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This is the progression of world record improvements in different age divisions of men's triple jump in Masters athletics.
Incomplete information Pending better indoor records Indoor mark before 2000
IAAF includes indoor marks in the record list since 2000, but WMA does not follow that practice.
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.92 | 0.7 | Jonathan Edwards |  United Kingdom | 10.05.1966 | Edmonton | 05.08.2001 |
| 17.66 | 0.7 | Jonathan Edwards | United Kingdom | 10.05.1966 | Glasgow | 01.07.2001 |
| 17.56 | 0.5 | Jonathan Edwards | United Kingdom | 10.05.1966 | Milan | 06.06.2001 |
| 16.95 | 1.2 | Ray Kimble |  United States | 19.04.1953 | Budapest | 12.08.1988 |
| 16.65 | 0.5 | Jozef Schmidt |  Poland | 28.03.1935 | Stockholm | 30.08.1970 |
| 16.59 | 0.9 | Jozef Schmidt | Poland | 28.03.1935 | Stockholm | 30.08.1970 |
| 16.53 | Jozef Schmidt | Poland | 28.03.1935 | Warsaw | 09.08.1970 | |
| 16.20 [1] | Mohinder Singh |  India | 15.03.1934 | San Jose | 02.05.1970 | |
| 15.79 | Dodyu Patarinski |  Bulgaria | 16.08.1933 | Athens | 29.06.1969 | |
| 15.44 | Eric Battista |  France | 14.05.1933 | Béziers | 15.09.1968 | |
| Measure | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.32 [2] | +1.1 | Fabrizio Donato |  Italy | 14.08.1976 | Pierre-Bénite | 09.06.2017 |
| 17.13 | ind | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 14.08.1976 | Belgrade | 05.03.2017 |
| 16.93 | -0.3 | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 14.08.1976 | Rovereto | 06.09.2016 |
| 16.58 | 2.0 | Ray Kimble | United States | 19.04.1953 | Edinburgh | 02.07.1993 |
| 15.70 | Milan Tiff | United States | 05.07.1949 | Eugene | 01.08.1989 | |
| 15.06 | Michael Sauer |  Germany | 27.08.1941 | Ludwigshafen | 16.05.1982 | |
| 14.91 | Dany Nestoret | France | 20.03.1940 | Sevran | 15.06.1980 | |
| 14.84 | 1.0 | Kristen Flogstad |  Norway | 11.04.1947 | Tonsberg | 13.05.1989 |
| 14.63 | 1.0 | Sean Power | United Kingdom | 20.03.1943 | Portsmouth | 10.05.1986 |
| 14.80 | Stig Bäcklund |  Finland | 27.10.1939 | Helsinki | 07.08.1980 | |
| 14.62 | Horst Mandl |  Austria | 08.01.1936 | Zagreb | 06.06.1976 | |
| 14.41 | Hermann Strauss | Germany | 06.03.1931 | Schweinfurt | 16.05.1971 |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.13 | +0.2 | Wolfgang Knabe | Germany | 12.07.1959 | Garbsen | 22.05.2005 |
| 14.82 | ind | Milan Tiff | United States | 05.07.1949 | Reno | 26.02.1995 |
| 14.18 | 1.8 | Stig Bäcklund | Finland | 27.10.1939 | Porvoo | 28.07.1987 |
| 14.01 | Pericles Pinto |  Portugal | 15.02.1937 | Strasbourg | 14.07.1982 | |
| 13.90 | Hermann Strauss | Germany | 06.03.1931 | Gothenburg | 11.08.1977 | |
| 13.77 | Dave Jackson | United States | 26.08.1931 | Gothenburg | 10.08.1977 | |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.44 | 0.0 | Wolfgang Knabe | Germany | 12.07.1959 | Lübeck | 18.07.2009 |
| 14.07 | 1.4 | Stig Bäcklund | Finland | 27.10.1939 | Budapest | 04.07.1990 |
| 13.72 | ind | Stig Bäcklund | Finland | 27.10.1939 | Kuortane | 04.03.1990 |
| 13.61 | nwi | Horst Mandl | Austria | 08.01.1936 | Verona | 25.06.1988 |
| 13.55 | Hermann Strauss | Germany | 06.03.1931 | Strasbourg | 14.07.1982 | |
| 13.19 | Dave Jackson | United States | 26.08.1931 | Los Angeles | 10.07.1982 | |
| 13.13 | Dave Jackson | United States | 26.08.1931 | Santa Barbara | 03.10.1981 | |
