Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's triple jump

Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	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
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The men's triple jump event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 24 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ian Tomlinson  Australia	Canada	Dave Norris  New Zealand

Results[]

Qualification[]

Qualifying distance: 48 ft (14.63 m) (?)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	Ian Tomlinson	Australia	48 ft 7+3⁄4 in (14.83 m)	Q[3]
?	Maurice Rich	Australia	48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)	Q[3]
11	Mohinder Singh	India	47 ft 6+1⁄2 in (14.49 m)
12	Roy Williams	New Zealand	47 ft 5+3⁄4 in (14.47 m)
13	Frederick Wyers	England	47 ft 4+1⁄4 in (14.43 m)
14	Denis Field	England	47 ft 2+1⁄4 in (14.38 m)
15	Michael Ralph	England	46 ft 8+1⁄2 in (14.24 m)
16		Northern Ireland	46 ft 4+1⁄2 in (14.14 m)
17		Fiji	46 ft 2 in (14.07 m)
18		Scotland	45 ft 4+1⁄4 in (13.82 m)
19		Wales	45 ft 0+3⁄4 in (13.74 m)
20		Trinidad and Tobago	44 ft 2+3⁄4 in (13.48 m)
		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NM
		Australia	DNS
		Jamaica	DNS
	Paul Foreman	Jamaica	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ian Tomlinson	Australia	51 ft 7+3⁄4 in (15.74 m)
		Canada	51 ft 5+3⁄4 in (15.69 m)
	Dave Norris	New Zealand	50 ft 8+1⁄4 in (15.45 m)
4	Maurice Rich	Australia	50 ft 8+1⁄4 in (15.45 m)
5	Ken Wilmshurst	England	50 ft 6+1⁄2 in (15.41 m)
6	Gabuh Piging	North Borneo	49 ft 6+3⁄4 in (15.11 m)
7	Lawrence Ogwang	Uganda	49 ft 6+3⁄4 in (15.11 m)
8	Tan Eng Yoon	Singapore	48 ft 9+1⁄4 in (14.87 m)
9	Paul Engo	Nigeria	48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
10		Nigeria	46 ft 11 in (14.30 m)

References[]