Mike Powell - World Long Jump Record 1991

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  • @dotke2023
    @dotke2023 6 лет назад +4746

    1991 : Guy jumped 8.91 and didnt won the Gold
    2016 : We got winner 8.03 what and amazing score !

    • @NextGenJay
      @NextGenJay 6 лет назад +318

      Dami it’s not everyday 8.8 or 8.9m you know

    • @FlixSen
      @FlixSen 5 лет назад +512

      ..........steroids..........just sayin

    • @FlixSen
      @FlixSen 5 лет назад +91

      @@octavius8562 Ok then. Sorry for my mediocre English. But you have to be fucking stupid if you think athletes didn't use supplements to enhance themselves...I mean look at the difference between then and now! Idiot...

    • @richardlucky1280
      @richardlucky1280 5 лет назад +302

      @@FlixSen No shit they use steroids, they always have and always will. Does it matter? You could be taking double their doses and wont get anywhere close to their scores.

    • @FlixSen
      @FlixSen 5 лет назад +63

      @@richardlucky1280 You don't know me so please don't judge.

  • @TheEschwank02
    @TheEschwank02 8 лет назад +3658

    it wouldve been funny if people that night kept breaking the record over and over again

    • @bensullivan5562
      @bensullivan5562 7 лет назад +362

      Powell has actually said, "I didn't think my record was going to last 20 minutes, let alone 25 years. I honestly thought Lewis was going to jump next and beat it".

    • @jeffw1267
      @jeffw1267 7 лет назад +61

      +TheEschwank02 Also if the record kept going way up. Like one guy jumps 9.50m, the next jumps 10.00m, and so on.

    • @hedrinklz
      @hedrinklz 5 лет назад +4

      Life isn't funny. That's why so many people been killing theyself recently

    • @JohnnyReyGonzalez
      @JohnnyReyGonzalez 5 лет назад +3

      Fr lol

    • @iamf6641
      @iamf6641 5 лет назад +10

      @@jeffw1267 its physically impossible by that point unless they genetically modify or mutate

  • @pdrbcl
    @pdrbcl 8 лет назад +5104

    That ain't jumping it's flying

    • @re123456arebest
      @re123456arebest 8 лет назад +9

      so truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

    • @WetSands
      @WetSands 7 лет назад +115

      That ain't flying it's falling with style

    • @bensullivan5562
      @bensullivan5562 7 лет назад +11

      Mi Chacho he went to infinity and beyond.

    • @benmims7183
      @benmims7183 6 лет назад +3

      man, I was gonna comment that

    • @cocolasticot9027
      @cocolasticot9027 6 лет назад +3

      Technically it's orbiting. That close.

  • @robfinlay8058
    @robfinlay8058 2 года назад +245

    It's amazing because Bob Beamon's record seemed like it was etched in stone and never to be broken forever, and now Powell's record has stood for 31 years.

    • @Grzegorz1006
      @Grzegorz1006 2 года назад +19

      Mind you, Bob Beamon is still the Olympic record holder, after 54 years. So the result is etched in stone, only different one.

    • @willcarroll9762
      @willcarroll9762 Год назад +4

      What’s crazy is no one is within 22 inches of beamon for third place. So Powell and Beamon are wayyyy ahead everyone else

    • @lawrencemaclin1352
      @lawrencemaclin1352 Год назад +1

      @@willcarroll9762 Carl Lewis and Robert Emmiyan both jumped within 10 cm of Powell's record

    • @breakneck777
      @breakneck777 Год назад

      @@Grzegorz1006 Might be, but he didn't jump as far.

    • @chiarosuburekeni9325
      @chiarosuburekeni9325 Год назад +6

      What Beamon did is still more amazing IMO. Beating the previous record by like 2 feet is absolutely mutant level 😂

  • @MerkinMuffly
    @MerkinMuffly 3 года назад +1070

    All I got to say is that 90s track and field was dope.

    • @twomindz79
      @twomindz79 3 года назад +136

      Heaps of dope .

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 3 года назад +17

      Ben Johnson was dope.

    • @hristo5689
      @hristo5689 3 года назад +68

      Yeah, without a doubt the most spectacular period for steroid fanatics

    • @WZ912
      @WZ912 3 года назад +3

      @@hristo5689 unlike today with world records dropping like flies

    • @LeoBeckman
      @LeoBeckman 3 года назад +2

      90' high level sport was amazing

  • @RepCheese
    @RepCheese 7 лет назад +1609

    Carl: jumps world record
    Mike: "hold my beer"

  • @steveo7165
    @steveo7165 7 лет назад +343

    2 Athletes at their jumping peak on the same night, Occasionally sport gives us moments of sheer magnificence. :>)

    • @MarkButts63
      @MarkButts63 4 года назад +3

      Like Secretariat and Sham!

