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Bob Beamon 1968

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Bob Beamon 1968 — archival photograph — American track and Field athlete Bob Beamon jumping 8.90 m (29 ft. 2.5 in) at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, bring the world record by a margin of 55 cm (21+2⁄3 in.), setting a record which stood for almost 23 years (1991).

The year

1968

Photographer: Unknown author Unknown author
Date: 1968
Licence: CC0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bob_Beamon_1968.jpg
Licence URL: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

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