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Triple jump

The triple jump (sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump) is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump

Long jump

The long jump is an athletics event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far from the take-off point as possible....
, but involving a “hop, step and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a step and then a jump into the sand pit.

The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a modern Olympics event since the Games’ inception in 1896.

The current male and female world record holders are Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (athlete)

Jonathan David Edwards, Order of the British Empire, is a former British triple jumper. He is a former Summer Olympics, Commonwealth Games, European Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Championships in Athletics champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995....
of Great Britain, with a jump of 18.29 metres, and Inessa Kravets

Inessa Kravets

Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets is an Ukraine triple jumper and long jumper.She jumped the world record at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg with 15.50m after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards ....
of Ukraine, with a jump of 15.50 metres.
triple jump, or at least a variant involving three jumps one after the other, has its roots in the Ancient Greek Olympics, with records showing athletes attaining distances of more than 50 feet.

However, the geal-ruith (triple jump), was an event contested in the ancient Irish Tailteann Games

Tailteann Games

The Tailteann Games were an ancient sporting event held in Ireland in honour of Queen Tailtiu. They ran from 1829BC to 1180AD when they died out after the Norman invasion of Ireland....
as early as 1829 B.C., ...contained in the Irish "Book of Leinster", which was written in the twelfth century AD...this book describes the Tailteann Games held at Telltown, County Meath from 1829 BC until at least 554 BC...included in these events...were the geal-ruith (triple jump).

The triple jump was a part of the inaugural 1896 Olympics in Athens, although back then it consisted of two hops on the same foot and then a jump.

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The triple jump (sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump) is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump

Long jump

Jonathan Edwards (athlete)

Inessa Kravets

History

The triple jump, or at least a variant involving three jumps one after the other, has its roots in the Ancient Greek Olympics, with records showing athletes attaining distances of more than 50 feet.

However, the geal-ruith (triple jump), was an event contested in the ancient Irish Tailteann Games

Tailteann Games

James Connolly (athlete)

James Brendan Bennet Connolly was an United States Athletics and author. In 1896, he became the first modern Olympic Games champion....
, was a triple jumper. Early Olympics also included the standing triple jump

Standing triple jump

Standing triple jump is an athletics event. As with conventional triple jump the event involves three phases, but in this event there is no approach run....
, although this has since been removed from the Olympic program and is rarely performed in competition today. The women’s triple jump was introduced into the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.

Technique

The athlete sprints down a runway until they reach a takeoff mark, from which the jump is measured. The takeoff mark is a "board", which is commonly implemented as a physical piece of wood or similar material embedded in the runway, or a rectangle painted on the runway surface. In modern championships a strip of plasticine, tape, or modeling clay

Plasticine

Plasticine, a brand of modelling clay, is a putty-like modelling material made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and fatty acids. The name is a registered trademark of Flair Leisure Products plc....
is attached to the board to record athletes overstepping or "scratching" the mark, defined by the trailing edge of the board.

There are three phases of the triple jump, articulated in the original event name: the "hop" phase, the "step" phase, and the "jump" phase. These three phases are executed in one continuous sequence. The hop starts with the athlete jumping from the mark on his/her takeoff leg, and ends landing on the runway with the takeoff leg. The hop appears to be more of a "cycling" movement. The objective is to hop out as apposed to up. In the step, the athlete immediately jumps with the takeoff leg and lands on the runway with the opposite leg. The objective of the jump is to cover as much runway as possible so one is as close to the pit as possible for the next phase. The step is followed by the jump, where the athlete jumps from that same non-takeoff leg and lands in a sand-filled pit. The jump phase is very similar to the long jump

Long jump

The long jump is an athletics event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far from the take-off point as possible....
. A "foul", also known as a "scratch" or missed jump, occurs when a jumper oversteps the takeoff mark, misses the pit entirely, does not use the correct foot sequences throughout the phases, or does not perform the attempt in the allotted amount of time (usually about one minute). When a jumper "scratches," the seated official will raise a red flag and the jumper who was "on deck," or up next, prepares to jump. To record a "scratch," a video camera is commonly used to avoid confusion and unfair calls.

