This record from 1968 remains unbroken. #tbt #StayStrong #Olympics | Olympics
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This record from 1968 remains unbroken. #tbt #StayStrong #Olympics | Olympics
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Beamon on Bolt's record breaking sprint
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Beamon on Bolt's record breaking sprint
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During the 1968 Mexico City games, Bob Beamon broke the long jump record by two feet. He out-jumped the measuring device, and it took the judges several minutes to determine the official distance. - [2:34]
During the 1968 Mexico City games, Bob Beamon broke the long jump record by two feet. He out-jumped the measuring device, and it took the judges several minutes to determine the official distance. - [2:34]
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Bob Beamon's record jump - Long Jump | Mexico 1968 Highlights
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Bob Beamon's record jump - Long Jump | Mexico 1968 Highlights
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On this day 50 years ago, Bob Beamon reached new heights at Mexico 1968. | Olympics
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On this day 50 years ago, Bob Beamon reached new heights at Mexico 1968. | Olympics
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#OnThisDay 50 years ago, USA Track & Field Olympian Bob Beamon changed the long jump forever, shattering the previous 🌎 record by more than 21-inches. 8.90 meters ☑️ 29 feet, 2.5 inches ☑️ #Mexico1968. | Team USA
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#OnThisDay 50 years ago, USA Track & Field Olympian Bob Beamon changed the long jump forever, shattering the previous 🌎 record by more than 21-inches. 8.90 meters ☑️ 29 feet, 2.5 inches ☑️ #Mexico1968. | Team USA
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Bob Beamon: The Legacy Beyond "The Leap" | FloTrack | Track and Field
Bob Beamon: The Legacy Beyond "The Leap" | FloTrack | Track and Field
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#OTD in 1968... 🤩 💪 American Bob Beamon smashed the long jump world record at the Mexico #Olympics! 😱 His score of 8.90m was nearly 60 centimetres further than the previous record! | TNT Sports
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Beamon's world record long jump at the Olympics
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Beamon breaks long jump record at 1968 Olympics
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Chatting with Bob Beamon: U.S. Olympic Hall of Famer
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On this day 55 years ago, Bob Beamon had one of the greatest track in field performances in history, jumping 29-2.5 for what was at the time the long jump world record at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. | FloTrack
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Bob Beamon: Olympic long jumper on incredible world record jump in 1968 and why he protested
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In the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Bob Beamon broke Ralph Bos... | Filo
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On this day 48 years ago, Bob Beamon reached new heights at Mexico 1968. | Olympics
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Months before his famous jump, Bob Beamon got kicked off his college track team for protesting racism - Andscape
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Bob Beamon’s 1968 Olympic gold medal leap
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Longest-Held Olympic Record Holder Issues Challenge To Break His Long Jump Record For The Prize Of…A Beer
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1968: Longest Long-jump
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One jump changed his sport forever. Celebrating #TeamUSA HOFer Bob Beamon, who set the world record (𝟖.𝟗𝟎𝐦 🤯) en route to the gold medal at Mexico City 1968. #BlackHistoryMonth | Team USA
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Fifty years ago today the American long jumper Bob Beamon astounded the global television audience by smashing the world record at the Mexico Olympics. From the BBC archives, Lynn Davies talks about competing in the event and what effect Beamon’s jump had on him and the other competitors. | BBC Sport Wales
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Crazy athletics stat: On this day at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, American Bob Beamon shocked the world by breaking the world record by 55cm to win gold with 8.90m. In the same competition was Australian Allen Crawley who finished 6th with 8.02m. Beamon's record stood for 23 years, until American Mike Powell jumped 8.95m at the 1991 Tokyo world championships, where coincidently, Australian David Culbert (a PE student of Crawley's) jumped the exact same distance as Crawley with 8.02m and also f
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Bob Beamon’s ‘Jump of the century’ Olympic gold auctioned for S$590,000
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Bob Beamon 🇺🇸 8.90m (OR) Ciudad de México, 18.10.1968 Time passed since: 18,110 days (49 years & 7 months) | World records in Athletics
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Beamon breaks World Record - Men's Long Jump | Mexico 1968 Highlights
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Bob Beamon's Olympic record from 1968 has never been broken
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On this day at #MexicoCity1968, Bob Beamon's 8.90m jaw-dropping leap put him in the history books! 😮‍💨 57 years later, the men's Olympic long jump record remains unbroken... Did you know that his jump was so long that the optical measuring device slid off its rail before reaching the mark? They ended up using an old-fashioned steel tape to announce the distance. #Olympics | Olympics
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Bob Beamon's Epic 1968 Olympic Long Jump - History in the Making
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At 79, Bob Beamon Truly Hated Him More Than Anyone
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John Evans | Expert Vertical Jump Coach on Instagram: "Bob Beamon’s performance in 1968 is one of the greatest in human history. His jump of 8.90m would have eclipsed the Olympic champion’s jump in the 2024 Games by 42 centimeters. That is 16 inches farther than Tentoglou’s jump, a massive margin between two of the best long jumpers on the planet in their Olympic performances. To this day, many coaches still regard this as one of the great performances ever. There is one thing that cannot be ign
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