| 13.03 | Carlos Vera Guardia |  Venezuela | 30.08.1928 | Hanover | 01.08.1979 | |
| 13.04w | >2.0 | Carlos Vera Guardia | Venezuela | 30.08.1928 | Hanover | 01.08.1979 |
| 12.42 | Tom Patsalis | United States | 06.12.1931 | Irvine | 29.06.1975 |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.13 | 0.7 | Wolfgang Knabe | Germany | 12.07.1959 | İzmir | 28.08.2014 |
| 13.87 | 1.1 | Wolfgang Knabe | Germany | 12.07.1959 | Erfurt | 12.07.2014 |
| 13.85 | 1.3 | Stig Bäcklund | Finland | 27.10.1939 | Kajaani | 02.07.1995 |
| 13.35 | ind | Stig Bäcklund | Finland | 27.10.1939 | Oulu | 19.03.1995 |
| 13.11 | 0.2 | Horst Mandl | Austria | 08.01.1936 | Kristiansand | 01.07.1992 |
| 12.88 | Hermann Strauss | Germany | 06.03.1931 | Ludwigshafen | 01.07.1989 | |
| 12.63 | Olavi Niemi | Finland | 07.11.1931 | Eugene | 03.08.1989 | |
| 12.78 | Olavi Niemi | Finland | 07.11.1931 | Larvik | 02.07.1989 | |
| 12.82 | Hermann Strauss | Germany | 06.03.1931 | Essen | 02.08.1987 | |
| 12.75 | Hermann Strauss | Germany | 06.03.1931 | Malmoe | 28.07.1986 | |
| 12.35 | 2.0 | Matti Jarvinen | Finland | 23.02.1926 | Larvik | 08.08.1981 |
| 12.62 | Gordon Farrell | United States | 24.11.1917 | Palm Desert | 08.01.1975 |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.82 | 0.2 | Wolfgang Knabe | Germany | 12.07.1959 | Garbsen | 10.07.2021 |
| 12.68 | 1.6 | Stig Bäcklund | Finland | 27.10.1939 | Kajaani | 18.06.2000 |
| 12.33 | 0.3 | Pericles Pinto | Portugal | 15.02.1937 | Durban | 23.07.1997 |
| 12.33 | 0.5 | Hermann Strauss | Germany | 06.03.1931 | Turku | 26.07.1991 |
| 12.13 | ind | Amelio Compri | Italy | 31.01.1925 | Turin | 09.03.1985 |
| 12.01 | Jakob Rypdal | Norway | 19.02.1926 | Melbourne | 05.12.1987 | |
| Vaclav Bartl |  Sweden | 05.03.1926 | Melbourne | 05.12.1987 | ||
| 11.96 | Tom Patsalis | United States | 06.12.1931 | Los Angeles | 10.07.1982 | |
| 11.89 | Gordon Farrell | United States | 24.11.1917 | Van Nuys | 24.05.1980 | |
| 11.34 | Gordon Farrell | United States | 24.11.1917 | Santa Barbara | 06.10.1979 | |
| 11.25 | Gordon Farrell | United States | 24.11.1917 | Cali | 09.12.1977 |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.94 | 2.0 | Hermann Strauss | Germany | 06.03.1931 | Leinfelden | 18.08.1996 |
| 11.24 | Ariel Standen Levis |  Chile | 12.09.1929 | Concepción | 1994 | |
| 11.11 | 0.8 | Matti Järvinen | Finland | 23.02.1926 | Turku | 27.07.1991 |
| 11.10 | Amelio Compri | Italy | 31.01.1925 | Verona | 03.06.1990 | |
| 10.95 | ind | Jakob Rypdal | Norway | 19.02.1936 | Ekeberg | 24.02.1991 |
| 10.95 | 1.8 | Vaclav Bartl | Sweden | 05.03.1926 | Glostrup | 30.06.1991 |
| 10.92 | ind | Amelio Compri | Italy | 31.01.1925 | Turin | 03.03.1990 |
| 10.87 | ind | Kenneth McConnell |  Australia | 30.08.1924 | 13.01.1990 | |
| 10.86 | ind | Tom Patsalis | United States | 06.12.1931 | Madison | 29.03.1987 |
| 10.66 | ind | Ian Hume |  Canada | 20.08.1914 | Christchurch | 13.01.1981 |
| 10.54 | Heikki Simola | Finland | 16.01.1912 | Hanover | 01.08.1979 | |
| 10.48 | Ivar Sand | Norway | 17.07.1912 | Viareggio | 13.09.1978 | |
| 10.42 | Ivar Sand | Norway | 17.07.1912 | Goteborg | 08.08.1977 |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Age | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.76 | 0.3 | Crecenzo Marchetti | Italy | 24 March 1951 | 71 years, 44 days | Mantua | 7 May 2022 |
