The triple jump is one of the 12 original track and field events held at the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896. Since then, athletes from Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Soviet Union, Sweden, and the United States have won the event. Americans have won the Olympic triple jump final 6 times, the most by any nation. The United States won all three medals in 1900 and 1904, as did Sweden in 1912. Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) won the event three times from 1968 to 1976, the most by a single competitor. Meyer Prinstein (United States) won twice in 1900 and 1904, as did Ademar Ferreira da Silva (Brazil) in 1952 and 1956, and Josef Schmidt (Poland) in 1960 and 1964.
Eleven (11) athletes have won more than 1 medal in the Olympic triple jump final. Viktor Sanyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) leads the individual medal count with 4 (3 gold, 1 silver), followed by Vilho Tuulos (Finland) with 3 (1gold, 2 bronze), Ademar Ferreira da Silva (Brazil) with 2 gold, Josef Schmidt (Poland) with 2 gold, Meyer Prinstein (United States) with 2 gold, James Connolly (United States) with 2 (1 gold, 1 silver), Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain/England) with 2 (1 gold, 1 silver), Mike Conley (United States) with 2 (1 gold, 1 silver), Nelson Prudencio (Brazil) with 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze), Joao Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil) with 2 bronze, and Vitold Kreyer (Soviet Union/Russia) with 2 bronze medals.
Twenty-five (25) nations have won medals in the Olympic triple jump final. The United States leads the medal count with 17 (7 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze), followed by the Soviet Union with 13 (4 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze), Sweden with 8 (3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), Great Britain with 6 (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), Brazil with 6 (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze), Japan with 5 (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), Australia with 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), Finland with 3 (1 gold, 2 bronze), Poland with 2 gold medals, Cuba with 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze), the Bahamas with 2 bronze medals, Bulgaria with 1 gold, Ireland with 1 gold, Portugal with 1 gold, Argentina with 1 silver, Canada with 1 silver, France with 1 silver, the German Democratic Republic with 1 silver, Iceland with 1 silver, Romania with 1 silver, Greece with 1 bronze, Italy with 1 bronze, Norway with 1 bronze, Turkey with 1 bronze, and Venezuela with 1 bronze.
Thirty-eight (38) nations have scored points for placing in the Olympic triple jump final. The United States leads scoring with 239 points, followed by the Soviet Union (116), Great Britain (86), Sweden (81), Japan (61), Brazil (60), Finland (41), Cuba (39), Poland (30), Norway (26), Romania (22), France (18), Bulgaria (17, Germany (17), Bahamas (16), Greece (15), Russia (14), Canada (13), Iceland (12), Portugal (10), Argentina (8), German Democratic Republic (8), Bermuda (7), Commonwealth of Independent States (7), Federal Republic of Germany (7), Hungary (7), Turkey (7), Australia (6), China (6), Italy (6), Netherlands (6), Czechoslovakia (6), Venezuela (6), Denmark (6), Ireland (5), Armenia (4), Nigeria (4), and Senegal (4).
(Points for Place: 1st=10 points; 2nd =8 points; 3rd=6 points; 4th=5 points; 5th =4 points; 6th=3 points; 7th=2 points; 8th=1 point)
From 1956 to 1964, both the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) competed as a single team. From 1968 to 1988, they competed separately, reuniting as a single German team in 1992, after German reunification in 1991.
Following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the former Soviet Socialist Republics, expect for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, competed as the Commonwealth of Independent States, or the “Unified Team” in 1992.
World and Olympic records noted are the records immediately before the final, including marks established in the qualifying rounds.
1896 Athens (April 6)
World Record: 15.25 meters (50 feet 0.25 inches) Daniel Shanahan (Ireland)
1, James Connolly (United States) 13.71 meters (44 feet 11.75 inches) (OR)
2, Alexandre Tuffere (France) 12.70 meters (41 feet 8 inches)
3, Ioannis Persakis (Greece) 12.52 meters (41 feet 0.75 inches)
4, Alajos Szokolyi (Hungary) 11.26 meters (36 feet 11.50 inches)
