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In 1988, Powell won the long jump silver medal at the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. [ 1 ] At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan , on August 30, 1991, Powell broke Bob Beamon 's almost 23-year-old long jump world record by 5 cm (2 in), leaping 8.95 m ( 29 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in). [ 3 ]
Lewis' fourth round jump was wind-aided, but, at 8.91w m, it was the longest ever competition long jump in history, beating the existing wind-legal world record set by Bob Beamon at altitude at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Powell's wind-legal fifth round jump topped both, setting the world record at 8.95 m (29 ft 4.36 in).
The event is best-remembered for the men's long jump competition, when Carl Lewis made the best six-jump series in history, only to be beaten by Mike Powell, whose 8.95 m (29 ft 4.36 in) jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.
This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were two-time gold medalist Carl Lewis and silver medalist Mike Powell of the United States, fourth-place finisher (and 1984 bronze medalist) Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy, sixth-place finisher László Szalma of Hungary, and ...
However, now 35 years old, he was comparatively quite old for a sprinter-long jumper. Lewis barely made it to the Olympics, only finishing third at the 1996 Olympic Trials behind world record holder Mike Powell (at 33, also five years beyond his peak) and 29-year-old Joe Greene. These same three American jumpers had swept the event four years ...
The long jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve advancing to the final round.
Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 m: Tokyo, Japan: 30 August 1991 Championship record: World Leading Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB) 8.65 m: Zürich, Switzerland: 29 August 2019 African Record Luvo Manyonga (RSA) 8.65 m: Potchefstroom, South Africa: 22 April 2017 Asian Record Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) 8.48 m: Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France: 2 July 2006
Huntington coached long jumper Mike Powell for three Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996 where Powell won silver in the first two. In 1991, Powell broke the world record previously held by Bob Beamon by jumping 8.95 m (29 ft 4.5 inches).