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Triple Jump

1896 James B. Connolly, United States 45 ft
1900 Myer Prinstein, United States 47 ft 4.25 in
1904 Myer Prinstein, United States 47 ft
1906 P.G. O'Connor, Ireland 46 ft 2 in
1908 Timothy Ahearne, Great Britain 48 ft 1.25 in
1912 Gustaf Lindblom, Sweden 48 ft 5.125 in
1920 Vilho Tuulos, Finland 47 ft 6.875 in
1924 Archie Winter, Australia 50 ft 11.125 in
1928 Mikio Oda, Japan 49 ft 10.8125 in
1932 Chuhei Nambu, Japan 51 ft 7 in
1936 Naoto Tajima, Japan 52 ft 5.875 in
1948 Arne Ahman, Sweden 50 ft 6.25 in
1952 Adhemar da Silva, Brazil 53 ft 2.5 in
1956 Adhemar da Silva, Brazil 53 ft 7.5 in
1960 Jozef Schmidt, Poland 55 ft 1.75 in
1964 Jozef Schmidt, Poland 55 ft 3.25 in
1968 Viktor Saneyev, USSR 57 ft 0.75 in
1972 Viktor Saneyev, USSR 56 ft 11 in
1976 Viktor Saneyev, USSR 56 ft 8.75 in
1980 Jaak Uudmae, USSR 56 ft 11.125 in
1984 Al Joyner, United States 56 ft 7.5 in
1988 Hristo Markov, Bulgaria 57 ft 9.25 in
1992 Mike Conley, United States 59 ft 7.5 in
1996 Kenny Harrison, United States 59 ft 4.25 in
2000 Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain 58 ft 1.25 in
2004 Christian Olsson, Sweden 58 ft 4.39 in
2008 Nelson Evora, Portugal 57 ft 11.66 in

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