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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 ...
Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou (Greek: Μιλτιάδης "Μίλτος" Τεντόγλου [miltiˈaðis te(n)ˈdoɣlu]; [4] born 18 March 1998 [5]) is a Greek long jump athlete, who is 14th in the all time lists, but one of the best in terms of achievements, as he is a double Olympic Champion with multiple World and European titles also to his ...
Greece: 5.90 m Long jump details: Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece: 8.48 m Wayne Pinnock Jamaica: 8.36 m Mattia Furlani Italy: 8.34 m Triple jump details: Jordan Díaz Spain: 17.86 m Pedro Pichardo Portugal: 17.84 m Andy Díaz Italy: 17.64 m SB: Shot put details: Ryan Crouser United States: 22.90 m SB: Joe Kovacs United States: 22.15 m Rajindra ...
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 ...
Defending Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou returned as the world leader. Tentoglou was also the 2023 World Champion and 2022 silver medalist. Wang Jianan won in 2022, Simon Ehammer won bronze and is #2 for 2024. 2023 silver medalist Wayne Pinnock jumped well indoors in 2024 but didn't quite match it outdoors. 19 year old Mattia Furlani showed several good results in 2024.
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]
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
Tsatoumas ranks as the eighth best long jumper in history and holds the European record in the event at low altitude. [ 2 ] At the 2008 Olympics he had the longest qualifying jump with 8.27m, but after three consecutive fouls in the final he finished in last place.