![]() | Jumping events are where the person jumps as far or high as they can.The jumping events consist of triple jump, high jump, long jump, and pole vault. Jumping events also include the 110m hurdles( for women it is 100m) and the 400m hurdles. Here are the best times, distance, and height for these: Triple jump Men: 18.29 | 60-¼ Jonathan Edwards Women: 15.50 | 50-10¼ Inessa Kravets Long jump Men: 8.95 | 29-4½ Mike Powell Women: 7.52 | 24-8¼ Galina Chistyakova High jump Men: 2.45 | 8-½ Javier Sotomayor Women: 2.09 | 6-10¼ Stefka Kostadinova Pole vault Men: 6.14 | 20-1¾ Sergey Bubka Women: 5.06 | 16-7¼ Yelena Isinbaeva 110m hurdles Men: 12.87 Dayron Robles Women: 12.21 Yordanka Donkova 400m hurdles Men: 46.78 Kevin Young Women: 52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina |
