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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 ...
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
80 years, 33 days Tokyo: 17 September 2010 4.19 -0.5 Melvin Larsen United States 12 June 1924 80 years, 55 days Decatur: 6 August 2004 4.19 NWI: Mazumi Morita Japan 17 July 1913 81 years, 307 days Tokyo: 20 May 1995 4.18 NWI: Giichi Suda Japan 16 September 1912 82 years, 29 days Tokyo: 15 October 1994 4.12 +0.8 Mazumi Morita Japan 17 July 1913
Women's long jump world record progression Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Long jump world record progression .
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.
The men's long jump world record has been held by just four individuals for the majority of time since the IAAF 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).
45 years, 170 days Perth: 25 February 2024 5.70 -0.2 Magdalena Hristova Bulgaria 25 February 1977 45 years, 211 days Thessaloniki: 24 September 2022 5.82 0.2 Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Russia 12 May 1968 45 years, 71 days Moscow: 22 July 2013 5.62 0.7 Kriemhild Mann Germany 12 September 1966 45 years, 229 days Osterode: 28 April 2012 5.59 1.9
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 ...