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The IAAF considers marks set at high altitude as acceptable for record consideration. However, high altitude can significantly assist long jump performances. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Bob Beamon broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm (21 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), and his world record of 8.90 m (29 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) stood until Mike Powell jumped 8.95 m (29 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in ...
High jump: 2.41 m Igor Paklin (URS) 4 September 1985 1985 Summer Universiade: Pole vault: 5.80 m István Bagyula (HUN) 21 July 1991 1991 Summer Universiade: Sheffield, United Kingdom Long jump: 8.46 m (+1.3 m/s) Luis Rivera (MEX) 12 July 2013 2013 Summer Universiade: Kazan, Russia [4] Triple jump: 17.86 m (+1.3 m/s) Charles Simpkins (USA) 16 ...
The men's long jump world record has been held by just four individuals for the majority of time since the IAAF (now World Athletics) started to ratify records. The first mark recognized by the IAAF in 1912, the 7.61 m ( 24 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) performance by Peter O'Connor in August 1901, stood just short of 20 years (nine years as an IAAF record).
Distance Wind Athlete Nationality Birthdate Age Location Date 7.27 +1.2 Tapani Taavitsainen Finland 17 June 1944 46 years, 65 days Bern: 21 August 1990
Beamon's mark is the longest-standing Olympic athletics record by a margin of twelve years, which was the only time a man has set a long jump world record at the competition. The women's world record has been broken on two occasions at the Olympics, with Mary Rand jumping 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) in 1964 and Viorica Viscopoleanu clearing 6.82 m ( 22 ...
The ROMs of the game and its sequel were formerly offered by the owner Randel Reiss for free download. In 2021, however, the rights to both games were purchased by Piko Interactive, leding the download links for the ROMs to disappear from Technopop's website [121], but they are still available for free download on Zophar's Domain.
Record mark: T35 vacant: T36 vacant: T37 vacant: T38 vacant: T45 vacant: T46 vacant: T51 vacant: T52 14:47.55 Marieke Vervoort Belgium 18 May 2014 Nottwil, Switzerland [194] T53/54 10:25.00 Susannah Scaroni United States 8 June 2024 World Para Athletics Grand Prix Nottwil, Switzerland [196] T61 vacant: T62 vacant: T63 vacant: T64 18:43.36 ...
Despite his records, he is best remembered for the scandal that occurred during the 1987 World Championships.In the long jump final, home officials gave a forged measurement for one of Evangelisti's jumps - recording it as 8.37m instead of 7.85m - which resulted in him winning the bronze medal.