Editing Long jump (section)

==Records==
{{See also|Men's long jump world record progression|Women's long jump world record progression}}
[[File:50 años de México 68 - 27.jpg|thumb|[[Bob Beamon]] at a press event at the [[Estadio Olímpico Universitario|Olímpico Universitario]] to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his record jump of 8.90 metres]]
The men's long jump world record has been held by just four individuals for the majority of time since the [[IAAF]] (now [[World Athletics]]) started to ratify records.  The first mark recognized by the IAAF in 1912, the {{T&Fcalc|7.61}} performance by [[Peter O'Connor (athlete)|Peter O'Connor]] in August 1901, stood just short of 20 years (nine years as an IAAF record). After it was broken in 1921, the record changed hands five times until [[Jesse Owens]] set the mark of {{T&Fcalc|8.13}} at the 1935 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a record that was not broken for over 25 years, until 1960 by [[Ralph Boston]]. Boston improved upon it and exchanged records with [[Igor Ter-Ovanesyan]] three times over the next seven years. At the [[1968 Summer Olympics]], [[Bob Beamon]] jumped {{T&Fcalc|8.90}} at an altitude of {{cvt|2292|m|ft}},<ref name="beamon1986">{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/02640418608732104|pmid=3586109|year=1986|last=Ward-Smith|first=A. J.|title=Altitude and wind effects on long jump performance with particular reference to the world record established by Bob Beamon|journal=Journal of Sports Sciences|volume=4|issue=2|pages=89–99}}</ref> a record jump not exceeded for almost 23 years, and which remains the second longest [[wind-assisted|wind legal]] jump of all time; it has now stood as the Olympic record for over {{age|1968|10|18}} years. On 30 August 1991, [[Mike Powell (long jumper)|Mike Powell]] of the United States set the current men's world record at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Tokyo]].  It was in a [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|dramatic showdown]] against [[Carl Lewis]] who also surpassed Beamon's record that day, but his jump was [[wind-assisted]] (and thus not legal for record purposes). Powell's record of {{T&Fcalc|8.95}} has now stood for over {{age|1991|08|30}} years.

Some jumps over {{T&Fcalc|8.95}} have been officially recorded. Wind-assisted {{T&Fcalc|8.99}} were recorded by Powell at [[Athletics abbreviations#Circumstances and conditions|high altitude]] in [[Sestriere]] in 1992. A potential world record of {{T&Fcalc|8.96}} was recorded by [[Iván Pedroso]] also in Sestriere. Despite a "legal" wind reading, the jump was not validated because videotape revealed a person standing in front of the wind gauge, invalidating the reading (and costing Pedroso a [[Ferrari]] valued at $130,000—the prize for breaking the record at that meet).<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19950804&id=9C9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CTYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2460,4819264 Pedroso may lose record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916015009/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19950804&id=9C9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CTYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2460,4819264 |date=16 September 2018 }}. ''The Victoria Advocate'' (4 August 1995).</ref> As mentioned above, Lewis jumped {{T&Fcalc|8.91}} moments before Powell's record-breaking jump with the wind exceeding the maximum allowed. This jump remains the longest ever not to win an Olympic or World Championship gold medal, or any competition in general.

The women's world record has seen more consistent improvement, though the current record has stood longer than any other long jump world record by men or women. The longest to hold the record prior was by [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]] during [[World War II]], who held it for over 10 years. There have been four occasions when the record was tied and three when it was improved upon twice in the same competition. The current women's world record is held by [[Galina Chistyakova]] of the former Soviet Union who leapt {{T&Fcalc|7.52}} in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] on 11 June 1988, a mark that has now stood for over {{age|1988|06|11}} years.