# Triple jump world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's triple jump, officially ratified by the IAAF.

## Men

* Ratified
* Not ratified
* Ratified but later rescinded
* Pending ratification
The first world record in the men's triple jump was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. That inaugural record was the 15.52 m performance by Dan Ahearn in 1911.
As of June 21, 2009, 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. 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) | 1911-05-3030 May 1911 | New York City, U.S. | 13 years, 1 month and 12 days |
| 15.52 m (50 ft 11 in) | | Nick Winter (AUS) | 1924-07-1212 July 1924 | Paris, France | 7 years, 3 months and 15 days |
| 15.58 m (51 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | | Mikio Oda (JPN) | 1931-10-2727 October 1931 | Tokyo, Japan | 9 months and 18 days |
| 15.72 m (51 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | | Chuhei Nambu (JPN) | 1932-08-144 August 1932 | Los Angeles, U.S. | 3 years and 4 months |
| 15.78 m (51 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | | Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 1935-12-1414 December 1935 | Sydney, Australia | 7 months and 23 days |
| 16.00 m (52 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | 0.6 | Naoto Tajima (JPN) | 1936-08-066 August 1936 | Berlin, Germany | 14 years, 3 months and 27 days |
| 16.00 m (52 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | 1.6 | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 1950-12-033 December 1950 | São Paulo, Brazil | 9 months and 27 days |
| 16.01 m (52 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | 1.2 | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 1951-09-3030 September 1951 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9 months and 23 days |
| 16.12 m (52 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 1952-07-2323 July 1952 | Helsinki, Finland | 0 days |
| 16.22 m (53 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 1952-07-2323 July 1952 | Helsinki, Finland | 11 months and 26 days |
| 16.23 m (53 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | 1.5 | Leonid Shcherbakov (URS) | 1953-07-1919 July 1953 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1 year, 7 months and 25 days |
| 16.56 m (54 ft 3+3⁄4 in) A | 0.2 | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 1955-03-1616 March 1955 | Mexico City, Mexico | 3 years, 4 months and 12 days |
| 16.59 m (54 ft 5 in) | 1.0 | Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS) | 1958-07-2828 July 1958 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 9 months and 5 days |
| 16.70 m (54 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | 0.0 | Oleg Fyodoseyev (URS) | 1959-05-033 May 1959 | Nalchik, Soviet Union | 1 year, 3 months and 2 days |
| 17.03 m (55 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | 1.0 | Józef Szmidt (POL) | 1960-08-055 August 1960 | Olsztyn, Poland | 8 years, 2 months and 11 days |
| 17.10 m (56 ft 1 in) A | 0.0 | Giuseppe Gentile (ITA) | 1968-10-1616 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 day |
| 17.22 m (56 ft 5+3⁄4 in) A | 0.0 | Giuseppe Gentile (ITA) | 1968-10-1717 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | 0 days |
| 17.23 m (56 ft 6+1⁄4 in) A | 2.0 | Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) | 1968-10-1717 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | 0 days |
| 17.27 m (56 ft 7+3⁄4 in) A | 2.0 | Nelson Prudêncio (BRA) | 1968-10-1717 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | 0 days |
| 17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in) A | 2.0 | Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) | 1968-10-1717 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | 2 years, 9 months and 19 days |
| 17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) A | 0.4 | Pedro Pérez (CUB) | 1971-08-055 August 1971 | Cali, Colombia | 1 year, 2 months and 10 days |
| 17.44 m (57 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | -0.5 | Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) | 1972-10-1717 October 1972 | Sukhumi, Soviet Union | 2 years, 11 months and 28 days |
| 17.89 m (58 ft 8+1⁄4 in) A | 0.0 | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | 1975-10-1515 October 1975 | Mexico City, Mexico | 9 years, 8 months and 1 day |
| 17.97 m (58 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | 1.5 | Willie Banks (USA) | 1985-06-1616 June 1985 | Indianapolis, U.S. | 10 years, 1 month and 2 days |
| 17.98 m (58 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | 1.8 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 1995-07-1818 July 1995 | Salamanca, Spain | 20 days |
| 18.16 m (59 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | 1.3 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 1995-08-077 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 20 minutes |
| 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) | 1.3 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 1995-08-077 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 29 years, 3 months and 21 days |

## Women

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.

