The greatest triple-jump performance - and series - in history. Series: 17.90, 18.43, 17.72,18.39 Phases: 6.50m/5.60m/6.33m (18.29 WR 6.05m/5.22m/7.02m)
@@veganwaffle Not sure what you mean. Edwards still holds the world record. Perhaps you're talking about the indoor world record by Thamgho, which is both shorter and not the "grand standard" -- outdoor records are always held in higher regard. That's why the pole vault WR has become a joke.
@@naoufaltakroumt6373 I understand his point though, you see a lot of great Triple Jumpers, Harrison, Clay, Taylor, they are more powerful athletes, but they seem to stamp the ground with each step. Edwards just seemed to be irrelevantly moving his legs while the rest of his body floated above the track like he had powers of levitation.
as a guy training for triple jump in the U.S.A this is true the triple jump here is taught towards the power aspect of being powerful enough to produce a lot of force into the ground instead of the floating aspect you're talking about you can mostly see it in the body physiques as well.@@Zandohaha
@@johnmc3862 No it's not. No athlete has ever come close to the distance this man jumped and over 20 years later fans still remember this whereas outside of dedicated triple jump fans no-one could name any Olympic gold medalist since that day. He won both Olympic and World gold without coming close to a jump that good. From a technical perspective, no human has ever jumped as well as Edwards did that day.
One thing I noticed that sets him apart is that he gets up to top speed but then relaxes as he jumps the first stage and balances out the energy for each phase. Whereas a lot of triple jumpers over exert the first 2 stages and the energy is drained for the final jump. His exertion is spread across each phase.
He was majestic, like running in fast forward then he hits the slow motion button in those three steps and hangs for ever. If he nailed the board then it's a 18.50M jump here.
@@cashcrop70 Many displays of how elite athletes are just incredible. You could be a massive dude that is a club level shot putter and throwing 14 meters. Jess Ennis would beat you. A fairly small woman that can also run and jump, and she'd beat you, the big, strong, fat guy, at the shot put. Your body is perfectly designed for the Shot Put, but an elite level male Decathlete will destroy you, and an elite level female Heptathlete that is half your size, can still throw a Shot Putt as far as you can. A lot of people just do not realise how superior elite athletes really are.
@@Zandohaha By 'you' of course you mean people in general. I am actually a former athlete (modest ability) and still a relative beast in the gym at 51, putting guys half my age to shame lol
The speed that he carries through the three consecutive jumps is simply unfathomable. And he does it in a seemingly effortless manner. I don't there will ever be a triple jumper as good as Edwards, at least not in 50 years.
That wind speed would move the human body at most about 1 centimetre. I know there has to be a cut of point but this jump is phenomenal, No human will ever come close to this distance again.
See how fast Edwards was running. Even though he wasn't a specialist sprinter, he had a very decent 100m time and was one of the fastest jumpers ever. That was part of the reason Edwards was such an amazing triple jumper. The same with Carl Lewis in the long jump.
He masters all parts of the event, but I'm always amazed at his incredible speed and the distinct clawing action as he nears the end of the second (step) phase.
Bryce Lambley I've never seen such a style, I would look into his trainers practice methods if I was training today. We had no internet when this occurred in 1995 :(
I could be mistaken, but this was probably the greatest display of the art of understatement, ever recorded: "Jonathan Edwards has produced a remarkable jump" "It's the longest jump ever seen in track n field athletics... and I've just been informed, that's a new Gateshead-Harriets record".
I read once that in 1995 he was faster than Linford in training camps, it's quoted on the British Athletics website do must be reliable. That speed + control = Greatest of all time.
Linford at that time was running,9.90s.and had !issued the world record two years ago by 100of a second. , Running.9.87 to the world 9.86at that period.
@Ron P over 100m Christie moved away but over 30m i could believe it. I seem to remember Colin Jackson saying Edwards would be an option over the 60m indoor sprint (which jackson, a hurdler sometimes ran for GB). Though i also remember Christie saying one of the shot putters was wickedly fast and competing with the sprinters over 30m due to that massive explosive strength throwers and jumpers need.
