Athletics Triple jump | |
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World records | |
Men | Jonathan Edwards 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) (1995) |
Women | Yulimar Rojas 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in) i (2022) |
Olympic records | |
Men | Kenny Harrison 18.09 m (59 ft 4 in) (1996) |
Women | Yulimar Rojas 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) (2021) |
World Championship records | |
Men | Jonathan Edwards 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) (1995) |
Women | Inessa Kravets 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) (1995) |
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit. The triple jump was inspired by accounts of lengthy jumps at the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympics event since the Games' inception in 1896.
According to World Athletics rules, "the hop shall be made so that an athlete lands first on the same foot as that from which he has taken off; in the step he shall land on the other foot, from which, subsequently, the jump is performed." [1]
The male world record holder is Jonathan Edwards of the United Kingdom, with a jump of 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in). The female world record holder is Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, with a jump of 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in).
Historical sources on the ancient Olympic Games occasionally mention jumps of 15 metres or more. This led sports historians to conclude that these must have been a series of jumps, thus providing the basis for the triple jump. [2] However, there is no evidence for the triple jump being included in the ancient Olympic Games, and the recorded extraordinary distances may be due to the artistic license of the authors of victory poems, rather than attempts to report accurate results. [3]
The triple jump was a part of the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, although at the time it consisted of two hops on the same foot and then a jump. [4] The first modern Olympic champion, James Connolly, was a triple jumper. Early Olympics also included the standing triple jump, 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. [5]
In Irish mythology the geal-ruith (triple jump) was an event contested in the ancient Irish Tailteann Games as early as 1829 BC. [6]
The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject.(August 2024) |
The approach is one of the most important parts of an athlete's jump. The athlete sprints down a runway to a takeoff mark, from which the triple jump is measured. The takeoff mark is commonly either a 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 is attached to the far edge of the board to record athletes overstepping or "scratching" the mark, defined by the trailing edge of the board. These boards are placed at different places on the runway depending on how far the athlete can jump. Typically the boards are set 40 ft, 32 ft, and 24 ft from the pit. These are the most common boards seen at the high school and collegiate levels, but boards can be placed anywhere on the runway. There are three phases of the triple jump: the "hop" phase, the "bound" or "step" phase, and the "jump" phase. They all play an important role in the jump itself. These three phases are executed in one continuous sequence. The athlete has to maintain a good speed through each phase. They should also try to stay consistent to avoid fouls. [7]
The hop begins with the athlete jumping from the take-off board on one leg, which for descriptive purposes, will be the right leg. Precise placement of the foot on the take-off is important for the athlete to avoid a foul. The objective of the first phase is to hop out, with athletes focusing all momentum forward. The hop landing phase is very active, involving a powerful backward "pawing" action of the right leg, with the right take-off foot landing heel first on the runway.
The hop landing also marks the beginning of the step phase, where the athlete utilizes the backward momentum of the right leg to immediately execute a powerful jump forward and upwards, the left leg assisting the take-off with a hip flexion thrust similar to a bounding motion. This leads to the step-phase mid-air position, with the right take-off leg trailing flexed at the knee, and the left leg now leading flexed at the hip and knee. The jumper then holds this position for as long as possible, before extending the knee of the leading left leg and then immediately beginning a powerful backward motion of the whole left leg, again landing on the runway with a powerful backward pawing action. The takeoff leg should be fully extended with the drive leg thigh just below parallel to the ground. The takeoff leg stays extended behind the body with the heel held high. The drive leg extends with a flexed ankle and snaps downward for a quick transition into the jump phase. The athlete tries to take the farthest step they can while maintaining balance and control, using techniques such as pulling their leg up as high as possible.
The step landing forms the take-off of the final phase (the jump), where the athlete utilizes the backward force from the left leg to take off again. The jump phase is very similar to the long jump although most athletes have lost too much speed by this time to manage a full hitch kick, and mostly used is a hang or sail technique.
When landing in the sand-filled pit, the jumper should aim to avoid sitting back on landing or placing either hand behind the feet. The sandpit usually begins 13m from the take-off board for male international competition or 11m from the board for international female and club-level male competition. Each phase of the triple jump should get progressively higher, and there should be a regular rhythm to the three landings.
