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
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.
@@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.
@@mathewjones8886What are you disagreeing with me for?!? You are replying to me when I was replying to someone else. I said it is the longest jump which it is. Olympics golds are what people are recognised by. By their peers, by their country, by the Olympic council, fans in general and by the Guinness book of records. Do you usually argue with people over something they didn’t say? 🙄🙄🙄
@@johnmc3862You said the best jump is winning gold in the Olympics and I disagreed. This jump was greater than any jump in any Olympic games ever. You clearly said something and I disagreed. Does that explain it clearly for you?
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.
@@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.
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.
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 :(
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.
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 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 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 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
For me JE at his best is beauty in movement. His speed and technical efficiency allows this beauty to b express. Freedom is another word for this outstanding athleticism.
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!
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
I'd like to put some context to this: 1. Jonathan Edwards 18.43 2. Jacek Butkiewicz 17.14 3. Arne Holm 16.70 Lmao he's not doing the same sport, his worst jump was 58cm better than the best jump of any other athlete in the same event