    •  4 года назад

      Sheer doping magnificence

    • @jamalydude
      @jamalydude 2 года назад +1

      There is a shot put record like this too where someone set it then someone broke it

  • @TheVagolfer
    @TheVagolfer 6 лет назад +50

    It shows a lot of guts when a legend throws a world record at you and you respond with a legit world record. Respect !

  • @PeterParker-vq2cz
    @PeterParker-vq2cz 7 лет назад +1235

    these dudes could dunk 3 pointers :P

  • @uriohayon4534
    @uriohayon4534 5 лет назад +275

    Brothers and sisters, RUclips's recommendation algorithm had united us yet again. Looking forward to seeing you in the next recommendation.

    • @j_bad1032
      @j_bad1032 5 лет назад +5

      No one cares

    • @saulgoodman5494
      @saulgoodman5494 5 лет назад +18

      @@j_bad1032 apparently you do cause you replied.

    • @Venom-jl2sb
      @Venom-jl2sb 5 лет назад

      @@saulgoodman5494 so true

    • @beastperson2950
      @beastperson2950 5 лет назад +4

      Z1nder dumbass. He cares about letting you dipshits know it’s an old joke, not about the actual comment

    • @xdank7790
      @xdank7790 5 лет назад +1

      היי אורי

  • @markwoldin162
    @markwoldin162 4 года назад +158

    "Beamon's figures have disappeared off the record books forever!"
    What an absolutely perverse way to put it.

    • @gloriouslyaesthetic
      @gloriouslyaesthetic 4 года назад +1

      Lmfao

    • @zendisciple3737
      @zendisciple3737 4 года назад +15

      An excellent piece of commentating throughout, I thought, including this line. A dramatic and emphatic line, but perverse, I don't see it that way at all.

    • @HQBergeron
      @HQBergeron 3 года назад +15

      Beamon’s record will not disappear forever, of course. That was simply hyperbole in the thrill of the moment by the announcer. Beamon remains second all time after over 52 years on the wind legal long jump world record list. And he will never be forgotten for having bettered the previous world record by nearly 2 feet. That is comparable to someone beating Usain Bolt’s 100m world record of 9.58s with an 8.99. Records typically drop in tiny increments over the years. This record was bettered by over 6.5%, an unheard of improvement.
      My high school track coach, who often was a long jump official at meets such as the US Olympic trials, was on the field and saw Beamon’s jump in Mexico City. He told me that was the most spectacular performance he had seen in his career, and he was not given to hyperbole, ever.

    • @rantonz
      @rantonz 3 года назад +1

      My thought was that perhaps Beamon's outrageous 55cm breaking of the WR in 1968 was tainted in the mind of the commentator by being at altitude (also at the very margin of wind with +2.0). That year in Mexico City, there were many world records set, including the first 200m run under 20 secs in a time of 19.83 (the famous Black Panther salute photo on the podium). Seems a little churlish, since Beamon's jump was such an incredible feat, but perhaps that was what he was thinking.

    • @HQBergeron
      @HQBergeron 3 года назад +1

      @@jonny_sparks Very true, though I suspect his comment was in reference to it as a world record, not an Olympic record since Powell was not at the Olympics at the time.

  • @Rumello
    @Rumello 5 лет назад +26

    this silver medalist is stronger than any other gold medalist you would ever think of

  • @ioannistampakos3510
    @ioannistampakos3510 3 года назад +19

    I still remember Powell’s celebrations, like it happened yesterday!

  • @djninja2425
    @djninja2425 4 года назад +330

    What your greatest feat in life?
    Carl Lewis: *i held the world record for the longest jump for 2 minutes*

    • @ccx806
      @ccx806 3 года назад +2

      His indoor long jump world record has stood since January 1984

    • @qqw743
      @qqw743 3 года назад +11

      Oh, I think Carl Lewis could come up with a few other items to answer that one.

    • @milesellis2847
      @milesellis2847 3 года назад +1

      His foul was.ober 9m

    • @56postoffice
      @56postoffice 3 года назад +1

      @@ccx806 Is that still a record? If so, wow.

