Iván Pedroso with a jump of 8.55 meters to win.
Zambia has two Olympic medals: one for high jump and one for long jump.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee won Olympic medals in the heptathlon and long jump events in track and field.
Dwight Phillips of the United States won the men's long jomp event in the 2004 Olympic Games with a jump of 8.59 meters and Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia won the women's long jump with a jump of 7.07 meters.
Lynn Davies won the 1964 Olympic games long jump with a leap of 8.07m
Men: Irving Saladino Women: Maurren Maggi
Jackie Joyner-Kersee won Olympic gold for the heptathlon and the long jump in 1988.
Men: Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain. Women: Tereza Marinova of Bulgaria.
The 2000 Olympic games were held in Sydney, Australia
Tatyana Kolpakova of the Soviet Union with a jump of 7.06 meters (23 feet, 2 inches).
He won the Olympic Gold Medal in the triple jump.
Carl Lewis' best long jump was 8.91 meters (29 feet, 2 3/4 inches) at the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Later in the competition, Mike Powell jumped 8.95 meters (29 feet, 4 1/2 inches) to surpass Lewis and win the gold medal.
Long jump at the 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996 Summer Olympics.