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Long Jump Test Results
The Standing long jump, also called the Broad Jump, is a common and easy to administer test of explosive leg power. An excellent result is greater than 2.50 meters for men (8' 2.5") and 2.00 meters for women (6' 6.75"). The World Record for the standing long jump is held by Norwegian Arne Tvervaag, who jumped 3.71 meters (12' 2.1") (from Wikipedia). See more long jumping records. Below are some of the test scores that have been found for a variety of sports, with not all of them being confirmed. If you know of any that should be here, let me know.
Rugby
- Average of Newcastle Knights squad (n=81) was 2.73cm (range 2.36 to 3.11) (personal communication, Lee Clark). There are more fitness test results from the Newcastle Knights).
Seniors
- Andy Pitas sent in his US record result from October 2009 in the m65-69 age group: 2.64 m (8'8").
- The best results for the Track & Field Standing Long Jump at the 2008 World Senior Games was
by Donald Watson, Walnut Creek, CA, 9 foot and 10.5 inches (mens age 50-54), a new world record for that age group. In the women's event (age 50-54) the winner was Pam Stuart, Kitchener, ON, Canada, with 6 foot 9 inches. Linda Cohn, Northridge, CA also achived the same result in the 55-59 age group. (retrieved from www.seniorgames.net in June 2009).
Olympics
- The standing long jump was an event at the Olympic Games between 1900-1912. The best athlete of this era was Ray Ewry. He set a world record for the standing long jump of 3.47m (11' 4.6") in 1904. The winning jump at each Olympics was Ray Ewry 3.21m/10' 6.4" (1900), Ray Ewry 3.47m/11' 4.6" (1904), Ray Ewry 3.33m/10' 11.1" (1908), and the Greek Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 3.37m/11' 0.7" (1912).
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