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Triple Jump

Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's triple jump competition from 1896 to the present.

Year  Distance Record
1896 James Connolly, USA 44-113/4  
1900 Meyer Prinstein, USA 47- 53/4 OR
1904 Meyer Prinstein, USA 47- 1  
1906 Peter O'Connor, GBR/IRE 46- 21/4  
1908 Timothy Ahearne, GBR/IRE 48-111/4 OR
1912 Gustaf Lindblom, SWE 48- 51/4  
1920 Vilho Tuulos, FIN 47- 7  
1924 Nick Winter, AUS 50-111/4 WR
1928 Mikio Oda, JPN 49-11  
1932 Chuhei Nambu, JPN 51- 7 WR
1936 Naoto Tajima, JPN 52- 6 WR
1948 Arne Ahman, SWE 50- 61/4  
1952 Adhemar da Silva, BRA 53- 23/4 WR
1956 Adhemar da Silva, BRA 53- 73/4 OR
1960 Józef Schmidt, POL 55- 2  
1964 Józef Schmidt, POL 55- 31/2 OR
1968 Viktor Saneyev, USSR 57- 03/4 WR
1972 Viktor Saneyev, USSR 56-111/4  
1976 Viktor Saneyev, USSR 56- 83/4  
1980 Jaak Uudmäe, USSR 56-111/4  
1984 Al Joyner, USA 56- 71/2  
1988 Khristo Markov, BUL 57- 91/4 OR
1992 Mike Conley, USA 59- 71/2 wOR
1996Kenny Harrison, USA59- 41/4OR
2000Jonathan Edwards, GBR58- 11/4 
2004 Christian Olsson, SWE 58-41/2 
2008 Nelson Evora, POR 57- 113/4  
2012 Christian Taylor, USA 58-51/4  
windicates wind-aided.

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