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Triple jump at the Olympics

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Triple jump
at the Olympic Games
Willie Banks in the 1988 Olympic triple jump competition
Overview
SportAthletics
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 18962020
Women: 19962020
Olympic record
Men18.09 m Kenny Harrison (1996)
Women15.67 m Yulimar Rojas (2021)
Reigning champion
Men Jordan Díaz (ESP)
Women Thea LaFond (DMA)

The triple jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's triple jump is one of the more recent additions to the programme, having been first contested in 1996. It became the third Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump and long jump.

The Olympic records for the event are 18.09 m (59 ft 4 in) for men, set by Kenny Harrison in 1996, and 15.67 m (51 ft 4+34 in) for women, set by Yulimar Rojas in 2021. The men's triple jump world record was broken at the competition in 1924, 1932, 1936, 1956 and 1968. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, three men improved the record a total of five times at the high altitude of Mexico City.[1] The women's world record was broken at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.

James Brendan Connolly was the first Olympic triple jump champion and, as it was the first event to conclude in 1896, he was also the first Olympic champion of the modern era.[2] Inessa Kravets, the world record holder, became the first women's champion 100 years later at the Atlanta Games. Portuguese Pedro Pichardo and Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas are the reigning Olympic champions from 2020.

Viktor Saneyev is the event's most successful athlete as he was Olympic champion three times consecutively from 1968 to 1976, as well as runner-up in 1980. Françoise Mbango Etone is the only woman to win two Olympic triple jump titles. Saneyev, Vilho Tuulos and Olga Rypakova are the only three athletes to have won more than two Olympic medals in the event. The United States is the most successful nation in the event, with eight gold medals. The Soviet Union is the next most successful, with four golds.

A short-lived standing triple jump variant of the event was contested in 1900 and 1904 and standing jumps specialist Ray Ewry won both gold medals.

Medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
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James Brendan Connolly
 United States
Alexandre Tuffère
 France
Ioannis Persakis
 Greece
1900 Paris
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Myer Prinstein
 United States
James Brendan Connolly
 United States
Lewis Sheldon
 United States
1904 St. Louis
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Myer Prinstein
 United States
Fred Englehardt
 United States
Robert Stangland
 United States
1908 London
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Tim Ahearne
 Great Britain
Garfield MacDonald
 Canada
Edvard Larsen
 Norway
1912 Stockholm
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Gustaf Lindblom
 Sweden
Georg Åberg
 Sweden
Erik Almlöf
 Sweden
1920 Antwerp
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Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
Folke Jansson
 Sweden
Erik Almlöf
 Sweden
1924 Paris
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Nick Winter
 Australia
Luis Brunetto
 Argentina
Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
1928 Amsterdam
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Mikio Oda
 Japan
Levi Casey
 United States
Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
1932 Los Angeles
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Chūhei Nambu
 Japan
Erik Svensson
 Sweden
Kenkichi Oshima
 Japan
1936 Berlin
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Naoto Tajima
 Japan
Masao Harada
 Japan
Jack Metcalfe
 Australia
1948 London
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Arne Åhman
 Sweden
George Avery
 Australia
Ruhi Sarıalp
 Turkey
1952 Helsinki
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Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
Leonid Shcherbakov
 Soviet Union
Asnoldo Devonish
 Venezuela
1956 Melbourne
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Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
Vilhjálmur Einarsson
 Iceland
Vitold Kreyer
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
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Józef Szmidt
 Poland
Vladimir Goryaev
 Soviet Union
Vitold Kreyer
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
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Józef Szmidt
 Poland
Oleg Fedoseyev
 Soviet Union
Viktor Kravchenko
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
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Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
Nelson Prudêncio
 Brazil
Giuseppe Gentile
 Italy
1972 Munich
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Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
Jörg Drehmel
 East Germany
Nelson Prudêncio
 Brazil
1976 Montreal
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Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
James Butts
 United States
João Carlos de Oliveira
 Brazil
1980 Moscow
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Jaak Uudmäe
 Soviet Union
Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
João Carlos de Oliveira
 Brazil
1984 Los Angeles
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Al Joyner
 United States
Mike Conley
 United States
Keith Connor
 Great Britain
1988 Seoul
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Khristo Markov
 Bulgaria
Igor Lapshin
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Kovalenko
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
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Mike Conley
 United States
Charles Simpkins
 United States
Frank Rutherford
 Bahamas
1996 Atlanta
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Kenny Harrison
 United States
Jonathan Edwards
 Great Britain
Yoelbi Quesada
 Cuba
2000 Sydney
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Jonathan Edwards
 Great Britain
Yoel García
 Cuba
Denis Kapustin
 Russia
2004 Athens
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Christian Olsson
 Sweden
Marian Oprea
 Romania
Danil Burkenya
 Russia
2008 Beijing
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Nelson Évora
 Portugal
Phillips Idowu
 Great Britain
Leevan Sands
 Bahamas
2012 London
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Christian Taylor
 United States
Will Claye
 United States
Fabrizio Donato
 Italy
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Christian Taylor
 United States
Will Claye
 United States
Dong Bin
 China
2020 Tokyo
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Pedro Pichardo
 Portugal
Zhu Yaming
 China
Hugues Fabrice Zango
 Burkina Faso
2024 Paris
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Jordan Díaz Fortún
 Spain
Pedro Pichardo
 Portugal
Andy Díaz Hernández
 Italy

