraham Boase	Australia	51 ft 8 ^3⁄4 in (15.77 m)
5	Samuels, MahoneyMahoney Samuels	Jamaica	50 ft 10 ^1⁄4 in (15.50 m)
6	Norris, DaveDave Norris	New Zealand	50 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in (15.41 m)
7	Odhiambo, PaulPaul Odhiambo	Kenya	48 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in (14.92 m)
8	Rule, KevinKevin Rule	Australia	48 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in (14.90 m)
9	Ogwang, LawrenceLawrence Ogwang	Uganda	48 ft 9 in (14.86 m)
10	Piging, GabuhGabuh Piging	British North Borneo	47 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in (14.47 m)
11	Howell, JohnJohn Howell	England	47 ft 0 in (14.33 m)
12	Lucas, LeroyLeroy Lucas	British Honduras	43 ft 7 ^1⁄4 in (13.29 m)
13	Davies, LynnLynn Davies	Wales	0.1	NM
14	Crawley, AllenAllen Crawley	Papua and New Guinea	0.0	DNS
15	Collins, RoyRoy Collins	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	0.0	DNS

References

1. Webster, Jim; Clarkson, Alan (30 November 1962). "Aust. close to Games record". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 12.
2. Our staff correspondent (25 July 1958). "Hop, Step and Jump victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. p. 12.
3. "Results of the men's triple jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
4. Our Athletics Correspondent (30 November 1962). "'A Little Bit Of Fear Keeps You Going'". The Times. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. p. 4.