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	Inessa Kravets 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in) (1995)
Olympic records
Men	Kenny Harrison 18.09 m (59 ft 4 in) (1996)
Women	Françoise Mbango 15.39 m (50 ft 5 3&fras1;4 in) (2008)
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)

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.^[1]

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."^[2]

The current male and female world record holders are Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain & N.I., with a jump of 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in), and Inessa Kravets of Ukraine, with a jump of 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in). Both records were set during 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg.

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

The triple jump was a part of the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens, although at the time it consisted of two hops on the same foot and then a jump.^[5] 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.^[6]

In Irish mythology the geal-ruith (triple jump), was an event contested in the ancient Irish Tailteann Games as early as 1829 BC.^[7]

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 a physical 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; (furthest from the pit to closest) 40 ft, 32 ft, and 24 ft. 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.^[8]

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 sand pit 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 12 jumps made by two leading competitors (from Brazil and Australia) thus helping two Soviet jumpers win the Gold and Silver medals.

Records

• As of January 2021^[9][10]

Area	Men's		Women's
	Mark (m)	Athlete	Mark (m)	Athlete
World	18.29 m (60 ft 0 in)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	15.50 m (50 ft 10 in)	Inessa Kravets (UKR)
Continental records
Africa	18.07 m (59 ft 3 1&fras1;4 in) i	Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)	15.39 m (50 ft 5 3&fras1;4 in)	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)
Asia	17.59 m (57 ft 8 1&fras1;2 in)	Yanxi Li (CHN)	15.25 m (50 ft 1&fras1;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&fras1;4 in)	Christian Taylor (USA)	15.29 m (50 ft 1 3&fras1;4 in)	Yamilé Aldama (CUB)
Oceania	17.46 m (57 ft 3 1&fras1;4 in)	Ken Lorraway (AUS)	14.04 m (46 ft 3&fras1;4 in)	Nicole Mladenis (AUS)
South America	17.90 m (58 ft 8 1&fras1;2 in)	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	15.43 m (50 ft 7 1&fras1;4 in) i	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)

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

All-time top 25

Key

set prior to IAAF acceptance of indoor events as equivalent with outdoor events (in 2000)

Men (absolute)

• As of January 2021^[11][12]

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&fras1;4 in)	0.2	Christian Taylor (USA)	27 August 2015	Beijing	[13]
3	18.14 m (59 ft 6 in)	0.4	Will Claye (USA)	29 June 2019	Long Beach	[14]
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&fras1;4 in)	0.0	Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB)	28 May 2015	Havana	[15]
6	18.07 m (59 ft 3 1&fras1;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&fras1;4 in)	1.5	Willie Banks (USA)	16 June 1985	Indianapolis
9	17.92 m (58 ft 9 1&fras1;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&fras1;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&fras1;4 in) A	0.0	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	15 October 1975	Mexico City
14	17.87 m (58 ft 7 1&fras1;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&fras1;4 in)	0.0	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	8 August 1997	Athens
17	17.83 m (58 ft 5 3&fras1;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&fras1;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 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), 17.96 (2015), 17.95 (2018) and 17.94 (2015).
• 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).

Wind-assisted jumps

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 marks that are superior to legal bests are 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 March 2020^[16][17]

Rank	Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
1	15.50 m (50 ft 10 in)	0.9	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	10 August 1995	Gothenburg
2	15.43 m (50 ft 7 1&fras1;4 in)	indoor	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)	21 February 2020	Madrid	[18]
3	15.39 m (50 ft 5 3&fras1;4 in)	0.5	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	17 August 2008	Beijing
4	15.36 m (50 ft 4 1&fras1;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&fras1;4 in)	0.0	Catherine Ibargüen (COL)	18 July 2014	Monaco
7	15.29 m (50 ft 1 3&fras1;4 in)	0.3	Yamilé Aldama (CUB)	11 July 2003	Rome
8	15.28 m (50 ft 1 1&fras1;2 in)	0.9	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	31 August 2007	Osaka
9	15.25 m (50 ft 1&fras1;4 in)	1.7	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	4 September 2010	Split
10	15.20 m (49 ft 10 1&fras1;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&fras1;2 in)	0.3	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	10 August 1995	Gothenburg
13	15.16 m (49 ft 8 3&fras1;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&fras1;2 in)	indoor	Marija Šestak (SLO)	13 February 2008	Peania
20	15.07 m (49 ft 5 1&fras1;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&fras1;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&fras1;4 in)	0.9	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)	9 August 2006	Gothenburg
25	15.00 m (49 ft 2 1&fras1;2 in)	1.2	Kene Ndoye (SEN)	4 July 2004	Iraklio

Notes

Below is a list of all other legal jumps equal or superior to 15.20 m:

• Yulimar Rojas also jumped 15.41 (2019) and 15.37 (2019).
• 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).

Wind-assisted jumps

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 15.00 m). Only marks that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Magdelin Martínez jumped 15.24 (+4.2) at 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	James Connolly United States	Alexandre Tuffère France	Ioannis Persakis Greece
1900 Paris	Myer Prinstein United States	James Connolly United States	Lewis Sheldon United States
1904 St. Louis	Myer Prinstein United States	Fred Englehardt United States	Robert Stangland United States
1908 London	Tim Ahearne Great Britain	Garfield MacDonald Canada	Edvard Larsen Norway
1912 Stockholm	Gustaf Lindblom Sweden	Georg Åberg Sweden	Erik Almlöf Sweden
1920 Antwerp	Vilho Tuulos Finland	Folke Jansson Sweden	Erik Almlöf Sweden
1924 Paris	Nick Winter Australia	Luis Brunetto Argentina	Vilho Tuulos Finland
1928 Amsterdam	Mikio Oda Japan	Levi Casey United States	Vilho Tuulos Finland
1932 Los Angeles	Chūhei Nambu Japan	Erik Svensson Sweden	Kenkichi Oshima Japan
1936 Berlin	Naoto Tajima Japan	Masao Harada Japan	Jack Metcalfe Australia
1948 London	Arne Åhman Sweden	George Avery Australia	Ruhi Sarialp Turkey
1952 Helsinki	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	Leonid Shcherbakov Soviet Union	Asnoldo Devonish Venezuela
1956 Melbourne	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	Vilhjálmur Einarsson Iceland	Vitold Kreyer Soviet Union
1960 Rome	Józef Szmidt Poland	Vladimir Goryaev Soviet Union	Vitold Kreyer Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo	Józef Szmidt Poland	Oleg Fyodoseyev Soviet Union	Viktor Kravchenko Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City	Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union	Nelson Prudencio Brazil	Giuseppe Gentile Italy
1972 Munich	Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union	Jörg Drehmel East Germany	Nelson Prudencio Brazil
1976 Montreal	Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union	James Butts United States	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil
1980 Moscow	Jaak Uudmäe Soviet Union	Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil
1984 Los Angeles	Al Joyner United States	Mike Conley Sr. United States	Keith Connor Great Britain
1988 Seoul	Khristo Markov Bulgaria	Igor Lapshin Soviet Union	Aleksandr Kovalenko Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona	Mike Conley Sr. United States	Charles Simpkins United States	Frank Rutherford Bahamas
1996 Atlanta	Kenny Harrison United States	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba
2000 Sydney	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain	Yoel García Cuba	Denis Kapustin Russia
2004 Athens	Christian Olsson Sweden	Marian Oprea Romania	Danil Burkenya Russia
2008 Beijing	Nelson Évora Portugal	Phillips Idowu Great Britain	Leevan Sands Bahamas
2012 London	Christian Taylor United States	Will Claye United States	Fabrizio Donato Italy
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Christian Taylor United States	Will Claye United States	Dong Bin China

Women

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

World Championships medalists

Men

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

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993 Stuttgart	Anna Biryukova (RUS)	Yolanda Chen (RUS)	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)
1995 Gothenburg	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	Anna Biryukova (RUS)
1997 Athens	Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)	Rodica Mateescu (ROU)	Olena Hovorova (UKR)
1999 Seville	Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE)	Yamilé Aldama (CUB)	Olga Vasdeki (GRE)
2001 Edmonton	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	Tereza Marinova (BUL)
2003 Saint-Denis	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	Magdelín Martínez (ITA)
2005 Helsinki	Trecia Smith (JAM)	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2007 Osaka[B]	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2009 Berlin	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	Mabel Gay (CUB)	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)
2011 Daegu	Olha Saladukha (UKR)	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)
2013 Moscow	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	Ekaterina Koneva (RUS)	Olha Saladukha (UKR)
2015 Beijing	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (ISR)	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
2017 London	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
2019 Doha	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]	Khristo Markov (BUL)	Lázaro Betancourt (CUB)	Lázaro Balcindes (CUB)
1987 Indianapolis	Mike Conley (USA)	Oleg Prozenko (URS)	Frank Rutherford (BAH)
1989 Budapest	Mike Conley (USA)	Jorge Reyna (CUB)	Juan Miguel López (CUB)
1991 Seville	Igor Lapshin (URS)	Leonid Voloshin (URS)	Tord Henriksson (SWE)
1993 Toronto	Pierre Camara (FRA)	Māris Bružiks (LAT)	Brian Wellman (BER)
1995 Barcelona	Brian Wellman (BER)	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	Serge Hélan (FRA)
1997 Paris	Yoel García (CUB)	Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)	Aleksandr Aseledchenko (RUS)
1999 Maebashi	Charles Friedek (GER)	LaMark Carter (USA)	Zsolt Czingler (HUN)
2001 Lisbon	Paolo Camossi (ITA)	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	Andrew Murphy (AUS)
2003 Birmingham	Christian Olsson (SWE)	Walter Davis (USA)	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
2004 Budapest	Christian Olsson (SWE)	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)
2006 Moscow	Walter Davis (USA)	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)
2008 Valencia	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	Arnie David Giralt (CUB)	Nelson Évora (POR)
2010 Doha	Teddy Tamgho (FRA)	Yoandri Betanzos (CUB)	Arnie David Giralt (CUB)
2012 Istanbul	Will Claye (USA)	Christian Taylor (USA)	Lyukman Adams (RUS)
2014 Sopot	Lyukman Adams (RUS)	Ernesto Revé (CUB)	Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB)
2016 Portland	Dong Bin (CHN)	Max Heß (GER)	Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
2018 Birmingham	Will Claye (USA)	Almir dos Santos (BRA)	Nelson Évora (POR)

• ^A Known as the World Indoor Games

Women

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

Season's bests

References

External links

• IAAF triple jump homepage
• IAAF list of triple-jump records in XML