Triple jump world record progression explained

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's triple jump, officially ratified by the IAAF.

Men

	Ratified
	Not ratified
	Ratified but later rescinded
	Pending ratification

The first world record in the men's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. That inaugural record was the 15.52 m performance by Dan Ahearn in 1911.^[1]

As of June 21, 2009, 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.^[1] The men's triple jump world record is unusual in that on five occasions a new record has been set and then broken again on the same day.

Mark	Wind	Athlete	Date	Venue	data-sort-type="number"	Duration of record
			1911-05-3030 May 1911		data-sort-value=""
			1924-07-1212 July 1924		data-sort-value=""
			1931-10-2727 October 1931		data-sort-value=""
			1932-08-144 August 1932		data-sort-value=""
			1935-12-1414 December 1935		data-sort-value=""
	0.6		1936-08-066 August 1936		data-sort-value=""
	1.6		1950-12-033 December 1950		data-sort-value=""
	1.2		1951-09-3030 September 1951	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	data-sort-value=""
			1952-07-2323 July 1952		data-sort-value=""
			1952-07-2323 July 1952		data-sort-value=""
	1.5		1953-07-1919 July 1953		data-sort-value=""
A	0.2		1955-03-1616 March 1955		data-sort-value=""
	1.0		1958-07-2828 July 1958		data-sort-value=""
	0.0		1959-05-033 May 1959		data-sort-value=""
	1.0		1960-08-055 August 1960		data-sort-value=""
A	0.0		1968-10-1616 October 1968		data-sort-value=""
A	0.0		1968-10-1717 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico	data-sort-value=""
A	2.0		1968-10-1717 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico	data-sort-value=""
A	2.0		1968-10-1717 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico	data-sort-value=""
A	2.0		1968-10-1717 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico	data-sort-value=""
A	0.4		1971-08-055 August 1971		data-sort-value=""
	-0.5		1972-10-1717 October 1972		data-sort-value=""
A	0.0		1975-10-1515 October 1975		data-sort-value=""
	1.5		1985-06-1616 June 1985		data-sort-value=""
	1.8		1995-07-1818 July 1995		data-sort-value=""
	1.3		1995-08-077 August 1995		data-sort-value="0"	20 minutes
	1.3		1995-08-077 August 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden	data-sort-value=""

Women

The first world record in the women's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1990.

As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 5 world records in the event.^[2]

Unofficial pre-IAAF progression to 1990

Mark	Athlete	Date	Venue
		1922-05-1313 May 1922	Mamaroneck, U.S.
		1923-07-2323 July 1923	Geneva, Switzerland
		1926-10-1717 October 1926	Harbin, China
		1939-10-2121 October 1939	Unknown
		1959-06-1818 June 1959	Street, United Kingdom
		1981-05-099 May 1981	Austin, U.S.
		1982-05-077 May 1982	Austin, U.S.
		1983-05-066 May 1983	Austin, U.S.
		1983-05-077 May 1983	Baton Rouge, U.S.
		1984-03-2424 March 1984	Austin, U.S.
		1984-04-1313 April 1984	Baton Rouge, U.S.
		1985-05-3030 May 1985	Austin, U.S.
		1986-06-055 June 1986	Indianapolis, U.S.
		1987-05-022 May 1987	Los Angeles, U.S.
		1987-05-1717 May 1987	Tuscaloosa, U.S.
		1987-06-066 June 1987	Baton Rouge, U.S.
		1987-06-2626 June 1987	San Jose, U.S.
		1987-10-1111 October 1987	Hamamatsu, Japan
		1988-04-2323 April 1988	Shijiazhuang, PR China
		1989-07-022 July 1989	Stockholm, Sweden

Official IAAF progression from 1990

Mark	Wind	Athlete	Date	Venue	data-sort-type="number"	Duration of record
	1.1		1990-08-2525 August 1990		data-sort-value=""
	-0.2		1991-06-1010 June 1991		data-sort-value=""
	0.9		1993-06-1818 June 1993		data-sort-value=""
	0.5		1993-08-2121 August 1993		data-sort-value=""
	0.9		1995-08-1010 August 1995		data-sort-value=""
	0.7		2021-08-011 August 2021		data-sort-value=""	7 months and 19 days
	indoor		2022-03-2020 March 2022		data-sort-value=""

Women's triple jump progression controversy

Inessa Kravets was found guilty of doping offenses in 1993, after her 1991 record and before setting her long-standing 1995 record. She was later banned for two years in 2000, leading many to doubt the legitimacy of her performance.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. . IAAF Media & Public Relations Department . Monte Carlo . Pages 546, 556 . pdf . 2009 . August 5, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf . June 29, 2011.
2. Web site: 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009.. IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. Monte Carlo. 546, 646. pdf. 2009. August 5, 2009.
3. News: UK Athletics calls for all world records to be reset due to doping crisis. 2016-01-11. The Guardian. 2019-09-27. Associated Press. 0261-3077.
4. News: I am a clean athlete but only a fool would believe my sport is. Aldama. Yamilé. 2012-06-30. The Guardian. 2019-09-27. 0261-3077.
5. Web site: 2021-08-01. Yulimar Rojas smashes world triple jump record in Tokyo. 2021-08-01. Athletics Weekly.