Triple Jump

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017

1896	James B. Connolly, United States	45 ft
1900	Myer Prinstein, United States	47 ft 4.25 in
1904	Myer Prinstein, United States	47 ft
1906	P.G. O'Connor, Ireland	46 ft 2 in
1908	Timothy Ahearne, Great Britain	48 ft 1.25 in
1912	Gustaf Lindblom, Sweden	48 ft 5.125 in
1920	Vilho Tuulos, Finland	47 ft 6.875 in
1924	Archie Winter, Australia	50 ft 11.125 in
1928	Mikio Oda, Japan	49 ft 10.8125 in
1932	Chuhei Nambu, Japan	51 ft 7 in
1936	Naoto Tajima, Japan	52 ft 5.875 in
1948	Arne Ahman, Sweden	50 ft 6.25 in
1952	Adhemar da Silva, Brazil	53 ft 2.5 in
1956	Adhemar da Silva, Brazil	53 ft 7.5 in
1960	Jozef Schmidt, Poland	55 ft 1.75 in
1964	Jozef Schmidt, Poland	55 ft 3.25 in
1968	Viktor Saneyev, USSR	57 ft 0.75 in
1972	Viktor Saneyev, USSR	56 ft 11 in
1976	Viktor Saneyev, USSR	56 ft 8.75 in
1980	Jaak Uudmae, USSR	56 ft 11.125 in
1984	Al Joyner, United States	56 ft 7.5 in
1988	Hristo Markov, Bulgaria	57 ft 9.25 in
1992	Mike Conley, United States	59 ft 7.5 in
1996	Kenny Harrison, United States	59 ft 4.25 in
2000	Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain	58 ft 1.25 in
2004	Christian Olsson, Sweden	58 ft 4.39 in
2008	Nelson Evora, Portugal	57 ft 11.66 in

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