    • @ccx806
      @ccx806 3 года назад +1

      @@56postoffice Yep. Still a WR 37 years later

  • @P1983sche
    @P1983sche 3 года назад +12

    My Dad went to high school with Mike Powell. He also came to my high school and helped our coach with track and field after school. Great guy.

  • @mariovercillo1319
    @mariovercillo1319 3 года назад +62

    Beamon still has the 2nd longest jump ever, so 53 yrs later that says a lot of how legendary his jump was!

    • @eddyf4426
      @eddyf4426 3 года назад +3

      Further, he still holds the Olympic Record 53 years later.

    • @markhooker8520
      @markhooker8520 3 года назад +21

      Beamon increased the long jump world record by 55 centimeters (21.7 inches); a 6.6% improvement. For comparison, a 6.6% improvement on Usain Bolt's 100M world record would result in a 8.95 second time.

    • @eddyf4426
      @eddyf4426 3 года назад +6

      @@markhooker8520 Profound comparison.

    • @tomspreadbury2915
      @tomspreadbury2915 Год назад +1

      @@eddyf4426 Longest standing OR

    • @tomspreadbury2915
      @tomspreadbury2915 Год назад +2

      @@markhooker8520 To make it crazier still, there has only ever been one jump (other than Powell and Lewis) that threatened the world record in 1988 by a Russian fella, forget his name. The next best by another athlete is 8.74 and that's even to this day

  • @Tyler-tf1wr
    @Tyler-tf1wr 8 лет назад +1932

    Was this a world record for the shortest world record?

    • @PurpleCoin7777
      @PurpleCoin7777 8 лет назад +454

      8.91 didn't count as a world record due to wind.

    • @Tyler-tf1wr
      @Tyler-tf1wr 8 лет назад +28

      Damn D:

    • @justinvader8141
      @justinvader8141 6 лет назад +5

      Purplegaze lol

    • @davebesag
      @davebesag 6 лет назад +53

      Shortest lived championship record perhaps.

    • @gaminglittleshit9198
      @gaminglittleshit9198 6 лет назад +13

      @@MeatballSubFromDominos he's too arrogant to feel bad for :D

  • @vasilisneorun1700
    @vasilisneorun1700 4 года назад +19

    That's still the best competition I've witnessed in track and field...5 of the best jumps in history within a few minutes..

  • @robfinlay5489
    @robfinlay5489 10 лет назад +160

    Powell has held the record now for almost as long as Beamon did!

    • @M0jibake
      @M0jibake 9 лет назад +12

      Rupert Finlay Longer, now.

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel 9 лет назад +7

      Rupert Finlay Powell has held LJ WR longer than Beamon had, now. 6/26/2015. Now almost 24 years (since I assume this meet was held in August 1991).

    • @kylaxial
      @kylaxial 7 лет назад +1

      2 years later...

    • @oweng6779
      @oweng6779 7 лет назад +12

      But Beamon destroyed the record when he broke it by nearly 2 ft. That's what impresses me.

    • @williedaniels3882
      @williedaniels3882 6 лет назад +4

      Powell has the longest record now--27 years! (to 2018)

  • @mrmacross
    @mrmacross 7 лет назад +31

    Mike Powell holds the record, and Bob Beamon's record is still the more legendary one because at the time it smashed the record by a couple of feet, but I think Carl Lewis has to go down as the greatest long jumper ever. Four gold medals, man... Nobody else has even two golds. In fact, nobody else even has four medals of any level.
    If you nearly get the record and you consistently win for longer than a decade, you're the GOAT.

    • @williedaniels3882
      @williedaniels3882 6 лет назад +5

      Does the name Paavo Nurmi ring a bell about LEGENDARY OLYMPIANS? Google it! Lewis is only the most RECENT best in his events! Nurmi did his from 1920 to 1928. Here is the bio: Between 1920 and 1928 he won a record nine Olympic gold medals (seven individual; two team) and three individual silver medals. His medals came in a wide range of events......Lewis got his 1988 100 meter Gold (he actually came in 2nd!) because of a DQ by Ben Johnson. So he really did NOT WIN IT! So Lewis is NOT in the same elite category as Paavo Nurmi! He is 2nd best.

