Triple jump

Athletics Triple jump
Former world record holder Willie Banks during the 1988 Summer Olympics Seoul, South Korea
World records
Men	Jonathan Edwards 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) (1995)
Women	Yulimar Rojas 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) (2021)
Olympic records
Men	Kenny Harrison 18.09 m (59 ft 4 in) (1996)
Women	Yulimar Rojas 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) (2021)
World Championship records
Men	Jonathan Edwards 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in) (1995)
Women	Inessa Kravets 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) (1995)

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International University Sports Federation - Gwangju 2015 - Men's Triple Jump Final, Dmitrii 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 the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit. The triple jump was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympics event since the Games' inception in 1896.

According to IAAF rules, "the hop shall be made so that an athlete lands first on the same foot as that from which he has taken off; in the step he shall land on the other foot, from which, subsequently, the jump is performed."^[1]

The current male world record holder is Jonathan Edwards of the United Kingdom, with a jump of 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in). The current female world record holder is Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, with a jump of 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in).

History[]

Historical sources on the ancient Olympic Games occasionally mention jumps of 15 meters or more. This led sports historians to conclude that these must have been a series of jumps, thus providing the basis for the triple jump.^[2] However, there is no evidence for the triple jump being included in the ancient Olympic Games, and it is possible that the recorded extraordinary distances are due to artistic license of the authors of victory poems, rather than attempts to report accurate results.^[3]

The triple jump was a part of the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, although at the time it consisted of two hops on the same foot and then a jump.^[4] In fact, the first modern Olympic champion, James Connolly, was a triple jumper. Early Olympics also included the standing triple jump, although this has since been removed from the Olympic program and is rarely performed in competition today. The women's triple jump was introduced into the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.^[5]

In Irish mythology the geal-ruith (triple jump), was an event contested in the ancient Irish Tailteann Games as early as 1829 BC.^[6]

Technique[]

Approach[]

The approach is one of the most important parts of an athlete's jump. The athlete sprints down a runway to a takeoff mark, from which the triple jump is measured. The takeoff mark is commonly either a piece of wood or similar material embedded in the runway, or a rectangle painted on the runway surface. In modern championships a strip of plasticine, tape, or modeling clay is attached to the far edge of the board to record athletes overstepping or "scratching" the mark, defined by the trailing edge of the board. These boards are placed at different places on the runway depending on how far the athlete can jump. Typically the boards are set 40 ft, 32 ft, and 24 ft from the pit. These are the most common boards seen at the high school and collegiate levels, but boards can be placed anywhere on the runway. There are three phases of the triple jump: the "hop" phase, the "bound" or "step" phase, and the "jump" phase. They all play an important role in the jump itself. These three phases are executed in one continuous sequence. The athlete has to maintain a good speed through each phase. They should also try to stay consistent to avoid fouls.^[7]

Phases of Phillips Idowu jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hop[]

The hop begins with the athlete jumping from the take-off board on one leg, which for descriptive purposes, will be the right leg. Precise placement of the foot on the take-off is important in order for the athlete to avoid a foul. The objective of the first phase is to hop out, with athletes focusing all momentum forward. The hop landing phase is very active, involving a powerful backward "pawing" action of the right leg, with the right take-off foot landing heel first on the runway.

Step[]

The hop landing also marks the beginning of the step phase, where the athlete utilizes the backward momentum of the right leg to immediately execute a powerful jump forwards and upwards, the left leg assisting the take-off with a hip flexion thrust similar to a bounding motion. This leads to the step-phase mid-air position, with the right take-off leg trailing flexed at the knee, and the left leg now leading flexed at the hip and knee. The jumper then holds this position for as long as possible, before extending the knee of the leading left leg and then immediately beginning a powerful backward motion of the whole left leg, again landing on the runway with a powerful backward pawing action. The takeoff leg should be fully extended with the drive leg thigh just below parallel to the ground. The takeoff leg stays extended behind the body with the heel held high. The drive leg extends with a flexed ankle and snaps downward for a quick transition into the jump phase. The athlete tries to take the farthest step they can while maintaining balance and control, using techniques such as pulling their leg up as high as possible.

