Triple jump

The triple jump from men belonged to the modern Olympic program from the very beginning of the Olympic Games in 1896 , and at the Olympic Games of 1900 and 1904 , competitions were also held in the triple jump from the spot. The first modern Olympic champion in the triple jump in men was the American James Connolly . Since 1996, the triple jump has also become an Olympic sport for women. The title of Olympic champion in the triple jump was first won by Inessa Kravets (Ukraine).

Technically, a triple jump consists of three elements:

• "Leap"
• "step"
• "Jump" ^[1]

The jumper runs along a special sector or path to the bar for repulsion. This bar is the beginning of the jump when measuring its length from the measurement line, marked with a plasticine roller to fix the “spikes”, and the jump starts from this mark. Initially, the first element is performed - a jump , with the first touch behind the bar must occur with the same foot with which the jumper began to jump. Then follows the second element of the jump - a step (touching the ground should occur with the other foot). The final element is the actual jump , and the jumper lands in a hole in the sand as in a long jump.

Practically, there are two ways to perform the jump: with the right leg - “right, left, right” and with the left leg - “left, right, left”. The push-off bar when jumping is located at a distance of 11 m for women and 13 m for men from a sand-filled pit. Each jumper selected for the final is given 3 preliminary attempts and, for the 8 best, 3 final attempts to complete the triple jump. In some commercial starts, competition organizers limit the number of attempts to three. ^[2]

In 1995, during the European Cup competition, Briton Jonathan Edwards succeeded the furthest 18.43 meters flight in the history of the triple jump, which was not ratified as a world record due to a fair wind of 2.4 m / s exceeding the norm (2.0 m / c) ^[3] .

Both current world records for men and women were set in August 1995 at the World Championships in Gothenburg , and both current world records for men and women were set on March 6 in different years.

Five best results among men:

1. 18.29 meters Jonathan Edwards (United Kingdom) (1995)
2. 18.21 meters Christian Taylor (USA) (2015)
3. 18.16 m Jonathan Edwards (United Kingdom) (1995)
4. 18.09 meters Kenny Harrison (United States) (1996)
5. 18.08 m. Pedro Pichardo (Cuba) (2015)

Top five results for women:

1. 15.50 m Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) (1995)
2. 15.39 m Françoise Mbango Eaton (Cameroon) (2008)
3. 15.36 m Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) (2004)
4. 15.32 m Chrysopia Devetsi (Greece) (2004)
5. 15.31 m Catherine Ibarguen (Colombia) (2014)

• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (jumps, men)
• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (jumps, women)

1. ↑ in English terminology hop-step-jump
2. ↑ IAAF Rules (eng)
3. Champ A champion remembers - Jonathan Edwards (English) link verified March 8, 2009

• From a hop to a step
• Graphic representation of jumps in athletics
• Filmstrip "Triple Jump" . Educational visual aid of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on vocational education, 1969