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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 ...
The current unofficial record is held by Byron Jones, who recorded a jump of 3.73 m (12 ft 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) at the NFL Combine on February 23, 2015, [18] beating the official world-record jump distance of 3.71 m (12 ft 2 in) set by Norwegian shot putter Arne Tvervaag from Ringerike FIK Sportclub in 1968, in a different setting with different ...
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 ...
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).
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 ...
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 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 competition. The women's world record has been broken on two occasions at the Olympics, with Mary Rand jumping 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) in 1964 and Viorica Viscopoleanu clearing 6.82 m (22 ...
Long jump world record progression may refer to: Men's long jump world record progression; Women's long jump world record progression This page was last edited on 23 ...