| 10.90 | 1.0 | Adam Adamec | Poland | 22 May 1947 | 70 years, 110 days | Zielona Góra | 9 September 2017 |
| 10.88 | ind | Pertti Ahomäki | Finland | 26 February 1946 | 70 years, 36 days | Ancona | 2 April 2016 |
| 10.75 | 0.3 | Lamberto Boranga | Italy | 31 October 1942 | 70 years, 3 days | Serravalle | 3 November 2012 |
| 10.71 | ind | Stig Bäcklund | Finland | 27 October 1939 | 71 years, 81 days | Salo | 16 January 2011 |
| 10.71 | NWI | Kyoichiro Shimizu |  Japan | 2 January 1940 | 70 years, 232 days | Maebashi | 22 August 2010 |
| 10.61 | 1.6 | Shoji Ito | Japan | 24 October 1930 | 70 years, 10 days | Shizuoka | 3 November 2000 |
| 10.41 | 1.9 | Vaclav Bartl | Sweden | 5 March 1926 | 70 years, 141 days | Malmö | 24 July 1996 |
| 10.29 | 1.8 | Rolf Gustavsson | Sweden | 7 January 1917 | 70 years, 207 days | Pori | 2 August 1987 |
| 10.25 | NWI | Mazumi Morita | Japan | 17 July 1913 | 72 years, 88 days | Tokushima | 13 October 1985 |
| 10.17 | NWI | Ian Hume | Canada | 20 August 1914 | 70 years, 306 days | Rome | 22 June 1985 |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.10 | -0.6 | Lothar Fischer | Germany | 15.03.1936 | Minden | 29.07.2011 |
| 10.05 | Mazumi Morita | Japan | 17.07.1913 | Akita | 31.07.1988 | |
| 9.52 | Heikki Simola | Finland | 16.01.1912 | Melbourne | 04.12.1987 | |
| 9.60 | Heikki Simola | Finland | 16.01.1912 | Salo | 05.07.1987 | |
| 9.40 | ind | Heikki Simola | Finland | 16.01.1912 | Vierumäki | 09.03.1987 |
| 8.29 | Gulab Singh | India | 13.10.1905 | Christchurch | 12.01.1981 | |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.29 | -0.1 | Eberhard Linke | Germany | 3 January 1944 | Erding | 15 June 2024 |
| 9.04 | 0.1 | Lothar Fischer | Germany | 15 March 1936 | Leinefelde | 9 July 2016 |
| 8.95 | 0.3 | Mazumi Morita | Japan | 17 July 1913 | Miyazaki | 13 October 1993 |
| 8.29 | Gulab Singh | India | 13 October 1905 | Melbourne | 4 December 1987 | |
| 7.72 | Winfield McFadden | United States | 12 March 1905 | Santa Barbara | 4 October 1986 | |
| 7.17 [3] | Ian Hume | Canada | 20 August 1914 | Uniondale | 19 July 1986 | |
| 7.44 | Winfield McFadden | United States | 12 March 1905 | Irvine | 25 May 1985 | |
| 6.91 [4] | Herbert Anderson | United States | 15 July 1902 | Aurora | 24 July 1982 |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.17 | 0.7 | Aatos Sainio | Finland | 07.06.1925 | Tampere | 04.07.2010 |
| 7.91 | -0.7 | Mazumi Morita | Japan | 17.07.1913 | Musashino | 26.07.1998 |
| 7.65 | 0.0 | Vittorio Colo | Italy | 09.11.1911 | Milan | 15.06.1997 |
| 7.44 | Kizo Kimura | Japan | 11.07.1911 | 29.04.1997 | ||
| 7.18 | Kizo Kimura | Japan | 11.07.1911 | Toyama | 16.09.1996 | |
| 7.01 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Japan | 10.05.1909 | Ageo | 16.09.1994 | |
| 6.78 | Karl Trei | Canada | 19.03.1909 | Raleigh | 07.05.1994 | |
| 6.67 | ind | Karl Trei | Canada | 19.03.1909 | Columbia | 25.03.1994 |
| Distance | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Birthdate | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.10 | 0.6 | Aatos Saino | Finland | 7 June 1925 | Kangasala | 22 July 2015 |
| 6.59 | 0.7 | Kizo Kimura | Japan | 11 July 1911 | Chiba | 29 July 2001 |
| 6.01 | 0.0 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Japan | 10 May 1909 | Yonago | 27 June 1999 |
| 5.51 | Buell Crane | United States | 18 March 1900 | Gresham | 28 July 1990 |
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