Who won the Olympic long jump in 2012?
Greg Rutherford
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men’s long jump
| Men’s long jump at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Winning distance | 8.31 |
| Medalists | |
| Greg Rutherford Great Britain Mitchell Watt Australia Will Claye United States | |
| 2016 → |
What is the Olympic world record for long jump?
8.95
men – SENIOR – outdoor
| Type | Mark | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| World Records | 8.95 | Mike POWELL |
| World Championships in Athletics Records | 8.95 | Mike POWELL |
| World Leading 2021 | 8.60 | Miltiadis TENTOGLOU |
| Olympic Games Records | 8.90 | Bob BEAMON |
Is long jump an Olympic sport?
Yes
Long jump/Current Olympic sport?
Who is the long jump gold medalist?
Abdul Latif
Long jump athlete Abdul Latif Romly bagged his second Paralympic gold medal in the men’s long jump T20 (intellectual impairment) category at the Tokyo Paralympics today, taking Malaysia’s total gold medal tally at the 2020 Games to three.
Who holds the women’s Olympic record for the long jump *?
Malaika Mihambo
Carl Lewis is the event’s most successful athlete as he was Olympic champion four times consecutively from 1984 to 1996. Heike Drechsler is the only woman to win two Olympic long jump titles….Long jump at the Olympics.
| Long jump at the Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Women | Malaika Mihambo (GER) |
What’s the world record for the long jump?
Beamon’s mark is the longest-standing Olympic athletics record by a margin of twelve years and remains the only time a man has set a long jump world record at the competition. The women’s world record has been broken on two occasions at the Olympics, with Elżbieta Krzesińska jumping 6.35 metres (20.8 ft)…
When was the long jump added to the Olympics?
The long jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men’s long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women’s long jump was introduced over fifty years later in 1948…
When did Ray Ewry win the Olympic long jump?
The standing jump competitions were dominated by Ray Ewry, who won the Olympic standing long jump titles in 1900, 1904 and 1908. His clearance of 3.47 m (11 ft 41⁄2 in) at the 1904 Olympics remained as the Olympic record for the event until its discontinuation in 1912.
Who is the only woman to win two Olympic long jump medals?
Heike Drechsler is the only woman to win two Olympic long jump titles. Ralph Boston and Jackie Joyner-Kersee are the only other two athletes to win three Olympic long jump medals in their careers. The United States is by far the most successful nation in the event, with an American topping the Olympic long jump podium on 25 occasions.