Triple jump

Athletics
Triple jump
Former world record holder Willie Banks during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea
World records
MenUnited Kingdom Jonathan Edwards 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) (1995)
WomenVenezuela Yulimar Rojas 15.74 m (51 ft 7+12 in) i (2022)
Olympic records
MenUnited States Kenny Harrison 18.09 m (59 ft 4 in) (1996)
WomenVenezuela Yulimar Rojas 15.67 m (51 ft 4+34 in) (2021)
World Championship records
MenUnited Kingdom Jonathan Edwards 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) (1995)
WomenUkraine Inessa Kravets 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) (1995)
International University Sports Federation – Gwangju 2015 – Men's Triple Jump Final, Dmitrii Sorokin (RUS 17.29) wins gold.

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+12 in).

History

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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]

Technique

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Approach

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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]

Phases of Phillips Idowu jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hop

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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.

Step

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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.

Jump

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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.

Foul

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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.

Records

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Area Men's Women's
Mark Athlete Mark Athlete
World 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 15.74 m (51 ft 7+12 in) i  Yulimar Rojas (VEN)
Continental records
Africa 18.07 m (59 ft 3+14 in) i  Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) 15.39 m (50 ft 5+34 in)  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)
Asia 17.59 m (57 ft 8+12 in)  Yanxi Li (CHN) 15.25 m (50 ft 14 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+34 in)  Christian Taylor (USA) 15.29 m (50 ft 1+34 in)  Yamilé Aldama (CUB)
Oceania 17.46 m (57 ft 3+14 in)  Ken Lorraway (AUS) 14.04 m (46 ft 34 in)  Nicole Mladenis (AUS)
South America 17.90 m (58 ft 8+12 in)  Jadel Gregório (BRA) 15.74 m (51 ft 7+12 in) i  Yulimar Rojas (VEN)

Note: results cannot count towards records if they are wind-assisted (>2.0 m/s).

All-time top 25

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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

Men (outdoor)

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Ath.# Perf.# Mark Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
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+34 in) +0.2 Christian Taylor  United States 27 August 2015 Beijing [14]
3 3 18.18 m (59 ft 7+12 in) −0.3 Jordan Díaz  Spain 11 June 2024 Rome [15]
4 18.16 m (59 ft 6+34 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+34 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+34 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 12 in) +1.3 Edwards #4 27 August 1995 London
17 17.99 m (59 ft 14 in) +0.5 Edwards #5 23 August 1998 Budapest
+1.8 Pichardo #4 9 July 2015 Lausanne
19 17.98 m (58 ft 11+34 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+14 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+12 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+12 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+12 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+14 in) A ±0.0 João Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil 15 October 1975 Mexico City
14 17.87 m (58 ft 7+12 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+34 in) ±0.0 Yoelbi Quesada  Cuba 8 August 1997 Athens
18 17.82 m (58 ft 5+12 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+14 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+12 in) +1.0 Aleksandr Kovalenko  Soviet Union 18 July 1987 Bryansk
25 17.75 m (58 ft 2+34 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]

Ancillary marks

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Jumps made en route to final marks that would be top 25 performances:[21]

  • Jonathan Edwards also jumped 18.16 (+1.3) in Gothenburg, Sweden on 7 August 1995.
  • Christian Taylor also jumped 18.02 (+0.8) in Lausanne, Switzerland on 9 July 2015.
  • Kenny Harrison also jumped 17.99 (−0.1) in Atlanta, Georgia on 27 July 1996.

Assisted marks

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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:

  • Jonathan Edwards jumped 18.43 (+2.4) in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France on 25 June 1995.
  • Willie Banks jumped 18.20 (+5.2) in Indianapolis, Indiana on 16 July 1988.
  • Mike Conley jumped 18.17 (+2.1) in Barcelona, Spain on 3 August 1992.
  • Yoelbi Quesada jumped 17.97 (+7.5) in Madrid, Spain on 20 June 1995.
  • Charles Simpkins jumped 17.93 (+5.2) in Indianapolis, Indiana on 16 July 1988.
  • Jordan Díaz jumped 17.93 (+2.5) in Nerja, Spain on 26 June 2022.
  • Christian Olsson jumped 17.92 (+3.4) in Gateshead, United Kingdom on 13 June 2003.
  • Denis Kapustin jumped 17.86 (+5.7) in Seville, Spain on 5 June 1994.
  • Nelson Évora jumped 17.82 (+2.5) in Seixal, Portugal on 26 June 2009.
  • Keith Connor jumped 17.81 (+4.6) in Brisbane, Australia on 9 October 1982.
  • Kenta Bell jumped 17.76 (+2.2) A in El Paso, Texas on 10 April 2004.
  • Gennadiy Valyukevich jumped 17.75 (+3.0) in Uzhhorod, Soviet Union on 27 April 1986
  • Brian Wellman jumped 17.75 (+7.1) in Madrid, Spain on 20 June 1995.

Annulled marks

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  • Lazaro Betancourt jumped 17.78 (+0.6) in Havana, Cuba on 15 June 1986. This performance was annulled after he failed a drug test.

Women (outdoor)

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Ath.# Perf.# Mark Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 15.67 m (51 ft 4+34 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+14 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+14 in) +0.7 Rojas #5 22 May 2021 Andújar
7 15.41 m (50 ft 6+12 in) +1.5 Rojas #6 6 September 2019 Andújar
3 8 15.39 m (50 ft 5+34 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+14 in) +1.2 Rojas #8 16 September 2023 Eugene [23]
4 11 15.34 m (50 ft 3+34 in) −0.5 Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia 4 July 2005 Heraklion
12 15.33 m (50 ft 3+12 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+34 in) ±0.0 Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia 18 July 2014 Monaco
16 15.31 m (50 ft 2+34 in) −0.2 Rojas #9 26 August 2022 Lausanne [24]
18 15.30 m (50 ft 2+14 in) +0.5 Mbango Etone #2 23 August 2004 Athens
7 19 15.29 m (50 ft 1+34 in) +0.3 Yamilé Aldama  Cuba 11 July 2003 Rome
20 15.28 m (50 ft 1+12 in) +0.3 Aldama #2 2 August 2004 Linz
8 20 15.28 m (50 ft 1+12 in) +0.9 Yargelis Savigne  Cuba 31 August 2007 Osaka
20 15.28 m (50 ft 1+12 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 14 in) −0.8 Lebedeva #4 10 August 2001 Edmonton
−0.1 Devetzi #2 23 August 2004 Athens
9 24 15.25 m (50 ft 14 in) +1.7 Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan 4 September 2010 Split
10 15.20 m (49 ft 10+14 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+12 in) +0.3 Iva Prandzheva  Bulgaria 10 August 1995 Gothenburg
13 15.16 m (49 ft 8+34 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+14 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+14 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+12 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+14 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]

Ancillary marks

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Jumps made en route to final marks that would be top 25 performances:[29]

  • Yulimar Rojas also jumped 15.42 (+1.2) in Lausanne, Switzerland on 26 August 2021; 15.41 (+1.1) in Tokyo, Japan on 1 August 2021; 15.39 (+0.5) in Eugene, Oregon on 18 July 2022; 15.31 (+0.2) in Andújar, Spain on 22 May 2021; 15.27 (−0.4) in Zürich, Switzerland on 9 September 2021; 15.25 (+0.1) in Tokyo on 1 August 2021; 15.24 (+1.1) in Eugene, Oregon on 18 July 2022.
  • Françoise Mbango Etone also jumped 15.30 (+0.5) in Athens, Greece on 23 August 2004.
  • Tatyana Lebedeva also jumped 15.28 (−0.3) in Iráklio, Greece on 4 July 2004.

