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Men's long jump World Championships record progression [2] Mark Athlete Nation Year Round Date 7.96 m Atanas Atanasov Bulgaria (BUL) 1983: Qualification 1983-08-09 8.29 m Jason Grimes United States (USA) 1983: Qualification 1983-08-09 8.37 m Carl Lewis United States (USA) 1983: Qualification 1983-08-09 8.55 m Carl Lewis United States (USA) 1983 ...
The men's long jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 31 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through time or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016).
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 ...
For the women's long jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 6.86 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [6] [7]
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump , the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps".
Globally, PolyU is #57 in the QS World University Rankings 2025, #84 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025, #67 in the US News Best Global Universities Rankings 2024–2025, and #151–200 in ARWU 2023. PolyU was #94 worldwide in terms of aggregate performance across THE, QS, and, ARWU in 2022. [41]
High jump: 2.35 m Lambros Papakostas: 12 March 1995 World Championships: Barcelona, Spain Pole vault: 5.86 m Emmanouil Karalis: 18 February 2023 Greek Championships Piraeus, Greece [27] Long jump: 8.55 m Miltiadis Tentoglou: 18 March 2022 World Championships: Belgrade, Serbia [28] Triple jump: 17.12 m Dimitrios Tsiamis: 18 February 2006 Athens ...
Khadijatou "Khaddi" Victoria Sagnia (born 20 April 1994) is a Swedish track and field athlete specialising in the long jump.Her personal bests in the event are 6.95 metres outdoors (Diamond League Nike Prefontaine Classic – Eugene, Oregon USA 2022) and 6.92 metres indoors (Glasgow 2018). [1]