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The men's long jump was an athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. There were 54 competitors from 41 nations, with one athlete not starting. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
Men's Long jump details: Carl Lewis United States: James Beckford Jamaica: Joe Greene United States: Women's Long jump details: Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria: Fiona May Italy: Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States: Men's Triple jump details: Kenny Harrison United States: Jonathan Edwards Great Britain: Yoelbi Quesada Cuba: Women's Triple jump details ...
High jump details: Charles Austin United States: 2.39 m (OR) Artur Partyka Poland: 2.37 m Steve Smith Great Britain: 2.35 m Pole vault details: Jean Galfione France: 5.92 m Igor Trandenkov Russia: 5.92 m Andrei Tivontchik Germany: 5.92 m Long jump details: Carl Lewis United States: 8.50 m James Beckford Jamaica: 8.29 m Joe Greene United States ...
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 ...
The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been: 1896: 40,000 m (approximately) 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi) 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi) 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi) 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov, pictured here in 2009, won six medals at the 1996 games (two gold, one silver, and three bronze medals), the most of any competing athlete. [36] American gymnast Shannon Miller , pictured here in 2013, won gold in the women's artistic team all-round and balance beam at the 1996 games. [ 37 ]
The United States (USA) was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports. [1]With a total of 44 gold, 32 silver, and 25 bronze medals, the United States returned to the top spot in the medal standings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) [3] [4] [5] were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.