Progression of Official World Record
Men, Long Jump
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
8.95 | Mike Powell | USA | 10 Nov 1963 | WC | Tokyo | 30 Aug 1991 | 27 years 293 days | 32 years 239 days |
7.85/0.2 8.54/0.4 8.29/0.9 X 8.95/0.3 X | ||||||||
8.90 | Bob Beamon | USA | 29 Aug 1946 | OG | Ciudad de México | 18 Oct 1968 | 22 years 50 days | 22 years 316 days |
8.35 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | RUS | 19 May 1938 | Ciudad de México | 19 Oct 1967 | 29 years 153 days | 365 days | |
8.35 | Ralph Boston | USA | 9 May 1939 | CalR | Modesto CA | 20 May 1965 | 26 years 11 days | 3 years 151 days |
8.34 | Ralph Boston | USA | 9 May 1939 | Los Angeles CA | 12 Sep 1964 | 25 years 126 days | 250 days | |
8.31 | Ralph Boston | USA | 9 May 1939 | Kingston | 15 Aug 1964 | 25 years 98 days | 28 days | |
8.31 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | RUS | 19 May 1938 | Yerevan | 10 Jun 1962 | 24 years 22 days | 2 years 94 days | |
8.28 | Ralph Boston | USA | 9 May 1939 | Moskva | 16 Jul 1961 | 22 years 68 days | 329 days | |
8.24 | Ralph Boston | USA | 9 May 1939 | Modesto CA | 27 May 1961 | 22 years 18 days | 50 days | |
8.21 | Ralph Boston | USA | 9 May 1939 | Walnut CA | 12 Aug 1960 | 21 years 95 days | 288 days | |
8.13 | Jesse Owens | USA | 12 Sep 1913 | Big 10 | Ann Arbor MI | 25 May 1935 | 21 years 255 days | 25 years 79 days |
7.98 | Chuhei Nambu | JPN | 4 May 1904 | Tokyo | 27 Oct 1931 | 27 years 176 days | 3 years 210 days | |
7.93 | Silvio Cator | HAI | 9 Oct 1900 | Colombes | 9 Sep 1928 | 27 years 336 days | 3 years 48 days | |
7.90 | Ed Hamm | USA | 13 Apr 1906 | Cambridge MA | 7 Jul 1928 | 22 years 85 days | 64 days | |
7.89 | William Dehart Hubbard | USA | 25 Nov 1903 | NCAA | Chicago IL | 13 Jun 1925 | 21 years 200 days | 3 years 24 days |
7.76 | Robert LeGendre | USA | 7 Jan 1898 | OG | Colombes | 7 Jul 1924 | 26 years 182 days | 341 days |
7.69 | Ed Gourdin | USA | Cambridge MA | 23 Jul 1921 | exactly | 2 years 350 days | ||
7.61 | Peter O'Connor | IRL | 24 Oct 1872 | Dublin | 5 Aug 1901 | 28 years 285 days | 19 years 352 days |