In the finals, though, something astonishing happened. It sacrificed a little distance, but his jump still measured 8.19m – enough for him to qualify for the finals.īeamon’s US teammate Ralph Boston, meanwhile, had bettered his own Olympic record (8.12m at 1960 Rome Olympics) with an 8.27m jump in the qualifying rounds. In his third and do-or-die jump in the qualifying round, he emulated what the legendary Jesse Owens had done in a similar situation at the 1936 Olympics.īeamon took off a few inches short of the take-off line to avoid a foul. However, Beamon found himself in danger of crashing out in the qualifying rounds after fouling his first two attempts. Heading into the 1968 Olympics, his maiden appearance at the Summer Games, Bob Beamon had won 22 of the 23 events he had competed in that year. In fact, Beamon’s monster jump inspired a new English word Beamonesque – a sports jargon that means a remarkable or astonishing athletic feat. Long jump Olympic recordsīob Beamon (USA) – 8.90m at 1968 Mexico City Olympics (October 18, 1968)īob Beamon’s 8.90m leap en route to the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City is the oldest standing athletics Olympic record. Stefka Kostadinova, the women’s high jump world record (2.09m) holder since 1987, had covered 2.05m at the 1996 Atlanta Games. With it, she also dispossessed Bulgarian icon Stefka Kostadinova of the Olympic record in the event.
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Russia’s Yelena Slesarenko registered her personal-best jump of 2.06m to win the women’s high jump gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) – 2.06m at 2004 Athens Olympics (August 28, 2004) He beat the previous best (2.38m) set by Soviet Union’s Hennadiy Avdyeyenko at Seoul 1988. He fulfilled his ambition with an Olympic record-breaking 2.39m jump. However, a bad knee forced the US track and field Hall of Famer to settle for a disappointing eighth place.įour years later, Austin travelled to Atlanta with nothing but the gold on his mind. Heading into his debut Olympics at Barcelona 1992, USA’s Charles Austin was the reigning high jump world champion and the favourite to win gold. High jump Olympic recordsĬharles Austin (USA) – 2.39m at 1996 Atlanta Olympics (July 28, 1996) Here are the Olympic records in the high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault. Some of these have been etched into the record books. They are as fiercely contested as any and have produced some of the most memorable competitive moments at the Games over the years. Jump events, though, are more than just elegant.
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Snapshots of ace jumpers - be it Carl Lewis in long jump or Yelena Isinbayeva in the pole vault - in full flight during their events have gone down in history as some of the most iconic photographs in sports history. The jump events, after all, make for the most enticing imagery in sports. With the modern Summer Games rolling out in 1896, all the jump events have continued to be integral parts of the global showpiece. Olympic jump events – high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault – have been constant fixtures in the competition’s athletics programme.Īll four events, in some form, existed in the ancient Olympics.
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