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 sequence throughout the phases, or does not perform the attempt in the allotted amount of time (usually about 90 seconds). 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.
It shall not be considered a foul if an athlete while jumping, should touch or scrape the ground with his/her "sleeping leg". Also called a "scrape foul", "sleeping leg" touch violations were ruled as fouls before the mid-1980s. The IAAF changed the rules following outrage at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when Soviet field officials in the Men's Triple Jump ruled as foul eight of the twelve jumps made by two leading competitors (from Brazil and Australia) thus helping two Soviet jumpers win the gold and silver medals.
Area | Men's | Women's | ||
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Mark | Athlete | Mark | Athlete | |
World | 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in) i | Yulimar Rojas (VEN) |
Continental records | ||||
Africa | 18.07 m (59 ft 3+1⁄4 in) i | Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) | 15.39 m (50 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) |
Asia | 17.59 m (57 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Yanxi Li (CHN) | 15.25 m (50 ft 1⁄4 in) | Olga Rypakova (KAZ) |
Europe | 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) | Inessa Kravets (UKR) |
North, Central America and Caribbean | 18.21 m (59 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Christian Taylor (USA) | 15.29 m (50 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | Yamilé Aldama (CUB) |
Oceania | 17.46 m (57 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Ken Lorraway (AUS) | 14.04 m (46 ft 3⁄4 in) | Nicole Mladenis (AUS) |
South America | 17.90 m (58 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Jadel Gregório (BRA) | 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in) i | Yulimar Rojas (VEN) |
Note: results cannot count towards records if they are wind-assisted (>2.0 m/s).
Outdoor tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 triple jump marks and the top 25 athletes: |
- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 triple jump marks |
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 triple jump marks, by repeat athletes |
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 triple jump marks |
Ath.# | Perf.# | Mark | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
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1 | 1 | 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) | +1.3 | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | 7 August 1995 | Gothenburg | |
2 | 2 | 18.21 m (59 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | +0.2 | Christian Taylor | United States | 27 August 2015 | Beijing | [14] |
3 | 3 | 18.18 m (59 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | −0.3 | Jordan Díaz | Spain | 11 June 2024 | Rome | [15] |
4 | 18.16 m (59 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | +1.3 | Edwards #2 | 7 August 1995 | Gothenburg | |||
4 | 5 | 18.14 m (59 ft 6 in) | +0.4 | Will Claye | United States | 29 June 2019 | Long Beach | [16] |
6 | 18.11 m (59 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | +0.8 | Taylor #2 | 27 May 2017 | Eugene | |||
5 | 7 | 18.09 m (59 ft 4 in) | −0.4 | Kenny Harrison | United States | 27 July 1996 | Atlanta | |
6 | 8 | 18.08 m (59 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | ±0.0 | Pedro Pichardo | Cuba | 28 May 2015 | Havana | [17] |
9 | 18.06 m (59 ft 3 in) | +0.8 | Pichardo #2 | 15 May 2015 | Doha | |||
+1.1 | Taylor #3 | 9 July 2015 | Lausanne | |||||
+0.4 | Claye #2 | 24 August 2019 | Paris | |||||
7 | 12 | 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) | +0.3 | Teddy Tamgho | France | 18 August 2013 | Moscow | |
12 | 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) | +0.8 | Taylor #4 | 15 May 2015 | Doha | |||
−0.6 | Pichardo #3 | 11 June 2024 | Rome | [15] | ||||
15 | 18.01 m (59 ft 1 in) | +0.4 | Edwards #3 | 9 July 1998 | Oslo | |||
16 | 18.00 m (59 ft 1⁄2 in) | +1.3 | Edwards #4 | 27 August 1995 | London | |||
17 | 17.99 m (59 ft 1⁄4 in) | +0.5 | Edwards #5 | 23 August 1998 | Budapest | |||
