He held a record that could not be beaten for 23 years: Who is Bob Beamon?
Bob Beamon's record, which broke the long jump record with 8.9 meters at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, was not broken until the 1991 Tokyo World Athletics Championships. The record was broken that year by Powell, who won the legendary duel between two American athletes, Mike Powell and Carl Lewis, with a jump of 8.95 cm.