Crashing in at No.4 ALL-TIME, it’s the groundbreaking BOB BEAMON!!!
Where to start other than THAT 8.90m jump to leapfrog a generation in 1968!!! It obliterated the old World Record by an astonishing 55cm and was so remarkable, the word “Beamonesque” was coined!!!
BEAMON achieved his historic feat when winning GOLD at the 1968 Mexico Olympics – his sensational 8.90m came in the first round and effectively killed the competition before it even started! His leap on that day remains the Long Jump Olympic Record and is still the second farthest jump in History 56 years later!!!