+1.8 | Pichardo #4 | 9 July 2015 | Lausanne | |||||
19 | 17.98 m (58 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | +1.8 | Edwards #6 | 18 July 1995 | Salamanca | |||
+1.2 | Tamgho #2 | 12 June 2010 | New York City | |||||
±0.0 | Pichardo #5 | 5 August 2021 | Tokyo | |||||
8 | 22 | 17.97 m (58 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | +1.5 | Willie Banks | United States | 16 June 1985 | Indianapolis | |
23 | 17.96 m (58 ft 11 in) | +0.1 | Taylor #5 | 4 September 2011 | Deagu | |||
−0.4 | Pichardo #6 | 4 June 2015 | Rome | |||||
25 | 17.95 m (58 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | +0.6 | Pichardo #7 | 4 May 2018 | Doha | |||
+0.3 | Pichardo #8 | 23 July 2022 | Eugene | [18] | ||||
9 | 17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | +1.6 | Khristo Markov | Bulgaria | 31 August 1987 | Rome | ||
+1.9 | James Beckford | Jamaica | 20 May 1995 | Odessa | ||||
11 | 17.90 m (58 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | +1.0 | Vladimir Inozemtsev | Soviet Union | 20 June 1990 | Bratislava | ||
+0.4 | Jadel Gregório | Brazil | 20 May 2007 | Belém | ||||
13 | 17.89 m (58 ft 8+1⁄4 in) A | ±0.0 | João Carlos de Oliveira | Brazil | 15 October 1975 | Mexico City | ||
14 | 17.87 m (58 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | +1.7 | Mike Conley | United States | 27 June 1987 | San Jose | ||
+1.3 | Jaydon Hibbert | Jamaica | 13 May 2023 | Baton Rouge | [19] | |||
16 | 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in) | +1.3 | Charles Simpkins | United States | 2 September 1985 | Kobe | ||
17 | 17.85 m (58 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | ±0.0 | Yoelbi Quesada | Cuba | 8 August 1997 | Athens | ||
18 | 17.82 m (58 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | +0.2 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Burkina Faso | 6 July 2021 | Székesfehérvár | ||
19 | 17.81 m (58 ft 5 in) | +1.0 | Marian Oprea | Romania | 5 July 2005 | Lausanne | ||
+0.1 | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain | 29 July 2009 | Barcelona | ||||
21 | 17.79 m (58 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | +1.4 | Christian Olsson | Sweden | 22 August 2004 | Athens | ||
22 | 17.78 m (58 ft 4 in) | +1.0 | Nikolay Musiyenko | Soviet Union | 7 June 1986 | Leningrad | ||
+0.8 | Melvin Lister | United States | 17 July 2004 | Havana | ||||
24 | 17.77 m (58 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | +1.0 | Aleksandr Kovalenko | Soviet Union | 18 July 1987 | Bryansk | ||
25 | 17.75 m (58 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | +0.3 | Oleg Protsenko | Soviet Union | 10 June 1990 | Moscow | ||
+1.0 | Leonid Voloshin | Soviet Union | 26 August 1991 | Tokyo | ||||
+0.9 | Andy Díaz | Italy | 2 June 2023 | Florence | [20] |
Jumps made en route to final marks that would be top 25 performances: [21]
Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 17.75 m). Only the best-assisted mark that is superior to the legal best is shown:
Ath.# | Perf.# | Mark | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
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1 | 1 | 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | +0.7 | Yulimar Rojas | Venezuela | 1 August 2021 | Tokyo | |
2 | 15.52 m (50 ft 11 in) | +0.6 | Rojas #2 | 26 August 2021 | Lausanne | |||
2 | 3 | 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) | +0.9 | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | 10 August 1995 | Gothenburg | |
4 | 15.48 m (50 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | +0.3 | Rojas #3 | 9 September 2021 | Zürich | |||
5 | 15.47 m (50 ft 9 in) | +1.9 | Rojas #4 | 18 July 2022 | Eugene | [22] | ||
6 | 15.43 m (50 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | +0.7 | Rojas #5 | 22 May 2021 | Andújar | |||
7 | 15.41 m (50 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | +1.5 | Rojas #6 | 6 September 2019 | Andújar | |||
3 | 8 | 15.39 m (50 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | +0.5 | Françoise Mbango Etone | Cameroon | 17 August 2008 | Beijing | |
9 | 15.37 m (50 ft 5 in) | −0.6 | Rojas #7 | 5 October 2019 | Doha | |||
10 | 15.35 m (50 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | +1.2 | Rojas #8 | 16 September 2023 | Eugene | [23] | ||