5, Carl Schumann (Germany) N/M
1900 Paris (July 16.)
World Record: 15.25 meters (50 feet 0.25 inches) Daniel Shanahan (Ireland)
Olympic Record: 13.71 meters (44 feet 11.75 inches) James Connolly (United States) April 6, 1896
1, Meyer Prinstein (United States) 14.47 meters (47 feet 5.75 inches) OR
2, James Connolly (United States) 13.97 meters (45 feet 10 inches)
3, Lewis Sheldon (United States) 13.64 meters (44 feet 9 inches)
4, Patrick Leahy (Great Britain/Ireland) N/M
5, Albert Delannoy (France) N/M
6, Alexandre Tuffere (France) N/M
1904 St. Louis (September 1)
World Record: 15.25 meters (50 feet 0.25 inches) Daniel Shanahan (Ireland)
Olympic Record: 14.47 meters (47 feet 5.75 inches) Meyer Prinstein (United States) July 16, 1900
1, Meyer Prinstein (United States) 14.35 meters (47 feet 1 inch)
2, Fred Englehardt (United States) 13.90 meters (43 feet 7.25 inches)
3, Robert Stangland (United States) 13.36 meters (43 feet 10 inches)
4, John Fuhler (United States) 12.91 meters (42 feet 4.50 inches)
5, George van Cleaf (United States) N/M
6, John Hagerman (United States) N/M
7, Samuel Jones (United States) N/M
1906 Athens (April 30)
World Record: 15.25 meters (50 feet 0.25 inches) Daniel Shanahan (Ireland)
Olympic Record: 14.47 meters (47 feet 5.75 inches) Meyer Prinstein (United States) July 16, 1900
1, Peter O’Connor (Great Britain/Ireland) 14.075 meters (46 feet 2.25 inches)
2, Cornelius “Con” Leahy (Great Britain/Ireland) 13.98 meters (45 feet 10.50 inches)
3, Tom Cronan (United States) 13.70 meters (44 feet 1.50 inches)
4, Oscar Guttormsen (Norway) 13.34 meters (43 feet 9.25 inches)
5, Dimitrios Muller (Greece) 13.12.5 meters (43 feet 0.75 inches)
6, Francis Connolly (United States) 12.75 meters (41 feet 10 inches)
7, Vasilios Stournaras (Greece) 12.725 meters (41 feet 9 inches)
8, Carl Alfred Pedersen (Norway) 12.68 meters (41 feet 7 inches)
1908 London (July 25)
World Record: 15.25 meters (50 feet 0.25 inches) Daniel Shanahan (Ireland)
Olympic Record: 14.72 meters (48 feet 3.75 inches) Timothy Ahearne (Great Britain/Ireland) July 25, 1908
1, Timothy Ahearne (Great Britain/Ireland) 14.92 meters (48 feet 11.25 inches) OR
2, J. Garfield MacDonald (Canada) 14.76 meters (48 feet 5.25 inches)
3, Edvard Larsen (Norway) 14.39 meters (47 feet 2.75 inches)
4, Calvin Bricker (Canada) 14.10 meters (46 feet 3 inches)
5, Platt Adams (United States) 14.07 meters (46 feet 2 inches)
6, Frank Mount Pleasant (United States) 13.97 meters (45 feet 10 inches)
7, Karl Fryksdal (Sweden) 13.65 meters (44 feet 9.25 inches)
8, John Brennan (United States) 13.59 meters 44 feet 7 inches)
1912 Stockholm (July 15)
World Record: 15.52 meters (50 feet 11 inches) Daniel Ahearn (United States) May 30, 1911
Olympic Record: 14.92 meters (48 feet 11.25 inches) Timothy Ahearne (Great Britain/Ireland) July 25, 1908
1, Gustaf Lindblom (Sweden) 14.76 meters (48 feet 5.25 inches)
2, Georg Aberg (Sweden) 14.51 meters (47 feet 7.25 inches)
3, Erik Almlof (Sweden) 14.17 meters (46 feet 6 inches)
4, Erling Vinne (Norway) 14.14 meters (46 feet 4.75 inches)
5, Platt Adams (United States) 14.09 meters (46 feet 2.75 inches)
6, Edvard Larsen (Norway) 14.06 meters (46 feet 1.50 inches)
7, Hjalmar Olsson (Sweden) 14.01 meters (45 feet 11.75 inches)
8, Nils Fiksdal (Norway) 13.96 meters (45 feet 9.75 inches)
1920 Antwerp (August 21)
World Record: 15.52 meters (50 feet 11 inches) Daniel Ahearn (United States) May 30, 1911
Olympic Record: 14.92 meters (48 feet 11.25 inches) Timothy Ahearne (Great Britain/Ireland) July 25, 1908