Jump[]

The step landing forms the take-off of the final phase (the jump), where the athlete utilizes the backward force from the left leg to take off again. The jump phase is very similar to the long jump although most athletes have lost too much speed by this time to manage a full hitch kick, and mostly used is a hang or sail technique.

When landing in the sand-filled pit, the jumper should aim to avoid sitting back on landing or placing either hand behind the feet. The sandpit usually begins 13m from the take-off board for male international competition or 11m from the board for international female and club-level male competition. Each phase of the triple jump should get progressively higher, and there should be a regular rhythm to the three landings.

Foul[]

A "foul", also known as a "scratch," or missed jump, occurs when a jumper oversteps the takeoff mark, misses the pit entirely, does not use the correct foot sequence throughout the phases, or does not perform the attempt in the allotted amount of time (usually about 90 seconds). When a jumper "scratches," the seated official will raise a red flag, and the jumper who was "on deck," or up next, prepares to jump.

It shall not be considered a foul if an athlete, while jumping, should touch or scrape the ground with his/her "sleeping leg". Also called a "scrape foul", "sleeping leg" touch violations were ruled as fouls prior to the mid-1980s. The IAAF changed the rules following outrage at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, when Soviet field officials in the Men's Triple Jump ruled as foul eight of the twelve jumps made by two leading competitors (from Brazil and Australia) thus helping two Soviet jumpers win the Gold and Silver medals.

Records[]

• As of August 2021^[8][9]

Area	Men's		Women's
	Mark (m)	Athlete	Mark (m)	Athlete
World	18.29 m (60 ft 0 in)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)
Continental records
Africa	18.07 m (59 ft 3+1⁄4 in) i	Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)	15.39 m (50 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)
Asia	17.59 m (57 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Yanxi Li (CHN)	15.25 m (50 ft 1⁄4 in)	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
Europe	18.29 m (60 ft 0 in)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	15.50 m (50 ft 10 in)	Inessa Kravets (UKR)
North, Central America and Caribbean	18.21 m (59 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	Christian Taylor (USA)	15.29 m (50 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Yamilé Aldama (CUB)
Oceania	17.46 m (57 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Ken Lorraway (AUS)	14.04 m (46 ft 3⁄4 in)	(AUS)
South America	17.90 m (58 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)

Note: Results cannot count towards records if they are wind-assisted (>2.0 m/s).

All-time top 25[]

Key

Men (absolute)[]

• As of January 2021^[10][11]

Rank	Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
1	18.29 m (60 ft 0 in)	1.3	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	7 August 1995	Gothenburg
2	18.21 m (59 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	0.2	Christian Taylor (USA)	27 August 2015	Beijing	[12]
3	18.14 m (59 ft 6 in)	0.4	Will Claye (USA)	29 June 2019	Long Beach	[13]
4	18.09 m (59 ft 4 in)	−0.4	Kenny Harrison (USA)	27 July 1996	Atlanta
5	18.08 m (59 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	0.0	Pedro Pichardo (POR)	28 May 2015	Havana	[14]
6	18.07 m (59 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	indoor	Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)	16 January 2021	Aubière
7	18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)	0.3	Teddy Tamgho (FRA)	18 August 2013	Moscow
8	17.97 m (58 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	1.5	Willie Banks (USA)	16 June 1985	Indianapolis
9	17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	1.6	Khristo Markov (BUL)	31 August 1987	Rome
		1.9	James Beckford (JAM)	20 May 1995	Odessa
11	17.90 m (58 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	0.4	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	20 May 2007	Belém
		1.0	Vladimir Inozemtsev (URS)	20 June 1990	Bratislava
13	17.89 m (58 ft 8+1⁄4 in) A	0.0	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	15 October 1975	Mexico City
14	17.87 m (58 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	1.7	Mike Conley (USA)	27 June 1987	San Jose
15	17.86 m (58 ft 7 in)	1.3	Charles Simpkins (USA)	2 September 1985	Kobe
16	17.85 m (58 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	0.0	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	8 August 1997	Athens
17	17.83 m (58 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
		indoor	Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)	1 March 1997	Sindelfingen
		indoor	Christian Olsson (SWE)	7 March 2004	Budapest
19	17.81 m (58 ft 5 in)	1.0	Marian Oprea (ROU)	5 July 2005	Lausanne
		0.1	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	29 July 2009	Barcelona
21	17.78 m (58 ft 4 in)	1.0	Nikolay Musiyenko (URS)	7 June 1986	Leningrad
		0.6	Lazaro Betancourt (CUB)	15 June 1986	Havana
		0.8	Melvin Lister (USA)	17 July 2004	Havana
24	17.77 m (58 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	1.0	Aleksandr Kovalenko (URS)	18 July 1987	Bryansk
		indoor	Leonid Voloshin (RUS)	6 February 1994	Grenoble

