Longest triple jump (male)

Longest triple jump (male)
Who
Jonathan Edwards
What
18.29 metre(s)
Where
Sweden (Gothenburg)
When

The longest triple jump by a male athlete is 18.29 m (60 ft 0.78 in), by Jonathan Edwards (UK) at the IAAF World Championships at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 7 August 1995. Edwards set a world record with both of his first two efforts in the final of the triple jump, recording 18.16 m before going out even further in the next round.