Jackie Joyner Kersee.
Lynn Davies is the Welsh record holder with 8.23m. He was also the Olympic gold medallist in 1964.
The record for most Athletics Olympic medals won was 19 medals by Michael Phelps in swimming at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Ukraine's Inessa Kravets is the current women's world record holder in the triple jump. Her jump of 15.50 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record.
That was Yvette Williams who won gold in long jump at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.
Long jump has been an Olympic event since the Modern Olympics began in 1896. Men have competed in Olympic long jump since 1896. Women have competed in Olympic long jump since 1948.
As of October 2023, the men's Olympic high jump record is 2.39 meters (7 feet 10¼ inches), set by Javier Sotomayor of Cuba in 1992. The women's Olympic high jump record is 2.09 meters (6 feet 10¼ inches), achieved by Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria in 1987. Both records have stood for decades and remain benchmarks in the sport.
The Olympic Long jump record for men is 8.90 meters jumped by Bob Beamon.
It was a sport in the first Olympic.
Zambia has two Olympic medals: one for high jump and one for long jump.
Javier Sotomayor with a jump of 2.45 meters
The American men's record is held by Kenny Harrison who jumped 18.09 meters at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The American women's record is held by Tiombe Hurd who jumped 14.45 meters at a meet in Sacramento, California in 2004. Note: Harrison's current American Record is also the Olympic Record.
Luge is an Olympic sport. The long jump is an Olympic sport.