Long Jump

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
1896 Ellery Clark, United States 20 ft 9.75 in
1900 Alvin Kraenzlein, United States 23 ft 6.875 in
1904 Myer Prinstein, United States 24 ft 1 in
1906 Myer Prinstein, United States 23 ft 7.5 in
1908 Frank Irons, United States 24 ft 6.5in
1912 Albert Gutterson, United States 24 ft 11.25 in
1920 William Petterssen, Sweden 23 ft 5.5 in
1924 DeHart Hubbard, United States 24 ft 5.125 in
1928 Edward B. Hamm, United States 25 ft 4.75 in
1932 Edward Gordon, United States 25 ft 0.75 in
1936 Jesse Owens, United States 26 ft 5.3125 in
1948 Willie Steele, United States 25 ft 8 in
1952 Jerome Biffle, United States 24 ft 10 in
1956 Gregory Bell, United States 25 ft 8.25 in
1960 Ralph Boston, United States 26 ft 7.75 in
1964 Lynn Davies, Great Britain 26 ft 5.75 in
1968 Bob Beamon, United States 29 ft 2.5 in
1972 Randy Williams, United States 27 ft 0.5 in
1976 Arnie Robinson, United States 24 ft 7.75 in
1980 Lutz Dombrowski, E. Germany 28 ft 0.25 in
1984 Carl Lewis, United States 28 ft 0.25 in
1988 Carl Lewis, United States 28 ft 7.25 in
1992 Carl Lewis, United States 28 ft 5.5 in
1996 Carl Lewis, United States 27 ft 10.75 in
2000 Ivan Pedroso, Cuba 28 ft 0.75 in
2004 Dwight Phillips, United States 28 ft 2.19 in
2008 Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda, Panama 27 ft 4.34 in

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