Triple Jump

track and field · Olympic sport · jumping

Three explosive moves. Triple jumpers don't just jump once. They run at full speed, then perform a hop on one leg, a bound on the other leg, and finally a big jump before landing in the sand pit.

Inspired by ancient times. Modern triple jump was inspired by accounts of incredible jumps that happened at the ancient Olympic Games thousands of years ago.

Olympic since the start. Triple jump has been an official event at every modern Olympic Games since they began in 1896, making it one of the oldest sports still competed today.

Horizontal jumping event. Triple jump belongs to the same family of sports as long jump, where athletes compete to cover the most distance horizontally rather than jumping for height.