The world triple jump record has been progressively broken over time by various athletes. The current men's record of 18.29 meters was set by Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain in 1995, while the women's record of 15.50 meters was set by Inessa Kravets of Ukraine in 1995.
15.52 m Daniel Ahearn (USA) 1911-05-30 New York, U.S.
15.525 m Nick Winter (AUS) 1924-07-12 Paris, France
15.58 m Mikio Oda (JPN) 1931-10-27 Tokyo, Japan
15.72 m Chuhei Nambu (JPN) 1932-08-14 Los Angeles, U.S.
15.72 m Chuhei Nambu (JPN) 1932-08-14 Los Angeles, U.S.
15.78 m Jack Metcalfe (AUS) 1935-12-14 Sydney, Australia
16.00 m Naoto Tajima (JPN) 1936-08-06 Berlin, Germany
16.00 m Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 1950-12-03 São Paulo, Brazil
16.01 m Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 1951-09-30 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
16.12 m Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 1952-07-23 Helsinki, Finland
16.22 m Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 1952-07-23 Helsinki, Finland
16.23 m Leonid Serbakov (URS) 1953-07-19 Moscow, Soviet Union
16.56 m Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 1955-03-26 Mexico City, Mexico
16.59 m Oleg Rjahovsky (URS) 1958-07-19 Moscow, Soviet Union
16.70 m Oleg Fedoseyev (URS) 1959-05-03 Nalchik, Soviet Union
17.03 m Jozef Szmidt (POL) 1960-08-05 Olsztyn, Poland
17.10 m Giuseppe Gentile (ITA) 1968-10-16 Mexico City, Mexico
17.22 m Giuseppe Gentile (ITA) 1968-10-17 Mexico City, Mexico
17.23 m Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) 1968-10-17 Mexico City, Mexico
17.27 m Nelson Prudencio (BRA) 1968-10-17 Mexico City, Mexico
17.39 m Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) 1968-10-17 Mexico City, Mexico
17.40 m Pedro Pérez (CUB) 1971-08-05 Cali, Colombia
17.44 m Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) 1972-10-17 Sukhumi, Soviet Union
17.89 m João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) 1975-10-15 Mexico City, Mexico
17.97 m Willie Banks (USA) 1985-06-16 Indianapolis, U.S.
17.98 m Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 1995-07-18 Salamanca, Spain
18.16 m Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 1995-08-07 Gothenburg, Sweden
18.29 m Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 1995-08-07 Gothenburg, Sweden
The current (Sep 2009) men's record of 18.29m was set by Jonathon Edwards in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1995.
15.50m
Ukraine's Inessa Kravets is the current women's world record holder in the triple jump. Her jump of 15.50 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record.
Outdoors:Great Britain's Jonathan Edwards is the current men's world record holder in the triple jump. His jump of 18.29 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record.He also has a jump of 18.43 metres (meters) which was not in the record book because of a strong tailwind.Ukraine's Inessa Kravets is the current women's world record holder in the triple jump. Her jump of 15.50 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record.Indoors:France's Teddy Tamgho is the current men's indoor world record holder in the triple jump. His jump of 17.90 metres (meters) in 2010 is the current indoor world record.Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva is the current women's indoor world record holder in the triple jump. Her jump of 15.38 metres (meters) in 2004 is the current indoor world record.
Larry Achike does not hold the world record for the triple jump. The current world record in the men's triple jump is held by Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain with a jump of 18.29 meters set in 1995.
The bests performance in the triple jump is Jonathan Edwards 18.43 Jump. Its is not the world record because of a stong wind. Edwards also has the world recrod with a jump of 18.29 meters.
He broke the Triple Jump World Record and currently still holds it. He was also the Olympic Triple Jump gold medalist in 2000 and 1996 Olympic Triple Jump silver medalist.
The world record for the standing triple jump in 1904 was 11.47 meters (37 feet 7½ inches), set by Tim Ahearne of Ireland.
There are two track and field events. The long jump, and the triple jump.
No, the best triple jumpers hop approx. 6.60-6.70m in the longest jumps while the best female long jumpers have jumped over 7.50m.
Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria set the women's world record for the high jump in 1987 at a height of 2.09 meters (6 feet, 10 1/4 inches). It is the longest standing world record in the history of the high jump.
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Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria set the women's world record for the high jump in 1987 at a height of 2.09 meters (6 feet, 10 1/4 inches). It is the longest standing world record in the history of the high jump.
World: Jonathan Edwards (18.29 meters). Olympic: Kenny Harrison (18.09 meters).