The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's triple jump, officially ratified by the IAAF.
Ratified | |
Not ratified | |
Ratified but later rescinded | |
Pending ratification |
The first world record in the men's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. That inaugural record was the 15.52 m performance by Dan Ahearn in 1911. [1]
As of June 21, 2009, 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [1] The men's triple jump world record is unusual in that on five occasions a new record has been set and then broken again on the same day.
Mark | Wind | Athlete | Date | Venue | Duration of record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.52 m (50 ft 11 in) | Dan Ahearn ( USA) | 30 May 1911 | New York City, U.S. [1] | 13 years, 1 month and 12 days | |
15.52 m (50 ft 11 in) | Nick Winter ( AUS) | 12 July 1924 | Paris, France [1] | 7 years, 3 months and 15 days | |
15.58 m (51 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Mikio Oda ( JPN) | 27 October 1931 | Tokyo, Japan [1] | 9 months and 18 days | |
15.72 m (51 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Chuhei Nambu ( JPN) | 4 August 1932 | Los Angeles, U.S. [1] | 3 years and 4 months | |
15.78 m (51 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Jack Metcalfe ( AUS) | 14 December 1935 | Sydney, Australia [1] | 7 months and 23 days | |
16.00 m (52 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | 0.6 | Naoto Tajima ( JPN) | 6 August 1936 | Berlin, Germany [1] | 14 years, 3 months and 27 days |
16.00 m (52 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | 1.6 | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 3 December 1950 | São Paulo, Brazil [1] | 9 months and 27 days |
16.01 m (52 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | 1.2 | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 30 September 1951 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1] | 9 months and 23 days |
16.12 m (52 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 23 July 1952 | Helsinki, Finland [1] | 0 days | |
16.22 m (53 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 23 July 1952 | Helsinki, Finland [1] | 11 months and 26 days | |
16.23 m (53 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | 1.5 | Leonid Shcherbakov ( URS) | 19 July 1953 | Moscow, Soviet Union [1] | 1 year, 7 months and 25 days |
16.56 m (54 ft 3+3⁄4 in) A | 0.2 | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 16 March 1955 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 3 years, 4 months and 12 days |
16.59 m (54 ft 5 in) | 1.0 | Oleg Ryakhovskiy ( URS) | 28 July 1958 | Moscow, Soviet Union [1] | 9 months and 5 days |
16.70 m (54 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | 0.0 | Oleg Fyodoseyev ( URS) | 3 May 1959 | Nalchik, Soviet Union [1] | 1 year, 3 months and 2 days |
17.03 m (55 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | 1.0 | Józef Szmidt ( POL) | 5 August 1960 | Olsztyn, Poland [1] | 8 years, 2 months and 11 days |
17.10 m (56 ft 1 in) A | 0.0 | Giuseppe Gentile ( ITA) | 16 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 1 day |
17.22 m (56 ft 5+3⁄4 in) A | 0.0 | Giuseppe Gentile ( ITA) | 17 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 0 days |
17.23 m (56 ft 6+1⁄4 in) A | 2.0 | Viktor Sanyeyev ( URS) | 17 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 0 days |
17.27 m (56 ft 7+3⁄4 in) A | 2.0 | Nelson Prudêncio ( BRA) | 17 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 0 days |
17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in) A | 2.0 | Viktor Sanyeyev ( URS) | 17 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 2 years, 9 months and 19 days |
17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) A | 0.4 | Pedro Pérez ( CUB) | 5 August 1971 | Cali, Colombia [1] | 1 year, 2 months and 10 days |
17.44 m (57 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | -0.5 | Viktor Sanyeyev ( URS) | 17 October 1972 | Sukhumi, Soviet Union [1] | 2 years, 11 months and 28 days |
17.89 m (58 ft 8+1⁄4 in) A | 0.0 | João Carlos de Oliveira ( BRA) | 15 October 1975 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 9 years, 8 months and 1 day |
17.97 m (58 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | 1.5 | Willie Banks ( USA) | 16 June 1985 | Indianapolis, U.S. [1] | 10 years, 1 month and 2 days |
17.98 m (58 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | 1.8 | Jonathan Edwards ( GBR) | 18 July 1995 | Salamanca, Spain [1] | 20 days |
18.16 m (59 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | 1.3 | Jonathan Edwards ( GBR) | 7 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden [1] | 20 minutes |
18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) | 1.3 | Jonathan Edwards ( GBR) | 7 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden [1] | 28 years, 11 months |
The first world record in the women's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1990.
