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Bookmark or Share- Long Jump - World AthleticsToday, the men’s long jump world record is held by Mike Powell, who jumped 8.95m (29ft 4 1⁄4in) at the 1991 World Championships. Since 1896, the men’s Olympic long jump has been dominated by US athletes. They have won gold at every Games except seven.
- Men's long jump world record progression - WikipediaThe men's long jump world record progression lists records ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) starting in 1912. The inaugural record was the 7.61 m ( 24 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) performance by Peter O'Connor in 1901.
- Long jump: Know the rules, world records and everything else - Olympics.comLong jump Olympic record Long jumps made with wind assistance over 2m/s aren’t counted as official records. However, Mike Powell also holds the wind-assisted record of 8.99m (with wind speeds of +4.4m/s) achieved in 1992 in Sestriere, Italy.
- Farthest long jump (male) - Guinness World RecordsMike Powell (USA) won long jump gold at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics with his fifth-round leap of 8.95 metres (29 feet 4.36 inches) in Tokyo, Japan, on 30 August 1991. Powell emerged triumphant after a thrilling battle with rival Carl Lewis, in the process beating one of the most enduring records in sport – Bob Beamon’s mark of ...
- One giant leap: Mike Powell’s long jump record endures 30 years laterPowell’s world record of 29-4½, 8.95 meters, turns 30 Monday, having survived seven years longer than Beamon’s leap, a feat so extraordinary that it spawned its own adjective,...
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