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Also Known As broad jump
Notable Honorees Fanny Blankers-Koen

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Bob Beamon
Jesse Owens
Daley Thompson executing his long jump en route to successfully defending his Olympic decathlon title at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Jim Thorpe at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games
Ancient Olympic Games
(Top) Mechanics of the long jump and dimensions of the (centre) jumping area and (bottom) runway
Watch: Two angles of the long jump
Watch: The track-and-field long jump
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Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
Marion Jones
Marion Jones
American athlete
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
American athlete
Heptathlon champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American athlete
John J. Flanagan
Irish-American athlete
Stanisława Walasiewicz
American athlete
Alvin Kraenzlein.
Alvin Kraenzlein
American athlete
Bob Beamon
Bob Beamon
American long jumper
Ralph Boston
Ralph Boston
American athlete
Meyer Prinstein
American track and field athlete
Ray C. Ewry
American athlete
Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
Mary Rand
British athlete
Mike Powell
American athlete

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