Masters men triple jump world record progression

This is the progression of world record improvements in different age divisions of men's triple jump in Masters athletics.

Key

Incomplete information Pending better indoor records Indoor mark before 2000
IAAF includes indoor marks in the record list since 2000, but WMA does not follow that practice.

Men 35

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
17.92	0.7	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	10.05.1966	Edmonton	05.08.2001
17.66	0.7	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	10.05.1966	Glasgow	01.07.2001
17.56	0.5	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	10.05.1966	Milan	06.06.2001
16.95	1.2	Ray Kimble	United States	19.04.1953	Budapest	12.08.1988
16.65	0.5	Jozef Schmidt	Poland	28.03.1935	Stockholm	30.08.1970
16.59	0.9	Jozef Schmidt	Poland	28.03.1935	Stockholm	30.08.1970
16.53		Jozef Schmidt	Poland	28.03.1935	Warsaw	09.08.1970
16.20^[1]		Mohinder Singh	India	15.03.1934	San Jose	02.05.1970
15.79		Dodyu Patarinski	Bulgaria	16.08.1933	Athens	29.06.1969
15.44		Eric Battista	France	14.05.1933	Béziers	15.09.1968

Men 40

Measure	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
17.32^[2]	+1.1	Fabrizio Donato	Italy	14.08.1976	Pierre-Bénite	09.06.2017
17.13	ind	Fabrizio Donato	Italy	14.08.1976	Belgrade	05.03.2017
16.93	-0.3	Fabrizio Donato	Italy	14.08.1976	Rovereto	06.09.2016
16.58	2.0	Ray Kimble	United States	19.04.1953	Edinburgh	02.07.1993
15.70		Milan Tiff	United States	05.07.1949	Eugene	01.08.1989
15.06		Michael Sauer	Germany	27.08.1941	Ludwigshafen	16.05.1982
14.91		Dany Nestoret	France	20.03.1940	Sevran	15.06.1980
14.84	1.0	Kristen Flogstad	Norway	11.04.1947	Tonsberg	13.05.1989
14.63	1.0	Sean Power	United Kingdom	20.03.1943	Portsmouth	10.05.1986
14.80		Stig Bäcklund	Finland	27.10.1939	Helsinki	07.08.1980
14.62		Horst Mandl	Austria	08.01.1936	Zagreb	06.06.1976
14.41		Hermann Strauss	Germany	06.03.1931	Schweinfurt	16.05.1971

Men 45

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
15.13	+0.2	Wolfgang Knabe	Germany	12.07.1959	Garbsen	22.05.2005
14.82	ind	Milan Tiff	United States	05.07.1949	Reno	26.02.1995
14.18	1.8	Stig Bäcklund	Finland	27.10.1939	Porvoo	28.07.1987
14.01		Pericles Pinto	Portugal	15.02.1937	Strasbourg	14.07.1982
13.90		Hermann Strauss	Germany	06.03.1931	Gothenburg	11.08.1977
13.77		Dave Jackson	United States	26.08.1931	Gothenburg	10.08.1977

Men 50

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
14.44	0.0	Wolfgang Knabe	Germany	12.07.1959	Lübeck	18.07.2009
14.07	1.4	Stig Bäcklund	Finland	27.10.1939	Budapest	04.07.1990
13.72	ind	Stig Bäcklund	Finland	27.10.1939	Kuortane	04.03.1990
13.61	nwi	Horst Mandl	Austria	08.01.1936	Verona	25.06.1988
13.55		Hermann Strauss	Germany	06.03.1931	Strasbourg	14.07.1982
13.19		Dave Jackson	United States	26.08.1931	Los Angeles	10.07.1982
13.13		Dave Jackson	United States	26.08.1931	Santa Barbara	03.10.1981
13.03		Carlos Vera Guardia	Venezuela	30.08.1928	Hanover	01.08.1979
13.04w	>2.0	Carlos Vera Guardia	Venezuela	30.08.1928	Hanover	01.08.1979
12.42		Tom Patsalis	United States	06.12.1931	Irvine	29.06.1975

