Men's long jump world record progression
Record progression

Men's long jump world record progression

Section Title: Record progression
Table Section Text: None

Mark	Wind	Athlete	Venue	Date

7.61 m (24 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Peter O'Connor (IRE)	Dublin, Ireland	5 August 1901

7.69 m (25 ft 2 3⁄4 in)	Edward Gourdin (USA)	Cambridge, United States	23 July 1921

7.76 m (25 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	Robert LeGendre (USA)	Paris, France	7 July 1924

7.89 m (25 ft 10 3⁄4 in)	DeHart Hubbard (USA)	Chicago, United States	13 June 1925

7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)	Edward Hamm (USA)	Cambridge, United States	7 July 1928

7.93 m (26 ft 0 in)	0.0	Sylvio Cator (HAI)	Paris, France	9 September 1928

7.98 m (26 ft 2 in)	0.5	Chuhei Nambu (JPN)	Tokyo, Japan	27 October 1931

8.13 m (26 ft 8 in)	1.5	Jesse Owens (USA)	Ann Arbor, United States	25 May 1935

8.21 m (26 ft 11 1⁄4 in)	0.0	Ralph Boston (USA)	Walnut, United States	12 August 1960

8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄2 in)	1.8	Ralph Boston (USA)	Modesto, United States	27 May 1961

8.28 m (27 ft 2 in)	1.2	Ralph Boston (USA)	Moscow, Soviet Union	16 July 1961

8.31 m (27 ft 3 1⁄4 in)	0.1	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)	Yerevan, Soviet Union	10 June 1962

8.31 m (27 ft 3 1⁄4 in)	0.0	Ralph Boston (USA)	Kingston, Jamaica	15 August 1964

8.34 m (27 ft 4 1⁄4 in)	1.0	Ralph Boston (USA)	Los Angeles, United States	12 September 1964

8.35 m (27 ft 4 3⁄4 in)	0.0	Ralph Boston (USA)	Modesto, United States	29 May 1965

8.35 m (27 ft 4 3⁄4 in) at Altitude	0.0	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)	Mexico City, Mexico	19 October 1967

8.90 m (29 ft 2 1⁄2 in) at Altitude	2.0	Bob Beamon (USA)	Mexico City, Mexico	18 October 1968

8.95 m (29 ft 4 1⁄4 in)	0.3	Mike Powell (USA)	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991

Sentence(s)

The record was 7.61 m, set by Peter O'Connor in 1901.

final_sentence: The record was 7.61 m, set by Peter O'Connor in 1901.