    • @thespasmaniandevil
      @thespasmaniandevil 3 года назад +2

      @@williedaniels3882 why would his medals in other events matter for his status as the best long jumper ever

    • @thespasmaniandevil
      @thespasmaniandevil 3 года назад +3

      @@williedaniels3882 this is such a weird tangent you went on

  • @antap
    @antap 3 года назад +27

    Remember seeing this competition live in a small flat in Athens, Greece with my brother (aged 15 and 13) while on a family holiday. We were going nuts and getting chastised by our parents.
    The greatest head to head Athletic competition I've seen.
    Lewis's jumps were: 8.68, X, 8.83w, 8.91w, 8.87, 8.84
    Powell's Jumps: 7.85, 8.54, 8.29, X, 8.95, X

    • @philipdawson7800
      @philipdawson7800 Год назад +5

      How do you jump 4 times over 8.80 & still don't win?? That is insane!!

    • @jowbloe3673
      @jowbloe3673 4 месяца назад

      @@philipdawson7800 - All of Lewis's marks were further than Powell's second best.

  • @sagarbehera
    @sagarbehera 4 года назад +12

    Carl Lewis was such a champion. To beat him you needed a world beating score. And Powell just did that. Insane competition. Real physical specimens both of them.

  • @TreyMMA
    @TreyMMA 8 лет назад +807

    What has happened to The Long Jump, if in 1991 guys were hitting 8.91 and 8.95.....and now people get golds at the Olympics for 8.3.....over 20 years later the sport has regressed?

    • @shellsbignumber2
      @shellsbignumber2 8 лет назад +239

      Yeah good point, I think its the fact that no one these days is even getting close to 8.95 that is weird. Powell must look at todays long jumpers and have a giggle to himself. I wonder if 9 meters will ever be jumped? Not by todays athletes but in the future.

    • @mammon310
      @mammon310 8 лет назад +248

      Does anyone know if Lewis or Powell used performance enhancing drugs? Legit question.

    • @dnch
      @dnch 8 лет назад +405

      thats because they were all doping

    • @TheBagmanFilms
      @TheBagmanFilms 8 лет назад +107

      Yes it was indeed doping. The Americans & Soviets traded steroid soldiers.

    • @kevin45802
      @kevin45802 8 лет назад +151

      Yes,but drug testing in 1991 was not even close to today standards,back then you could beat the drug test if you used drugs.If your coach was the "guru" of drugs he could give you stuff that test would not detect.

  • @thomasmiller7531
    @thomasmiller7531 Год назад +3

    I watched that live on TV.. honestly that was the most brilliant live TV sports sequence/moment I ever witnessed in my 52 years.

  • @BlantonDelbert
    @BlantonDelbert 8 лет назад +182

    That was pretty amazing. Never knew that Carl broke Beamon's then Powell broke Carl's moments later at the same meet. Back then, the press was all about Powell. Don't think I ever read about Carl's great leap just before Powell's. Nevertheless, Bob Beamon's leap will always be the most mind boggling.

    • @bbldrizzy69god910
      @bbldrizzy69god910 8 лет назад

      Cyka blyat davai davai ruski

    • @mikiex
      @mikiex 7 лет назад +17

      Because Carls jump was not legal, it could not be counted as a world record as it was wind assisted.

    • @Sophia-ok3zg
      @Sophia-ok3zg 6 лет назад +9

      thing is, Carl was using illegal drugs so Powell actually showed him whos boss

    • @always_trust_all_scientists
      @always_trust_all_scientists 4 года назад +3

      Carl Never broke Beamons record. It was a longer jump by one centimeter but it was wind aided so Carl's jump still remains third best despite being one centimeter longer.

    • @gabaishan1
      @gabaishan1 4 года назад +3

      Carl Lewis 8.91 didn't counted bcz it was was wind aided

  • @johnnada5754
    @johnnada5754 5 лет назад +295

    My HS track coach recorded me jumping over 40 ft once. Just before he was gonna send the video to Guinness, a bird flew out the sky, grabbed the camera and flew off. So it doesn’t count

  • @Tony-ou6bk
    @Tony-ou6bk Год назад +9

    In the era when there was no doping test, records need to be marked with a question mark........

    • @tomcraven150
      @tomcraven150 5 месяцев назад

      There was drug testing, however it was often in season only

    • @tomrogers5170
      @tomrogers5170 5 месяцев назад +1

      1968? Maybe they were using heroin? But I don’t think they would’ve jumped that far😂

  • @AlonsoRules
    @AlonsoRules 8 лет назад +108

    watching Rio 2016, they're 2 feet short of this perfection

    • @AlonsoRules
      @AlonsoRules 4 года назад +5

      doping does not give you 2 feet

    • @gloriouslyaesthetic
      @gloriouslyaesthetic 4 года назад +3

      No drug enhancement

    • @BigEightiesNewWave
      @BigEightiesNewWave 4 года назад

      Hiding drug use is harder.