Notes[]

Below is a list of all other legal performances (excluding ancillary jumps) equal or superior to 17.90 m:

• Jonathan Edwards also jumped 18.16 (1995), 18.01 (1998), 18.00 (1995), 17.99 (1998), 17.98 (1995) and 17.92 (2001).
• Pedro Pablo Pichardo also jumped 18.06 (2015), 17.99 (2015), 17.98 (2021), 17.96 (2015), 17.95 (2018), 17.94 (2015) and 17.92 (2021).
• Christian Taylor also jumped 18.11 (2017), 18.06 (2015), 18.04 (2015), 17.96 (2011) and 17.92 (2019).
• Teddy Tamgho also jumped 17.98 (2010), 17.92 (2 × 2011i), 17.91 (2011i, 2011) and 17.90 (2010i).
• Will Claye also jumped 18.06 (2019) and 17.91 (2011).

Assisted marks[]

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the best wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 17.77 m). Only best assisted mark that is superior to legal best is shown:

• Jonathan Edwards jumped 18.43 (+2.4) in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, on 25 June 1995.
• Willie Banks jumped 18.20 (+5.2) in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 16 July 1988.
• Mike Conley jumped 18.17 (+2.1) in Barcelona, Spain, on 3 August 1992.
• Yoelbi Quesada jumped 17.97 (+7.5) in Madrid, Spain, on 20 June 1995.
• Charles Simpkins jumped 17.93 (+5.2) in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 16 July 1988.
• Christian Olsson jumped 17.92 (+3.4) in Gateshead, United Kingdom, on 13 June 2003.
• Denis Kapustin jumped 17.86 (+5.7) in Seville, Spain, on 5 June 1994.
• Nelson Évora jumped 17.82 (+2.5) in Seixal, Portugal, on 26 June 2009.
• Keith Connor jumped 17.81 (+4.6) in Brisbane, Australia, on 9 October 1982.

Women (absolute)[]

• As of August 2021^[15][16]

Rank	Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
1	15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	0.7	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)	1 August 2021	Tokyo	[17]
2	15.50 m (50 ft 10 in)	0.9	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	10 August 1995	Gothenburg
3	15.39 m (50 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	0.5	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	17 August 2008	Beijing
4	15.36 m (50 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	indoor	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	6 March 2004	Budapest
5	15.32 m (50 ft 3 in)	0.9	Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE)	21 August 2004	Athens
6	15.31 m (50 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	0.0	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	18 July 2014	Monaco
7	15.29 m (50 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	0.3	Yamilé Aldama (CUB)	11 July 2003	Rome
8	15.28 m (50 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	0.9	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	31 August 2007	Osaka
9	15.25 m (50 ft 1⁄4 in)	1.7	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	4 September 2010	Split
10	15.20 m (49 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	0.0	Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)	4 August 1997	Athens
		−0.3	Tereza Marinova (BUL)	24 September 2000	Sydney
12	15.18 m (49 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	0.3	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	10 August 1995	Gothenburg
13	15.16 m (49 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	0.1	Rodica Mateescu (ROU)	4 August 1997	Athens
		0.7	Trecia Smith (JAM)	2 August 2004	Linz
		indoor	Ashia Hansen (GBR)	28 February 1998	Valencia
16	15.14 m (49 ft 8 in)	1.9	Nadezhda Alekhina (RUS)	26 July 2009	Cheboksary
17	15.09 m (49 ft 6 in)	0.5	Anna Biryukova (RUS)	29 August 1993	Stuttgart
		−0.5	Inna Lasovskaya (RUS)	31 May 1997	Valencia
19	15.08 m (49 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	indoor	Marija Šestak (SLO)	13 February 2008	Peania
20	15.07 m (49 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	−0.6	Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE)	22 August 1999	Seville
21	15.04 m (49 ft 4 in)	1.7	Ekaterina Koneva (RUS)	30 May 2015	Eugene
22	15.03 m (49 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	1.9	Magdelin Martinez (ITA)	26 June 2004	Rome
		indoor	Iolanda Chen (RUS)	11 March 1995	Barcelona
24	15.02 m (49 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	0.9	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)	9 August 2006	Gothenburg
25	15.01 m (49 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	1.0	Patricia Mamona (POR)	1 August 2021	Tokyo	[18]

