Triple jump
Rules
Long jumps are held in the sector for horizontal jumps. When performing a jump, athletes in the first stage run up the track, then push off with one foot from a special board and jump into a pit with sand. The jump distance is calculated as the distance from the special mark on the repulsion board to the beginning of the hole from landing in the sand.
Technically, a triple jump consists of three elements:
The “leap”
“step”
“jump”
The jumper runs along a special sector or track to the bar for repulsion. This bar is the beginning of the jump when measuring its length from the measuring line marked with a plasticine roller to fix the “spades”, and from this mark the jump begins. First, the first element is performed — a jump, while the first touch behind the bar should occur with the same foot with which the jumper started jumping. This is followed by 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 sand pit as in a long jump. The distance from the repulsion board to the far edge of the landing pit should be at least 10 m. The line of repulsion itself should be located at a distance of up to 5 m from the near edge of the landing pit. A spade is an action of an athlete in which he steps on the bar and the attempt does not count.
History
The Olympic sport of the men’s Triple jump is the First Summer Olympics in 1896, among women — since the Olympic Games in 1996. Moreover, 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 men’s triple jump was an American James Connolly. She was the first to win the title of Olympic champion in the triple jump Inessa Kravets (Ukraine).
Interesting facts
In 1995, during the European Cup competition for the British Jonathan Edwards managed the longest flight in the history of the triple jump at 18.43 meters, which was not ratified as a world record due to a tailwind of 2.4 m/s exceeding the norm (2.0 m/s).
Records
In open stadiums.
Men: Jonathan Edwards 18.29 m Gothenburg, Sweden 1995.
Women: Yulimar Rojas 15.50 m Tokyo, Japan 2021.
Indoors.
Men: Teddy Tamgo 17.92 m Paris, France 2011.
Women: Tatiana Lebedeva 15.36 m Budapest, Hungary 2004.
Olympic record.
Men: Kenny Harrison 18.09 m Atlanta, USA 1996.
Women: Francoise Mbango Eton 15.43 m Beijing, China 2008
