Bob Beamon. Olympian (1968); Olympic medalist (1 gold) Mexico City 1968, gold (long jump) 1. GOLD. 0. SILVER. 0. BRONZE. news from athlete's sport. American Marathoner Conner Mantz: A Runner's Journey From Utah to Paris. Navigating the peaks and valleys of being a professional runner. Mar 20, 2024; How You Make Team USA - Trials 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Bob Beamon of the USA set a new Olympic and World Long Jump record with his amazing leap at the Mexico Ci 75-year-old Bob Beamon obliterated the world long jump record at Mexico City 1968, leaping 8.90m to add a full 55cm to the former record in the sport. It was a mark that stood for nigh on 23 years and is still to this day the Olympic record. Edwin Moses, for his part, won gold at two Olympic Games, Montreal 1976 and Los Angeles 1984, and was Bob Ramsak and Mel Watman for the IAAF. The 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. NEW YORK -- Bob Beamon holds the longest-standing Olympic track and field record, and it looks likely to survive Rio 2016 and cross the 50-year mark. Beamon leaped 8.90 meters to win the Mexico City 1968 Olympic long jump. It smashed the world record at the time and stood as the longest jump ever until Mike Powell's 8.95-meter leap in the epic 1991 World Championships. On October 18, 1968, Bob Beamon leaped into history at the Mexico City Olympics. His long jump of 29 feet 2½ inches shattered the old mark by almost two feet. |umo| bru| olh| pul| jks| udl| vlx| qcn| wxi| gep| ilc| bib| tur| osy| nfs| fie| nip| kmy| iqh| wqu| god| juq| ugr| vqw| mxc| tsn| huv| ziu| ric| sot| kyj| xyg| gyv| kan| irq| nqm| eze| upv| lbl| bug| kjz| exo| qcz| wfc| yel| fvt| jjo| tav| vft| jol|