Assisted marks

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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:

Men (indoor)

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Rank Mark Athlete Date Place Ref
1 18.07 m (59 ft 3+14 in)  Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) 16 January 2021 Aubière
2 17.92 m (58 ft 9+12 in)  Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 6 March 2011 Paris
3 17.83 m (58 ft 5+34 in)  Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) 1 March 1997 Sindelfingen
 Christian Olsson (SWE) 7 March 2004 Budapest
5 17.77 m (58 ft 3+12 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+34 in)  Phillips Idowu (GBR) 9 March 2008 Valencia
8 17.74 m (58 ft 2+14 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+12 in)  Brian Wellman (BER) 12 March 1995 Barcelona
12 17.70 m (58 ft 34 in)  Will Claye (USA) 11 March 2012 Istanbul
 Daniele Greco (ITA) 2 March 2013 Gothenburg
14 17.69 m (58 ft 14 in)  Yoandri Betanzos (CUB) 14 March 2010 Doha
15 17.67 m (57 ft 11+12 in)  Oleg Protsenko (URS) 15 January 1987 Osaka
16 17.64 m (57 ft 10+14 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+12 in)  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) 12 March 1995 Barcelona
 Yoel García (CUB) 1 March 1997 Sindelfingen
21 17.61 m (57 ft 9+14 in)  Andy Díaz (ITA) 6 February 2024 Toruń [30]
22 17.60 m (57 ft 8+34 in)  Pedro Pichardo (POR) 3 March 2023 Istanbul [31]
23 17.59 m (57 ft 8+12 in)  Pierre Camara (FRA) 13 March 1993 Toronto
24 17.56 m (57 ft 7+14 in)  Jadel Gregório (BRA) 12 March 2006 Moscow
25 17.54 m (57 ft 6+12 in)  Māris Bružiks (URS) 23 February 1986 Madrid
17.54 m (57 ft 6+12 in) A  Jaydon Hibbert (JAM) 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [32]

Women (indoor)

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Yulimar Rojas landing the women's world record triple jump at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade on 20 March 2022
Rank Mark Athlete Date Place Ref
1 15.74 m (51 ft 7+12 in)  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 20 March 2022 Belgrade [33]
2 15.36 m (50 ft 4+12 in)  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 6 March 2004 Budapest
3 15.16 m (49 ft 8+34 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+14 in) A  Jasmine Moore (USA) 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [32]
6 15.08 m (49 ft 5+12 in)  Marija Šestak (SLO) 13 February 2008 Athens
7 15.05 m (49 ft 4+12 in)  Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 8 March 2008 Valencia
8 15.03 m (49 ft 3+12 in)  Yolanda Chen (RUS) 11 March 1995 Barcelona
9 15.01 m (49 ft 2+34 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+34 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+12 in)  Yamilé Aldama (SUD) 6 March 2004 Budapest
 Leyanis Pérez Hernández (CUB) 3 March 2024 Glasgow [35]
19 14.88 m (48 ft 9+34 in)  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 15 March 2003 Birmingham
 Olha Saladukha (UKR) 3 March 2013 Gothenburg
14.88 m (48 ft 9+34 in) A  Charisma Taylor (BAH) 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [32]
22 14.87 m (48 ft 9+14 in)  Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) 7 March 1999 Maebashi
23 14.84 m (48 ft 8+14 in)  Chrysopigi Devetzi (GRE) 4 March 2013 Athens
 Trecia Smith (JAM) 11 March 2006 Moscow
25 14.83 m (48 ft 7+34 in)  Yelena Lebedenko (RUS) 1 February 2001 Samara

Ancillary marks

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Jumps made en route to final marks that would be top 25 performances:[29]

  • Yulimar Rojas also jumped 15.36, 15.19 and 15.04 in Belgrade, Serbia on 20 March 2022; 15.35 in Madrid, Spain on 2 March 2022; 15.29 in Madrid, Spain on 21 February 2020.
  • Tatyana Lebedeva also jumped 15.25, 15.16 and 15.15 in Budapest, Hungary on 6 March 2004.
  • Jasmine Moore also jumped 15.08 A in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 11 March 2023.