@@ross_burnage Yep, I actually met Linford recently at Perivale Club and he said it's true. Over 30m Edwards was a freak of nature; Acceleration was unfathomable.
Ron P he trained with Linford and Frankie Fredericks and was faster than them both to 30m. His peak speed on the run up was equal to or faster than the top 100m sprinters. He could also clean and jerk 150kg. He was actually quite a lazy trainer and never ran more than 100m repeats in training. GB definitely missed out by not getting him to run more and at least put him on the 100m relay
I also love Basketball and whenever another basketball fan says to me that Michael Jordan used to somehow hang in the air I used to tell them to look up Jonathan Edwards triple jump world record. THAT'S hanging in the air
I do have to chuckle at Jim's commentary at the end, "I've just been informed, that this is a new Gateshead Harriers record". No shit Sherlock, it's a new Planet Earth record too.
I understand the technicalities but this not being an official WR is very harsh indeed. If the wind had been at a legal 2.0 then how much less further would Edwards have jumped? Maybe a centimeter or two.
There will be perhaps never such great athlet as Edwards. Johnathan Edwards is more than a professor of triple jump. He could teach us to jump like that :)
I have almost zero athletic ability myself (jumping 18.43 cm would be good for me!) so I can't comment knowledgeably about technique etc like some people here -- but I remember this jump so clearly and being absolutely staggered by it. And to be honest, watching it now I still am. Such a huge shame the wind wasn't 1.9 instead of 2.4!
Edwards remains the only person in history to have recorded jumps beyond 18.30m and 18.40m, regardless of the wind speed.... and he did them in this one competition!
Perfection. Perfectly stable on the run up - he could have been on wheels. No loss of speed on the jump. I think he's gonna be an old man by the time that jump is bettered.
This looks so unbelievable to watch this was only 2.4ms wind they could have 10ms wind no one will touch this. I never saw this jump until now. I just remember that film white men cant jump was made around this time lol. Insane.
There are indeed difference in muscle structure and body structure and it can affect your performance. But in the end it will just be about training and being gifted.
Titan Coral Go and do some research on the culture and reasoning behind the myth of black people being bad swimmers bigot. It has nothing to do with genes, or muscles etc. More to do with racism, segregation ( blacks weren't allowed in pools) by stupid whites with a 'superiority' complex like you.
The answer to this is: Black people have 2% longer legs compared to whites, and whites have 2% longer upperbody. = blacks (better in performances with legs) = whites (better in upperbody performances)
sure Aaron, true, but the United States pushed very hard to get black swimmers ready for Atlanta 1996 to no avail. Bone density and relative lack of flotation may indeed be a partial cause. Who knows, for it takes a delicious mix of physical traits to become a top athlete in any field.
Most beautiful technique in the history of the event.
The world record we have today is so ugly compared to this jump
@@veganwaffle Not sure what you mean. Edwards still holds the world record. Perhaps you're talking about the indoor world record by Thamgho, which is both shorter and not the "grand standard" -- outdoor records are always held in higher regard. That's why the pole vault WR has become a joke.
@@Dave-lr2wo my bad I realize I was thing about Liu Xiang not edwards. Love him even more now hahaha
liu xiang is a hurdler tho wtf @@veganwaffle
@@veganwaffle
Если бы сейчас был такой допинг, как тогда, то ейчас бы люди прыгали 19 м
It's like he just WALKS through this. He's hanging stationary in the air in total balance while the track whirls back underneath him. Physical poetry.
Normal, triple jump is about speed conservation,the more speed is conserved the better is the jump
@@naoufaltakroumt6373 I understand his point though, you see a lot of great Triple Jumpers, Harrison, Clay, Taylor, they are more powerful athletes, but they seem to stamp the ground with each step. Edwards just seemed to be irrelevantly moving his legs while the rest of his body floated above the track like he had powers of levitation.
this is incredible . he flies above the ground
as a guy training for triple jump in the U.S.A this is true the triple jump here is taught towards the power aspect of being powerful enough to produce a lot of force into the ground instead of the floating aspect you're talking about you can mostly see it in the body physiques as well.@@Zandohaha
This might be the greatest and most beautiful display of athleticism in any sport ever.
