Men's Long Jump. World Record Progression DISTANCE ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE
8.95m. Mike Powell (USA) 30 Aug 91 Tokyo
8.90m. Bob Beamon (USA) 18 Oct 68 Mexico City
8.35m. Igor Ter-Ovanesjan (URS) 19 Oct 67 Mexico City
8.35m. Ralph Boston (USA) 29 May 65 Modesto
8.34m. Ralph Boston (USA) 12 Sep 64 Los Angeles
8.31m. Ralph Boston (USA) 15 Aug 64 Kingston
8.31m. Igor Ter-Ovanesjan (URS) 10 Jun 62 Yerevan
8.28m. Ralph Boston (USA) 16 Jul 61 Moscow
8.24m. Ralph Boston (USA) 27 May 61 Modesto
8.21m. Ralph Boston (USA) 12 Aug 60 Walnut
8.13m. Jesse Owens (USA) 25 May 35 Ann Arbor
7.98m. Chuhei Nambu (JPN) 27 Oct 31 Tokyo
7.93m. Sylvio Cator (HAI) 09 Sep 28 Paris
7.90m. Edward Hamm (USA) 07 Jul 28 Cambridge
7.89m. Will. de Hart Hubbard (USA) 13 Jun 25 Chicago
7.76m. Robert LeGendre (USA) 07 Jul 24 Paris
7.69m. Edwin Gourdin (USA) 23 Jul 23 Cambridge
7.61m. Peter O'Connor (GBR) 05 Aug 01 Dublin
The following times in brackets are those set at low altitude
while a high altitude record was standing.
8.79m. Carl Lewis (8.90) (USA) 27 Jan 84 New York
8.79m. Carl Lewis (8.90) (USA) 19 Jun 83 Indianapolis
8.76m. Carl Lewis (8.90) (USA) 24 Jul 82 Indianapolis
8.62m. Carl Lewis (8.90) (USA) 20 Jun 81 Sacramento
8.54m. Lutz Dombrowski (8.90) (GDR) 28 Jul 80 Moscow
8.52m. Larry Myricks (8.90) (USA) 26 Aug 79 Montréal
8.45m. Nenad Stekic (8.90) (YUG) 25 Jul 75 Montréal
8.35m. Josef Schwarz (8.90) (FRG) 15 Jul 70 Stuttgart
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