Notes[]

Below is a list of all other legal performances (excluding ancillary jumps) equal or superior to 15.20 m:

• Yulimar Rojas also jumped 15.52 (2021), 15.43 (2020i & 2021), 15.41 (2019), 15.37 (2019) and 15.31 (2021).
• Tatyana Lebedeva also jumped 15.34 (2004), 15.33 (2004), 15.32 (2000), 15.25 (2001 & 2004i) and 15.23 (2004 & 2006).
• Inessa Kravets also jumped 15.33 (1996).
• Françoise Mbango Etone also jumped 15.30 (2004).
• Yamilé Aldama also jumped 15.28 (2004), 15.27 (2003) and 15.21 (2004).
• Hrysopiyí Devetzí also jumped 15.25 (2004).

Assisted marks[]

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the best wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 15.01 m). Only best assisted mark that is superior to legal best is shown:

• Magdelin Martínez jumped 15.24 (+4.2) at high altitude in Sestriere, Italy, on 1 August 2004.
• Anna Pyatykh jumped 15.17 (+2.4) in Athens, Greece, on 2 July 2006.
• Keila da Silva Costa jumped 15.10 (+2.7) in Uberlândia, Brazil, on 6 May 2007.
• Olga Saladukha jumped 15.06 (+2.3) in Stockholm, Sweden, on 29 July 2011.
• Liadagmis Povea jumped 15.05 (+3.1) in Havana, Cuba, on 8 March 2019.

Olympic medalists[]

Men[]

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

Women[]

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

World Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL)	Willie Banks (USA)	Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)
1987 Rome details	Khristo Markov (BUL)	Mike Conley (USA)	Oleg Sakirkin (URS)
1991 Tokyo details	Kenny Harrison (USA)	Leonid Voloshin (URS)	Mike Conley (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Mike Conley (USA)	Leonid Voloshin (RUS)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
1995 Gothenburg details	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	Brian Wellman (BER)	Jérôme Romain (DMA)
1997 Athens details	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)
1999 Seville details	Charles Friedek (GER)	Rostislav Dimitrov (BUL)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
2001 Edmonton details	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	Christian Olsson (SWE)	Igor Spasovkhodskiy (RUS)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Christian Olsson (SWE)	Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)	Leevan Sands (BAH)
2005 Helsinki details	Walter Davis (USA)	Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)	Marian Oprea (ROU)
2007 Osaka details	Nelson Évora (POR)	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	Walter Davis (USA)
2009 Berlin details	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	Nelson Évora (POR)	Alexis Copello (CUB)
2011 Daegu details	Christian Taylor (USA)	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	Will Claye (USA)
2013 Moscow details	Teddy Tamgho (FRA)	Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB)	Will Claye (USA)
2015 Beijing details	Christian Taylor (USA)	Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB)	Nelson Évora (POR)
2017 London details	Christian Taylor (USA)	Will Claye (USA)	Nelson Évora (POR)
2019 Doha details	Christian Taylor (USA)	Will Claye (USA)	Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)

Women[]

