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Bob Beamon's Record-shattering Long Jump - 1968 Olympics

submitted by messenger

1 decade 2 years 2 months 1 week ago

Bob Beamon destroys the world record by nearly two feet at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. This jump gave rise to the term "beamonesque" to describe an outstanding feat. He never got close to it again the rest of his life. The record was beaten in 1991 by Mike Powell, but it is still the Olympic record, and remains known as "The Leap of the Century".

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Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Sunday, September 16th, 2012 3:10am PDT - promote requested by ZappaDanMan.

How many people first heard of Bob from The Simpsons?

Thanks for the promote!>> ^ZappaDanMan:

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'beamonesque' to 'beamonesque, bob beamon, long jump, olympics, world record' - edited by xxovercastxx

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Adding video to channels (Skillful) - requested by xxovercastxx.

I use the word "Beamonesqe" daily.

Cool video.
But here's a technique that could've beaten that jump. There's a link to the background story too

Too bad it was banned. Like the article says, that would have made the event much more interesting to watch.>> ^mxxcon:

Cool video.
But here's a technique that could've beaten that jump. There's a link to the background story too

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