8.55 meters.
Iván Pedroso with a jump of 8.55 meters to win.
He broke the Triple Jump World Record and currently still holds it. He was also the Olympic Triple Jump gold medalist in 2000 and 1996 Olympic Triple Jump silver medalist.
Amewu Mensah represented Germany in women's high jump at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. She finished 8th.
1) using potato-chip bags to carry sand for a makeshift long-jump pit2) beating her older brother, Al, in a race3) winning two gold medals in the Seoul Olympics4) winning the bronze medal with her final Olympic long jump5)creating the Jackie Joyner-Kersee youth foundation
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.
Mike Conley, Senior was a Track and Field athlete winning 16 collegiate long jump and triple jump titles as well as Olympic gold for the triple jump in 1992. Mike Conley, Junior is a Basketball point guard playing for the Memphis Grizzlies.
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.
Men: Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain. Women: Tereza Marinova of Bulgaria.
Luge is an Olympic sport. The long jump is an Olympic sport.
Why, yes the 2012 Olympic high jump will take lace at wimberly.