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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 ...
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.
NFL combine broad jump record. In 2015, Byron Jones recorded a broad jump of 12 feet, 3 inches, breaking the world record by an inch. At the time, he destroyed the previous NFL combine record by 8 ...
This is a list of the NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the long jump. Measurement of the jumps was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event began in 1982.
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 record stood for almost a decade but all these years later Johnson is still remembered for it. ... had a staggering 43-inch vertical jump and 11-foot-6 standing broad jump. Those numbers alone ...
Golden's teammate Isaiah Bond was expected to challenge former Longhorn Xavier Worthy's 40-yard dash record (more on that later). ... He took the top spot in the broad jump at 9 feet, 7 inches ...