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Bob Beamon of the United States at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City.

Beamon's jump of 8.90 meters (29 feet. 2 1/2 inches) bettered the silver medal jump of Klaus Beer of East Germany by 2 feet, 4 inches (Beer jumped 8.19 meters, 26 feet, 10 1/2 inches).

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