WCH Tokyo 25 facts and figures: men's triple jump

Last three sets of World Athletics Championships medallists

2023: Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) – 17.64m, Lázaro Martínez (CUB) – 17.41m, Cristian Nápoles (CUB) – 17.40m
2022: Pedro Pablo Pichardo (POR) – 17.95m, Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) – 17.55m, Zhu Yaming (CHN) – 17.31m
2019: Christian Taylor (USA) – 17.92m, Will Claye (USA) – 17.74m, Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) – 17.66m

Last two sets of Olympic medallists

Longest winning jumps in World Athletics Championships history:

18.29m (+1.3) – Jonathan Edwards (GBR), 1995
18.21m (+0.2) – Christian Taylor (USA), 2015
18.04m (+0.3) – Teddy Tamgho (FRA), 2013

Shortest winning jump in World Athletics Championships history

17.42m (+0.6) – Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL), 1983

Best marks on Japanese soil:

17.98m (+0.0) 1 Pedro Pichardo (POR) - Tokyo  05.08.2021
17.86m (+1.3) 1 Charles Simpkins (USA) - Kobe 02.09.1985
17.78m (-0.8) 1 Kenny Harrison (USA) - Tokyo 26.08.1991

Best marks on Asian soil

18.21m (+0.2) 1 Christian Taylor (USA) - Beijing (World Championships) 27.08.2015
18.06m (+0.8) 1 Pedro Pichardo (CUB/POR) - Doha 15.05.2015
18.04m (+0.8) 2 Christian Taylor (USA) - Doha 15.05.2015

Biggest winning margins

0.67m – 1995: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) – 18.29m, Brian Wellman (BER) – 17.62m
0.45m – 2001: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) – 17.92m, Christian Olsson (SWE) – 17.47m
0.44m – 2003: Christian Olsson (SWE) – 17.72m, Yoandri Betanzos (CUB) – 17.28m

​​Smallest winning margins

0.03m – 1991: Kenny Harrison (USA) – 17.78m, Leonid Voloshin (URS/RUS) – 17.75m
0.05m – 2017: Christian Taylor (USA) – 17.68m, Will Claye (USA) – 17.63m
0.10m – 1999: Charles Friedek (GER) – 17.59m, Rostislav Dimitrov (BUL) – 17.49m

Best mark by round

Qualification — 17.70m (−0.2) Jaydon Hibbert (JAM), 2023
Final — 18.29m (+1.3) Jonathan Edwards (GBR), 1995

Multiple winners

1995/01 - Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
2011/15/17/19 - Christian Taylor (USA)

Winners by country

7 - United States
3 - Great Britain
2 - Portugal
1 - Poland
1 - Bulgaria
1 - Cuba
1 - Germany 
1 - Sweden
1 - France
1 - Burkina Faso

Five historic facts

• There have been three 18 metre-plus winning jumps in World Championships history
• Christian Taylor (USA) is the only triple jumper to win back-to-back titles in World Championships history
• Fabrice Hugues Zango (BUR) won Burkina Faso’s first ever world title in any event in Budapest in 2023
• The United States have won seven of the 19 titles in this event, including in Tokyo in 1991 when Kenny Harrison (USA) won gold
• Jonathan Edwards (GBR) still holds the world record with 18.29m from Gothenburg in 1995 

Potential storylines

• Can Andy Diaz (ITA) become the first Italian winner of this title in World Championships history?
• Can Wu Ruiting (CHN) become the first Chinese winner of this title in World Championships history?
• Can Pedro Pichardo (POR) repeat his gold medal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the 2025 World Championships? He is aiming for his fourth world medal since 2013 
• Can Fabrice Hugues Zango (BUR) become just the third triple jumper to win back-to-back titles in what looks set to be the final competition of his career before retirement?
• Can Jordan Scott (JAM) become the first Jamaican medallist in the men's triple jump in World Championships history?
• Endiorass Kingley (AUT) is advised by four-time champion and Tokyo 25 ambassador Christian Taylor (USA) who is the Austrian team performance director
• The automatic qualifying distance for the final is 17.10m