4 | 11 | 15.34 m (50 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | −0.5 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | 4 July 2005 | Heraklion | |
12 | 15.33 m (50 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | −0.1 | Kravets #2 | 31 July 1996 | Atlanta | |||
+1.2 | Lebedeva #2 | 6 July 2004 | Lausanne | |||||
14 | 15.32 m (50 ft 3 in) | +0.5 | Lebedeva #3 | 9 September 2000 | Yokohama | |||
5 | 14 | 15.32 m (50 ft 3 in) | +0.9 | Hrysopiyi Devetzi | Greece | 21 August 2004 | Athens | |
6 | 16 | 15.31 m (50 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | ±0.0 | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia | 18 July 2014 | Monaco | |
16 | 15.31 m (50 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | −0.2 | Rojas #9 | 26 August 2022 | Lausanne | [24] | ||
18 | 15.30 m (50 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | +0.5 | Mbango Etone #2 | 23 August 2004 | Athens | |||
7 | 19 | 15.29 m (50 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | +0.3 | Yamilé Aldama | Cuba | 11 July 2003 | Rome | |
20 | 15.28 m (50 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | +0.3 | Aldama #2 | 2 August 2004 | Linz | |||
8 | 20 | 15.28 m (50 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | +0.9 | Yargelis Savigne | Cuba | 31 August 2007 | Osaka | |
20 | 15.28 m (50 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | −0.2 | Rojas #10 | 8 September 2022 | Zürich | [25] | ||
23 | 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in) | +1.2 | Aldama #3 | 8 August 2003 | London | |||
24 | 15.25 m (50 ft 1⁄4 in) | −0.8 | Lebedeva #4 | 10 August 2001 | Edmonton | |||
−0.1 | Devetzi #2 | 23 August 2004 | Athens | |||||
9 | 24 | 15.25 m (50 ft 1⁄4 in) | +1.7 | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | 4 September 2010 | Split | |
10 | 15.20 m (49 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | ±0.0 | Šárka Kašpárková | Czech Republic | 4 August 1997 | Athens | ||
−0.3 | Tereza Marinova | Bulgaria | 24 September 2000 | Sydney | ||||
12 | 15.18 m (49 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | +0.3 | Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | 10 August 1995 | Gothenburg | ||
13 | 15.16 m (49 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | +0.1 | Rodica Mateescu | Romania | 4 August 1997 | Athens | ||
+0.7 | Trecia Smith | Jamaica | 2 August 2004 | Linz | ||||
15 | 15.15 m (49 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | +1.5 | Ashia Hansen | Great Britain | 13 September 1997 | Fukuoka | ||
16 | 15.14 m (49 ft 8 in) | +1.9 | Nadezhda Alekhina | Russia | 26 July 2009 | Cheboksary | ||
17 | 15.09 m (49 ft 6 in) | +0.5 | Anna Biryukova | Russia | 29 August 1993 | Stuttgart | ||
−0.5 | Inna Lasovskaya | Russia | 31 May 1997 | Valencia | ||||
19 | 15.07 m (49 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | −0.6 | Paraskevi Tsiamita | Greece | 22 August 1999 | Seville | ||
20 | 15.04 m (49 ft 4 in) | +1.7 | Ekaterina Koneva | Russia | 30 May 2015 | Eugene | ||
21 | 15.03 m (49 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | +1.9 | Magdelín Martínez | Italy | 26 June 2004 | Rome | ||
+1.1 | Marija Šestak | Slovenia | 17 August 2008 | Beijing | ||||
±0.0 | Shanieka Ricketts | Jamaica | 16 September 2023 | Eugene | [26] | |||
24 | 15.02 m (49 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | +0.9 | Anna Pyatykh | Russia | 9 August 2006 | Gothenburg | ||
+1.9 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | Ukraine | 19 August 2022 | Munich | [27] | |||
−0.4 | Thea LaFond | Dominica | 3 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [28] |
Jumps made en route to final marks that would be top 25 performances: [29]
Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 15.02 m). Only the best-assisted mark that is superior to the legal best is shown:
Rank | Mark | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 18.07 m (59 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) | 16 January 2021 | Aubière | |
2 | 17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Teddy Tamgho (FRA) | 6 March 2011 | Paris | |
3 | 17.83 m (58 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) | 1 March 1997 | Sindelfingen | |