### Unofficial pre-IAAF progression to 1990

| Mark | Athlete | Date | Venue |
| 10.32 m (33 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Elizabeth Stine (USA) | 1922-05-1313 May 1922 | Mamaroneck, U.S. |
| 10.50 m (34 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Adrienne Kaenel (SUI) | 1923-07-2323 July 1923 | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 11.62 m (38 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Kinue Hitomi (JPN) | 1926-10-1717 October 1926 | Harbin, China |
| 11.66 m (38 ft 3 in) | Rie Yamaguchi (JPN) | 1939-10-2121 October 1939 | Unknown |
| 12.22 m (40 ft 1 in) | Mary Bignal (GBR) | 1959-06-1818 June 1959 | Street, United Kingdom |
| 12.43 m (40 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Terri Turner (USA) | 1981-05-099 May 1981 | Austin, U.S. |
| 12.47 m (40 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Terri Turner (USA) | 1982-05-077 May 1982 | Austin, U.S. |
| 12.51 m (41 ft 1⁄2 in) | Melody Smith (USA) | 1983-05-066 May 1983 | Austin, U.S. |
| 12.98 m (42 ft 7 in) | Easter Gabriel (USA) | 1983-05-077 May 1983 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
| 13.15 m (43 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Terri Turner (USA) | 1984-03-2424 March 1984 | Austin, U.S. |
| 13.21 m (43 ft 4 in) | Terri Turner (USA) | 1984-04-1313 April 1984 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
| 13.58 m (44 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Wendy Brown (USA) | 1985-05-3030 May 1985 | Austin, U.S. |
| 13.68 m (44 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Esmeralda Garcia (BRA) | 1986-06-055 June 1986 | Indianapolis, U.S. |
| 13.71 m (44 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Wendy Brown (USA) | 1987-05-022 May 1987 | Los Angeles, U.S. |
| 13.73 m (45 ft 1⁄2 in) | Flora Hyacinth (ISV) | 1987-05-1717 May 1987 | Tuscaloosa, U.S. |
| 13.78 m (45 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Sheila Hudson (USA) | 1987-06-066 June 1987 | Baton Rouge, U.S. |
| 13.85 m (45 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Sheila Hudson (USA) | 1987-06-2626 June 1987 | San Jose, U.S. |
| 14.04 m (46 ft 3⁄4 in) | Li Huirong (CHN) | 1987-10-1111 October 1987 | Hamamatsu, Japan |
| 14.16 m (46 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Li Huirong (CHN) | 1988-04-2323 April 1988 | Shijiazhuang, PR China |
| 14.52 m (47 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 1989-07-022 July 1989 | Stockholm, Sweden |

### Official IAAF progression from 1990

| Mark | Wind | Athlete | Date | Venue | Duration of record |
| 14.54 m (47 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | 1.1 | Li Huirong (CHN) | 1990-08-2525 August 1990 | Sapporo, Japan | 9 months and 16 days |
| 14.95 m (49 ft 1⁄2 in) | -0.2 | Inessa Kravets (URS) | 1991-06-1010 June 1991 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 2 years and 8 days |
| 14.97 m (49 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | 0.9 | Iolanda Chen (RUS) | 1993-06-1818 June 1993 | Moscow, Russia | 2 months and 3 days |
| 15.09 m (49 ft 6 in) | 0.5 | Anna Biryukova (RUS) | 1993-08-2121 August 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 1 year, 11 months and 20 days |
| 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) | 0.9 | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 1995-08-1010 August 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 25 years, 11 months and 22 days |
| 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | 0.7 | Yulimar Rojas (VEN) | 2021-08-011 August 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 7 months and 19 days |
| 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | indoor | Yulimar Rojas (VEN) | 2022-03-2020 March 2022 | Belgrade, Serbia | 2 years, 8 months and 8 days |

### Women's triple jump progression controversy

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.