As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 5 world records in the event. [2]
Mark | Athlete | Date | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
10.32 m (33 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Elizabeth Stine ( USA) | 13 May 1922 | Mamaroneck, U.S. |
10.50 m (34 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Adrienne Kaenel ( SUI) | 23 July 1923 | Geneva, Switzerland |
11.62 m (38 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Kinue Hitomi ( JPN) | 17 October 1926 | Harbin, China |
11.66 m (38 ft 3 in) | Rie Yamaguchi ( JPN) | 21 October 1939 | Unknown |
12.22 m (40 ft 1 in) | Mary Bignal ( GBR) | 18 June 1959 | Street, United Kingdom |
12.43 m (40 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Terri Turner ( USA) | 9 May 1981 | Austin, U.S. |
12.47 m (40 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Terri Turner ( USA) | 7 May 1982 | Austin, U.S. |
12.51 m (41 ft 1⁄2 in) | Melody Smith ( USA) | 6 May 1983 | Austin, U.S. |
12.98 m (42 ft 7 in) | Easter Gabriel ( USA) | 7 May 1983 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
13.15 m (43 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Terri Turner ( USA) | 24 March 1984 | Austin, U.S. |
13.21 m (43 ft 4 in) | Terri Turner ( USA) | 13 April 1984 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
13.58 m (44 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Wendy Brown ( USA) | 30 May 1985 | Austin, U.S. |
13.68 m (44 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Esmeralda Garcia ( BRA) | 5 June 1986 | Indianapolis, U.S. |
13.71 m (44 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Wendy Brown ( USA) | 2 May 1987 | Los Angeles, U.S. |
13.73 m (45 ft 1⁄2 in) | Flora Hyacinth ( ISV) | 17 May 1987 | Tuscaloosa, U.S. |
13.78 m (45 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Sheila Hudson ( USA) | 6 June 1987 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
13.85 m (45 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Sheila Hudson ( USA) | 26 June 1987 | San Jose, U.S. |
14.04 m (46 ft 3⁄4 in) | Li Huirong ( CHN) | 11 October 1987 | Hamamatsu, Japan |
14.16 m (46 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Li Huirong ( CHN) | 23 April 1988 | Shijiazhuang, PR China |
14.52 m (47 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Galina Chistyakova ( URS) | 2 July 1989 | Stockholm, Sweden |
Mark | Wind | Athlete | Date | Venue | Duration of record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14.54 m (47 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | 1.1 | Li Huirong ( CHN) | 25 August 1990 | Sapporo, Japan [2] | 9 months and 16 days |
14.95 m (49 ft 1⁄2 in) | -0.2 | Inessa Kravets ( URS) | 10 June 1991 | Moscow, Soviet Union [2] | 2 years and 8 days |
14.97 m (49 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | 0.9 | Iolanda Chen ( RUS) | 18 June 1993 | Moscow, Russia [2] | 2 months and 3 days |
15.09 m (49 ft 6 in) | 0.5 | Anna Biryukova ( RUS) | 21 August 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany [2] | 1 year, 11 months and 20 days |
15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) | 0.9 | Inessa Kravets ( UKR) | 10 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden [2] | 25 years, 11 months and 22 days |
15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | 0.7 | Yulimar Rojas ( VEN) | 1 August 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 7 months and 19 days |
15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | indoor | Yulimar Rojas ( VEN) | 20 March 2022 | Belgrade, Serbia | 2 years, 4 months and 12 days |
Inessa Kravets was found guilty of doping offenses in 1993, after her 1991 record and before setting her long-standing 1995 record. She was later banned for two years in 2000, leading many to doubt the legitimacy of her performance. [3] [4] [5]
The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's triple jump, officially ratified by the IAAF.