Christian Olsson (SWE) | 7 March 2004 | Budapest | |||
5 | 17.77 m (58 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Leonid Voloshin (RUS) | 6 February 1994 | Grenoble | |
6 | 17.76 m (58 ft 3 in) | Mike Conley (USA) | 27 February 1987 | New York City | |
7 | 17.75 m (58 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Phillips Idowu (GBR) | 9 March 2008 | Valencia | |
8 | 17.74 m (58 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | Marian Oprea (ROU) | 18 February 2006 | Bucharest | |
9 | 17.73 m (58 ft 2 in) | Walter Davis (USA) | 12 March 2006 | Moscow | |
Fabrizio Donato (ITA) | 6 March 2011 | Paris | |||
11 | 17.72 m (58 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Brian Wellman (BER) | 12 March 1995 | Barcelona | |
12 | 17.70 m (58 ft 3⁄4 in) | Will Claye (USA) | 11 March 2012 | Istanbul | |
Daniele Greco (ITA) | 2 March 2013 | Gothenburg | |||
14 | 17.69 m (58 ft 1⁄4 in) | Yoandri Betanzos (CUB) | 14 March 2010 | Doha | |
15 | 17.67 m (57 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Oleg Protsenko (URS) | 15 January 1987 | Osaka | |
16 | 17.64 m (57 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 15 February 1988 | Birmingham | |
Lázaro Martínez (CUB) | 18 March 2022 | Belgrade | |||
18 | 17.63 m (57 ft 10 in) | Christian Taylor (USA) | 11 March 2012 | Istanbul | |
19 | 17.62 m (57 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) | 12 March 1995 | Barcelona | |
Yoel García (CUB) | 1 March 1997 | Sindelfingen | |||
21 | 17.61 m (57 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Andy Díaz (ITA) | 6 February 2024 | Toruń | [30] |
22 | 17.60 m (57 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Pedro Pichardo (POR) | 3 March 2023 | Istanbul | [31] |
23 | 17.59 m (57 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Pierre Camara (FRA) | 13 March 1993 | Toronto | |
24 | 17.56 m (57 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Jadel Gregório (BRA) | 12 March 2006 | Moscow | |
25 | 17.54 m (57 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Māris Bružiks (URS) | 23 February 1986 | Madrid | |
17.54 m (57 ft 6+1⁄2 in) A | Jaydon Hibbert (JAM) | 11 March 2023 | Albuquerque | [32] |
Rank | Mark | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Yulimar Rojas (VEN) | 20 March 2022 | Belgrade | [33] |
2 | 15.36 m (50 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 6 March 2004 | Budapest | |
3 | 15.16 m (49 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Ashia Hansen (GBR) | 28 February 1998 | Valencia | |
4 | 15.14 m (49 ft 8 in) | Olga Rypakova (KAZ) | 13 March 2010 | Doha | |
5 | 15.12 m (49 ft 7+1⁄4 in) A | Jasmine Moore (USA) | 11 March 2023 | Albuquerque | [32] |
6 | 15.08 m (49 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Marija Šestak (SLO) | 13 February 2008 | Athens | |
7 | 15.05 m (49 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Yargelis Savigne (CUB) | 8 March 2008 | Valencia | |
8 | 15.03 m (49 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Yolanda Chen (RUS) | 11 March 1995 | Barcelona | |
9 | 15.01 m (49 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Inna Lasovskaya (RUS) | 8 March 1997 | Paris | |
Thea LaFond (DMA) | 3 March 2024 | Glasgow | [34] | ||
11 | 14.94 m (49 ft 0 in) | Iva Prandzheva (BUL) | 7 March 1999 | Maebashi | |
Cristina Nicolau (ROU) | 5 February 2000 | Bucharest | |||
Oksana Udmurtova (RUS) | 20 February 2008 | Tartu | |||
14 | 14.93 m (48 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Anna Pyatykh (RUS) | 11 March 2006 | Moscow | |
15 | 14.91 m (48 ft 11 in) | Rodica Mateescu (ROU) | 28 February 1997 | Bucharest | |
Tereza Marinova (BUL) | 11 March 2001 | Lisbon | |||
17 | 14.90 m (48 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Yamilé Aldama (SUD) | 6 March 2004 | Budapest | |
Leyanis Pérez Hernández (CUB) | 3 March 2024 | Glasgow | [35] | ||
19 | 14.88 m (48 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) | 15 March 2003 | Birmingham | |
Olha Saladukha (UKR) | 3 March 2013 | Gothenburg | |||
14.88 m (48 ft 9+3⁄4 in) A | Charisma Taylor (BAH) | 11 March 2023 | Albuquerque | [32] | |
22 | 14.87 m (48 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) | 7 March 1999 | Maebashi | |