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993 Stuttgart details	Anna Biryukova (RUS)	Yolanda Chen (RUS)	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)
1995 Gothenburg details	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	Anna Biryukova (RUS)
1997 Athens details	Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)	Rodica Mateescu (ROU)	Olena Hovorova (UKR)
1999 Seville details	Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE)	Yamilé Aldama (CUB)	Olga Vasdeki (GRE)
2001 Edmonton details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	Tereza Marinova (BUL)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	Magdelín Martínez (ITA)
2005 Helsinki details	Trecia Smith (JAM)	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2007 Osaka[B] details	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2009 Berlin details	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	Mabel Gay (CUB)	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2011 Daegu details	Olha Saladukha (UKR)	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)
2013 Moscow details	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	Ekaterina Koneva (RUS)	Olha Saladukha (UKR)
2015 Beijing details	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (ISR)	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
2017 London details	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
2019 Doha details	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)	Shanieka Ricketts (JAM)	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)

Note[]

• ^B The original bronze medalist (Hrysopiyi Devetzi of Greece) was disqualified for doping in 2016.^[19]

World Indoor Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A] details	Khristo Markov (BUL)	Lázaro Betancourt (CUB)	Lázaro Balcindes (CUB)
1987 Indianapolis details	Mike Conley (USA)	(URS)	Frank Rutherford (BAH)
1989 Budapest details	Mike Conley (USA)	Jorge Reyna (CUB)	Juan Miguel López (CUB)
1991 Seville details	Igor Lapshin (URS)	Leonid Voloshin (URS)	Tord Henriksson (SWE)
1993 Toronto details	Pierre Camara (FRA)	Māris Bružiks (LAT)	Brian Wellman (BER)
1995 Barcelona details	Brian Wellman (BER)	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	Serge Hélan (FRA)
1997 Paris details	Yoel García (CUB)	Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)	Aleksandr Aseledchenko (RUS)
1999 Maebashi details	Charles Friedek (GER)	LaMark Carter (USA)	Zsolt Czingler (HUN)
2001 Lisbon details	Paolo Camossi (ITA)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	Andrew Murphy (AUS)
2003 Birmingham details	Christian Olsson (SWE)	Walter Davis (USA)	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
2004 Budapest details	Christian Olsson (SWE)	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)
2006 Moscow details	Walter Davis (USA)	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)
2008 Valencia details	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	Arnie David Giralt (CUB)	Nelson Évora (POR)
2010 Doha details	Teddy Tamgho (FRA)	Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)	Arnie David Giralt (CUB)
2012 Istanbul details	Will Claye (USA)	Christian Taylor (USA)	Lyukman Adams (RUS)
2014 Sopot details	Lyukman Adams (RUS)	Ernesto Revé (CUB)	Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB)
2016 Portland details	Dong Bin (CHN)	Max Heß (GER)	Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
2018 Birmingham details	Will Claye (USA)	Almir dos Santos (BRA)	Nelson Évora (POR)

• ^A Known as the World Indoor Games

Women[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993 Toronto details	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	Yolanda Chen (RUS)	Inna Lasovskaya (RUS)
1995 Barcelona details	Yolanda Chen (RUS)	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	Ren Ruiping (CHN)
1997 Paris details	Inna Lasovskaya (RUS)	Ashia Hansen (GBR)	Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)
1999 Maebashi details	Ashia Hansen (GBR)	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)
2001 Lisbon details	Tereza Marinova (BUL)	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Tiombe Hurd (USA)
2003 Birmingham details	Ashia Hansen (GBR)	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	Kéné Ndoye (SEN)
2004 Budapest details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Yamilé Aldama (SUD)	Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE)
2006 Moscow details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)	Yamilé Aldama (SUD)
2008 Valencia details	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE)	Marija Šestak (SLO)
2010 Doha details	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2012 Istanbul details	Yamilé Aldama (GBR)	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	Mabel Gay (CUB)
2014 Sopot details	Ekaterina Koneva (RUS)	Olha Saladukha (UKR)	Kimberly Williams (JAM)
2016 Portland details	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)	Kristin Gierisch (GER)	Paraskevi Papachristou (GRE)
2018 Birmingham details	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)	Kimberly Williams (JAM)	Ana Peleteiro (ESP)

Season's bests[]