1, Vilho Tuulos (Finland) 14.505 meters (47 feet 7 inches)
2, Folke Jansson (Sweden) 14.480 meters (47 feet 6 inches)
3, Erik Almlof (Sweden) 14.270 meters (46 feet 9.75 inches)
4, Ivar Sahlin (Sweden) 14.170 meters (46 feet 6 inches)
5, Sherman Landers (United States) 14.170 meters (46 feet 6 inches)
6, Daniel Ahearn (United States) 14.080 meters (46 feet 2.25 inches)
7, Ossian Nylund (Finland) 13.740 meters (45 feet 0.25 inch)
8, Howard Baker (Great Britain/England) 13.675 meters (44 feet 10 inches)
1924 Paris (July 12)
World Record: 15.52 meters (50 feet 11 inches) Daniel Ahearn (United States) May 30, 1911
Olympic Record: 15.425 meters (50 feet 7.25 inches) Luis Brunetto (Argentina) July 12, 1924
1, Nick Winter (Australia) 15.525 meters (50 feet 11.25 inches) WR, OR
2, Luis Brunetto (Argentina) 15.425 meters (50 feet 7.25 inches)
3, Vilho Tuulos (Finland) 15.370 meters (50 feet 5 inches)
4, Vaino Rainio (Finland) 15.010 meters (49 feet 3 inches)
5, Folke Jansson (Sweden) 14.970 meters (49 feet 1.50 inches)
6, Mikio Oda (Japan) 14.350 meters (47 feet 1 inch)
7, Earle Wilson (United States) 14.235 meters (46 feet 8 inches)
8, Ivar Sahlin (Sweden) 14.160 meters (46 feet 5.50 inches)
1928 Amsterdam (August 2)
World Record: 15.525 meters (50 feet 11.25 inches) Nick Winter (Australia) July 12, 1924
Olympic Record: 15.525 meters (50 feet 11.25 inches) Nick Winter (Australia) July 12, 1924
1, Mikio Oda (Japan) 15.21 meters (49 feet 11 inches)
2, Levi Casey (United States) 15.17 meters (49 feet 9.25 inches)
3, Vilho Tuulos (Finland) 15.11 meters (49 feet 7 inches)
4, Chuhei Nambu (Japan) 15.01 meters (49 feet 3 inches)
5, Toimi Tulikoura (Finland) 14.70 meters (48 feet 2.75 inches)
6, Erkki Jarvinen (Finland) 14.65 meters (48 feet 0.75 inches)
7, Willem Peters (Netherlands) 14.55 meters (47 feet 9 inches)
8, Vaino Rainio (Finland) 14.41 meters (47 feet 3.50 inches)
1932 Los Angeles (August 4)
World Record: 15.58 meters Mikio Oda (Japan) October 27, 1931
Olympic Record: 15.525 meters (50 feet 11.25 inches) Nick Winter (Australia) July 12, 1924
1, Chuhei Nambu (Japan) 15.72 meters (51 feet 7 inches) WR, OR
2, Eric Svensson (Sweden) 15.32 meters (50 feet 3.25 inches)
3, Kenkichi Oshima (Japan) 15.12 meters (49 feet 7.25 inches)
4, Eamonn Fitzgerald (Ireland) 15.01 meters (49 feet 3 inches)
5, Willem Peters (Netherlands) 14.93 meters (48 feet 11.75 inches)
6, Sol Furth (United States) 14.88 meters (48 feet 10 inches)
7, Sidney Bowman (United States) 14.87 meters (48 feet 9.5 inches)
8, Rolland Romero (United States) 14.85 meters (48 feet 8.75 inches)
1936 Berlin (August 6)
World Record: 15.78 meters (51 feet 9.25 inches) Jack Metcalfe (Australia) December 14, 1935
Olympic Record: 15.72 meters (51 feet 7 inches) Chuhei Nambu (Japan) August 4, 1932
1, Naoto Tajima (Japan) 16.00 meters (52 feet 6 inches) OR
2, Masao Harada (Japan) 15.66 meters (51 feet 4.50 inches)
3, Jim Metcalfe (Australia) 15.50 meters (50 feet 10.25 inches)
4, Heinz Wollner (Germany) 15.27 meters (50 feet 1.25 inches)
5, Rolland Romero (United States) 15.08 meters (49 feet 5.75 inches)
6, Kenkichi Oshima (Japan) 15.07 meters (49 feet 5.50 inches)
7, Erich Joch (Germany) 14.88 meters (48 feet 10 inches)
8, Dudley Wilkins (United States) 14.83 meters (48 feet 8 inches)
1948 London (August 3)
World Record: 16.00 meters Naoto Tajima (Japan) August 6, 1936
Olympic Record: 16.00 meters Naoto Tajima (Japan) August 6, 1936
1, Arne Ahman (Sweden) 15.40 meters (50 feet 6.25 inches)
