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The men's long jump was an athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. There were 54 competitors from 41 nations, with one athlete not starting. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
Injuries to leading long jumpers Mike Powell and Iván Pedroso allow an in form Carl Lewis to thrill his home country with a gold medal... winning jump in Atlanta. His leap of 8.50m is 21 cm better than Jamaica’s James Beckford and he becomes the third Olympian to win the same individual event on four occasions.
4 lip 2024 · Gold medal winning distances in the Men's and Women's long jump at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 (in meters) [Graph], olympic.org, & The Guardian, August 4, 2021. [Online].
22 wrz 2015 · Lewis, who qualified third in the 1996 Olympic Trials in the long jump, showed he still had one huge leap left in him. His 27-10¾ at Atlanta was his longest jump at sea level in four years...
Event facts: Men's Long jump competition was held at the Olympic Stadium and 52 athletes participated in the event. These results for Men's Long jump - Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database.
Find out who took home gold, silver and bronze in 1996. Official results of the athletics long jump men event at the Atlanta Summer Olympics.
16 lis 2009 · On July 29, 1996, track and field legend Carl Lewis wins his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the long jump. It was the ninth and final Olympic gold of his storied career.