Best Year performance

Men's Season's Best

YEAR	DISTANCE (m)	PLACE
1970	17.34	Suhumi
1971	17.40	Cali Calì Cal?, also written in english as Cali, is a italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian Sea side of Sicily.For the surname Cal? is assumed the origin of the greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time"....
1972	17.44	Suhumi
1973	17.20	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1974	17.23	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
1975	17.89	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
1976	17.38	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
1977	17.19	Sochi Sochi Sochi is a Russian resort types of inhabited localities in Russia, situated in Krasnodar Krai just north of the southern Russian border. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea and against the background of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains....
1978	17.44	Bratislava Bratislava Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 427,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River....
1979	17.27	San Juan San Juan San Juan is Spanish language for Saint John . It can also be the short version of San Juan Bautista ....
1980	17.35	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1981	17.56	Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
1982	17.57	Provo Provo Provo was a Dutch counterculture cultural movement in the mid-1960s that focused on provoking violent responses from authorities using non-violent bait....
1983	17.55	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1984	17.46	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1985	17.97	Indianapolis
1986	17.80	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
1987	17.92	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
1988	17.77	Sofia Sofia Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
1989	17.62	Gorkiy
1990	17.93	Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
1991	17.78	Tokyo Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
1992	17.72	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
1993	17.86	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
1994	17.68	Paris Paris Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
1995	18.29	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....
1996	18.09	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
1997	17.85	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
1998	18.01	Oslo Oslo is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
1999	17.59	Seville Seville \|\|-\|\|}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
2000	17.71	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
2001	17.92	Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....
2002	17.86	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
2003	17.77	Haina Haina Haina is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany....
2004	17.79	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
2005	17.81	Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....
2006	17.71	Indianapolis
2007	17.90	Belém Belém Bel?m is a city on the banks of the Amazon estuary, in the northern part of Brazil. It is the capital of the state of Par?. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and coach station....
2008	17.67	Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....

Women's Seasons Best

YEAR	DISTANCE (m)	PLACE
1986	13.68	Indianapolis
1987	14.04	Hamamatsu
1988	14.16	Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang is a prefecture-level city and the Capital of Hebei Province of China, China. It is about 320 km south of Beijing.Shijiazhuang is a newly industrialized city....
1989	14.52	Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
1990	14.54	Sapporo
1991	14.95	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1992	14.62	Villeneuve d'Ascq Villeneuve d'Ascq Villeneuve d'Ascq is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France.It is located between Lille and Roubaix, at the crossroads of the principal freeways towards Paris, Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels....
1993	15.09	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
1994	14.98	Stara Zagora Stara Zagora Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and one of the nationally important economic centres. Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets....
1995	15.50	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
1996	15.33	Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
1997	15.20	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
1998	15.12	Tokyo Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
1999	15.07	Seville Seville \|\|-\|\|}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
2000	15.32	Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
2001	15.25	Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....
2002	14.95	Radès Radès Rad?s is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. Situated 9 kilometres south-east of the capital Tunis, some consider it a Tunis suburb, and parts of the harbour installations of Tunis are located in Rad?s....
2003	15.29	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
2004	15.34	Iraklion
2005	15.11	Paris Paris Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
2006	15.02	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....
2007	15.28	Osaka Osaka is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
2008	15.39	Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....

Top Ten Performers

Accurate as of October 20, 2008.

Men

NB: These are the top 10 performers of all time, not the top 10 performances. Other legal jumps by people on this list that would exceed the shortest jump on this list are noted below the table.

MARK	WIND	VENUE	DATE
18.29 ¹	1.3	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....	August 7, 1995
18.09 ²	-0.4	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....	July 27, 1996
17.97	1.5	Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis is the Capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, Indianapolis , Indiana the Unigov, at 795,458 in 2006....	June 16, 1985
17.92	1.6	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....	August 31, 1987
17.92	1.9	Odessa Odessa, Texas Odessa is a city in Ector County, Texas and Midland County, Texas counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located primarily in Ector County, of which it is the county seat....	May 20, 1995
17.90	0.4	Belém Belém Bel?m is a city on the banks of the Amazon estuary, in the northern part of Brazil. It is the capital of the state of Par?. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and coach station....	May 20, 2007
17.90	1.0	Bratislava Bratislava Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 427,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River....	June 20, 1990
17.89	0.0	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....	October 15, 1975
17.87 ³	1.7	San Jose San Jose, California San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....	June 26, 1987
17.86	1.3	Kobe Kobe is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....	September 2, 1985

¹ Edwards also has legal jumps of 18.16, 18.01, 18.00, 17.99, 17.98, 17.92, 17.88 and 17.86 m. As of October 2008, he has six of the top 11 jumps of all time. The longest wind aided jump of 18.43(+2.4) was also performed by Edwards.
² Harrison also has legal jumps of 17.99m and 17.93 m.
³ Conley also has a legal jump of 17.86 m.

Women

NB: Again, these are the top 10 performers of all time, not the top 10 performances.

MARK	WIND	VENUE	DATE
15.50 ¹	1.9	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....	August 10, 1995
15.39 ²	0.5	Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....	August 17, 2008
15.34 ³	-0.5	Heraklion Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion , is the largest city and capital city of Crete. It is also the fourth largest city in Greece. Its name is also spelled Herakleion, a transliteration of the ancient Greek and Katharevousa name, , or Iraklio, among other variants....	July 4, 2004
15.32 ⁴	0.9	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....	August 21, 2004
15.29 ⁵	0.3	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....	July 11, 2003
15.28	0.9	Osaka Osaka is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....	August 31, 2007
15.20	0.0	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....	August 4, 1997
15.20	-0.3	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....	September 24, 2000
15.18	0.3	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....	August 10, 1995
15.16	0.1	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....	August 4, 1997

¹ Kravets also has a legal jump of 15.33 m.
² Mbango Etone also has legal jumps of 15.30 and 15.19 m.
³ Lebedeva also has legal jumps of 15.33, 15.32, 15.25, 15.23, 15.17 and 15.18 m.
⁴ Devetzi also has legal jumps of 15.25 and 15.23 m.
⁵ Aldama also has legal jumps of 15.28, 15.27 and 15.21 m.

