Men · World record

Triple Jump

The current record and its documented progression: 27 ratified records from 1911 to 1995.

Current record

18.29+1.3

Jonathan EdwardsGBRGothenburg · 7 Aug 1995

31 years standing0.13 m improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record

1911 · 15.52 Dan Ahearn1924 · 15.52 Nick Winter1931 · 15.58 Mikio Oda1932 · 15.72 Chuhei Nambu1935 · 15.78 Jack Metcalfe1936 · 16.00 Naoto Tajima1950 · 16.00 Adhemar da Silva1951 · 16.01 Adhemar da Silva1952 · 16.12 Adhemar da Silva1952 · 16.22 Adhemar da Silva1953 · 16.23 Leonid Shcherbakov1955 · 16.56 Adhemar da Silva1958 · 16.59 Oleg Ryakhovskiy1959 · 16.70 Oleg Fyodoseyev1960 · 17.03 Józef Szmidt1968 · 17.10 Giuseppe Gentile1968 · 17.22 Giuseppe Gentile1968 · 17.23 Viktor Sanyeyev1968 · 17.27 Nelson Prudêncio1968 · 17.39 Viktor Sanyeyev1971 · 17.40 Pedro Pérez1972 · 17.44 Viktor Sanyeyev1975 · 17.89 João Carlos de Oliveira1985 · 17.97 Willie Banks1995 · 17.98 Jonathan Edwards1995 · 18.16 Jonathan Edwards1995 · 18.29 Jonathan Edwards 18.2915.52

19111950 · Silva 16.001959 · Fyodoseyev 16.701971 · Pérez 17.401995 · Edwards 18.29

Documented records

27 ratified · 8 at altitude · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1366044852, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkWindAthleteNationVenueDateStood
18.29 1.3 Jonathan Edwards GBR Gothenburg, Sweden 7 Aug 1995 31 yrs
18.16 1.3 Jonathan Edwards GBR Gothenburg, Sweden 7 Aug 1995 0 d
17.98 1.8 Jonathan Edwards GBR Salamanca, Spain 18 Jul 1995 20 d
17.97 1.5 Willie Banks USA Indianapolis, U.S. 16 Jun 1985 10 yrs
17.89A 0.0 João Carlos de Oliveira BRA Mexico City, Mexico 15 Oct 1975 9 yrs
17.44 -0.5 Viktor Sanyeyev URS Sukhumi, Soviet Union 17 Oct 1972 2 yrs
17.40A 0.4 Pedro Pérez CUB Cali, Colombia 5 Aug 1971 1 yr
17.39A 2.0 Viktor Sanyeyev URS Mexico City, Mexico 17 Oct 1968 2 yrs
17.27A 2.0 Nelson Prudêncio BRA Mexico City, Mexico 17 Oct 1968 0 d
17.23A 2.0 Viktor Sanyeyev URS Mexico City, Mexico 17 Oct 1968 0 d
17.22A 0.0 Giuseppe Gentile ITA Mexico City, Mexico 17 Oct 1968 0 d
17.10A 0.0 Giuseppe Gentile ITA Mexico City, Mexico 16 Oct 1968 1 d
17.03 1.0 Józef Szmidt POL Olsztyn, Poland 5 Aug 1960 8 yrs
16.70 0.0 Oleg Fyodoseyev URS Nalchik, Soviet Union 3 May 1959 1 yr
16.59 1.0 Oleg Ryakhovskiy URS Moscow, Soviet Union 28 Jul 1958 279 d
16.56A 0.2 Adhemar da Silva BRA Mexico City, Mexico 16 Mar 1955 3 yrs
16.23 1.5 Leonid Shcherbakov URS Moscow, Soviet Union 19 Jul 1953 1 yr
16.22 Adhemar da Silva BRA Helsinki, Finland 23 Jul 1952 361 d
16.12 Adhemar da Silva BRA Helsinki, Finland 23 Jul 1952 0 d
16.01 1.2 Adhemar da Silva BRA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 30 Sep 1951 297 d
16.00 1.6 Adhemar da Silva BRA São Paulo, Brazil 3 Dec 1950 301 d
16.00 0.6 Naoto Tajima JPN Berlin, Germany 6 Aug 1936 14 yrs
15.78 Jack Metcalfe AUS Sydney, Australia 14 Dec 1935 236 d
15.72 Chuhei Nambu JPN Los Angeles, U.S. 4 Aug 1932 3 yrs
15.58 Mikio Oda JPN Tokyo, Japan 27 Oct 1931 282 d
15.52 Nick Winter AUS Paris, France 12 Jul 1924 7 yrs
15.52 Dan Ahearn USA New York City, U.S. 30 May 1911 13 yrs

Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.