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The women's long jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August. [1] The winning margin was 2cm. Competition format
The women's long jump was introduced over fifty years later in 1948, and was the second Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump, which was added in 1928. The Olympic records for the event are 8.90 m ( 29 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) for men, set by Bob Beamon in 1968, and 7.40 m ( 24 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) for women, set by Jackie Joyner-Kersee ...
Olympic Games: Atlanta, United States Pole vault: 4.91 m Katerina Stefanidi: 6 August 2017 World Championships: London, United Kingdom [18] Long jump: 7.03 m (+0.6 m/s) Niki Xanthou: 18 August 1997 Bellinzona, Switzerland Triple jump: 15.32 m (+0.9 m/s) Hrysopiyí Devetzí: 21 August 2004 Olympic Games: Athens, Greece [19] Shot put: 19.10 m ...
Women's Long Jump. Niki Xanthou; Qualifying – 6.50 (did not advance) Despoina Papavasilaki; Qualifying – 5.86 (did not advance) Women's Triple Jump. Olga-Anastasia Vasdeki; Qualifying – 14.26; Final – 14.15 (7th place) Women's High Jump. Niki Bakogianni; Qualifying – 1.80 (did not advance) Women's Pole Vault. Thalia Iakovidou ...
The long jump is the only known jumping event of ancient Greece's original Olympics' pentathlon events. All events that occurred at the Olympic Games were initially supposed to act as a form of training for warfare. The long jump emerged probably because it mirrored the crossing of obstacles such as streams and ravines. [2]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons (run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the race walks (on the streets of Athens), and the shot put (held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium). A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 by ...
She was removed from the Greek team for the 2012 London Olympics by the Greek Olympic Committee after making a racist comment online. At the 2016 Summer Olympics' final in Rio de Janeiro, she took the 8th place. In 2018 she was the European Champion in Berlin with a jump of 14,60 metres.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...