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| The '''long jump''' (formerly called ''broad jump'') is an ] (track and field) event in which athletes attempt to land as far from their take-off points as possible. | |||
| Competitors sprint down a runway (at elite level, usually coated with the same rubberised surface as running tracks), jump as far as they can off a slightly raised wooden board into a pit filled with fine gravel or sand. The minimum distance from the board to the indentation made by the competitor in the gravel is measured. If the competitor starts his leap with any part of his foot in front of the board (a layer of ] is placed immediately in front of the board to detect this occurrence) the jump is declared illegal and no distance is recorded. | |||
| The exact format of the competition varies, but generally each competitor will get a number of attempts to make his or her longest jump, and only the longest legal jump counts towards the results. The competitor with the longest legal jump at the end of competition is declared the winner. | |||
| Speed in the runup and a high leap off the board are the fundamentals of success at the discipline, and it is unsurprising that many sprinters, notably including ], also compete successfully in the long jump. | |||
| The long jump has been part of ] competition since the inception of the ]. | |||
| The long jump is also notable for two of the longest-standing world records in any track and field event. In ], ] set a long jump world record that was not broken until ] by ]. Later, ] jumped 8.90 meters at the ], a jump not exceeded until ]. On ] of that year, ] of the ] leapt 8.95 meters at the ] in ]. The current world record for women is held by ] of the former ] who leapt 7.52 meters in ] in ]. | |||
| The long jump was one of the events of the original Olympics in Ancient Greece. The athletes carried a weight in each hand. These weights would be swung forward as the athlete jumped, in order to increase momentum, and then thrown backwards whilst in mid-air so as to propel himself further forward. | |||
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