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Examine the track-and-field athlete's long jump form from side and head-on angles
Watch a track-and-field athlete jump for horizontal distance in the broad jump
Bob Beamon Jesse Owens Daley Thompson executing his long jump en route to successfully defending his Olympic decathlon title at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Jim Thorpe at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games (Top) Mechanics of the long jump and dimensions of the (centre) jumping area and (bottom) runway
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Examine the track-and-field athlete's long jump form from side and head-on angles
Long jump, front and side views.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch a track-and-field athlete jump for horizontal distance in the broad jump
Long jump, angle view.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Bob Beamon
American Bob Beamon breaking the world record in the long jump at 8.90 meters (29.2...
UPI/Bettmann Newsphotos
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens (center) standing on the winners' podium after receiving the gold medal...
AP
Daley Thompson executing his long jump en route to successfully defending his Olympic...
© Rusty Kennedy—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com
Jim Thorpe at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games
American Jim Thorpe competing in a long jump competition at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic...
© George Rinhart—Corbis Historical/Getty Images
Ancient Olympic Games
Infographic showing events in which athletes competed at the ancient Olympic Games,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
(Top) Mechanics of the long jump and dimensions of the (centre) jumping area and...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.