| Athletics Long jump | |
|---|---|
 An athlete performing the long jump at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships | |
| World records | |
| Men |  Mike Powell 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in) (1991) |
| Women |  Galina Chistyakova 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) (1988) |
| Olympic records | |
| Men | Bob Beamon 8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in) A (1968) |
| Women | Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7.40 m (24 ft 3+1⁄4 in) (1988) |
| World Championship records | |
| Men | Mike Powell 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in) (1991) |
| Women | Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7.36 m (24 ft 1+3⁄4 in) (1987) |
| World Indoor Championship records | |
| Men |  Iván Pedroso 8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in) (1999) |
| Women | Brittney Reese 7.23 m (23 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (2012) |
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". This event has a history in the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the first Olympics in 1896 and for women since 1948.