These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday August 7, 1995.
Almost three weeks before this championship, Jonathan Edwards had just marginally improved upon Willie Banks' ten year old world record (17.97m), by jumping 17.98m in Salamanca. In the preliminary round he was not even the #1 qualifier, edged out by Jérôme Romain. In his first attempt in the final Edwards umped a world record of 18.16 m. In doing so he became the first athlete in to jump further than 18 metres without wind assistance. In the second round he jumped even further, setting a new world record of , the first jump over 60 feet. Edwards passed on three of his four remaining attempts. The minor medals were exceptionally close, with three centimetres separating silver and fourth, and bronze decided only on countback.
It took more than 20 years for Christian Taylor to become the first man to jump beyond Edwards' first record. 30 years later, his second world record remained unmatched.
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B05.08.1995 – 09:50h05.08.1995 – 09:50hFinal Round07.08.1995 – 17:20h
Results Qualifying round Held on Saturday 1995-08-05Qualifying standard: 17.10 metres RANKGROUP ADISTANCE1.17.46 m 2.17.26 m 3.16.95 m 4.16.71 m 5.16.60 m 6.16.53 m 7.16.52 m 8.16.40 m 9.16.37 m 10.16.32 m 11.16.26 m 12.15.94 m 13.15.77 m 14.15.71 m 15.15.68 m 16.15.50 m 17.15.04 m 18.14.90 m —NM
RANKGROUP BDISTANCE1.17.48 m 2.17.44 m 3.17.27 m 4.16.98 m 5.16.94 m 6.16.92 m 7.16.80 m 8.16.80 m 9.16.58 m 10.16.55 m 11.16.51 m 12.16.43 m 13.16.38 m 14.15.91 m 15.15.80 m 16.14.92 m —NM DNS
Final
Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Jonathan Edwards 18.16 18.29 – – 17.49 – 18.29 WR Brian Wellman x x 17.31 17.62w x x 17.62w Jérôme Romain 17.36 17.59w 17.25 17.18 x x 17.59w Yoelbi Quesada 17.19 x x x x 17.59w 17.59w Yoel García 16.90 17.16 x x – x 17.16 James Beckford x 17.13w x – – – 17.13w Mike Conley x 16.96w 16.77 – x x 16.96w Galin Georgiev 16.93 x x 16.79 x x 16.93 Tord Henriksson 16.88 16.92 16.87 16.92 10 Māris Bružiks x 16.18 16.80 16.80 11 Rogel Nachum 16.34 16.69 x 16.69 12 Sergey Arzamasov 16.59 16.68 x 16.68
See also 1993 Men's World Championships Triple Jump 1996 Men's Olympic Triple Jump 1997 Men's World Championships Triple Jump
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