Olympic medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
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James Brendan Connolly
 United States
Alexandre Tuffère
 France
Ioannis Persakis
 Greece
1900 Paris
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Myer Prinstein
 United States
James Brendan Connolly
 United States
Lewis Sheldon
 United States
1904 St. Louis
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Myer Prinstein
 United States
Fred Englehardt
 United States
Robert Stangland
 United States
1908 London
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Tim Ahearne
 Great Britain
Garfield MacDonald
 Canada
Edvard Larsen
 Norway
1912 Stockholm
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Gustaf Lindblom
 Sweden
Georg Åberg
 Sweden
Erik Almlöf
 Sweden
1920 Antwerp
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Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
Folke Jansson
 Sweden
Erik Almlöf
 Sweden
1924 Paris
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Nick Winter
 Australia
Luis Brunetto
 Argentina
Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
1928 Amsterdam
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Mikio Oda
 Japan
Levi Casey
 United States
Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
1932 Los Angeles
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Chūhei Nambu
 Japan
Erik Svensson
 Sweden
Kenkichi Oshima
 Japan
1936 Berlin
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Naoto Tajima
 Japan
Masao Harada
 Japan
Jack Metcalfe
 Australia
1948 London
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Arne Åhman
 Sweden
George Avery
 Australia
Ruhi Sarıalp
 Turkey
1952 Helsinki
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Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
Leonid Shcherbakov
 Soviet Union
Asnoldo Devonish
 Venezuela
1956 Melbourne
details
Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
Vilhjálmur Einarsson
 Iceland
Vitold Kreyer
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
details
Józef Szmidt
 Poland
Vladimir Goryaev
 Soviet Union
Vitold Kreyer
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
details
Józef Szmidt
 Poland
Oleg Fedoseyev
 Soviet Union
Viktor Kravchenko
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
details
Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
Nelson Prudêncio
 Brazil
Giuseppe Gentile
 Italy
1972 Munich
details
Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
Jörg Drehmel
 East Germany
Nelson Prudêncio
 Brazil
1976 Montreal
details
Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
James Butts
 United States
João Carlos de Oliveira
 Brazil
1980 Moscow
details
Jaak Uudmäe
 Soviet Union
Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
João Carlos de Oliveira
 Brazil
1984 Los Angeles
details
Al Joyner
 United States
Mike Conley
 United States
Keith Connor
 Great Britain
1988 Seoul
details
Khristo Markov
 Bulgaria
Igor Lapshin
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Kovalenko
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
details
Mike Conley
 United States
Charles Simpkins
 United States
Frank Rutherford
 Bahamas
1996 Atlanta
details
Kenny Harrison
 United States
Jonathan Edwards
 Great Britain
Yoelbi Quesada
 Cuba
2000 Sydney
details
Jonathan Edwards
 Great Britain
Yoel García
 Cuba
Denis Kapustin
 Russia
2004 Athens
details
Christian Olsson
 Sweden
Marian Oprea
 Romania
Danil Burkenya
 Russia
2008 Beijing
details
Nelson Évora
 Portugal
Phillips Idowu
 Great Britain
Leevan Sands
 Bahamas
2012 London
details
Christian Taylor
 United States
Will Claye
 United States
Fabrizio Donato
 Italy
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Christian Taylor
 United States
Will Claye
 United States
Dong Bin
 China
2020 Tokyo
details
Pedro Pichardo
 Portugal
Zhu Yaming
 China
Hugues Fabrice Zango
 Burkina Faso
2024 Paris
details
Jordan Díaz Fortún
 Spain
Pedro Pichardo
 Portugal
Andy Díaz Hernández
 Italy

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Atlanta
details
Inessa Kravets
 Ukraine
Inna Lasovskaya
 Russia
Šárka Kašpárková
 Czech Republic
2000 Sydney
details
Tereza Marinova
 Bulgaria
Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
Olena Hovorova
 Ukraine
2004 Athens
details
Françoise Mbango Etone
 Cameroon
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
 Greece
Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
2008 Beijing
details
Françoise Mbango Etone
 Cameroon
Olga Rypakova
 Kazakhstan
Yargelis Savigne
 Cuba
2012 London
details
Olga Rypakova
 Kazakhstan
Caterine Ibargüen
 Colombia
Olha Saladukha
 Ukraine
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Caterine Ibargüen
 Colombia
Yulimar Rojas
 Venezuela
Olga Rypakova
 Kazakhstan
2020 Tokyo
details
Yulimar Rojas
 Venezuela
Patrícia Mamona
 Portugal
Ana Peleteiro
 Spain
2024 Paris
details
Thea LaFond
 Dominica
Shanieka Ricketts
 Jamaica
Jasmine Moore
 United States

