Medal record
Mikio Oda
Competitor for  Japan
Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Gold	1928 Amsterdam	Triple jump

Mikio Oda (March 30, 1905 in Hiroshima – December 2, 1998) was a Japanese athlete and the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist. He was the first Asian Olympic champion in an individual event.

Oda's main event was triple jump, but he also competed in long jump and high jump, and participated in all three events in the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. His Olympic gold medal win came in 1928, in Amsterdam, where he won the triple jump event with a result of 15.21 meters. Oda later also set the world record in the sport, when he jumped for 15.58 m while studying in Waseda University during 1931.

During the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the Olympic flag was raised to a height of exactly 15.21 meters, to pay respect to Oda's achievement 36 years earlier. In 2000, Oda was chosen as the best Asian male athlete of the century by a panel of track and field experts.

[edit] See also

• Mikio Oda Memorial International Amateur Athletic Game

[edit] External links

• Mikio Oda at olympic.org

Records
Preceded by Nick Winter	Men's Triple Jump World Record Holder 1931-10-27 – 1932-08-14	Succeeded by Chuhei Nambu

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