    • @BigEightiesNewWave
      @BigEightiesNewWave 4 года назад

      @@AlonsoRules gives you over 2 feet.

    •  4 года назад

      @@AlonsoRules two feet isn't that much. Also perhaps in this video they had strong wind assistance.

  • @sparrowcycle
    @sparrowcycle 5 лет назад +11

    This dude now is amazing, I go to an Olympic camp every summer and he shares this story and it's amazing.

  • @puttemacguff7666
    @puttemacguff7666 8 лет назад +396

    Hold my beer...

  • @rooh5825
    @rooh5825 3 года назад +15

    It's crazy to think about Powell having held that now for 30 years... phenomenal achievement.

    • @tomspreadbury2915
      @tomspreadbury2915 Год назад +1

      The closest anyone has every come since is 8.74 as well
      The average long jump in the olympics final has progressed to 7.8m from what was at the time 7.5 or so, but it is still unlikely we will see it broken until we see a new superhuman athlete on the same kind of level as Bolt

  • @jackreed7287
    @jackreed7287 3 года назад +12

    I remember this at the time, Carl Lewis was getting more and more excited; he thought It was all about him and the record. Mike Powell was considered a solid top four contender but no serious challenge to Lewis or the record.

    • @ernestodelaserna9494
      @ernestodelaserna9494 3 года назад

      Not true...Powell had come really close to beating Lewis 2 months earlier at the U.S. championship. Carl had to make a clutch final jump to win by half an inch. That's why you see Powell so distraught-looking when Lewis is getting ready to take his final jump in Tokyo.

  • @Agoonga
    @Agoonga 10 лет назад +358

    Beamon's jump looked a lot more badass

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel 9 лет назад +35

      ***** That's cuz Beamon jumped so much higher. Powell just hit the board perfectly and kept going forward.

    • @fourtheboys96
      @fourtheboys96 9 лет назад +23

      Yeah. Beamon'jump and landing was just so perfect.

    • @Aqua.man045
      @Aqua.man045 7 лет назад

      Agoonga steroids.

    • @tolkienfan4815
      @tolkienfan4815 6 лет назад

      +foxinho82 my thoughts exactly.

    • @chrismoose64
      @chrismoose64 5 лет назад +10

      Beamon’s jump was incredible but it was at altitude. Mexico City is 2,200 metres higher than Tokyo. Massive help but remains an iconic leap.

  • @BassPlyr23
    @BassPlyr23 4 года назад +2

    I’m 60 years old now. It amazes me that in the first 8 1/2 years of my life, three different men held 7 different world records in the long jump, but in the last 51 1/2 years only 2 men have held the record. I think that Powell’s record is now the longest-standing record in the history of track and field.

  • @kakhak
    @kakhak 6 лет назад +12

    I watched this live, I watched that whole legendary and beautiful 1991 Tokyo championship.

  • @1xxicecatxx1
    @1xxicecatxx1 3 года назад +1

    Crazy it has been beaten since 91 and yet two records were set that evening ... what a great night of rivalry and excellence of sports

  • @musicplateau1
    @musicplateau1 5 лет назад +6

    For the advance in nutrition, training and overall fitness regimes in the last 30 years we have to put in perspective the magnitude of that incredible jump by Beamon, now 52 years ago.

  • @kay6257
    @kay6257 2 года назад +4

    31 years later, the record still stands

  • @71bassist
    @71bassist 9 лет назад +54

    Carl Lewis' expression is PRICELESS!

    • @zendisciple3737
      @zendisciple3737 4 года назад +2

      You'd expect him to embody the Olympic spirit and be happy for his countryman.

    • @starmersbarber
      @starmersbarber 3 года назад +1

      Yes...Lewis seems very ungenerous in terms of spirit.

    • @weirdo4653
      @weirdo4653 3 года назад

      That's not funny

    • @theworldsmostinterestingma7592
      @theworldsmostinterestingma7592 3 года назад +1

      Lol he's like "so he's really going to steal my shine instantly smh." 😂

    • @thunder300-v6v
      @thunder300-v6v 2 года назад

      UNITED STATES OF AFRICA DOMINATES LONG JUMP AND TRIPLE JUMP NOTHING NEW ABOUT IT

  • @davestraight8219
    @davestraight8219 6 месяцев назад +2

    mad to think that that record is older now that it was when mike broke it - i feel old now

  • @abram7716
    @abram7716 5 лет назад +13

    Who else is here on the latest stop of RUclips recommendations 2019?

