Long Jump
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| 1896 | Ellery Clark, United States | 20 ft 9.75 in |
| 1900 | Alvin Kraenzlein, United States | 23 ft 6.875 in |
| 1904 | Myer Prinstein, United States | 24 ft 1 in |
| 1906 | Myer Prinstein, United States | 23 ft 7.5 in |
| 1908 | Frank Irons, United States | 24 ft 6.5in |
| 1912 | Albert Gutterson, United States | 24 ft 11.25 in |
| 1920 | William Petterssen, Sweden | 23 ft 5.5 in |
| 1924 | DeHart Hubbard, United States | 24 ft 5.125 in |
| 1928 | Edward B. Hamm, United States | 25 ft 4.75 in |
| 1932 | Edward Gordon, United States | 25 ft 0.75 in |
| 1936 | Jesse Owens, United States | 26 ft 5.3125 in |
| 1948 | Willie Steele, United States | 25 ft 8 in |
| 1952 | Jerome Biffle, United States | 24 ft 10 in |
| 1956 | Gregory Bell, United States | 25 ft 8.25 in |
| 1960 | Ralph Boston, United States | 26 ft 7.75 in |
| 1964 | Lynn Davies, Great Britain | 26 ft 5.75 in |
| 1968 | Bob Beamon, United States | 29 ft 2.5 in |
| 1972 | Randy Williams, United States | 27 ft 0.5 in |
| 1976 | Arnie Robinson, United States | 24 ft 7.75 in |
| 1980 | Lutz Dombrowski, E. Germany | 28 ft 0.25 in |
| 1984 | Carl Lewis, United States | 28 ft 0.25 in |
| 1988 | Carl Lewis, United States | 28 ft 7.25 in |
| 1992 | Carl Lewis, United States | 28 ft 5.5 in |
| 1996 | Carl Lewis, United States | 27 ft 10.75 in |
| 2000 | Ivan Pedroso, Cuba | 28 ft 0.75 in |
| 2004 | Dwight Phillips, United States | 28 ft 2.19 in |
| 2008 | Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda, Panama | 27 ft 4.34 in |