Men 55

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
14.13	0.7	Wolfgang Knabe	Germany	12.07.1959	İzmir	28.08.2014
13.87	1.1	Wolfgang Knabe	Germany	12.07.1959	Erfurt	12.07.2014
13.85	1.3	Stig Bäcklund	Finland	27.10.1939	Kajaani	02.07.1995
13.35	ind	Stig Bäcklund	Finland	27.10.1939	Oulu	19.03.1995
13.11	0.2	Horst Mandl	Austria	08.01.1936	Kristiansand	01.07.1992
12.88		Hermann Strauss	Germany	06.03.1931	Ludwigshafen	01.07.1989
12.63		Olavi Niemi	Finland	07.11.1931	Eugene	03.08.1989
12.78		Olavi Niemi	Finland	07.11.1931	Larvik	02.07.1989
12.82		Hermann Strauss	Germany	06.03.1931	Essen	02.08.1987
12.75		Hermann Strauss	Germany	06.03.1931	Malmoe	28.07.1986
12.35	2.0	Matti Jarvinen	Finland	23.02.1926	Larvik	08.08.1981
12.62		Gordon Farrell	United States	24.11.1917	Palm Desert	08.01.1975

Men 60

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
12.82	0.2	Wolfgang Knabe	Germany	12.07.1959	Garbsen	10.07.2021
12.68	1.6	Stig Bäcklund	Finland	27.10.1939	Kajaani	18.06.2000
12.33	0.3	Pericles Pinto	Portugal	15.02.1937	Durban	23.07.1997
12.33	0.5	Hermann Strauss	Germany	06.03.1931	Turku	26.07.1991
12.13	ind	Amelio Compri	Italy	31.01.1925	Turin	09.03.1985
12.01		Jakob Rypdal	Norway	19.02.1926	Melbourne	05.12.1987
12.01		Vaclav Bartl	Sweden	05.03.1926	Melbourne	05.12.1987
11.96		Tom Patsalis	United States	06.12.1931	Los Angeles	10.07.1982
11.89		Gordon Farrell	United States	24.11.1917	Van Nuys	24.05.1980
11.34		Gordon Farrell	United States	24.11.1917	Santa Barbara	06.10.1979
11.25		Gordon Farrell	United States	24.11.1917	Cali	09.12.1977

Men 65

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
11.94	2.0	Hermann Strauss	Germany	06.03.1931	Leinfelden	18.08.1996
11.24		Ariel Standen Levis	Chile	12.09.1929	Concepción	1994
11.11	0.8	Matti Järvinen	Finland	23.02.1926	Turku	27.07.1991
11.10		Amelio Compri	Italy	31.01.1925	Verona	03.06.1990
10.95	ind	Jakob Rypdal	Norway	19.02.1936	Ekeberg	24.02.1991
10.95	1.8	Vaclav Bartl	Sweden	05.03.1926	Glostrup	30.06.1991
10.92	ind	Amelio Compri	Italy	31.01.1925	Turin	03.03.1990
10.87	ind	Kenneth McConnell	Australia	30.08.1924		13.01.1990
10.86	ind	Tom Patsalis	United States	06.12.1931	Madison	29.03.1987
10.66	ind	Ian Hume	Canada	20.08.1914	Christchurch	13.01.1981
10.54		Heikki Simola	Finland	16.01.1912	Hanover	01.08.1979
10.48		Ivar Sand	Norway	17.07.1912	Viareggio	13.09.1978
10.42		Ivar Sand	Norway	17.07.1912	Goteborg	08.08.1977

Men 70

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Age	Location	Date
10.76	0.3	Crecenzo Marchetti	Italy	24 March 1951	71 years, 44 days	Mantua	7 May 2022
10.90	1.0	Adam Adamec	Poland	22 May 1947	70 years, 110 days	Zielona Góra	9 September 2017
10.88	ind	Pertti Ahomäki	Finland	26 February 1946	70 years, 36 days	Ancona	2 April 2016
10.75	0.3	Lamberto Boranga	Italy	31 October 1942	70 years, 3 days	Serravalle	3 November 2012
10.71	ind	Stig Bäcklund	Finland	27 October 1939	71 years, 81 days	Salo	16 January 2011
10.71	NWI	Kyoichiro Shimizu	Japan	2 January 1940	70 years, 232 days	Maebashi	22 August 2010
10.61	1.6	Shoji Ito	Japan	24 October 1930	70 years, 10 days	Shizuoka	3 November 2000
10.41	1.9	Vaclav Bartl	Sweden	5 March 1926	70 years, 141 days	Malmö	24 July 1996
10.29	1.8	Rolf Gustavsson	Sweden	7 January 1917	70 years, 207 days	Pori	2 August 1987
10.25	NWI	Mazumi Morita	Japan	17 July 1913	72 years, 88 days	Tokushima	13 October 1985
10.17	NWI	Ian Hume	Canada	20 August 1914	70 years, 306 days	Rome	22 June 1985

