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 - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
Bob Beamon - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
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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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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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VIDEO: Beamon in 1968: "Het duurde half uur voor ze 8,90m gemeten hadden" | sporza
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VIDEO: Beamon in 1968: "Het duurde half uur voor ze 8,90m gemeten hadden" | sporza
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Mike Powell i Bob Beamon, gladiatorzy skoku w dal. Pierwszy pokonał Carla Levisa i tajfun, drugi przeskoczył tysiąclecia
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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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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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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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Let's watch Bob Beamon as he charges down the runway first time out and takes off in striking fashion to land way out where no man has even dared dream of before at an extraterrestrial WR of 8.90 (2.0) to nail Olympic gold sight unseen in the LJ in Mexico (A) 57 years ago today. He then takes a second attempt at a 'mundane' 8.04 and opts to call it a competition, way beyond anyone else, for the final to be reduced to a battle for the minor medals thereon. German Klaus Beer reaches a NR of 8.19 a
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Bob Beamon’s 1968 Olympic gold medal leap
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UTEP legend Bob Beamon to be inducted in Texas Sports Hall of Fame
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Der Jahrhundert-Weitsprung von Bob Beamon
Oct 18, 2018
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30 agosto di 25 anni fa, Mondiali di atletica leggera Tokyo 1991: Mike Powell salta 8.95 e cancella il record del mondo nel salto in lungo di Bob Beamon, realizzato 23 anni prima. | Gli eroi dello sport
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Beamon breaks long jump record at 1968 Olympics
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Bob Beamon: Olympic long jumper on incredible world record jump in 1968 and why he protested
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Months before his famous jump, Bob Beamon got kicked off his college track team for protesting racism - Andscape
Oct 18, 2018
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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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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 Olympic record from 1968 has never been broken
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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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History Repeats on Instagram: "The men’s long jump world record has stood untouched since 1991, when Mike Powell leapt an unbelievable 8.95 meters at the World Championships in Tokyo. It broke Bob Beamon’s legendary 1968 record and is still considered one of the greatest athletic performances ever recorded 🏃‍♂️🔥 Despite faster tracks, better training, and advanced sports science, no athlete has been able to come close to beating it, with modern champions often falling 20 to 30 centimeters shor
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The Archives on Instagram: "Mike Powell breaking the long jump world record at the 1991 Tokyo World Championships on August 30 stands as athletics' unbreakable monument a 8.95m leap that shattered Bob Beamon's 23 year old 8.90m Mexico '68 myth amid a duel for the ages. Fifth-round pressure cooker: Powell trails rival Carl Lewis (10-year unbeaten streak, fresh 100m WR) by 5.5 inches after Lewis' 8.68m opener and Powell's foul plagued 8.54m; he unleashes a flawless run up, board perfect takeoff (0
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Probert Kocur Fights
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Bob Beamon's World Record Long Jump - 1968 Olympics
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Mike Powell - World Long Jump Record 1991
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Bob Beamon Makes History | Mexico City 1968 Olympic Film
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