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Men, Long Jump
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated             - Then World Record
 
  5.97 Horace Lee USA Mott Haven, NY Jul 06, 1877  
  6.24 P. Johnson USA Boston Oct 06, 1877  
  6.37 R.M. Campbell USA Hartford May 25, 1878  
  6.46 William Wilmer USA New York Jul 04, 1879  
  6.58 John Voorhees USA New York Jul 31, 1880  
  6.90 John Voorhees USA New York May 30, 1881  
  6.99 Malcolm Ford USA Brooklyn Aug 14, 1886  
  7.085 Malcolm Ford USA New York Aug 14, 1886
  7.09 Alfred Copland USA Washington Oct 11, 1890
  7.17 Charles Reber USA Detroit Jul 04, 1891
7.17* William Percy Remington USA Philadelphia May 21, 1898  
7.19 Meyer Prinstein USA New York May 28, 1898  
  7.235 Meyer Prinstein USA New York Jun 11, 1898
7.29 Alvin Kraenzlein USA Philadelphia Apr 29, 1899  
7.29* Alvin Kraenzlein USA Philadelphia Apr 29, 1899  
  7.40 Alvin Kraenzlein USA Philadelphia Apr 29, 1899
  7.42 Alvin Kraenzlein USA New York May 26, 1899
  7.43 Alvin Kraenzlein USA New York May 26, 1899
  7.50 Meyer Prinstein USA Philadelphia Apr 28, 1900
7.60 Albert Gutterson USA Stockholm Jul 12, 1912  
7.69 Edward Gourdin USA Cambridge Jul 23, 1921
7.76 Robert Legendre USA Paris Jul 07, 1924
7.89 William DeHart Hubbard USA Chicago Jun 13, 1925
7.90 Edward Hamm USA Cambridge Jul 07, 1928
7.97 Jesse Owens USA Des Moines Apr 26, 1935  
8.13 Jesse Owens USA Ann Arbor May 25, 1935
8.21 Ralph Boston USA Walnut Aug 12, 1960
8.24 Ralph Boston USA Modesto May 27, 1961
8.28 Ralph Boston USA Moscow Jul 16, 1961
8.31 Ralph Boston USA Kingston Aug 15, 1964
8.34 Ralph Boston USA Los Angeles Sep 12, 1964
8.35 Ralph Boston USA Modesto May 29, 1965
8.90 Bob Beamon USA Mexico City Oct 18, 1968
8.95 Mike Powell USA Tokyo Aug 30, 1991