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The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's and Women's Triple Jump, officially ratified by the IAAF.
[edit] Men's World Record Progression
| DISTANCE |
NAME ATHLETE |
DATE |
PLACE |
| 15.52 m |
 Daniel Ahearn (USA) |
1911-05-30 |
New York, U.S. |
| 15.525 m |
 Nick Winter (AUS) |
1924-07-12 |
Paris, France |
| 15.58 m |
 Mikio Oda (JPN) |
1931-10-27 |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 15.72 m |
Chuhei Nambu (JPN) |
1932-08-14 |
Los Angeles, U.S. |
| 15.78 m |
Jack Metcalfe (AUS) |
1935-12-14 |
Sydney, Australia |
| 16.00 m |
Naoto Tajima (JPN) |
1936-08-06 |
Berlin, Germany |
| 16.00 m |
 Adhemar da Silva (BRA) |
1950-12-03 |
São Paulo, Brazil |
| 16.01 m |
Adhemar da Silva (BRA) |
1951-09-30 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 16.12 m |
Adhemar da Silva (BRA) |
1952-07-23 |
Helsinki, Finland |
| 16.22 m |
Adhemar da Silva (BRA) |
1952-07-23 |
Helsinki, Finland |
| 16.23 m |
 Leonid Serbakov (URS) |
1953-07-19 |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 16.56 m |
Adhemar da Silva (BRA) |
1955-03-26 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| 16.59 m |
Oleg Rjahovsky (URS) |
1958-07-19 |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 16.70 m |
Oleg Fedoseyev (URS) |
1959-05-03 |
Nalchik, Soviet Union |
| 17.03 m |
 Jozef Szmidt (POL) |
1960-08-05 |
Olsztyn, Poland |
| 17.10 m |
 Giuseppe Gentile (ITA) |
1968-10-16 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| 17.22 m |
Giuseppe Gentile (ITA) |
1968-10-17 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| 17.23 m |
Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) |
1968-10-17 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| 17.27 m |
Nelson Prudencio (BRA) |
1968-10-17 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| 17.39 m |
Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) |
1968-10-17 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| 17.40 m |
 Pedro Pérez (CUB) |
1971-08-05 |
Cali, Colombia |
| 17.44 m |
Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) |
1972-10-17 |
Sukhumi, Soviet Union |
| 17.89 m |
João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) |
1975-10-15 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| 17.97 m |
Willie Banks (USA) |
1985-06-16 |
Indianapolis, U.S. |
| 17.98 m |
 Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
1995-07-18 |
Salamanca, Spain |
| 18.16 m |
Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
1995-08-07 |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 18.29 m |
Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
1995-08-07 |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
[edit] Women's World Record Progression
| DISTANCE |
NAME ATHLETE |
DATE |
PLACE |
| NON-RATIFIED BY THE IAAF |
| 10.32 m |
Elizabeth Stine (USA) |
1922-05-13 |
Mamaronek, U.S. |
| 10.50 m |
 Adrienne Känel (SUI) |
1923-07-23 |
Geneve, Switzerland |
| 11.62 m |
Kinue Hitomi (JPN) |
1926-10-17 |
Harbin, Japan |
| 11.66 m |
Rie Yamaguchi (JPN) |
1939-10-21 |
Unknown |
| 12.22 m |
Mary Bignal (GBR) |
1959-06-18 |
Street, United Kingdom |
| 12.43 m |
Terri Turner (USA) |
1981-05-09 |
Austin, U.S. |
| 12.47 m |
Terri Turner (USA) |
1982-05-07 |
Austin, U.S. |
| 12.51 m |
Melody Smith (USA) |
1983-05-06 |
Austin, U.S. |
| 12.98 m |
Easter Gabriel (USA) |
1983-05-07 |
Baton Rouge, U.S. |
| 13.15 m |
Terri Turner (USA) |
1984-03-24 |
Austin, U.S. |
| 13.21 m |
Terri Turner (USA) |
1984-04-13 |
Baton Rouge, U.S. |
| 13.58 m |
Wendy Brown (USA) |
1985-05-30 |
Austin, U.S. |
| 13.68 m |
Esmeralda Garcia (BRA) |
1986-06-05 |
Indianapolis, U.S. |
| 13.71 m |
Wendy Brown (USA) |
1987-05-02 |
Los Angeles, U.S. |
| 13.73 m |
 Flora Hyacinth (ISV) |
1987-05-17 |
Tuscaloosa, U.S. |
| 13.78 m |
Sheila Hudson (USA) |
1987-06-06 |
Baton Rouge, U.S. |
| 13.85 m |
Sheila Hudson (USA) |
1987-06-26 |
San Jose, U.S. |
| 14.04 m |
 Li Huirong (CHN) |
1987-10-11 |
Hamamatsu, Japan |
| 14.16 m |
Li Huirong (CHN) |
1988-04-23 |
Shijiazhuang, PR China |
| 14.52 m |
Galina Chistyakova (URS) |
1989-07-02 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| OFFICIALLY RATIFIED BY THE IAAF |
| 14.54 m |
Li Huirong (CHN) |
1990-08-25 |
Sapporo, Japan |
| 14.95 m |
Inessa Kravets (URS) |
1991-06-10 |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 15.09 m |
 Anna Biryukova (RUS) |
1993-08-21 |
Stuttgart, Germany |
| 15.50 m |
 Inessa Kravets (UKR) |
1995-08-10 |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
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