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German male long jumpers (2 C, 60 P) Ghanaian male long jumpers (8 P) ... Pages in category "Male long jumpers" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 ...
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The 1991 World Championships are perhaps best remembered for the long jump final, considered by some to have been one of the greatest competitions ever in any sport. [68] Lewis was up against his main rival of the last few years, Mike Powell, the silver medalist in the event from the 1988 Olympics and the top-ranked long jumper of 1990. Lewis ...
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.
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At the end of the 2016 season, Rutherford hosted a long jump competition using the pit he had built in his back garden, for members of his athletics club, Marshall Milton Keynes. [53] Although he did not compete in the long jump, he competed in the alternative standing long jump event, reaching a distance of 3.26 metres.
He ended that year with a long jump best of 7.65 m (25 ft 1 in) as well as a triple jump of 15.54 m (50 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in). [5] A breakthrough came the year after when he jumped 8.19 m (26 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) to win at the Weltklasse in Biberach in Germany. [6] This jump was in the top ten all-time by an under-20 athlete at that point. [7]
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.