THE SCRAPE FOUL - Unbanned Triple Jump Technique Before the 1980’s, there was a rule the prevented athletes from scraping their swing leg on the ground during the triple jump. The men’s triple jump final at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, has so much controversy that they changed the rules to unban this action. This is a summary of what happened at the event which led to the rule change. 1980 Moscow Olympics Men’s Triple Jump Finals 1st - Jaak Uudmäe - 17.35m 2nd - Viktor Saneyev - 17.24m 3rd - João Carlos de Oliveira - 17.22m 4th - Keith Connor - 16.87m 5th - Ian Campbell - 16.72m Viktor Saneyev who won silver was attempting to win his fourth consecutive gold medal in the same individual event and was the favorite to win the event. Both the Brazilian de Oliveira and Australian Ian Campbell produced multiple massive jumps which were capable of winning the event and even capable of breaking the olympic record, but they were declared fouls by the officials over and over again and were not measured. 8 of the 12 jumps were foul and no legal jumps after the third round One of Australian Ian Campbell’s later jumps was well past the marker for the olympic record and would have won the competition. But the officials ruled it a foul. But there was no mark in the plasticine, The officials declared he had committed a "scrape foul" which was an interpretation of the rules at the time which stated the trailing leg (or the swing leg) could not touch the track during the jump. Allegations quickly rose that the officials intentionally threw out their best jumps to favor the Soviets. Because of the publicity this got, the IAAF was forced to reevaluate the rules that played into these events. ----------------------------------------------------------- EPISODE 11: This is the 11th addition to: THE BANNED TECHNIQUE series where we look at unorthodox or banned techniques used in Track and Field. Be sure to check out my other videos in the Banned Techniques Series about the Long Jump Somersault, Backflip High Jump, Steadying the Bar in Pole Vault, the Spinning Technique in Javelin, the cartwheeling shotput and more. #track #trackandfield #triplejump #longjump #coldwar #sprinting #bannedtechnique #bannedthings #Running #runner #crosscountry #jumper #orthopedicshoes #orthopedics #olympics #olympictrials #worldrecord #finance #wealth #insurance #attorney #Lawyer #mizuno #asics #adidas #nike #shoes #shoesaddict #athletics #sports #documentary #viral #viralvideo #longjump #javelin #shotput #history - @jumpersjunction