Men[] Year Mark Athlete Place 1967 16.92 m (55 ft 6 in)  Aleksandr Zolotarev (URS) Chorzow 1968 17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in) A  Viktor Saneyev (URS) Mexico City 1969 16.94 m (55 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Viktor Saneyev (URS) Athens 1970 17.34 m (56 ft 10+1⁄2 in)  Viktor Saneyev (URS) Suhumi 1971 17.40 m (57 ft 1 in)  Pedro Pérez (CUB) Cali 1972 17.44 m (57 ft 2+1⁄2 in)  Viktor Saneyev (URS) Suhumi 1973 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in)  Mikhail Bariban (URS) Moscow 1974 17.23 m (56 ft 6+1⁄4 in)  Viktor Saneyev (URS) Rome 1975 17.89 m (58 ft 8+1⁄4 in) A  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) Mexico City 1976 17.38 m (57 ft 1⁄4 in)  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) Rio de Janeiro 1977 17.19 m (56 ft 4+3⁄4 in)   (USA) Sochi 1978 17.44 m (57 ft 2+1⁄2 in)  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) Bratislava 1979 17.27 m (56 ft 7+3⁄4 in)  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) San Juan 1980 17.35 m (56 ft 11 in)  Jaak Uudmäe (URS) Moscow 1981 17.56 m (57 ft 7+1⁄4 in)  Willie Banks (USA) Sacramento 1982 17.57 m (57 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  Keith Connor (GBR) Provo 1983 17.55 m (57 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) Moscow 1984 17.46 m (57 ft 3+1⁄4 in)  Oleg Protsenko (URS) Moscow 1985 17.97 m (58 ft 11+1⁄4 in)  Willie Banks (USA) Indianapolis 1986 17.80 m (58 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Khristo Markov (BUL) Budapest 1987 17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in)  Khristo Markov (BUL) Rome 1988 17.77 m (58 ft 3+1⁄2 in)  Khristo Markov (BUL) Sofia 1989 17.65 m (57 ft 10+3⁄4 in) i  Mike Conley (USA) Budapest 1990 17.93 m (58 ft 9+3⁄4 in)  Kenny Harrison (USA) Stockholm 1991 17.78 m (58 ft 4 in)  Kenny Harrison (USA) Tokyo 1992 17.72 m (58 ft 1+1⁄2 in)  Mike Conley (USA) Zürich 1993 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in)  Mike Conley (USA) Stuttgart 1994 17.77 m (58 ft 3+1⁄2 in) i  Leonid Voloshin (RUS) Grenoble 1995 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) Gothenburg 1996 18.09 m (59 ft 4 in)  Kenny Harrison (USA) Atlanta 1997 17.85 m (58 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) Athens 1998 18.01 m (59 ft 1 in)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) Oslo 1999 17.59 m (57 ft 8+1⁄2 in)  Charles Friedek (GER) Seville 2000 17.71 m (58 ft 1 in)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) Sydney 2001 17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) Edmonton 2002 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) Manchester 2003 17.77 m (58 ft 3+1⁄2 in)  Christian Olsson (SWE) Haina 2004 17.83 m (58 ft 5+3⁄4 in) i  Christian Olsson (SWE) Budapest 2005 17.81 m (58 ft 5 in)  Marian Oprea (ROM) Lausanne 2006 17.74 m (58 ft 2+1⁄4 in) i  Marian Oprea (ROM) Bucharest 2007 17.90 m (58 ft 8+1⁄2 in)  Jadel Gregório (BRA) Belém 2008 17.75 m (58 ft 2+3⁄4 in) i  Phillips Idowu (GBR) Valencia 2009 17.73 m (58 ft 2 in)  Phillips Idowu (GBR) Berlin 2010 17.98 m (58 ft 11+3⁄4 in)  Teddy Tamgho (FRA) New York City 2011 17.96 m (58 ft 11 in)  Christian Taylor (USA) Daegu 2012 17.81 m (58 ft 5 in)  Christian Taylor (USA) London 2013 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)  Teddy Tamgho (FRA) Moscow 2014 17.76 m (58 ft 3 in)  Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB) Havana 2015 18.21 m (59 ft 8+3⁄4 in)  Christian Taylor (USA) Beijing 2016 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in)  Christian Taylor (USA) Rio de Janeiro 2017 18.11 m (59 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Christian Taylor (USA) Eugene 2018 17.95 m (58 ft 10+1⁄2 in)  Pedro Pablo Pichardo (POR) Doha 2019 18.14 m (59 ft 6 in)  Will Claye (USA) Long Beach 2020 17.77 m (58 ft 3+1⁄2 in) i  Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) Paris 2021 18.07 m (59 ft 3+1⁄4 in) i  Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) Aubière

