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To: Ready4Freddy

no one has bested Bob Beamon’s 1968 Mexico City effort”

Actually, Mike Powell currently holds the world record. He broke it in the 1992 world championships in a showdown with Lewis.


24 posted on 10/02/2007 1:51:04 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: ConservativeDude
But not the Olympic record, which we were discussing. Powell set the world mark in 1991, btw.

Actually, Mike Powell currently holds the world record.

26 posted on 10/02/2007 1:59:45 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
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