Ratified | |
Not ratified | |
Ratified but later rescinded | |
Pending ratification |
The first world record in the men's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. That inaugural record was the 15.52 m performance by Dan Ahearn in 1911. [1]
As of June 21, 2009, 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [1] The men's triple jump world record is unusual in that on five occasions a new record has been set and then broken again on the same day.
Mark | Wind | Athlete | Date | Venue | Duration of record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.52 m (50 ft 11 in) | Dan Ahearn ( USA) | 30 May 1911 | New York City, U.S. [1] | 13 years, 1 month and 12 days | |
15.52 m (50 ft 11 in) | Nick Winter ( AUS) | 12 July 1924 | Paris, France [1] | 7 years, 3 months and 15 days | |
15.58 m (51 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Mikio Oda ( JPN) | 27 October 1931 | Tokyo, Japan [1] | 9 months and 18 days | |
15.72 m (51 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Chuhei Nambu ( JPN) | 4 August 1932 | Los Angeles, U.S. [1] | 3 years and 4 months | |
15.78 m (51 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Jack Metcalfe ( AUS) | 14 December 1935 | Sydney, Australia [1] | 7 months and 23 days | |
16.00 m (52 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | 0.6 | Naoto Tajima ( JPN) | 6 August 1936 | Berlin, Germany [1] | 14 years, 3 months and 27 days |
16.00 m (52 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | 1.6 | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 3 December 1950 | São Paulo, Brazil [1] | 9 months and 27 days |
16.01 m (52 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | 1.2 | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 30 September 1951 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1] | 9 months and 23 days |
16.12 m (52 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 23 July 1952 | Helsinki, Finland [1] | 0 days | |
16.22 m (53 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 23 July 1952 | Helsinki, Finland [1] | 11 months and 26 days | |
16.23 m (53 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | 1.5 | Leonid Shcherbakov ( URS) | 19 July 1953 | Moscow, Soviet Union [1] | 1 year, 7 months and 25 days |
16.56 m (54 ft 3+3⁄4 in) A | 0.2 | Adhemar da Silva ( BRA) | 16 March 1955 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 3 years, 4 months and 12 days |
16.59 m (54 ft 5 in) | 1.0 | Oleg Ryakhovskiy ( URS) | 28 July 1958 | Moscow, Soviet Union [1] | 9 months and 5 days |
16.70 m (54 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | 0.0 | Oleg Fyodoseyev ( URS) | 3 May 1959 | Nalchik, Soviet Union [1] | 1 year, 3 months and 2 days |
17.03 m (55 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | 1.0 | Józef Szmidt ( POL) | 5 August 1960 | Olsztyn, Poland [1] | 8 years, 2 months and 11 days |
17.10 m (56 ft 1 in) A | 0.0 | Giuseppe Gentile ( ITA) | 16 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 1 day |
17.22 m (56 ft 5+3⁄4 in) A | 0.0 | Giuseppe Gentile ( ITA) | 17 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 0 days |
17.23 m (56 ft 6+1⁄4 in) A | 2.0 | Viktor Sanyeyev ( URS) | 17 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 0 days |
17.27 m (56 ft 7+3⁄4 in) A | 2.0 | Nelson Prudêncio ( BRA) | 17 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 0 days |
17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in) A | 2.0 | Viktor Sanyeyev ( URS) | 17 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 2 years, 9 months and 19 days |
17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) A | 0.4 | Pedro Pérez ( CUB) | 5 August 1971 | Cali, Colombia [1] | 1 year, 2 months and 10 days |
17.44 m (57 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | -0.5 | Viktor Sanyeyev ( URS) | 17 October 1972 | Sukhumi, Soviet Union [1] | 2 years, 11 months and 28 days |
17.89 m (58 ft 8+1⁄4 in) A | 0.0 | João Carlos de Oliveira ( BRA) | 15 October 1975 | Mexico City, Mexico [1] | 9 years, 8 months and 1 day |
17.97 m (58 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | 1.5 | Willie Banks ( USA) | 16 June 1985 | Indianapolis, U.S. [1] | 10 years, 1 month and 2 days |
17.98 m (58 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | 1.8 | Jonathan Edwards ( GBR) | 18 July 1995 | Salamanca, Spain [1] | 20 days |
18.16 m (59 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | 1.3 | Jonathan Edwards ( GBR) | 7 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden [1] | 20 minutes |
18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) | 1.3 | Jonathan Edwards ( GBR) | 7 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden [1] | 28 years, 11 months |
The first world record in the women's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1990.
