mike powell (8.95m)
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).
Galina Chistyakova set the world record in the women's long jump event at the 1988 Goodwill Games in Moscow, Russia.
The world record for the long jump by an under-16 athlete is 7.99 meters, set by Marcell Lamont Jacobs from Italy in 2012.
As of 2012, before the Olympics, the world record is 7.52 meters, set by Galina Chistyakova in 1988.
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.
8.95m or 29.36 feet it was set by Mike Powell
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!
It was broken in 1968. The record were set aside until Mike Powell broken the record (he still holds it).
The current women's long jump world record is held by Galina Chistyakova from USSR. She set the record on June 11, 1988 with a jump of 7.52 meters (24 feet 8ΒΌ inches).
The current world record for the men's long jump is 8.95 meters set by Mike Powell in 1991. For women, the record is 7.52 meters set by Galina Chistyakova in 1988.
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Bob Beaman with a jump of 29' -2 1/2"