  • @bhgtree
    @bhgtree 3 года назад +8

    Carl: 'Beats 23 year world record'.
    Mike: 'Hold my tape measure'.

  • @AC_Milan1899
    @AC_Milan1899 4 года назад +2

    Best field event ever. Amazing series

  • @ericgeorge5483
    @ericgeorge5483 6 лет назад +16

    I always found Lewis to be extremely arrogant, so I was delighted when Powell got the record.

  • @eisoftruth4428
    @eisoftruth4428 3 года назад

    You look at Powell's face before he makes that jump...just look. He's been trying to jump as far as Beamon his entire career, and now he's got to jump FARTHER than Beamon just to win this event, and one-up America's best known name in track and field history to boot. THAT'S pressure!! You can almost read his mind as he tells himself "This is my WHOLE LIFE right here!! I am going to put every ounce of fight, every fiber of my will, and every shred of emotion I have into this RIGHT NOW!!!!" WHAT an inspiring thing to witness!

  • @crysjumar1
    @crysjumar1 8 лет назад +15

    that was an epic battle.

  • @Madmun357
    @Madmun357 6 лет назад +15

    "And Beamon's figures are off the record books"...
    Not exactly dude. It's still an Olympic Record. Beamon shattered the record by nearly 22 inches. Powell by about 2 inches. Yeah, it's a remarkable feat, but nothing will erase Bob Beamon's jump.

    • @mezstah
      @mezstah 5 лет назад +1

      Beamons was a one hit wonder by altitude, Powell is the greatest jumper ever unlike Lewis who is a sprinter who jumps

    • @always_trust_all_scientists
      @always_trust_all_scientists 4 года назад +4

      @@mezstah how is Beamon a one hit wonder and Powell the best jumper ever? Carl was constantly jumping massive jumps! His average is superior to Powell's!
      And Beamons jump was the best jump ever. Not the farthest but the best.

  • @bugsworth6942
    @bugsworth6942 3 года назад +2

    I know for a fact this video will get recommended to everyone soon so I decided to comment this before it does.

  • @yoxxed
    @yoxxed 4 года назад +3

    I actually searched for this. Woooow. And still the world record!!

  • @DoctorDave5
    @DoctorDave5 9 месяцев назад +1

    I watched this live, it was quite a moment.

  • @Phoenixspin
    @Phoenixspin 6 лет назад +45

    In my heart, Beamon will always hold the record.

    • @uranium54321
      @uranium54321 4 года назад +3

      He still holds the olympic record

    • @kozmeetorez
      @kozmeetorez 4 года назад +3

      @@uranium54321
      No he doesn’t, it’s Powell.

    • @januszluczak9535
      @januszluczak9535 4 года назад +8

      @@kozmeetorez Nope, olympic record (which means the longest jump at Olympics) still belongs to Beamon.

    • @crabb9966
      @crabb9966 2 года назад

      Credit where it is due, mike jumped the longest ever

  • @phishfearme2
    @phishfearme2 6 месяцев назад +1

    this is probably the best track/field competition in history

  • @Shortsoff72
    @Shortsoff72 3 года назад +3

    This sequence is one of the most dramatic events in the history of sports…

  • @Deano4322
    @Deano4322 Год назад +1

    That runner at 15 secs as Lewis ran past must have thought “ holy moly this guys put in a hell of a kick “ .

    • @colinthorn
      @colinthorn Год назад +1

      Have a like from me. You deserve hundreds more. I nearly spat my coffee 😂☕

    • @Deano4322
      @Deano4322 Год назад

      @@colinthornyou’ve made my weekend , cheers buddy 🇬🇧👍

  • @bwilli34
    @bwilli34 6 лет назад +3

    STILL incredible ... Powell's body type was eerily similar to Bob Beamon's. Long, lean and very solid top end speed.

  • @OMGEJO
    @OMGEJO 3 года назад +1

    The medalists always push and inspire each other to do best.

  • @georgemallory797
    @georgemallory797 4 года назад +3

    If Powell had beaten Beamon's record by 21" you would see how incredible Bob's feat was in 1968.

  • @DavidDyte1969
    @DavidDyte1969 4 года назад +2

    The greatest track and field contest ever.

  • @ccx806
    @ccx806 5 лет назад +3

    Carl Lewis may have missed out in the outdoor record, but his indoor Long Jump WR has stood since 1984

  • @omegahyperes96
    @omegahyperes96 7 месяцев назад +1

    I'm all about that soundtrack at the end.

