Triple jump at the Olympics top level national and international competitions as the 20th century progressed. The standing triple jump was the least common of the standing jumps and the Olympics remains the only major international competition to have featured the event. Triple jump at the Olympics The triple jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's triple jump is one of the more recent additions to the programme, having been first
Standing long jump three tries. The jump must be repeated if the athlete falls back or takes a step at take-off. Ray Ewry set the first world record for the standing long jump at on 3 September 1904. The current record is held by Byron Jones, who recorded a jump of at the NFL Combine on 23 February 2015, beating the competition world record of set by Norwegian shot putter Arne Tvervaag from Ringerike FIK Sportclub in 1968. When indoor arenas were built, the standing long jump began to disappear as an event. Today, Norway is the only country where the standing long