Lynn Davies won the 1964 Olympic games long jump with a leap of 8.07m
John Rambo
John Rambo
Summer. Babe won gold in women's 80 meter hurdles and javelin throw and won silver in high jump at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Mary Bignal-Rand at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo.
Men: Valery Brumel, USSR Women: Iolanda Balas, Romania
Alice Coachman in high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee won Olympic gold for the heptathlon and the long jump in 1988.
Yvette Williams in long jump at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki.
Men: John Rambo of the United States. Women: Taisiya Chenchik of the Soviet Union.
Irving Saladino won the gold medal in long jump at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing with a jump of 8.34 meters (27 feet, 4 1/4 inches).
At the 1936 Berlin summer Olympics, James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens won gold medals in the 100m, 200m , 4X100m relay & long jump.
Women's vault gold medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics was Svetlana Boginskaya of the Soviet Union.