World Championships medalists

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Men

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Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details
 Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL)  Willie Banks (USA)  Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)
1987 Rome
details
 Khristo Markov (BUL)  Mike Conley (USA)  Oleg Sakirkin (URS)
1991 Tokyo
details
 Kenny Harrison (USA)  Leonid Voloshin (URS)  Mike Conley (USA)
1993 Stuttgart
details
 Mike Conley (USA)  Leonid Voloshin (RUS)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
1995 Gothenburg
details
 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)  Brian Wellman (BER)  Jérôme Romain (DMA)
1997 Athens
details
 Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR)  Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)
1999 Seville
details
 Charles Friedek (GER)  Rostislav Dimitrov (BUL)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
2001 Edmonton
details
 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)  Christian Olsson (SWE)  Igor Spasovkhodskiy (RUS)
2003 Saint-Denis
details
 Christian Olsson (SWE)  Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)  Leevan Sands (BAH)
2005 Helsinki
details
 Walter Davis (USA)  Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)  Marian Oprea (ROU)
2007 Osaka
details
 Nelson Évora (POR)  Jadel Gregório (BRA)  Walter Davis (USA)
2009 Berlin
details
 Phillips Idowu (GBR)  Nelson Évora (POR)  Alexis Copello (CUB)
2011 Daegu
details
 Christian Taylor (USA)  Phillips Idowu (GBR)  Will Claye (USA)
2013 Moscow
details
 Teddy Tamgho (FRA)  Pedro Pichardo (CUB)  Will Claye (USA)
2015 Beijing
details
 Christian Taylor (USA)  Pedro Pichardo (CUB)  Nelson Évora (POR)
2017 London
details
 Christian Taylor (USA)  Will Claye (USA)  Nelson Évora (POR)
2019 Doha
details
 Christian Taylor (USA)  Will Claye (USA)  Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)
2022 Eugene
details
 Pedro Pichardo (POR)  Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)  Zhu Yaming (CHN)
2023 Budapest
details
 Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)  Lázaro Martínez (CUB)  Cristian Nápoles (CUB)

Women

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Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1993 Stuttgart
details
 Anna Biryukova (RUS)  Yolanda Chen (RUS)  Iva Prandzheva (BUL)
1995 Gothenburg
details
 Inessa Kravets (UKR)  Iva Prandzheva (BUL)  Anna Biryukova (RUS)
1997 Athens
details
 Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)  Rodica Mateescu (ROU)  Olena Hovorova (UKR)
1999 Seville
details
 Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE)  Yamilé Aldama (CUB)  Olga Vasdeki (GRE)
2001 Edmonton
details
 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)  Tereza Marinova (BUL)
2003 Saint-Denis
details
 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)  Magdelín Martínez (ITA)
2005 Helsinki
details
 Trecia Smith (JAM)  Yargelis Savigne (CUB)  Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2007 Osaka[B]
details
 Yargelis Savigne (CUB)  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)  Marija Šestak (SLO)
2009 Berlin
details
 Yargelis Savigne (CUB)  Mabel Gay (CUB)  Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2011 Daegu
details
 Olha Saladukha (UKR)  Olga Rypakova (KAZ)  Caterine Ibargüen (COL)
2013 Moscow
details
 Caterine Ibargüen (COL)  Ekaterina Koneva (RUS)  Olha Saladukha (UKR)
2015 Beijing
details
 Caterine Ibargüen (COL)  Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (ISR)  Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
2017 London
details
 Yulimar Rojas (VEN)  Caterine Ibargüen (COL)  Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
2019 Doha
details
 Yulimar Rojas (VEN)  Shanieka Ricketts (JAM)  Caterine Ibargüen (COL)
2022 Eugene
details
 Yulimar Rojas (VEN)  Shanieka Ricketts (JAM)  Tori Franklin (USA)
2023 Budapest
details
 Yulimar Rojas (VEN)  Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR)  Leyanis Pérez Hernández (CUB)