His "step" is incredible. Entire jump, perfect execution.
Yes those must be easily the longest hop & step in the history of the event. It almost looks like he might run out of tarmac.
Absolute poetry in motion with the technique of a god
I recommend everyone take the time to go outside and walk off 18.43m (60'5") to see just how ridiculous this jump is.
He nearly jumped out of the stadium!
@si Markeyan have you put the video on TH-cam so everyone can see it???
@si Markeyan 😂 apology accepted 😂
But it is not one jump. It is a hop, a skip and then a jump.
its unbelivible jump. he is like flying.
In slow motion you see the pure perfection here. Incredible
Wind or no wind he always reckoned this was the best jump of his career. Incredible stuff
Wind or no wind this was the best jump ever by anyone
@@timmy4312it was the longest jump. The best jump is winning gold in the Olympics.
@@johnmc3862 No it's not. No athlete has ever come close to the distance this man jumped and over 20 years later fans still remember this whereas outside of dedicated triple jump fans no-one could name any Olympic gold medalist since that day. He won both Olympic and World gold without coming close to a jump that good. From a technical perspective, no human has ever jumped as well as Edwards did that day.
he was nearly in the sand pit after his first two phases, absolutely out of this world!
One thing I noticed that sets him apart is that he gets up to top speed but then relaxes as he jumps the first stage and balances out the energy for each phase. Whereas a lot of triple jumpers over exert the first 2 stages and the energy is drained for the final jump. His exertion is spread across each phase.
It's because he was one of the fastest men in the world over 40m on a track at this time, more speed equals less power needed on the jumps
22 years ago and still the longest jump ever recorded
26 years
It will never be beaten
@@NPA1001 Never say never (oops!)
27 years now
@@HIMCULES That's what she said
So sad that the wind didn't allow him to establish a new WR. If 18.29m is an unbelievable feat, the 18.43m would be even more amazing!
yes indeed that jump was incredible. he flies over the ground
He was majestic, like running in fast forward then he hits the slow motion button in those three steps and hangs for ever. If he nailed the board then it's a 18.50M jump here.
Add on the 20 cm he gave away on the board and well, 18.60+ with wind just 0.4 mps over the legal limit. Unbelievable.
OMG
The wind would only have added a couple of centimetres at best
OMG .. you're right, I'd never noticed that before ... that's an insane distance :)
@Simon Slade tested your advised caution on laughing... Can confirm 100% correct 😂🤣
Incredible athlete, one of the greatest of all time.
A damn freak of nature he was, amazing.
Lightweight + Speed = Fly
He was also very strong in the gym though he does not look it..
@@cashcrop70 Many displays of how elite athletes are just incredible. You could be a massive dude that is a club level shot putter and throwing 14 meters. Jess Ennis would beat you. A fairly small woman that can also run and jump, and she'd beat you, the big, strong, fat guy, at the shot put. Your body is perfectly designed for the Shot Put, but an elite level male Decathlete will destroy you, and an elite level female Heptathlete that is half your size, can still throw a Shot Putt as far as you can.
A lot of people just do not realise how superior elite athletes really are.
@@Zandohaha By 'you' of course you mean people in general. I am actually a former athlete (modest ability) and still a relative beast in the gym at 51, putting guys half my age to shame lol
ye the guys is a bird. this is incredible he really flies
@@cashcrop70 Yet still hvent learned humility. Ysnks
Awesome technic and speed and a humble man aswell
The absolute module of mechanical engineering efficiency !!!!! PERFECT 👆✌👌👍✊🙌🙏🌟🙏🇬🇧
So much speed... his power to weight ratio was astonishing. The way he just floats & carries the speed through the phases is amazing.
The speed that he carries through the three consecutive jumps is simply unfathomable. And he does it in a seemingly effortless manner. I don't there will ever be a triple jumper as good as Edwards, at least not in 50 years.