Multiple medalists

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Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union (URS) 1968–1980 3 1 0 4
2 Myer Prinstein  United States (USA) 1900–1904 2 0 0 2
Adhemar da Silva  Brazil (BRA) 1952–1956 2 0 0 2
Józef Szmidt  Poland (POL) 1960–1964 2 0 0 2
Christian Taylor  United States (USA) 2012–2016 2 0 0 2
6 James Brendan Connolly  United States (USA) 1896–1900 1 1 0 2
Mike Conley, Sr.  United States (USA) 1984–1992 1 1 0 2
Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain (GBR) 1996–2000 1 1 0 2
Pedro Pichardo  Portugal (POR) 2020–2024 1 1 0 2
10 Vilho Tuulos  Finland (FIN) 1920–1928 1 0 2 3
11 Will Claye  United States (USA) 2012–2016 0 2 0 2
12 Nelson Prudencio  Brazil (BRA) 1968–1972 0 1 1 2
13 Erik Almlöf  Sweden (SWE) 1912–1920 0 0 2 2
Vitold Kreyer  Soviet Union (URS) 1956–1960 0 0 2 2
João Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil (BRA) 1976–1980 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 8 8 2 18
2  Soviet Union (URS) 4 5 4 13
3  Sweden (SWE) 3 3 2 8
4  Japan (JPN) 3 1 1 5
5  Great Britain (GBR) 2 2 1 5
6  Brazil (BRA) 2 1 3 6
7  Portugal (POR) 2 1 0 3
8  Poland (POL) 2 0 0 2
9  Australia (AUS) 1 1 1 3
10  Finland (FIN) 1 0 2 3
11  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 0 0 1
 Spain (ESP) 1 0 0 1
13  China (CHN) 0 1 1 2
 Cuba (CUB) 0 1 1 2
15  Argentina (ARG) 0 1 0 1
 Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
 East Germany (GDR) 0 1 0 1
 France (FRA) 0 1 0 1
 Iceland (ISL) 0 1 0 1
 Romania (ROU) 0 1 0 1
21  Italy (ITA) 0 0 3 3
22  Bahamas (BAH) 0 0 2 2
 Russia (RUS) 0 0 2 2
24  Burkina Faso (BUR) 0 0 1 1
 Greece (GRE) 0 0 1 1
 Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1
 Turkey (TUR) 0 0 1 1
 Venezuela (VEN) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Atlanta
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Inessa Kravets
 Ukraine
Inna Lasovskaya
 Russia
Šárka Kašpárková
 Czech Republic
2000 Sydney
details
Tereza Marinova
 Bulgaria
Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
Olena Hovorova
 Ukraine
2004 Athens
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Françoise Mbango Etone
 Cameroon
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
 Greece
Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
2008 Beijing
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Françoise Mbango Etone
 Cameroon
Olga Rypakova
 Kazakhstan
Yargelis Savigne
 Cuba
2012 London
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Olga Rypakova
 Kazakhstan
Caterine Ibargüen
 Colombia
Olha Saladukha
 Ukraine
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Caterine Ibargüen
 Colombia
Yulimar Rojas
 Venezuela
Olga Rypakova
 Kazakhstan
2020 Tokyo
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Yulimar Rojas
 Venezuela
Patrícia Mamona
 Portugal
Ana Peleteiro
 Spain
2024 Paris
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Thea LaFond
 Dominica
Shanieka Ricketts
 Jamaica
Jasmine Moore
 United States

Multiple medalists

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Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon (CMR) 2004–2008 2 0 0 2
2 Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 2008–2016 1 1 1 3
3 Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia (COL) 2012–2016 1 1 0 2
4 Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela (VEN) 2016–2020 1 1 0 2
5 Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia (RUS) 2000–2008 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Cameroon (CMR) 2 0 0 2
2  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 1 1 3
3  Colombia (COL) 1 1 0 2
 Venezuela (VEN) 1 1 0 2
5  Ukraine (UKR) 1 0 2 3
6  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 0 0 1
 Dominica (DMA) 1 0 0 1
8  Russia (RUS) 0 2 1 3
9  Greece (GRE) 0 1 0 1
 Jamaica (JAM) 0 1 0 1
 Portugal (POR) 0 1 0 1
12  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1
 Cuba (CUB) 0 0 1 1
 Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1
 United States (USA) 0 0 1 1

Standing triple jump

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Standing triple jump
at the Olympic Games
Ray Ewry at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Overview
SportAthletics
GenderMen
Years heldMen: 19001904
Olympic record
Men10.58 m Ray Ewry (1900)

In 1900 and 1904 a variation of the event was contested at the Olympics where athletes had to triple jump from a standing position. This was one of three standing jumps to have featured on the Olympic programme, alongside the standing high jump and the standing long jump (both running from 1900 to 1912).[3]

The standing jump competitions were dominated by Ray Ewry, who won the 1900 Olympic standing triple jump title and defended it four years later. His clearance of 10.58 m (34 ft 8+12 in) to win the inaugural competition went unbettered as the Olympic record for the event. Ewry took Olympic three gold medals in standing jumps in both 1900 and 1904, then won the standing high and long jumps at the 1908 Olympics, as well as the 1906 Intercalated Games.[4]

Standing jump events had been a relatively common type of athletics event at the end of the 19th century, but became increasingly rare at top level national and international competitions as the 20th century progressed.[4] The standing triple jump was the least common of the standing jumps and the Olympics remains the only major international competition to have featured the event.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
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 Ray Ewry (USA)  Irving Baxter (USA)  Robert Garrett (USA)
1904 St. Louis
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 Ray Ewry (USA)  Charles King (USA)  Joseph Stadler (USA)

References

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Participation and athlete data
Olympic record progressions
Specific
  1. ^ Athletics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
  2. ^ James B. Connolly. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
  3. ^ Athletics Men's Standing Triple Jump Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
  4. ^ a b Ray Ewry. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
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