1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

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These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday August 7, 1995.

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Almost three weeks before this championship, Jonathan Edwards had just marginally improved upon Willie Banks' ten year old world record (17.97m), by jumping 17.98m in Salamanca. In the preliminary round he was not even the #1 qualifier, edged out by Jérôme Romain. In the final, however, Edwards put the contest to bed almost before it began. On his first trip down the runway in the final, Edwards became the first athlete in the world to jump further than 18 metres without wind assistance, registering a world record jump of 18.16 m. In his second jump, he jumped even further, setting a new world record of 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in), the first jump one 60 feet and a .31 m (1 ft 0 in) improvement over his previous world record. 67 cm further than silver medal winner Brian Wellman. Edwards passed on three of his four remaining attempts, his work completed while, far behind, the battle for the minor medals was in contrast exceptionally close, with three centimetres separating silver and fourth, and bronze decided only on countback.

It took more than 20 years for Christian Taylor to become the first man to jump beyond Edwards' first record. 30 years later, his second world record remained unmatched. [1]

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
05.08.1995 09:50h05.08.1995 09:50h
Final Round
07.08.1995 17:20h

Results

Qualifying round

RANKGROUP ADISTANCE
1.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)17.46 m
2.Flag of Cuba.svg  Yoelbi Quesada  (CUB)17.26 m
3.Flag of Latvia.svg  Māris Bružiks  (LAT)16.95 m
4.Flag of Israel.svg  Rogel Nachum  (ISR)16.71 m
5.Flag of Armenia.svg  Armen Martirosyan  (ARM)16.60 m
6.Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa  (ZIM)16.53 m
7.Flag of France.svg  Georges Sainte-Rose  (FRA)16.52 m
8.Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Audrius Raizgys  (LTU)16.40 m
9.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Andrew Murphy  (AUS)16.37 m
10.Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Kapustin  (RUS)16.32 m
11.Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Mohamed Karim Sassi  (TUN)16.26 m
12.Flag of Sweden.svg  Arne Holm  (SWE)15.94 m
13.Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Aleksey Fatyanov  (AZE)15.77 m
14.Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Paul Nioze  (SEY)15.71 m
15.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Festus Igbinoghene  (NGR)15.68 m
16.Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Edward Manderson  (CAY)15.50 m
17.Flag of Andorra.svg  Xavier Montané  (AND)15.04 m
18.Flag of the United States.svg  Leonard Cobb  (USA)14.90 m
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Oleg Sakirkin  (KAZ)NM
Flag of Poland.svg  Jacek Butkiewicz  (POL)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Anísio Silva  (BRA)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi  (KSA)


RANKGROUP BDISTANCE
1.Flag of Dominica.svg  Jérôme Romain  (DMA)17.48 m
2.Flag of Bermuda.svg  Brian Wellman  (BER)17.44 m
3.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sergey Arzamasov  (KAZ)17.27 m
4.Flag of Cuba.svg  Yoel García  (CUB)16.98 m
5.Flag of Sweden.svg  Tord Henriksson  (SWE)16.94 m
6.Flag of Jamaica.svg  James Beckford  (JAM)16.92 m
7.Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Conley  (USA)16.80 m
8.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Galin Georgiev  (BUL)16.80 m
9.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Francis Agyepong  (GBR)16.58 m
10.Flag of Kenya.svg  Jacob Katonon  (KEN)16.55 m
11.Flag of the United States.svg  LaMark Carter  (USA)16.51 m
12.Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars Hedman  (SWE)16.43 m
13.Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Frank Rutherford  (BAH)16.38 m
14.Flag of France.svg  Serge Helan  (FRA)15.91 m
15.Flag of Spain.svg  Julio López  (ESP)15.80 m
16.Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Daniel Flores  (HON)14.92 m
Flag of Belize.svg  Kawan Lovelace  (BIZ)NM
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Vasif Asadov  (AZE)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsolt Czingler  (HUN)
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Marios Hadjiandreou  (CYP)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zeng Lizhi  (CHN)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Francis Dodoo  (GHA)DNS

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 18.1618.2917.4918.29 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Brian Wellman Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda xx17.3117.62wxx17.62w
Bronze medal icon.svg Jérôme Romain Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 17.3617.59w17.2517.18xx17.59w
4 Yoelbi Quesada Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.19xxxx17.59w17.59w
5 Yoel García Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 16.9017.16xxx17.16
6 James Beckford Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica x17.13wx17.13w
7 Mike Conley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States x16.96w16.77xx16.96w
8 Galin Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 16.93xx16.79xx16.93
9 Tord Henriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 16.8816.9216.8716.92
10 Māris Bružiks Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia x16.1816.8016.80
11 Rogel Nachum Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 16.3416.69x16.69
12 Sergey Arzamasov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 16.5916.68x16.68

See also

References

  1. "Jonathan Edwards' 30-year-old triple jump world record 'not a good sign for athletics'". BBC Sport. 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-08.