The average man can jump 8 feet.But the world record for a long jump is 8.95m (29ft and 4inches)! Which was done by Mike Powell.
The world record for the long jump was set by Mike Powell in 1991, at 8.95 m (29 ft 4½ in).
As far as I am aware it was a 3.71m jump by Arne Tvervaag (http://www.friidrett.no/files/%7B4EB9DEBD-54FD-457A-AF91-62590508185D%7D.htm). The world record for the running long jump (as performed at the Olympic Games) is 8.95m by Mike Powell form the USA.
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There is no word 'jamp' in English.The word jump is a noun, as well as a verb; for example:Noun: The longest jump was made by Mike Powell in 1991 at 8.95 m. (29 ft 4½ in.).Verb: I don't think that I can jump that far.
Greg Rutherford won a Long Jump Gold Medal with a Jump of 8.31
Long jump was started in original Olympics in ancient Greece.
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An 8.31 Long jump won Greg Rutherford the Gold Medal, Mitchell Watt got the Silver medal with a jump of 8.16, and Will Claye received a Bronze for a jump of 8.12
8.90 meters (29 feet, 2 1/2 inches). That jump broke the existing world record by 55 centimeters (21 3/4 inches).
Jesse Owens won the gold medal in the 1936 Olympics with a jump of 26 feet 5 1/2 inches (8.06 meters).
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.