The Olympic Long jump record for men is 8.90 meters jumped by Bob Beamon.
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Gerald Mathers for the 330M dash - last run in 1912. While the answer above is right for the Modern Olympics, if you wanted to be really pedantic, the longest standing record for the Olympic games in their history is Nero's for chariot racing.
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That was the 1952 Games in Helsinki when she won gold with a jump of 6.24 meters. Williams became the first woman from New Zealand to win an Olympic gold medal. In 1954, at Gisborne, she set a new world record with a jump of 6.29m, which she held for 18months (Both 1954 and 1955) before it was beaten.
That was Yvette Williams who won gold in long jump at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.
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