Women[] Year Mark Athlete Place 1986 13.68 m (44 ft 10+1⁄2 in)  Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia (BRA) Indianapolis 1987 14.04 m (46 ft 3⁄4 in)  Li Huirong (CHN) Hamamatsu 1988 14.16 m (46 ft 5+1⁄4 in)  Li Huirong (CHN) Shijiazhuang 1989 14.52 m (47 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  Galina Chistyakova (URS) Stockholm 1990 14.54 m (47 ft 8+1⁄4 in)  Li Huirong (CHN) Sapporo 1991 14.95 m (49 ft 1⁄2 in)  Inessa Kravets (URS) Moscow 1992 14.62 m (47 ft 11+1⁄2 in)  Galina Chistyakova (RUS) Villeneuve d'Ascq 1993 15.09 m (49 ft 6 in)  Anna Biryukova (RUS) Stuttgart 1994 14.98 m (49 ft 1+3⁄4 in)  Sofiya Bozhanova (BUL) Stara Zagora 1995 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in)  Inessa Kravets (UKR) Gothenburg 1996 15.33 m (50 ft 3+1⁄2 in)  Inessa Kravets (UKR) Sacramento 1997 15.20 m (49 ft 10+1⁄4 in)  Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) Athens 1998 15.16 m (49 ft 8+3⁄4 in) i  Ashia Hansen (GBR) Maebashi 1999 15.07 m (49 ft 5+1⁄4 in)  Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE) Seville 2000 15.32 m (50 ft 3 in)  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Yokohama 2001 15.25 m (50 ft 1⁄4 in)  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Edmonton 2002 14.95 m (49 ft 1⁄2 in)  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) Radès 2003 15.29 m (50 ft 1+3⁄4 in)  Yamilé Aldama (CUB) Rome 2004 15.36 m (50 ft 4+1⁄2 in) i  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Budapest 2005 15.11 m (49 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Saint-Denis  Trecia Smith (JAM) Helsinki 2006 15.23 m (49 ft 11+1⁄2 in)  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Athens 2007 15.28 m (50 ft 1+1⁄2 in)  Yargelis Savigne (CUB) Osaka 2008 15.39 m (50 ft 5+3⁄4 in)  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) Beijing 2009 15.14 m (49 ft 8 in)  Nadezhda Alekhina (RUS) Cheboksary 2010 15.25 m (50 ft 1⁄4 in)  Olga Rypakova (KAZ) Split 2011 14.99 m (49 ft 2 in)  Yargelis Savigne (CUB) Saint-Denis 14.99 m (49 ft 2 in) A  Caterine Ibargüen (COL) Bogotá 2012 14.99 m (49 ft 2 in)  Olha Saladuha (UKR) Helsinki 2013 14.88 m (48 ft 9+3⁄4 in) i  Olha Saladuha (UKR) Gothenburg 2014 15.31 m (50 ft 2+3⁄4 in)  Caterine Ibargüen (COL) Monaco 2015 15.04 m (49 ft 4 in)  Ekaterina Koneva (RUS) Eugene 2016 15.17 m (49 ft 9 in)  Caterine Ibargüen (COL) Rio de Janeiro 2017 14.96 m (49 ft 3⁄4 in)  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) Andujar 2018 14.96 m (49 ft 3⁄4 in)  Caterine Ibargüen (COL) Rabat 2019 15.11 m (49 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) Lima 2020 15.43 m (50 ft 7+1⁄4 in) i  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) Madrid 2021 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) Tokyo

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