Triple jump world record progression
Men

Triple jump world record progression

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: None

Mark	Wind	Athlete	Date	Location

15.52 m (50 ft 11 in)	Dan Ahearn (USA)	30 May 1911	New York City, U.S.

15.52 m (50 ft 11 in)	Nick Winter (AUS)	12 July 1924	Paris, France

15.58 m (51 ft 1​1⁄4 in)	Mikio Oda (JPN)	27 October 1931	Tokyo, Japan

15.72 m (51 ft 6​3⁄4 in)	Chuhei Nambu (JPN)	14 August 1932	Los Angeles, U.S.

15.78 m (51 ft 9​1⁄4 in)	Jack Metcalfe (AUS)	14 December 1935	Sydney, Australia

16.00 m (52 ft 5​3⁄4 in)	0.6	Naoto Tajima (JPN)	6 August 1936	Berlin, Germany

16.00 m (52 ft 5​3⁄4 in)	1.6	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	3 December 1950	São Paulo, Brazil

16.01 m (52 ft 6​1⁄4 in)	1.2	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	30 September 1951	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

16.12 m (52 ft 10​1⁄2 in)	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	23 July 1952	Helsinki, Finland

16.22 m (53 ft 2​1⁄2 in)	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	23 July 1952	Helsinki, Finland

16.23 m (53 ft 2​3⁄4 in)	1.5	Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)	19 July 1953	Moscow, Soviet Union

16.56 m (54 ft 3​3⁄4 in) A	0.2	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	16 March 1955	Mexico City, Mexico

16.59 m (54 ft 5 in)	1.0	Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS)	28 July 1958	Moscow, Soviet Union

16.70 m (54 ft 9​1⁄4 in)	0.0	Oleg Fyodoseyev (URS)	3 May 1959	Nalchik, Soviet Union

17.03 m (55 ft 10​1⁄4 in)	1.0	Józef Szmidt (POL)	5 August 1960	Olsztyn, Poland

17.10 m (56 ft 1 in) A	0.0	Giuseppe Gentile (ITA)	16 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

17.22 m (56 ft 5​3⁄4 in) A	0.0	Giuseppe Gentile (ITA)	17 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

17.23 m (56 ft 6​1⁄4 in) A	2.0	Viktor Sanyeyev (URS)	17 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

17.27 m (56 ft 7​3⁄4 in) A	2.0	Nelson Prudêncio (BRA)	17 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

17.39 m (57 ft 0​1⁄2 in) A	2.0	Viktor Sanyeyev (URS)	17 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) A	0.4	Pedro Pérez (CUB)	5 August 1971	Cali, Colombia

17.44 m (57 ft 2​1⁄2 in)	0.5	Viktor Sanyeyev (URS)	17 October 1972	Sukhumi, Soviet Union

17.89 m (58 ft 8​1⁄4 in) A	0.0	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	15 October 1975	Mexico City, Mexico

17.97 m (58 ft 11​1⁄4 in)	1.5	Willie Banks (USA)	16 June 1985	Indianapolis, U.S.

17.98 m (58 ft 11​3⁄4 in)	1.8	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18 July 1995	Salamanca, Spain

18.16 m (59 ft 6​3⁄4 in)	1.3	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	7 August 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden

18.29 m (60 ft 0 in)	1.3	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	7 August 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden

Sentence(s)

That inaugural record was the 15.52 m performance by Dan Ahearn in 1911.

final_sentence: That inaugural record was the 15.52 m performance by Dan Ahearn in 1911.