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.

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.^[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.

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.[1]	13 years, 1 month and 12 days
15.52 m (50 ft 11 in)		Nick Winter (AUS)	1924-07-1212 July 1924	Paris, France[1]	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[1]	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.[1]	3 years and 4 months
15.78 m (51 ft 9+1⁄4 in)		Jack Metcalfe (AUS)	1935-12-1414 December 1935	Sydney, Australia[1]	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[1]	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[1]	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[1]	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[1]	0 days
16.22 m (53 ft 2+1⁄2 in)		Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	1952-07-2323 July 1952	Helsinki, Finland[1]	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]	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[1]	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[1]	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]	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[1]	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]	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[1]	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[1]	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[1]	0 days
17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in) A	2.0	Viktor Sanyeyev (URS)	1968-10-1717 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico[1]	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]	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[1]	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[1]	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.[1]	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[1]	20 days
18.16 m (59 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	1.3	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	1995-08-077 August 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden[1]	20 minutes
18.29 m (60 ft 0 in)	1.3	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	1995-08-077 August 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden[1]	29 years, 11 months and 24 days

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.^[2]

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

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[2]	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]	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]	2 months and 3 days
15.09 m (49 ft 6 in)	0.5	Anna Biryukova (RUS)	1993-08-2121 August 1993	Stuttgart, Germany[2]	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[2]	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	3 years, 4 months and 11 days

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.^[3][4][5]