  • @lylesargent7850
    @lylesargent7850 11 лет назад +4

    What a legend that record still stands today

  • @kylebaker6558
    @kylebaker6558 2 года назад +1

    It hurts me that the world record long jumper Mike Powell will never get nearly as much attention and appreciation as Usain Bolt. The long jump is just as exciting as sprint races, in my opinion.

  • @bobsmith2481
    @bobsmith2481 5 лет назад +5

    Greatest head-to-head in sporting history. I wonder when we’ll see 9m ?

    • @ryanmueller1617
      @ryanmueller1617 3 года назад

      I wonder if Echevarría will do it at some point, I think he out of anyone today can.

  • @mohamadsaab3659
    @mohamadsaab3659 Год назад +1

    Just watched the world championship 2023 Budapest 8.53 won it this record from Powell might last for another 20 years

  • @falcon81701
    @falcon81701 11 лет назад +6

    I don't know about Beamon's being of the record books forever. Beamon held that record for a very long time.

    • @M0jibake
      @M0jibake 9 лет назад +4

      pafalzon But Powell has now held it for longer. 24 years versus 23 years.

    • @bensullivan5562
      @bensullivan5562 7 лет назад

      He's still a legend, just will never hold the record again.

  • @thecarpetman7687
    @thecarpetman7687 3 года назад +2

    What’s more impressive is this was done at sea level where as Bob Beamon was at Altitude in Mexico

  • @bjoycebradshaw3633
    @bjoycebradshaw3633 8 лет назад +3

    Carl Lewis will always be the best long jumper in history! To still perform this way well into his prime is phenomenal. He also broke the world record in the 100 meter run during this meet.

  • @raghuls1515
    @raghuls1515 3 года назад +1

    Extraordinary talents in one place competing each other that night

  • @derrylperry
    @derrylperry 3 года назад +6

    Watching the replay of Beamon's record, it seems that Beamon had more vertical in his jump then these two attempts by Lewis and Powell. They seemed to utilize track speed more. Can't remember ever seeing anyone get comparable vertical to Beamon's record jump.

    • @lunam7249
      @lunam7249 Год назад

      correct! massive verticle....mexico city 8000 meters high, only 50% of the air and 25% of the resistance

  • @gowkstorm
    @gowkstorm 3 года назад +1

    I remember watching this live. I was nearly 13, and asked my father, "Has anyone jumped out of the pit yet?" His response: "Not yet but some guy nearly did in the late 60s". Five minutes later...

  • @elliotsprinkle6229
    @elliotsprinkle6229 4 года назад +4

    That man had a world record for under 5 minutes

    • @ajay_constantine
      @ajay_constantine 2 года назад

      I think that's a world record for the fewest time ever to hold a WR.

  • @georgempoliaris2658
    @georgempoliaris2658 Год назад +1

    15 seconds unskippable ad

  • @Troll_troll_troll
    @Troll_troll_troll 6 лет назад +3

    Commentator: 8.91 the wind is not legal so it won't stand as a world record. But I guarantee it's unbeaten!!!!!
    Mike: *calm tone of voice*
    "hold my beer"
    Commentator: 8.95 a new world record !!!!!

  • @hremdldw
    @hremdldw 4 года назад

    Mike Powell has the record 8.95 Meters , 29" 4.5 Carl Lewis is the greatest long Jumper of all time winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals in the event winng 65 long jump finals in a row . Reportedly jumping over 30 feet in Indiana ., with no spike foul mark . Powell broke the record in this particular World Cup Lewis jumped over 29 feet three different time within the event , the single greatest long jump display ever . Two of the jumps were wind aided for consistency Lewis is was equally as good as a Sprinter . Powell obviously should be credited for the breaking of Beamon long standing record , Carl Lewis was the man who on any occasion could break that record . Powell had a jump of a lifetime Lewis always had the ability to do it . Actually he did break the record but a judge decided it was a foul without hitting the sliver strip meaning foul wouldn't let a legal jump stand .

  • @Tom-dn6zy
    @Tom-dn6zy 3 года назад +3

    They really should hold long jump and sprinting indoors. It will save the hassle of taking wind speed into consideration.

  • @spodge1233
    @spodge1233 Год назад +1

    I've got a big house, he jumped from my front door into the back garden, That is insane that a human can do that. That's basically flying.

  • @iliaspsath8942
    @iliaspsath8942 2 года назад +3

    Miltos Tentoglou is capable of corresponding jumps!

  • @mihaelanegritu1709
    @mihaelanegritu1709 3 года назад

    All i got to say is that i loved Carl Lewis.Constant,complex,and humble.The good way humble.

