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HOW TO WATCH

Long jump is the simplest of the field events, but many people wrongly assume the secret to winning is attaining great speed down the runway, taking flight without fouling, and extending the legs forward to nail a landing as far from the takeoff board as possible. It sure looks that way.
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WHO TO WATCH

MEN
Dwight Phillips - USA
Joan Lino Martinez - ESP

WOMEN
Irina Simagina - RUS
Tatyana Lebedeva - RUS

Long Jump CBC Sports Online | Last updated: Aug. 4, 2005

RESULTS

MEN'S
	ATHLETE	TIME
	Dwight Phillips - U.S.A.	8.60
	Ignisious Gaisah - GHA	8.34
	Tommi Evila - FIN	8.25
	n/a	n/a
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WOMEN
	ATHLETE	RESULT
	Tianna Madison - U.S.A.	6.89
	Tatyana Kotova - RUS	6.79
	Eunice Barber - FRA	6.76
	n/a	n/a
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RECORDS

MEN
	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	VENUE/YEAR
World	Mike Powell - USA	8.95	Tokyo - 1991
Canadian	Edrick Floreal	8.20	Sherbrooke, Que. - 1991
Season	Dwight Phillips - USA	8.47	Madrid
WOMEN
	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	VENUE/YEAR
World	Galina Chistyakova - URS	7.52	Leningrad - 1988
Canadian	Nicole Devonish	6.66	Lubbock, Texas - 1996
Season	Irina Simagina - RUS	7.04	Sochi, Russia