Robert Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City...

athletes per nation had been set at three since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Bob Beamon won by 71 cm in a new world record of 8.90 m (29 ft 2+3⁄8 in); a record...

assist long jump performances. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Bob Beamon broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm (21+1⁄2 in), and his world...

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violation". The longest standing modern Olympic athletics record is Bob Beamon's achievement in the men's long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics. The jump...

This included future gold medal winner and world record long jump holder Bob Beamon, who would briefly return to the school after the incident but not graduate...

23-year-old mark set by Bob Beamon and done so at low altitude. Lewis still had two jumps left, although he was now no longer chasing Beamon, but Powell. He leaped...

well-known example of this was the reaction of 1968 Olympic long jump medalist Bob Beamon on learning that he had broken the previous world record by over 0.5 meters...

2+1⁄4 in) for men, set by Bob Beamon in 1968, and 7.40 m (24 ft 3+1⁄4 in) for women, set by Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. Beamon's mark is the longest-standing...

Ter-Ovanesyan three times over the next seven years. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Bob Beamon jumped 8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in) at an altitude of 2,292 m (7,520 ft), a...