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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.
Jonathan David Edwards, CBE (born 10 May 1966) is a British former triple jumper.He is an Olympic, double World, European, European indoor and Commonwealth champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995.
International University Sports Federation – Gwangju 2015 – Men's Triple Jump Final, Dmitry 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".
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
Hugues Fabrice Zango (born 25 June 1993) 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 (59 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) set in 2021 and the reigning world champion, winning the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2023 World Championships.
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
The IAAF considers marks set at high altitude as acceptable for record consideration. However, high altitude can significantly assist long jump performances. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Bob Beamon broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm (21 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), and his world record of 8.90 m (29 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) stood until Mike Powell jumped 8.95 m (29 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in ...
A long jump/triple jump double followed at the 2014 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, which included a championship record of 6.36 m (20 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in the long jump. [25] At senior level, she narrowly missed out on medals in both disciplines at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games , placing fourth in each.