The Story Behind Bob Beamon's Long Jump Olympic Record | Olympics On The Record 

ah thx for the additional info ..

He doesn't need to know the metric system... he just needs to know he posted a bigger number, a much bigger number

That’s racist

Americans for you HAHA

I agree, I wish there was less graphs and more action. But otherwise I'm glad I watched this video

BASED POPPA PUMP why no comments on this I’m first... after 6 momth

@@matthewwong1384 do you want a medal for that or something???

because none knows what a foot is

I still have the newspaper clippings from that Olympics.

​@@haroldhumerickhouse8731,его фото в журнале Ровесник.

Funny you should say that. Joe Biden said he was there with his friend (no joke) cornpop and even helped measure the jump (no joke).

they are so annoying

IKR

Watch Jon Bois’s ‘The Bob Emergency: Part 2’ on SB Nation’s RU-vid page. Bob Beamon’s story is the first part of the video so you don’t have to watch the whole thing, but please watch the clip about Beamon’s record jump, it’s beautiful.

The cartoon was really cute lol. But I agree, it's not very appropriate for such a serious and inspiring video.

@@tim.noonan JonBois Gang 4 life

maybe they don't transfer over the qualifying jump to the final? that seems not right though

@ Reuben Joseph - I just checked the Wiki for the numbers posted during qualifiers. Among the thirty five compatriots, Bob stood overall second after his third attempt. So either way, at the BARE minimum he would have bagged a SILVER. Well, trying to get a little technical here, though I am not fully sure, if my understanding is correct. If two individuals record the same distance than the person who achieved the distance after the first one is declared the winner - I am not sure about the rationale behind that nor how does it make sense if you were simply the first person among all to take the leap and than imagine this: And, you happen to be the first person to 'go the distance'. That is pure UNLUCK and nothing to do with SKILL though. Anyway, I do understand that I am complicating matters that to after the fact (i.e. event has already transpired). But, I would love to hear expert opinion.

Actually, he would have been tied for 1st and therefore would still have won the gold medal.

@@dominikbaumgartner9221 actually he would have won gold and tied for silver

@@sharat77 qualifying round times don't count in finals. Even if you set a world record qualifying but during the finals, usually the next day, you do badly and don't make top 3 then you don't medal.

JazzRadioFfm Yep. Some people don't get it. Like the comment above yours. It's $3x is what the video is talking about.

JazzRadioFfm Oh my god how did I not realize

You know. He jumped further because he really emptied himself that nights ;)

@@tide8601 50 cm more that his best.. hang on a min.... in today world that only mean one thing....

Two balls lighter xd

what are you talking about? i didn't have a clue what was happening until the cartoons came on.

Niall Condren I really hope this is sarcasm

But 8.90 meters is less than 8.95 meters so his record doesn’t still stand right?

His olympic record still stands but the world record doesn’t.

You have to remember several key factors 1) perfect take-off on the board (usually jumpers leave 10-30cm) 2) maximum wind 2.0m/s (probably adds another half foot to one foot/ .3m), then 3) the high altitude 4) finally there was storm brewing right before this which made for optimal jumping conditions. It was the PERFECT jump.

@mksrookies not really, since his last record was 27 feet something. You would ve correct if the question was "how many have jumped 28feet or more? " but considering no jump had been recorded at 28feet something yet his trivia holds true.

This trivia is wrong. It's not zero; plenty of people have done it. It's just it hasn't been done at the OLYMPICS

@@blackmamba1261 name any 2 of the plenty outside Beamon, Powell or Lewis

He 'could run 9.5 sec in the 100' back in 1968? That's interesting, considering that the world record for the 100 m was broken in 2009 by Usain Bolt, in a time of 9.58 seconds?

​@@sailorman8668100 yards 9.5 sec. Not 100m. Understand now?

Wow he was something, nice story, thx!🌟

Right? What do u jump though?

J O N B O I S

Andvare you called it

Super Noodles it wasn’t the drink, it was the “babe”

Yes

They did a documentary about it, narrated by Serena Williams

He never repeated the jump

longest strongest necc in the game

BQNG Yeah ikr. The level is really high. To qualify for the Dutch u18 championships you have to jump 6m. That makes me a bit sad...

They weren't talking about drinking, watch it again

Maybe not just drinking but injecting too.

Jasraj Singh Bhinder it’s probably brutal on the knees

Many sprinters would be excellent at the long jump, however it is hard on the knees, and nearly impossible to be world class in a sprint and the long jump.

@@jameslewis4434 Carl Lewis was excellent in both long jump and sprint.