2, George Avery (Australia) 15.36 meters (50 feet 4.75 inches)
3, Ruhi Sarialp (Turkey) 15.02 meters (49 feet 3.50 inches)
4, Preben Larsen (Denmark) 14.83 meters (48 feet 8 inches)
5, Geraldo de Oliveira (Brazil) 14.82 meters (48 feet 7.50 inches)
6, Valdemar Rautio (Finland) 14.70 meters (48 feet 2.75 inches)
7, Leslie McKnead (Australia) 14.53 meters (47 feet 8 inches)
8, Helio Coutinho de Silva (Brazil) 14.49 meters (47 feet 6.50 inches)
1952 Helsinki (July 23)
World Record: 16.01 meters Ademar Ferreira da Silva (Brazil) September 30, 1951
Olympic Record: 16.00 meters Naoto Tajima (Japan) August 6, 1936
1, Ademar Ferreira da Silva (Brazil) 16.22 meters (53 feet 2.75 inches) WR, OR
2, Leonid Shcherbakov (Soviet Union/Russia) 15.98 meters (52 feet 5.25 inches)
3, Arnoldo Devonish (Venezuela) 15.52 meters (50 feet 11 inches)
4, Walter Ashbaugh (United States) 15.39 meters (50 feet 6 inches)
5, Rune Nilsen (Norway) 15.13 meters (49 feet 7.75 inches)
6, Yoshio Limuro (Japan) 14.99 meters (49 feet 2.25 inches)
7, Geraldo de Oliveira (Brazil) 14.95 meters (49 feet 0.75 inches)
8, Roger Norman (Sweden) 14.89 meters (48 feet 10.25 inches)
1956 Melbourne (November 27)
World Record: 16.58 meters (54 feet 4 inches) (A) Ademar Ferreira da Silva (Brazil) March 16, 1955
Olympic Record: 16.22 meters (53 feet 2.75 inches) Ademar Ferreira da Silva (Brazil) July 23, 1952
1, Ademar Ferreira da Silva (Brazil) 16.35 meters (53 feet 7.75 inches) OR
2, Vilhjalmur Einarsson (Iceland) 16.26 meters (53 feet 4.25 inches)
3, Vitold Kreyer (Soviet Union/Russia) 16.02 meters (52 feet 6.7.5 inches)
4, William Sharpe (United States) 15.88 meters (52 feet 1.25 inches)
5, Martin Rehak (Czechoslovakia) 15.85 meters (52 feet 0 inches)
6, Leonid Shcherbakov (Soviet Union/Russia) 15.80 meters (51 feet 10 inches)
7, Koji Sakuai (Japan) 15.73 meters (51 feet 7.25 inches)
8, Teruji Kogake (Japan) 15.64 meters (51 feet 3.75 inches)
1960 Rome (September 6)
World Record: 17.03 meters (55 feet 10.5 inches) Josef Schmidt (Poland) August 5, 1960
Olympic Record: 16.44 meters (53 feet 11.25 inches) Josef Schmidt (Poland) September 6, 1960
1, Josef Schmidt (Poland) 16.81 meters (52 feet 2 inches) OR
2, Vladimir Goryayev (Soviet Union/Belarus) 16.63 meters (54 feet 6.75 inches)
3, Vitold Kreyer (Soviet Union/Russia) 16.43 meters (53 feet 11 inches)
4, Ira Davis (United States) 16.41 meters (53 feet 11 inches)
5, Vilhjalmur Einarsson (Iceland) 16.37 meters (53 feet 8.50 inches)
6, Ryszard Malcherczyk (Poland) 16.01 meters (52 feet 6.50 inches)
7, Manfred Hinze (Germany/German Democratic Republic) 15.93 meters (52 feet 3.25 inches)
8, Karl Rahkamo (Finland) 15.84 meters (51 feet 11.75 inches)
1964 Tokyo (October 16)
World Record: 17.03 meters Josef Schmidt (Poland) August 5, 1960
Olympic Record: 16.81 meters (52 feet 2 inches) Josef Schmidt (Poland) September 6, 1960
1, Josef Schmidt (Poland) 16.85 meters (55 feet 3.50 inches) OR
2, Oleg Fyedoseyev (Soviet Union/Russia) 16.58 meters (54 feet 4.75 inches)
3, Viktor Kravchenko (Soviet Union/Russia) 16.57 meters (54 feet 4.50 inches)
4, Fred Alsop (Great Britain/England) 16.46 meters (54 feet 0 inches)
5, Serban Ciochina (Romania) 16.23 meters (53 feet 3.0 inches)
6, Manfred Hinze (Germany/German Democratic Republic) 16.15 meters (53 feet 0 nches)
7, Georgi Stoikovski (Bulgaria) 16.10 meters 52 feet 10 inches)
8, Hans-Jurgen Ruckborn (Germany/German Democratic Republic) 16.09 meters (52 feet 9.50 inches)
1968 Mexico City (October 17)
World Record: 17.10 meters (A) Giuseppe Gentile (Italy) October 16, 1968
Olympic Record: 17.10 meters (A) Giuseppe Gentile (Italy) October 16, 1968
1, Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) 17.39 meters (57 feet 0.75 inch) WR, OR
2, Nelson Prudencio (Brazil) 17.27 meters (56 feet 8 inches)
3, Giuseppe Gentile (Italy) 17.22 meters (56 feet 6 inches)
4, Arthur Walker (United States) 17.12 meters (56 feet 2 inches)
5, Nikolai Dudkin (Soviet Union/Belarus) 17.09 meters (56 feet 1 inch)
6, Philip May (Australia) 17.02 meters (55 feet 5 inches)
7, Josef Schmidt (Poland) 16.89 meters (55 feet 5 inches)
8, Mamadou Mansour-Dia (Senegal) 16.73 meters (54 feet 10.75 inches)
1972 Munich (September 4)
World Record: 17.40 meters (57 feet 1 inch) Pedro Perez (Cuba) August 5, 1971
Olympic Record: 17.39 meters (57 feet 0.75 inch) (A) Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) October 17, 1968
1, Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) 17.35 meters (56 feet 11.25 inches)
2, Jorg Drehmel (German Democratic Republic) 17.31 meters (56 feet 9.50 inches)
3, Nelson Prudencio (Brazil) 17.05 meters (55 feet 11.25 inches)
4, Carol Corbu (Romania) 16.85 meters (55 feet 3 inches)
5, John Craft (United States) 16.83 meters (55 feet 2.75 inches)
6, Mamadou Mansour-Dia (Senegal) 16.83 meters (55 feet 2.75 inches)
7, Michael Joachimowski (Poland) 16.69 meters (54 feet 9.25 inches)
8, Kristen Flogstad (Norway) 16.44 meters (53 feet 11.25 inches)
1976 Montreal (July 30)
World Record: 17.89 meters (58 feet 8.50 inches) (A) Joao Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil) October 15, 1975
Olympic Record: 17.39 meters (57 feet 0.75 inch) (A) Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) October 17, 1968
1, Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) 17.29 meters (56 feet 8.75 inches)
2, James Butts (United States) 17.18 meters (56 feet 4.50 inches)
3, Joao Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil) 16.90 meters (55 feet 5.50 inches)
4, Pedro Perz (Cuba) 16.81 meters (55 feet 2 inches)
5, Tommy Haynes (United States) 16.78 meters (55 feet 0.75 inch)
6, Wolfgang Kolmsee (Federal Republic of Germany) 16.68 meters (54 feet 8.75 inches)
7, Eugeniusz Biskupski (Poland) 16.49 meters (54 feet 1.25 inches)
8, Carol Corbu (Romania) 16.43 meters (53 feet 11 inches)
1980 Moscow (July 25)
World Record: 17.89 meters (A) Joao Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil) October 15, 1975
Olympic Record: 17.39 meters (57 feet 0.75 inch) (A) Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) October 17, 1968
1, Jaak Uudame (Soviet Union/Estonia) 17.35 meters (56 feet 11.25 inches)
2, Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) 17.24 meters (56 feet 6.75 inches)
3, Joao Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil) 17.22 meters (56 feet 6 inches)
4, Keith Connor (Great Britain/England) 16.87 meters (55 feet 4.25 inches)
5, Ian Campbell (Australia) 16.72 meters (54 feet 10.25 inches)
6, Atanas Chochev (Bulgaria) 16.56 meters (54 feet 4 inches)
7, Bela Bakosi (Hungary) 16.47 meters 54 feet 0.50 inch)
8, Kenneth Lorraway (Australia) 16.44 meters (53 feet 11.25 inches)
1984 Los Angeles (August 4)
World Record: 17.89 meters (A) Joao Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil) October 15, 1975
Olympic Record: 17.39 meters (57 feet 0.75 inch) (A) Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) October 17, 1968
1, Al Joyner (United States) 17.26 meters (56 feet 7.50 inches) W