That wind speed would move the human body at most about 1 centimetre. I know there has to be a cut of point but this jump is phenomenal, No human will ever come close to this distance again.
See how fast Edwards was running. Even though he wasn't a specialist sprinter, he had a very decent 100m time and was one of the fastest jumpers ever. That was part of the reason Edwards was such an amazing triple jumper. The same with Carl Lewis in the long jump.
He masters all parts of the event, but I'm always amazed at his incredible speed and the distinct clawing action as he nears the end of the second (step) phase.
Bryce Lambley I've never seen such a style, I would look into his trainers practice methods if I was training today. We had no internet when this occurred in 1995 :(
0:31 It's amazing how close he was to the pit already at this point...
I could be mistaken, but this was probably the greatest display of the art of understatement, ever recorded:
"Jonathan Edwards has produced a remarkable jump"
"It's the longest jump ever seen in track n field athletics... and I've just been informed, that's a new Gateshead-Harriets record".
It's 'Harriers' as in the bird
@@ynotnilknarf39 thanks, that explains the airplane as well, to us non-native speakers.
@@HIMCULES You're welcome, the accent can be a little hard even for us 'native' speakers ;o)
That was funny-weird! Gateshead-Harriers record?! Who cares?! What about the World, European, British, and English records??
@@jgrantsfbecause they are all obvious records
Just looks like absolutely perfect technique, amazing to watch
The second jump is by far the most impressive one. He did not lose too much speed and the vertical speed was at its finest for the last far jump.
The man was flying. Incredible display of speed and flawless technique.
Awesome jump...and the 7.02m jump phase in his 18.29m is just ridiculous...
This is frightening.. still loses 10-15cm on the board, crazy!
I read once that in 1995 he was faster than Linford in training camps, it's quoted on the British Athletics website do must be reliable. That speed + control = Greatest of all time.
Yes over 30m he could really fly. Was beating Linford and Colin
Linford at that time was running,9.90s.and had !issued the world record two years ago by 100of a second. , Running.9.87 to the world 9.86at that period.
@Ron P over 100m Christie moved away but over 30m i could believe it. I seem to remember Colin Jackson saying Edwards would be an option over the 60m indoor sprint (which jackson, a hurdler sometimes ran for GB). Though i also remember Christie saying one of the shot putters was wickedly fast and competing with the sprinters over 30m due to that massive explosive strength throwers and jumpers need.
@@ross_burnage Yep, I actually met Linford recently at Perivale Club and he said it's true. Over 30m Edwards was a freak of nature; Acceleration was unfathomable.
Ron P he trained with Linford and Frankie Fredericks and was faster than them both to 30m. His peak speed on the run up was equal to or faster than the top 100m sprinters. He could also clean and jerk 150kg. He was actually quite a lazy trainer and never ran more than 100m repeats in training.
GB definitely missed out by not getting him to run more and at least put him on the 100m relay
I can't even point that far
🤣
Astonishing. He makes it look like a completely different event.
one word: perfection
Das ist der eleganteste Dreispringer bis heute. ❤
I also love Basketball and whenever another basketball fan says to me that Michael Jordan used to somehow hang in the air I used to tell them to look up Jonathan Edwards triple jump world record. THAT'S hanging in the air
Tremendous speed once again, and he's.. OH MY GOODNESS, THAT IS HUGE!
I do have to chuckle at Jim's commentary at the end, "I've just been informed, that this is a new Gateshead Harriers record". No shit Sherlock, it's a new Planet Earth record too.
The Brits deadpan humour
If the wind that day had been 0.4 m/s less his world record might never be touched.
espectacular.the best in the history,superman.
The GOAT. Nobody will ever come close to reaching it, even if it was a bit wind aided
Apparently this longest jump in history is a 'Gateshead Harriers' record. lol !
😂😂
And it’s STILL the longest triple jump ever seen in track and field athletics since 1995!!!
I have never seen this much athletic ability in my life
I saw a guy suck his own cock before which was incredibly athletic
Perfect jump from run-up to landing.
He really was a sight to behold.
Fantastic to Watch!.