Note

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World Indoor Championships medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]
details
 Khristo Markov (BUL)  Lázaro Betancourt (CUB)  Lázaro Balcindes (CUB)
1987 Indianapolis
details
 Mike Conley (USA)  Oleg Protsenko (URS)  Frank Rutherford (BAH)
1989 Budapest
details
 Mike Conley (USA)  Jorge Reyna (CUB)  Juan Miguel López (CUB)
1991 Seville
details
 Igor Lapshin (URS)  Leonid Voloshin (URS)  Tord Henriksson (SWE)
1993 Toronto
details
 Pierre Camara (FRA)  Māris Bružiks (LAT)  Brian Wellman (BER)
1995 Barcelona
details
 Brian Wellman (BER)  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)  Serge Hélan (FRA)
1997 Paris
details
 Yoel García (CUB)  Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)  Aleksandr Aseledchenko (RUS)
1999 Maebashi
details
 Charles Friedek (GER)  LaMark Carter (USA)  Zsolt Czingler (HUN)
2001 Lisbon
details
 Paolo Camossi (ITA)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR)  Andrew Murphy (AUS)
2003 Birmingham
details
 Christian Olsson (SWE)  Walter Davis (USA)  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
2004 Budapest
details
 Christian Olsson (SWE)  Jadel Gregório (BRA)  Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)
2006 Moscow
details
 Walter Davis (USA)  Jadel Gregório (BRA)  Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)
2008 Valencia
details
 Phillips Idowu (GBR)  Arnie David Giralt (CUB)  Nelson Évora (POR)
2010 Doha
details
 Teddy Tamgho (FRA)  Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)  Arnie David Giralt (CUB)
2012 Istanbul
details
 Will Claye (USA)  Christian Taylor (USA)  Lyukman Adams (RUS)
2014 Sopot
details
 Lyukman Adams (RUS)  Ernesto Revé (CUB)  Pedro Pichardo (CUB)
2016 Portland
details
 Dong Bin (CHN)  Max Heß (GER)  Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
2018 Birmingham
details
 Will Claye (USA)  Almir dos Santos (BRA)  Nelson Évora (POR)
2022 Belgrade
details
 Lázaro Martínez (CUB)  Pedro Pichardo (POR)  Donald Scott (USA)
2024 Glasgow
details
 Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)  Yasser Triki (ALG)  Tiago Pereira (POR)
  • A Known as the World Indoor Games

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1993 Toronto
details
 Inessa Kravets (UKR)  Yolanda Chen (RUS)  Inna Lasovskaya (RUS)
1995 Barcelona
details
 Yolanda Chen (RUS)  Iva Prandzheva (BUL)  Ren Ruiping (CHN)
1997 Paris
details
 Inna Lasovskaya (RUS)  Ashia Hansen (GBR)  Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)
1999 Maebashi
details
 Ashia Hansen (GBR)  Iva Prandzheva (BUL)  Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)
2001 Lisbon
details
 Tereza Marinova (BUL)  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)  Tiombe Hurd (USA)
2003 Birmingham
details
 Ashia Hansen (GBR)  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)  Kéné Ndoye (SEN)
2004 Budapest
details
 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)  Yamilé Aldama (SUD)  Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE)
2006 Moscow
details
 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)  Anna Pyatykh (RUS)  Yamilé Aldama (SUD)
2008 Valencia
details
 Yargelis Savigne (CUB)  Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE)  Marija Šestak (SLO)
2010 Doha
details
 Olga Rypakova (KAZ)  Yargelis Savigne (CUB)  Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2012 Istanbul
details
 Yamilé Aldama (GBR)  Olga Rypakova (KAZ)  Mabel Gay (CUB)
2014 Sopot
details
 Ekaterina Koneva (RUS)  Olha Saladukha (UKR)  Kimberly Williams (JAM)
2016 Portland
details
 Yulimar Rojas (VEN)  Kristin Gierisch (GER)  Paraskevi Papachristou (GRE)
2018 Birmingham
details
 Yulimar Rojas (VEN)  Kimberly Williams (JAM)  Ana Peleteiro (ESP)
2022 Belgrade
details
 Yulimar Rojas (VEN)  Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR)  Kimberly Williams (JAM)
2024 Glasgow
details
 Thea Lafond (DMA)  Leyanis Pérez (CUB)  Ana Peleteiro (ESP)

Season's bests

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