Long jump
The long jump is a sport in track and field athletics, where athletes compete by comparing lengths of their jumps where athletes try to jump as far as they can. For this, the athlete runs down the runway to the jumping pit which is made of soft sand. If a person falls backwards when jumping, this can decrease the length of their jump.
Rules
Long jump is a sport in which, the athlete who jumps the longest by legal means, wins. The athlete begins running from his or her starting position and after attaining sufficient velocity, jumps, landing in a sand pit,[1] which is fitted with distance markers. There is a foul line, in the run-up area, that the athlete has to be aware of; jumping from beyond this line results in a ‘foul jump’. Jumpers try to get as close to the foul line as legally possible before initiating their jump.
Long Jump Media
An indicator of wind direction and a device for measuring wind speed (here +2.6 m/s) along a run-up track
Halteres used in athletic games in ancient Greece
An athlete performing a long jump as part of the heptathlon at the 2013 French Athletics Championships at Stade Charléty in Paris
Long jump takeoff board.
Multi-eventer Jessica Ennis during a long jump, preparing to land
Sand pit at Estadio Olímpico Universitario where Bob Beamon set the 8.90 m record
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Notes
- ↑ "Long Jump Pit". Long Jump Pit. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-27.