Triple Jump

[noone]

I am pretty sure the winner in 1896 (off the top of my head, Garrett, and it was the very first event) went hop-hop-jump. My question is: is the hop-step-jump sequence a rule now? If not, I would instinctively assume that step-step-jump would be a reasonable option for an athlete to try.

[gm]

Rule 31.1 -- The Triple Jump shall consist of a hop, a step and a jump in that order.

[bambam1729]

I am pretty sure the winner in 1896 (off the top of my head, Garrett, and it was the very first event) went hop-hop-jump. My question is: is the hop-step-jump sequence a rule now? If not, I would instinctively assume that step-step-jump would be a reasonable option for an athlete to try.

James Connolly, not Garrett

[bambam1729]

I am pretty sure the winner in 1896 (off the top of my head, Garrett, and it was the very first event) went hop-hop-jump. My question is: is the hop-step-jump sequence a rule now? If not, I would instinctively assume that step-step-jump would be a reasonable option for an athlete to try.

From our page on the 1896 triple jump:

The styles of the medalists were described in The Field as follows: Connolly took two hops on his right foot and then a jump; Tuffèri performed a hop, step and a jump in the standard English method; and Persakis used two steps and a jump. Persakis’ method was apparently the common one used in Greece where the event was popular and often held at various village festivals.

https://www.olympedia.org/results/56026

[lonewolf]

IBD, just when you thought you knew everything about the TJ.