2, Mike Conley (United States) 17.18 meters (56 feet 4.50 inches)
3, Keith Connor (Great Britain/England) 16.87 meters (55 feet 4.25 inches)
4, Zou Zhenxian (China) 16.83 meters (55 feet 2.75 inches)
5, Peter Bouschen (Federal Republic of Germany) 16.77 meters (55 feet 0.25 inches)
6, Willie Banks (United States) 16.75 meters (54 feet 11.50 inches)
7, Ajayi Agebebaku (Nigeria) 16.67 meters (54 feet 8.25 inches)
8, Eric McCalla (Great Britain/England) 16.66 meters (54 feet 8 inches)
1988 Seoul (September 24)
World Record: 17.97 meters (58 feet 11.50 inches) Willie Banks (United States) June 16, 1985
Olympic Record: 17.39 meters (57 feet 0.75 inch) (A) Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union/Georgia) October 17, 1968
1, Khristo Markov (Bulgaria) 17.61 meters (57 feet 9.25 inches) OR
2, Igor Lapshin (Soviet Union/Belarus) 17.52 meters 57 feet 5.75 inches)
3, Aleksander Kovalenko (Soviet Union/Belarus) 17.42 meters (57 feet 1.75 inches)
4, Oleg Protsenko (Soviet Union/Russia) 17.38 meters (57 feet 0.25 inches)
5, Charles Simpkins (United States) 17.29 meters (56 feet 8.75 inches)
6, Willie Banks (United States) 17.03 meters (55 feet 10.50 inches)
7, Ivan Slanar (Czechoslovakia) 16.75 meters (54 feet 11.50 inches)
8, Jacek Pastusinski (Poland) 16.72 meters (54 feet 10.25 inches)
1992 Barcelona (August 3)
World Record: 17.97 meters (58 feet 11.50 inches) Willie Banks (United States) June 16, 1985
Olympic Record: 17.61 meters (57 feet 9.25 inches) Khristo Markov (Bulgaria) September 24, 1988
1, Mike Conley (United States) 18.17 meters (59 feet 7.25 inches) wind-aided
2, Charles Simpkins (United States) 17.60 meters (57 feet 9 inches)
3, Frank Rutherford (Bahamas) 17.36 meters (56 feet 11.50 inches)
4, Leonid Voloshin (Commonwealth of Independent States/Russia) 17.32 meters (56 feet 10 inches)
5, Brian Wellman (Bermuda) 17.24 meters (56 feet 10 inches)
6, Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) 17.18 meters (56 feet 4.50 inches)
7, Aleksander Kovalenko (Commonwealth of Independent States/Russia) 17.06 meters (55 feet 11.75 inches)
8, Zou Sixin (China) 17.00 meters (55 feet 9.25 inches)
1996 Atlanta (July 27)
World Record: 18.29 meters (60 feet 0.25 inch) Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain) August 7, 1995
Olympic Record: 17.61 meters (57 feet 9.25 inches) Khristo Markov (Bulgaria) September 24, 1988
1, Kenny Harrison (United States) 18.09 meters (59 feet 4 inches) OR
2, Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain/England) 17.88 meters (58 feet 8 inches)
3, Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) 17.44 meters (57 feet 2.50 inches)
4, Mike Conley (United States) 17.40 meters (57 feet 1 inch)
5, Armen Martirosyan (Armenia) 16.97 meters (55 feet 8 inches)
6, Brian Wellman (Bermuda) 16.95 meters (55 feet 7.25 inches)
7, Galin Georgiev (Bulgaria) 16.92 meters (55 feet 6.25 inches)
8, Robert Howard (United States) 16.90 meters (55 feet 5.50 inches)
2000 Sydney (September 25)
World Record: 18.29 meters (60 feet 0.25 inch) Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain/England) August 7, 1995
Olympic Record: 18.09 meters (59 feet 4 inches) Kenny Harrison (United States) July 27, 1996
1, Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain/England) 17.71 meters (58 feet 1.25 inches)
2, Yoel Garcia (Cuba) 17.47 meters (57 feet 3.75 inches)
3, Denis Kapustin (Russia) 17.46 meters (57 feet 3.50 inches)
4, Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) 17.37 meters (57 feet 0 inches)