  • @MarMaxGaming
    @MarMaxGaming 2 года назад +5

    Beamon won’t disappear, he’s still #2 60 years after his jump!

  • @cookieaddictions
    @cookieaddictions 4 года назад +1

    I love how they just fling their bodies as far as possible without caring how they land.

    • @shafeershafee
      @shafeershafee 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/xTyzpbKJ0XE/видео.html pls watch ⚽️⚽️⚽️

  • @hectorl6425
    @hectorl6425 8 лет назад +40

    I can barely jump over a puddle ;_;

    • @christopher6969
      @christopher6969 6 лет назад +4

      Hector:: The only jumping i do is in bed with my woman.

    • @kagm5921
      @kagm5921 5 лет назад +2

      @@christopher6969 relax kid

  • @paul-oy6xz
    @paul-oy6xz 3 года назад

    Remember this well, just seemed like happier times back then

  • @KinoDerToaster
    @KinoDerToaster 5 лет назад +4

    0:16 "FLINT LAHKWOOD!"

  • @peteranundsson5192
    @peteranundsson5192 7 лет назад

    It will NEVER happend! It will stand forever. Mike Powell is the King of Long Jump!

  • @luscasilva01
    @luscasilva01 2 года назад +3

    Os cara simplesmente pula 9 metros caramba isso é incrível demais

  • @johnyerkov1553
    @johnyerkov1553 2 года назад +1

    I remember watching this the duel between Michael Powell and Carl Lewis, Michael Powell Also dunked a basketball or about 2 and a 1/2 to 3' behind the foul line.

  • @RadioBat
    @RadioBat 9 лет назад +7

    Who is that girl in the end of the video?

    • @gtaking1014
      @gtaking1014 8 лет назад +18

      who gives a fuck

    • @euan1234
      @euan1234 8 лет назад +3

      Katrin Krabbe

    • @chaddodson1481
      @chaddodson1481 5 лет назад

      Don't bother Googling, she has hairy armpits.

  • @cJeremy
    @cJeremy 5 лет назад +1

    can't believe it still hasn't been beaten.. INSANE.

  • @WZ912
    @WZ912 3 года назад +4

    Mike Powell got the WR but never olympic gold.
    Lewis got the olympic gold but never the WR.
    Life is something.

    • @spartan7911
      @spartan7911 3 года назад

      In Greece, Louis Tsatoumas holds the Greek national outdoor record 8.66, but never won an Olympic medal.
      Miltiadis Tentoglou won Olympic gold (8.41), but doesn't hold a Greek national outdoor record.

  • @jackdanielss
    @jackdanielss 3 года назад

    This record will never be broken

  • @Otrebor2099
    @Otrebor2099 5 лет назад +3

    I just came here in case an alien species ask me "you humans, how long can you jump?" and I am able to answer.

  • @larrywheeler9917
    @larrywheeler9917 6 лет назад +1

    I counted off 29 ft. Out on the sidewalk. It's amazing someone could jump that far.

  • @therustykrab8106
    @therustykrab8106 4 года назад +4

    Carl lewis: just won the longest long jump in history
    Mike Powell 10 seconds later: Ha ha, lol.

  • @dksharron
    @dksharron 5 месяцев назад

    Bob Beamon held the record from 1968 - 1991 , and now Mike Powell from 1991 - 2024.

  • @rubenahl4903
    @rubenahl4903 5 лет назад +4

    Hello 2019

  • @dimkon77
    @dimkon77 Год назад

    Watched it live on tv. The best final ever

  • @pauldacus4590
    @pauldacus4590 5 лет назад +4

    Carl Lewis needa call the cops..
    Cuz he just got robbed

  • @goodnight9556
    @goodnight9556 6 лет назад +3

    My dad Darren Smith almost made the team to go there (Tokyo world championship) but he was still in college in 1991 at Iowa

    • @tamaduk
      @tamaduk 6 лет назад

      Phone Drop test cool

  • @billyjack4131
    @billyjack4131 2 года назад +2

    Back when dope was all the craze for ALL OF THEM !!!!

  • @IamJacksColon4
    @IamJacksColon4 8 лет назад +9

    long jumpers today barely jump 8m

    • @soulripper31
      @soulripper31 8 лет назад +7

      Long jumpers today are a hell of a lot cleaner nowadays.

    • @mikiex
      @mikiex 7 лет назад +1

      You say that but Bob Beamons record was nearly 9m in 1968....