Before Beamon's leap, the farthest long jump had been 27 feet, 4¾ inches, by Ter-Ovanesyan and Ralph Boston. Jesse Owens had set a record of 26-8¼ in 1935 that had held up for 25 years.

The graph below shows the progression of gold medalists' distances for the long jump since 1896. Use the zoom controls at the top right to get a closer look, and hover over the points to learn ...

TOKYO - Cuban Juan Miguel Echevarria topped the men's long jump qualification round on Saturday at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, as 12 athletes moved through to Monday's final. The 22-year-old Echevarria, ...

World Athletics is planning to introduce a new trial for measuring long jump take-offs. A "take-off zone" could be used instead of the traditional wooden board, where a no-jump is called if the ...

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Learn how to take part in the Standing Long Jump activity with help from primary school teacher, Danny Denholm, and footballer and coach, Aminah Din. DANNY: Hey, I'm Danny. And welcome to Let's Do ...

Jump scares are considered the fart jokes of horror: cheap, easy and lowbrow. But that gives short shrift to a long, potent legacy. Of course, they can be crude, overdone and shoehorned in ...

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THE JUMP ROPE is one of the best total body workouts ... ensuring that no matter how long you use it, it retains its shape, skip after skip. The look of it is also simple and sleek, allowing ...

Greg Rutherford won long jump gold for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games World Athletics is planning to introduce a new trial for measuring long jump take-offs. A "take-off zone ...