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Bookmark or Share- The perfect jump: Beamon's 8.90m celebrates its 50th anniversaryThe perfect jump. A leap into the 21st century. The greatest sporting achievement of all time. Those were just a few of the ways that Bob Beamon's astounding 8.90m world record leap in the long jump, set at the Olympic Games in Mexico City 50 years ago today, has been described.
- Bob Beamon - WikipediaRobert 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.
- Bob Beamon: Legacy Endures 55 Years Beyond "The Leap"Bob Beamon is synonymous with one of the greatest track and field performances in history, the 29-foot, 2½-inch world record in the long jump he set at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics...
- Bob Beamon’s 1968 Olympic gold medal leap - Christie'sOne such indelible moment unfolded at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where a 22-year-old prodigy from New York, Bob Beamon, made sport’s greatest leap. Inside the Olympic stadium on the afternoon of 18 October 1968, a track steward summoned Robert Beamon of the USA to take his first attempt in the men’s long jump final.
- Bob Beamon | Long jump, Olympic gold, 1968 | BritannicaBob Beamon is an American long jumper, who set a world record of 8.90 metres (29.2 feet) at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. The new record surpassed the existing mark by an astounding 55 cm (21.65 inches) and stood for 23 years, until Mike Powell of the United States surpassed it in 1991.
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