The Longest Ever Olympic Long Jump - Bob Beamon | Olympic Records

Bob Beamon of the USA set a new Olympic and World Long Jump record with his amazing leap at the Mexico City 1968 Olympics.
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[alexandrebeaudry]

Fun fact, he was said how long he jump but had no idea how good it was because he was not familiar with metric system.

[jgrau]

I was there that day, actually didn't miss a single day of track and field at the Estadio Universitario. was sitting in the opposite side to the jump competition and even though I didn't see it, remember a collective gasp from many in the crowd. It has to be the longest unbeaten Olympic record in history. None of the other competitors came close to the old record, so much for blaming Mexico city's altitude...

[ucheucheuche]

His landing technique looks like what gave him the edge. Landing thrusting forwards. Everyone should adopt this style.

[pcbit]

As a small high school long jumper, i have never seen something so amazing...

[itskelvinn]

why dont they record from the side so we can see how far it is? This angle is absolutely horrible

[mariemeier]

Amazing Beamon!! What a jump, especially for that time in the sport :)

[hanoman]

mike powell's world record of 8.95m (i think) was made during the 1990 Tokyo world championship, right? so bob beamons olympic record still stands.. wow..

[OlympicShortsStories]

Magnificent story. Unforgettable.
He seeks a victory... He has found his place in Olympus.

[johntatum]

May never be beat...what an incredible jump!

[stevekennedy]

It is wonderful to see individual performance and joy.

[Thenatureloverme]

Such an incredible clarity and definition of footage

[jaesprint]

I will never understand records that stand from that long ago .. in every other event, records get destroyed because we have better running shoes, better supplements, better training mechanisms, and a better understanding of form.  This makes no sense to me how a man from 1968 has a top 3 long jump to this day. Take the 100m for example.. back then, a 10.2 would be a gold medalist, now we have people running sub 10 like it's nothing. Same goes for every event after that, as well as the high jump.

[blakemcvay]

1968: 8.90 Meters for first place!!
2016: 8.38 Meters for first place!!

SMH why can’t Long Jumpers these days Jump 29 feet?😂

[GereDJ]

I thought my jumping 19 feet in high school was really something. Mr. Beamon was over 10 feet longer. The Beam Man!

[samson]

Mexico Olympic and 1970 Mexico World Cup remains the best sporting event of all time.

[anthonyn]

This soundtrack makes that moment more memorable.

[Spidevman]

0:57 gotta take the picture of his crying face fast

[jedediahlongtree]

He adjusted the gravity before he starts

[alex-h.]

Lol I can do that. Here, hold my beer..

[rickfrombohemia]

According to calculations, the altitude and especially the barely legal wind added around 35 cm.