Longest triple jump (male)

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.

The three phases of Edwards’ 18.29-m triple jump break down as follows: hop – 6.05 m; step – 5.22 m; jump – 7.02 m.