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Triple Jump

Triple jump is a technical athletics jumping event made of hop, step and jump. Athletes approach, take off legally from the board and land in the sandpit; the greatest valid distance decides.

LevelVariant FamilyAthletics CategoryAthletics

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Classification

Category Athletics

Family Athletics

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Technical jumping event with hop, step and jump into the sandpit.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want to combine sprinting, rhythm, power and coordination.

Cost Low to medium: club/coach, runway and sandpit matter more than own gear. Club fee, spikes/shoes, events and technical coaching. Athletics club with jumps group is the safe entry. Build bounding progressively; do not underestimate foot/tendon load.

First progress Rhythm after several practices; long legal jumps take months.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

runway
take-off board
sandpit
coach
spikes or sport shoes

First steps

find coach
learn hop-step-jump slowly
use short approach
practise sandpit landing
increase jump load

Athletics club, school facility or jumps coach.

Warm up well, check sandpit and increase jump volume gradually.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Dreisprung, Triple Jump

Tags individual, outdoor, ice, einzeln, eis, athletics, jumps, triple-jump

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Achieve the greatest valid distance with the correct hop-step-jump sequence.

Teilnehmer

Individual scoring by category.

Teamgröße

Individual.

Spielfeld

Runway with take-off board and sandpit.

Dauer

Multiple attempts under competition order.

Wertung

Distance of the best valid attempt.

Gewinnbedingung

Greatest valid distance.

Ausrüstung

runway
take-off board
sandpit
measuring system
spikes

Wichtige Regelpunkte

foul take-off
wrong hop-step-jump sequence
landing/rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Athletics (WA)
World Athletics (WA)

Triple Jump World Athletics · official · high
Book of Rules World Athletics · rulebook · high
World Athletics Championships World Athletics · official · high