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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: 2.01 m Silvia Costa (CUB) 3 September 1985 Kobe 1985: Pole vault: 4.70 m Tatyana Polnova (RUS) 27 August 2003 Daegu 2003: Long jump: 7.04 m Irina Valyukevich (URS) 4 September 1985 Kobe 1985: Triple jump: 14.82 m (−0.2 m/s) Ekaterina Koneva (RUS) 11 July 2013 Kazan 2013 [10] Shot put: 20.82 m Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) 20 August 1973 ...
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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 ...
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
Colin Jackson broke the 110 metre hurdles world record in 1993; a record which stood for over a decade. Mike Powell's world record long jump at the 1991 Championships has never been bettered. Double record holder Michael Johnson has held the 400 metres world record with his run in Seville for over 20 years. Key to tables:
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 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 ...