23 | 14.84 m (48 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Chrysopigi Devetzi (GRE) | 4 March 2013 | Athens | |
Trecia Smith (JAM) | 11 March 2006 | Moscow | |||
25 | 14.83 m (48 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Yelena Lebedenko (RUS) | 1 February 2001 | Samara |
Jumps made en route to final marks that would be top 25 performances: [29]
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Ian Bernard Campbell is a retired long and triple jumper from Australia. He is best known for being "fouled" multiple times during the 1980 Moscow Olympics, under controversial circumstances.
The Women's Triple Jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17. Cuban Yargelis Savigne had registered nine of the ten farthest jumps pre-championships and was seen as a strong favourite. The twice world gold medallist Tatyana Lebedeva and world-leader Nadezhda Alekhina were also considered possible medallists. The reigning Olympic champion, Françoise Mbango, had failed to perform well in the buildup to the championships and did not start the competition.
The men's triple jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 16 and 18 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Nelson Évora leading with 17.66 metres and all three athletes of the Cuban team having jumped over 17.60 m in the season. The other athlete to jump that distance was Phillips Idowu, who was keen make up for his loss to Évora in the 2008 Olympics. The Olympic medallists Évora, Idowu, and Leevan Sands, and the Cuban trio of David Giralt, Yoandris Betanzos and Alexis Copello, were judged to be the strongest competitors entering the competition.
Christian Taylor is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the triple jump and has a personal record of 18.21 m, which ranks 2nd on the all-time list.
Will Claye is an American track and field athlete of Sierra Leonean descent who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He won a bronze medal in 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the gold medals at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Claye won a bronze medal in long jump and a silver medal in triple jump. He repeated his silver medal in the triple jump four years later. His personal best of 18.14 m, set at the Jim Bush Southern California USATF Championships in Long Beach on June 29, 2019, ranks him as the No. 4 triple jumper of all time.
Hugues Fabrice Zango is a Burkinabé athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump. He is the world indoor record holder in the triple jump with a jump of 18.07 m set in 2021 and the reigning world champion, winning the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2023 World Championships. Zango competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in the triple jump event, the first ever Olympic medal for Burkina Faso. He has also competed in World Championships, two African athletics championships, a Jeux de la Francophonie, two Summer Universiades and two African Games. He became Burkina Faso's first-ever Olympic medalist, earning a bronze medal in Tokyo, and set the African triple jump record at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.
The women's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7 August.
The men's long jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 31 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through time or ranking. 31 athletes from 20 nations competed. Miltiadis Tentoglou won the gold medal, Greece's first medal in the men's long jump. Cuban athletes Juan Miguel Echevarría and Maykel Massó earned silver and bronze, respectively, the nation's first medals in the event since 2008.
The men's triple jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 3 and 5 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through time or ranking. 32 athletes from 19 nations competed. Pedro Pichardo of Portugal won the gold medal, the nation's second victory in the men's triple jump. China's Zhu Yaming took silver, while Hugues Fabrice Zango earned Burkina Faso's first Olympic medal in any event.
The women's triple jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.
The men's triple jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 21 and 23 July 2022.