It was broken in 1968. The record were set aside until Mike Powell broken the record (he still holds it).
She holds the world long jump record with 7.52m.
The men's world record for the long jump was set in 1991 by Mike Powell with a jump of 8.95 meters (29 feet 4 ΒΌ inches).
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8.4 metres
8.95m for men.
Mike Powell.
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There is no competition called the long high jump.
Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria set the women's world record for the high jump in 1987 at a height of 2.09 meters (6 feet, 10 1/4 inches). It is the longest-standing world record in the history of the high jump.
There are two track and field events. The long jump, and the triple jump.
The Women's Long Jump World Record is currently held by Galina Chistyakova (USSR/Russia) who leaped 7.53m (24.7ft) on June 11,1988!
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