Long Jump & High Jump
Men’s World Record Progression
Long Jump World Record
9.0 m
8.95 m
8.90 m
Years the World Records were Broken
9.0 m
Long Jump
The long jump world record was broken
twice in 1928, 1961, and 1964.
Year
2000
High Jump
The high jump world record was broken
twice in 1936, 1962, 1976, 1980, 1983, and 1985.
High Jump World Record
It was broken 3 times in 1961 and 4 times in 1960.
8.95 m
8.35 m
8.31 m
8.24 m
8.34 m
8.28 m
8.90 m
8.21 m
7.90 m
Javier Sotomayor
Javier Sotomayor
Bob Beamom
In 1968, Bob Beamon broke the world
record by .55 m. Beamon’s jump is the
largest increase in the men’s long jump
world record progression.
8.13 m
8.0 m
Mike Powell
Javier Sotomayor
Patrik Sjoberg
1990
Igor Paklin
7.98 m
7.93 m
7.89 m
7.76 m
7.69 m
1980
1970
6.0 m
1960
5.0 m
4.78 m
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8.35 m
8.34 m
8.31 m
8.28 m
8.24 m
4.0 m
8.21 m
8.13 m
Igor Ter - Ovanesyan
and Ralph Boston
Ralph Boston
Igor Ter - Ovanesyan
and Ralph Boston
Ralph Boston
2.45 m
2.4 m
2.38 m
2.36 m
2.44 m
2.34 m
2.32 m
2.43 m
2.3 m
2.28 m
2.26 m
2.42 m
2.24 m
2.22 m
2.41 m
2.4 m
Zhu Jianhua
2.39 m
2.11 m
Zhu Jianhua
2.38 m
2.06 m
Zhu Jianhua
2.37 m
2.02 m
Gerd Wessig
2.36 m
All world records
after 1978 wer gotten
using the “Fosbury Flop.”
2.15 m
2.09 m
2.04 m
2.0 m
The long jump, historically called the broad jump, is a track
and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength,
and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a
take off point. This event has a history in the Ancient Olympic
Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since
the first Olympics in 1896. However, the International
Association of Athletics Federation recognized the first world
record in the men’s long jump in 1912. That inaugural record
was 7.61 m performed by Peter O’Connor in 1901.
2.45 m
2.43 m
2.41 m
2.39 m
2.37 m
2.35 m
2.33 m
In the long jump the athletes run down a runway, usually
coated with the same material as the track, and jump as far
as they can from a block built flush into the runway. This
block is called the foul line. The athletes jump into a pit of
fine gravel or sand. The athlete can start their jump anywhere
behind the foul line, but all measurements are recorded
from the end of the foul line. So it is in the athletes’ best
interest to start their jump as close to the foul line as possible,
with out going over. The distance of the jump is measured
by the nearest break in the sand caused by any body part
or uniform. Each competitor in the event has a set number
of attempts, usually three. Three additional jumps are
awarded to the best 8 or 9 competitors. Whoever has made
the longest jump is the first or final round wins the event.
2.31 m
2.29 m
2.27 m
2.25 m
2.23 m
2.18 m
2.16 m
2.12 m
2.07 m
Athletes from the United States have mainly dominated the
long jump. One reason is that speed is big factor in the long
jump. Many sprinters for the United States have also
competed in the long jump. Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis
are some of the better-known sprinters that also competed
in the long jump. Eight different athletes from the United
States have held the world record in the long jump.
2.03 m
2.0 m
2.35 m
High Jump
Vladimir Yaschenko
2.34 m
Vladimir Yaschenko
2.33 m
Dwight Stones
2.32 m
Dwight Stones
2.31 m
Dwight Stones
2.3 m
Pat Matzdor
2.29 m
Valeriy Brumel
2.28 m
Valeriy Brumel
2.27 m
Valeriy Brumel
2.26 m
Valeriy Brumel
2.25 m
Valeriy Brumel
2.24 m
Valeriy Brumel
2.23 m
Number of Men’s World Record Holders from a Country
John Thomas
2.22 m
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The high jump is a track and field event in which athletes
attempt to jump over a horizontal bar. The bar is set at
increasing heights. The athletes get three attempts to jump
over the bar, without knocking the bar over. During the
jump, the athlete may touch the bar, just as long as they do
not knock it over. If an athlete does not make a successful
jump over the bar, they are no longer in the competition.
The athletes continue to jump over the bar at increasing
heights until there is one athlete left. The last athlete left is
the winner, and they may continue to jump or stop since
they have already won.
1.83 m
One significant rule in the high jump competition is that the
athletes must take off from one foot. If an athlete takes off
from both feet, that jump does not count and is counted as
an attempt. In the early competitions of the high jump,
athletes would approach the bar straight on and use a
scissor technique with their legs to jump over the bar. Many
new techniques were later used to jump over the bar. Dick
Fosbury’s technique would bring the high jump to new
heights. Fosbury’s technique was to go over the bar backwards, rolling your body over the bar. This new technique,
called the “Fosbury Flop,” is how almost all high jumpers
jump over the bar today.
Like the long jump, and many other track and field events,
United States athletes have historically dominated the high
jump. Although speed, strength, and agility are also used in
the high jump, the athletes rely more on their technique to
get over the bar.
8
Long Jump
1950
In 1960 John Thomas also
made two marks at 2.17 m
Ralph Boston
7
2.2 m
6
Ralph Boston
Jesse Owens
2.42 m
Rudolf Povarnitsyn
Jacek Wszola
and Dietmar Mogenburg
7.0 m
2.44 m
2.17 m
7.61 m
Long Jump
2.5 m
2.47 m
1940
In 1935, Jesse Owens broke the world
record by .15 m. Owens’ jump stood for
the longest period of time, standing for
almost 24 years
John Thomas
2.18 m
John Thomas
2.17 m
Yuriy Stepanov
2.16 m
Charles Dumas
2.15 m
5
4
3
2
3.0 m
Walt Davis
Lester Steers
8.0 m
7.98 m
2.0 m
Chuhei Nambu
7.93 m
Sylvio Cator
7.90 m
7.89 m
Edward Hamm
1930
2.12 m
1
2.11 m
2.1 m
DeHart Hubbard
Melvin Walker
2.09 m
Cornelius Johnson
and Dave Albritton
2.07 m
Walter Marty
2.06 m
U.S.
Robert LeGendre
Russia
Japan
Hati
Countries
People
13
High Jump
1920
7.76 m
Ireland
12
11
Walter Marty
2.04 m
Harold Osborn
2.03 m
9
Edward Beeson
2.02 m
8
10
7
1.0 m
7.69 m
Edward Gourdin
1910
George Horine
2.0 m
6
5
4
3
7.61 m
Peter O’Connor
2
1
1900
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Nicholas Laythe | DAI 523 | Information Design: Data Visualization | Fall 2014