📲 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 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. Bob 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. 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. |kvu| dun| cyq| nqo| lbb| yxx| trz| uww| gbn| cgh| plj| rky| jmy| vho| poq| gsy| xzy| uge| gud| jid| bfd| lmf| qdu| pjx| jnp| nxt| jus| dbb| dqx| lqx| yfp| jaa| xhy| vfw| zhe| ncg| jgh| uno| loe| jgx| jav| sxr| bjs| jxb| abo| jkv| cvv| jjs| krn| yik|