That's all it took for Bob Beamon to leap ... the farthest long jump had been 27 feet, 4¾ inches, by Ter-Ovanesyan and Ralph Boston. Jesse Owens had set a record of 26-8¼ in 1935 that had ...
Robert “Bob” Beamon is a former American Gold Medalist in the Long Jump at the ‘68 Mexico City Summer Olympic Games. He has remained an active philanthropist and activist in Black ...
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Zero US men in the Olympic long jump final is a rare absence for the nation of Lewis and OwensSAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — From Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon to Carl Lewis and plenty more, Americans have ruled the men's long ...
That's all it took for Bob Beamon to leap ... the farthest long jump had been 27 feet, 4¾ inches, by Ter-Ovanesyan and Ralph Boston. Jesse Owens had set a record of 26-8¼ in 1935 that had ...
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