Long jump

De long jump be track and field event wey athletes dey combine speed, strength den agility insyd attempt say dem go leap as far as possible from sam takeoff point.  Along plus de triple jump, de two events wey dey measure jumping for distance as group be de "horizontal jumps". Dis event get history insyd de ancient Olympic Games wey ecam turn modern Olympic event give neggas since de first Olympics insyd 1896 den shoddies since 1948.
Continental records
Updated 9 January 2024
 Area Men Women Mark(m) Wind(m/s) Athlete Nation Mark(m) Wind(m/s) Athlete Nation Africa  8.65  +1.3 Luvo Manyonga  South Africa  7.17 +1.1  Ese Brume  Nigeria Asia  8.48 +0.6 Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi  Saudi Arabia  7.01 +1.4  Weili Yao  China Europe  8.86 +1.9  Robert Emmiyan  Soviet Union  7.52  +1.4 	Galina Chistyakova  Soviet UnionNorth, Central America and Caribbean 8.95  +0.3 Mike Powell  United States  7.49  +1.3Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States7.49 +1.7 Oceania  8.54  +1.7 Mitchell Watt  Australia  7.13 +1.8   Brooke Buschkuehl  Australia South America  8.73 +1.2 Irving Saladino  Panama  7.26 +1.8  Maurren Maggi  Brazil

 References 


Category:Events insyd track den field
Category:Ancient Olympic sports
Category:Summer Olympic disciplines insyd athletics
Category:Articles wey dey contain video clips

 Sources dem cite 



 Read further 



 Gregoire, Ernie; Myricks, Larry (1991). World Class Track & Field Series: Long Jump (VHS). Ames, Iowa: Championship Books & Video Productions.

 External links 

 IAAF long jump homepage
 IAAF list of long-jump records in XML
 Powell vs Lewis Tokyo 91 (video)