Mike Powell with a jump of 8.95 Meters. 29'4 1/2"
She holds the world long jump record with 7.52m.
The current female world championship record for long jump is held by Galina Chistyakova from the Soviet Union, with a distance of 7.52 meters set in 1988.
It was broken in 1968. The record were set aside until Mike Powell broken the record (he still holds it).
Mike Powell
From grade 4 Jack Beckett with a Long Jump holding 4,24 meters.
18.43m by Jonathan Edwards. This jump was not recognised as a world record because he had a tail wind of 2.4 m/s which is over the limit of 2m/s in athletic events. He holds the world record of 18.29m.
Probably this 8 year old girl I know
Amritpal Singh holds the Indian men's national record in the long jump with a leap of 8.08 meters done at the Federation Cup Athletics Championship in Delhi in March, 2004.
Glina Chistyakova set the world record for long jump on June 11, 1988, with a jump of 7.52 meters.
Galina Chistyakova, with a jump of 7.52 meters (24 ft 8.25 inches).
World Record as of 2009: Mike Powell 8.95 meters Seasonal Best of 2009: Dwight Phillips 8.74 meters.
Outdoors:Great Britain's Jonathan Edwards is the current men's world record holder in the triple jump. His jump of 18.29 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record.He also has a jump of 18.43 metres (meters) which was not in the record book because of a strong tailwind.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.Indoors:France's Teddy Tamgho is the current men's indoor world record holder in the triple jump. His jump of 17.90 metres (meters) in 2010 is the current indoor world record.Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva is the current women's indoor world record holder in the triple jump. Her jump of 15.38 metres (meters) in 2004 is the current indoor world record.