Tuulos NR 15.48m

Tuulos Misses World Record by Just a Few Centimetres

Borås, Sweden, 6 July 1923

Olympic champion Vilho Tuulos continued his Scandinavian competition tour after Gothenburg with a meet in Borås. There, he leapt to a world-leading mark and a Finnish record of 15.48 metres (50-9 1/2), falling just a few centimetres short of Dan Ahearne’s world record, which had stood for over a decade.

Tuulos's jump remained the Finnish record for 16 years, until Onni Rajasaari broke it in 1939.

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