Men 75

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
10.10	-0.6	Lothar Fischer	Germany	15.03.1936	Minden	29.07.2011
10.05		Mazumi Morita	Japan	17.07.1913	Akita	31.07.1988
9.52		Heikki Simola	Finland	16.01.1912	Melbourne	04.12.1987
9.60		Heikki Simola	Finland	16.01.1912	Salo	05.07.1987
9.40	ind	Heikki Simola	Finland	16.01.1912	Vierumäki	09.03.1987
8.29		Gulab Singh	India	13.10.1905	Christchurch	12.01.1981

Men 80

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
9.29	-0.1	Eberhard Linke	Germany	3 January 1944	Erding	15 June 2024
9.04	0.1	Lothar Fischer	Germany	15 March 1936	Leinefelde	9 July 2016
8.95	0.3	Mazumi Morita	Japan	17 July 1913	Miyazaki	13 October 1993
8.29		Gulab Singh	India	13 October 1905	Melbourne	4 December 1987
7.72		Winfield McFadden	United States	12 March 1905	Santa Barbara	4 October 1986
7.17^[3]		Ian Hume	Canada	20 August 1914	Uniondale	19 July 1986
7.44		Winfield McFadden	United States	12 March 1905	Irvine	25 May 1985
6.91^[4]		Herbert Anderson	United States	15 July 1902	Aurora	24 July 1982

Men 85

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
8.17	0.7	Aatos Sainio	Finland	07.06.1925	Tampere	04.07.2010
7.91	-0.7	Mazumi Morita	Japan	17.07.1913	Musashino	26.07.1998
7.65	0.0	Vittorio Colo	Italy	09.11.1911	Milan	15.06.1997
7.44		Kizo Kimura	Japan	11.07.1911		29.04.1997
7.18		Kizo Kimura	Japan	11.07.1911	Toyama	16.09.1996
7.01		Hiroshi Aoyama	Japan	10.05.1909	Ageo	16.09.1994
6.78		Karl Trei	Canada	19.03.1909	Raleigh	07.05.1994
6.67	ind	Karl Trei	Canada	19.03.1909	Columbia	25.03.1994

Men 90

Distance	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
7.10	0.6	Aatos Saino	Finland	7 June 1925	Kangasala	22 July 2015
6.59	0.7	Kizo Kimura	Japan	11 July 1911	Chiba	29 July 2001
6.01	0.0	Hiroshi Aoyama	Japan	10 May 1909	Yonago	27 June 1999
5.51		Buell Crane	United States	18 March 1900	Gresham	28 July 1990

References

^ Note: this might be a confusion of record keeping. This mark is almost a meter further than Mohinder Singh's Olympic performance and was set in California. At the same time, his namesake Mohinder Singh Gill was jumping this kind of distances for a California college, his name was shortened to Mohinder Singh in many results.
^ "SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 TRIPLE JUMP MEN". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ https://ausrunning.net/misc/veteran-athlete/newspapers/veteran-athlete-v1n5-lores.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://ausrunning.net/misc/veteran-athlete/newspapers/veteran-athlete-v1n5-lores.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

Masters Athletics Triple Jump list

[1] Note: this might be a confusion of record keeping. This mark is almost a meter further than Mohinder Singh's Olympic performance and was set in California. At the same time, his namesake Mohinder Singh Gill was jumping this kind of distances for a California college, his name was shortened to Mohinder Singh in many results.

[2] "SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 TRIPLE JUMP MEN". Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[3] ttps://ausrunning.net/misc/veteran-athlete/newspapers/veteran-athlete-v1n5-lores.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[4] ttps://ausrunning.net/misc/veteran-athlete/newspapers/veteran-athlete-v1n5-lores.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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