5, Onochie Achike (Great Britain/England) 17.29 meters (56 feet 8.75 inches)
6, Phillip Idowu (Great Britain/England) 17.08 meters (56 feet 0.50 inch)
7, Robert Howard (United States) 17.05 meters (55 feet 11.25 inches)
8, Paolo Camossi (Italy) 16.96 meters (55 feet 7.75 inches)
2004 Athens (August 22)
World Record: 18.29 meters (60 feet 0.25 inch) Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain/England) August 7, 1995
Olympic Record: 18.09 meters (59 feet 4 inches) Kenny Harrison (United States) July 27, 1996
1, Christian Olsson (Sweden) 17.79 meters (58 feet 4.50 inches)
2, Marian Oprea (Romania) 17.55 meters (57 feet 7.50 inches)
3, Danila Burkenya (Russia) 17.48 meters (57 feet 4.25 inches)
4, Yoandri Betanzos (Cuba) 17.47 meters (57 feet 3.75 inches)
5, Jadel Gregorio (Brazil) 17.31 meters (56 feet 9.50 inches)
6, Hristos Meletoglou (Greece) 17.13 meters (56 feet 2.50 inches)
7, Viktor Gushchinskiy (Russia) 17.11 meters (56 feet 1.75 inches)
8, Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) 16.96 meters (55 feet 7.75 inches)
2008 Beijing (August 21)
World Record: 18.29 meters (60 feet 0.25 inch) Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain/England) August 7, 1995
Olympic Record: 18.09 meters (59 feet 4 inches) Kenny Harrison (United States) July 27, 1996
1, Nelson Evora (Portugal) 17.67 meters (57 feet 11.75 inches) OR
2, Phillip Idowu (Great Britain/England) 17.62 meters (57 feet 9.75 inches)
3, Leevan Sands (Bahamas) 17.59 meters (57 feet 8.50 inches)
4, Arnie David Girat (Cuba) 17.52 meters (57 feet 5.75 inches)
5, Marian Oprea (Romania) 17.22 meters (56 feet 6.00 inches)
6, Jadel Gregorio (Brazil) 17.20 meters (56 feet 5.25 inches)
7, Onochie Achike (Great Britain/England) 17.17 meters (56 feet 4 inches)
8, Viktor Kravchenko (Ukraine) 16.87 meters (55 feet 4.25 inches)
2012 London (August 9)
World Record: 18.29 meters (60 feet 0.25 inch) Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain/England) August 7, 1995
Olympic Record: 18.09 meters (59 feet 4 inches) Kenny Harrison (United States) July 27, 1996
1, Christian Taylor (United States) 17.81 meters (58 feet 5.25 inches)
2, Will Claye (United States) 17.62 meters (57 feet 9.75 inches)
3, Fabrizio Donato (Italy) 17.48 meters (57 feet 4.25 inches)
4, Daniele Greco (Italy) 17.34 meters (56 feet 10.75 inches)
5, Leevan Sands (Bahamas) 17.19 meters (56 feet 4.75 inches0
6, Benjamin Compaoré (France) 17.08 meters (56 feet 0.50 inch)
7, Tosin Oke (Nigeria) 16.95 meters (55 feet 7.25 inches)
8, Alexis Copello (Cuba) 16.92 meters (55 feet 6.25 inches)
References:
Athletics Men’s Triple Jump, Sports Reference/Olympic Sports;
International Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011, Part IV (IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2011);
International Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF Statistics Handbook, Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012, Part I (IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2012);
International Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF Statistics Handbook, Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012, Part II (IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2012);
Quercetani, R.L., A World History of Track and Field Athletics, 1864-1964 (London: Oxford University Press, 1964);
Wallechinsky, David, and Jaime Loucky, The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2012 Edition (London: Aurum Press, 2012).
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