With today's technology is it possible to figure how long this jump would have been if the wind speed had been 1.9?
oh I how I wish I was there that day! And his sprint speed and fluency ....
Legend
The way he looks at it and he can’t believe how good it is! 💪💪😅
Jonathan just took the p**s
The man is a living legend
"Tremendous speed once again AND HE'S ZOMG"
my goodness that really is something. What a guy. Staggering.
Thats phenomenal. Its like he just took off!
I instantly went to the track near me and tried to do this back when I was 10 years old.
The best ever triple jumper.
Фантастично, непревзойденно, великий атлет
Pure forward motion in each phase. Superb.
He’s almost in the pit after phase 2
This guy was amazing.
I ran at the stadium once... I pulled a hammy... :(
Unbelievable
That speed down the track though ... insane
If you look closely he jumped from the back of the board. This would have been a 61 ft jump had he gotten most of the board. Incredible
Can't you see that this miracle has a name,,doping,,?
I understand the technicalities but this not being an official WR is very harsh indeed. If the wind had been at a legal 2.0 then how much less further would Edwards have jumped? Maybe a centimeter or two.
This man isn’t human omg how far was that omg
Fantastic
GOAT
Awesome ! Second to yours truly.
his form is crazy good.
There will be perhaps never such great athlet as Edwards. Johnathan Edwards is more than a professor of triple jump. He could teach us to jump like that :)
That is astonishing
@Stafanitus In my ATFS Annual figures of 6.50, 5.60, 6.33 were given... Where did you get your figures?
He's almost in the sand before he even gets to the jump part
Step 5.60m!
wow
Is it still the Gateshead Harriers record?
Mark Jones no, some kid broke it 3 years ago i believe! Was not ratified.
Lol.
Human Perfection
Insane!
A new Gateshead Harriers record! Haha! Classic. Ridiculous jump.
I have almost zero athletic ability myself (jumping 18.43 cm would be good for me!) so I can't comment knowledgeably about technique etc like some people here -- but I remember this jump so clearly and being absolutely staggered by it. And to be honest, watching it now I still am. Such a huge shame the wind wasn't 1.9 instead of 2.4!
Edwards remains the only person in history to have recorded jumps beyond 18.30m and 18.40m, regardless of the wind speed.... and he did them in this one competition!
In successive jumps also.
Perfection. Perfectly stable on the run up - he could have been on wheels. No loss of speed on the jump. I think he's gonna be an old man by the time that jump is bettered.
a very, very, very old man
This looks so unbelievable to watch this was only 2.4ms wind they could have 10ms wind no one will touch this. I never saw this jump until now. I just remember that film white men cant jump was made around this time lol. Insane.
The great one!
*OH MY GUNNESS THAT IS HUGE*
Just wow
the best!!!!!!!
X-men,incredible jump 💪💪💪
Here after India wins gold in cwg 2022 😍
Ironic really that he lost his faith, as every time I see him jump I say “Jesus Christ!”
Hahaha
Ah-mazing!!
This was the Bob Beamon moment for Triple Jumping.
Nothing better than when an elite athlete at the top of their sport is even surprised how good they are.
The second step was GODLY
the third is crazy too
何度見ても
笑っちゃう跳躍力
私が尊敬するアスリートの一人
Wow wow wow
the greatest
White men can jump.
Yes.
There are indeed difference in muscle structure and body structure and it can affect your performance. But in the end it will just be about training and being gifted.
Titan Coral Go and do some research on the culture and reasoning behind the myth of black people being bad swimmers bigot. It has nothing to do with genes, or muscles etc. More to do with racism, segregation ( blacks weren't allowed in pools) by stupid whites with a 'superiority' complex like you.
The answer to this is: Black people have 2% longer legs compared to whites, and whites have 2% longer upperbody. = blacks (better in performances with legs) = whites (better in upperbody performances)
sure Aaron, true, but the United States pushed very hard to get black swimmers ready for Atlanta 1996 to no avail. Bone density and relative lack of flotation may indeed be a partial cause. Who knows, for it takes a delicious mix of physical traits to become a top athlete in any field.
THE greatest jump ever