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The long jump at the Summer Olympics, is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's long jump was introduced over fifty years later in 1948, and was the second Olympic jumping ...
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 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 1 and 3 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] 30 athletes from 23 nations competed. [2]Germany's 2019 world champion Malaika Mihambo moved up from third to first with her final round jump of 7.00 metres, to win the gold medal. 2012 Olympic champion Brittney Reese of the USA won the silver and Nigeria's Ese Brume the ...
United States' Tara Davis-Woodhall competes in the long jump final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Qualification. For the men'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 8.27 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [7][8]
Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump. Tara Davis-Woodhall of the United States celebrates her victory in the women's long jump at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. The women's long jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 6 and 8 August 2024. This was the 20th time that the event was contested at the ...
The longest standing modern Olympic athletics record is Bob Beamon 's achievement in the men's long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [6] The jump, at 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in), also broke the existing world record by 55 cm (22 in), and stood as the world record for 23 years until Beamon's compatriot, Mike Powell, jumped farther in the 1991 World ...
Jasmine Moore (born May 1, 2001) is an American athlete. [1] She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in both the long jump and the triple jump event. In 2022, she became the first American woman to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in both the long jump and the triple jump.