The men's triple jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 4.

[2] Chūhei Nambu of Japan won gold with a world record breaking jump.

Returning finalists from the 1928 Games were the two Japanese jumpers, gold medalist Mikio Oda and fourth-place finisher Chūhei Nambu; they were joined this time by Kenkichi Oshima.

Nanbu was the long jump world record holder and had won bronze in that event earlier in the Games.

Chūhei Nambu set the new world and Olympic records with 15.72 metres in his fifth jump.