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Great Britain's Jonathan Edwards is the current men's world record holder in the triple jump. His jump of 18.29 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record. He also has a jump of 18.43 metres (meters) which was not in the record book because of a strong tailwind. Ukraine's Inessa Kravets is the current women's world record holder in the triple jump. Her jump of 15.50 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record. Indoors: France's Teddy Tamgho is the current men's indoor world record holder in the triple jump.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics Bob Beamon jumped 8.90 m (29 ft 2 1â4 in) at an altitude of 7,349 feet (2,240 m), a jump not exceeded for 23 years, and which remains the second longest legal jump of all time.