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Robert Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.By jumping 8.90 m (29 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in), he broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm (21 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) and his world record stood for almost 23 years until it was broken in 1991 by Mike Powell.
Beamon's jump is still the Olympic record and 56 years later remains the second longest wind legal jump in history. (Beamon's jump was at the very limit, 2.0 metres per second, of wind assistance and was at altitude, though the next-best jump under the same conditions in 1968 was Ralph Boston's 8.16 metres). [1]
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 ...
Long jump. 1967 Winnipeg. Long jump. Ralph Harold Boston (May 9, 1939 – April 30, 2023) was an American track athlete who received three Olympic medals and became the first person to break the 27 feet (8.2 m) barrier in the long jump.
The Olympic records for the event are 8.90 m (29 ft 21⁄4 in) for men, set by Bob Beamon in 1968, and 7.40 m (24 ft 31⁄4 in) for women, set by Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. Beamon's mark is the longest-standing Olympic athletics record by a margin of twelve years, which was the only time a man has set a long jump world record at the ...
Long jump. Updated on August 6, 2012. Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete, the holder of the long jump world record, and a two-time world champion as well as two-time Olympic silver medalist in the event. His world record of 8.95 m (29 ft in), set on August 30, 1991, has never been broken.
Men's Long Jump record had been set a year earlier in a Mexico City preparation meet, but was improved upon by Bob Beamon United States an incredible 22 inches or 55 cm. That record lasted almost 23 years and still has only been beaten once. The feat was so outstanding it spawned a new adjective "beamonesque".
Bob Beamon broke Ralph Boston's 1965 and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's 1967 World Record in the Men's Long Jump by 55 cm (22 in). This record was not broken until 1991. It remains the second-best legal jump in history. The World Record was broken in the Men's Triple Jump five times by three athletes, including the final jump of the event. The top five ...