As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 5 world records in the event. [2]
Mark | Athlete | Date | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
10.32 m (33 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Elizabeth Stine ( USA) | 13 May 1922 | Mamaroneck, U.S. |
10.50 m (34 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Adrienne Kaenel ( SUI) | 23 July 1923 | Geneva, Switzerland |
11.62 m (38 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Kinue Hitomi ( JPN) | 17 October 1926 | Harbin, China |
11.66 m (38 ft 3 in) | Rie Yamaguchi ( JPN) | 21 October 1939 | Unknown |
12.22 m (40 ft 1 in) | Mary Bignal ( GBR) | 18 June 1959 | Street, United Kingdom |
12.43 m (40 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Terri Turner ( USA) | 9 May 1981 | Austin, U.S. |
12.47 m (40 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Terri Turner ( USA) | 7 May 1982 | Austin, U.S. |
12.51 m (41 ft 1⁄2 in) | Melody Smith ( USA) | 6 May 1983 | Austin, U.S. |
12.98 m (42 ft 7 in) | Easter Gabriel ( USA) | 7 May 1983 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
13.15 m (43 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Terri Turner ( USA) | 24 March 1984 | Austin, U.S. |
13.21 m (43 ft 4 in) | Terri Turner ( USA) | 13 April 1984 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
13.58 m (44 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Wendy Brown ( USA) | 30 May 1985 | Austin, U.S. |
13.68 m (44 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Esmeralda Garcia ( BRA) | 5 June 1986 | Indianapolis, U.S. |
13.71 m (44 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Wendy Brown ( USA) | 2 May 1987 | Los Angeles, U.S. |
13.73 m (45 ft 1⁄2 in) | Flora Hyacinth ( ISV) | 17 May 1987 | Tuscaloosa, U.S. |
13.78 m (45 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Sheila Hudson ( USA) | 6 June 1987 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
13.85 m (45 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Sheila Hudson ( USA) | 26 June 1987 | San Jose, U.S. |
14.04 m (46 ft 3⁄4 in) | Li Huirong ( CHN) | 11 October 1987 | Hamamatsu, Japan |
14.16 m (46 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Li Huirong ( CHN) | 23 April 1988 | Shijiazhuang, PR China |
14.52 m (47 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Galina Chistyakova ( URS) | 2 July 1989 | Stockholm, Sweden |
Mark | Wind | Athlete | Date | Venue | Duration of record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14.54 m (47 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | 1.1 | Li Huirong ( CHN) | 25 August 1990 | Sapporo, Japan [2] | 9 months and 16 days |
14.95 m (49 ft 1⁄2 in) | -0.2 | Inessa Kravets ( URS) | 10 June 1991 | Moscow, Soviet Union [2] | 2 years and 8 days |
14.97 m (49 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | 0.9 | Iolanda Chen ( RUS) | 18 June 1993 | Moscow, Russia [2] | 2 months and 3 days |
15.09 m (49 ft 6 in) | 0.5 | Anna Biryukova ( RUS) | 21 August 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany [2] | 1 year, 11 months and 20 days |
15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) | 0.9 | Inessa Kravets ( UKR) | 10 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden [2] | 25 years, 11 months and 22 days |
15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | 0.7 | Yulimar Rojas ( VEN) | 1 August 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 7 months and 19 days |
15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | indoor | Yulimar Rojas ( VEN) | 20 March 2022 | Belgrade, Serbia | 2 years, 4 months and 12 days |
Inessa Kravets was found guilty of doping offenses in 1993, after her 1991 record and before setting her long-standing 1995 record. She was later banned for two years in 2000, leading many to doubt the legitimacy of her performance. [3] [4] [5]