World Record Progression

Men's World Record Progression

DISTANCE	DATE	PLACE
15.52 m	1911-05-30	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
15.525 m	1924-07-12	Paris Paris Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... , France France France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
15.58 m	1931-10-27	Tokyo, Japan
15.72 m	1932-08-14	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
15.78 m	1935-12-14	Sydney, Australia
16.00 m	1936-08-06	Berlin, Germany
16.00 m	1950-12-03	São Paulo São Paulo S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world.... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
16.01 m	1951-09-30	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires.... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
16.12 m	1952-07-23	Helsinki, Finland
16.22 m	1952-07-23	Helsinki, Finland
16.23 m	1953-07-19	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world.... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
16.56 m	1955-03-26	Mexico City, Mexico
16.59 m	1958-07-19	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world.... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
16.70 m	1959-05-03	Nalchik Nalchik Nalchik is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in the Caucasus region of southern Russia and capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria. The city is situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains.... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
17.03 m	1960-08-05	Olsztyn Olsztyn Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Lyna River.Historically the capital of the Warmia region, Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999.... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
17.10 m	1968-10-16	Mexico City, Mexico
17.22 m	1968-10-17	Mexico City, Mexico
17.23 m	1968-10-17	Mexico City, Mexico
17.27 m	1968-10-17	Mexico City, Mexico
17.39 m	1968-10-17	Mexico City, Mexico
17.40 m	1971-08-05	Cali, Colombia
17.44 m	1972-10-17	Sukhumi Sukhumi Sukhumi, also spelled as Sukhum is the capital of Abkhazia, a de facto independent republic, which is internationally recognized as being an autonomous republic within Georgia , except by Russia and Nicaragua, which regard it as an independent state.... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
17.89 m	1975-10-15	Mexico City, Mexico
17.97 m	1985-06-16	Indianapolis, U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
17.98 m	1995-07-18	Salamanca, Spain
18.16 m	1995-08-07	Gothenburg, Sweden
18.29 m	1995-08-07	Gothenburg, Sweden

Women's World Record Progression

DISTANCE	DATE	PLACE
NON-RATIFIED BY THE IAAF
10.32 m	1922-05-13	Mamaronek, U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
10.50 m	1923-07-23	Geneve, Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
11.62 m	1926-10-17	Harbin Harbin is a sub-provincial city and the Capital of the Heilongjiang in Northeast China. It lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River. Harbin is ranked as the tenth largest city in China, serving as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications center of Northeastern China.... , China China China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
11.66 m	1939-10-21	Unknown
12.22 m	1959-06-18	Street, United Kingdom Street, Somerset Street is a village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England, situated on a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, two miles south-west of Glastonbury....
12.43 m	1981-05-09	Austin, U.S. Austin, Texas Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
12.47 m	1982-05-07	Austin, U.S. Austin, Texas Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
12.51 m	1983-05-06	Austin, U.S. Austin, Texas Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
12.98 m	1983-05-07	Baton Rouge, U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
13.15 m	1984-03-24	Austin, U.S. Austin, Texas Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
13.21 m	1984-04-13	Baton Rouge, U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
13.58 m	1985-05-30	Austin, U.S. Austin, Texas Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
13.68 m	1986-06-05	Indianapolis, U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
13.71 m	1987-05-02	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
13.73 m	1987-05-17	Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa is the name of two places in the United States of America:Tuscaloosa, AlabamaTuscaloosa County, AlabamaThere is also:USS Tuscaloosa , U.S.... , U.S. United States The United States of America* is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
13.78 m	1987-06-06	Baton Rouge, U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
13.85 m	1987-06-26	San Jose San Jose, California San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
14.04 m	1987-10-11	Hamamatsu, Japan
14.16 m	1988-04-23	Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang is a prefecture-level city and the Capital of Hebei Province of China, China. It is about 320 km south of Beijing.Shijiazhuang is a newly industrialized city.... , PR China
14.52 m	1989-07-02	Stockholm, Sweden
OFFICIALLY RATIFIED BY THE IAAF
14.54 m	1990-08-25	Sapporo, Japan
14.95 m	1991-06-10	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world.... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
15.09 m	1993-08-21	Stuttgart, Germany
15.50 m	1995-08-10	Gothenburg, Sweden

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Triple jump

History

Technique

Best Year performance

Men's Season's Best

Women's Seasons Best

Top Ten Performers

Men

Women

World Record Progression

Men's World Record Progression

Women's World Record Progression

Other famous triple jumpers

See also