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What did Bob Beamon do?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 10/20/2022

He long jumped a whooping 8.90 meter at the time of 1968. That broke the world record by 2 feet. The jump also could not be measure with the technology at the time. So the measures had to do it manuelly.

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