Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
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| Men's long jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
| Dates | October 18 | ||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's long jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Mexico City. Bob Beamon won in a new world record of 8.90m; a record which stood for 23 years.
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Medalists
| Gold |  Bob BeamonUnited States (USA) |
| Silver |  Klaus BeerEast Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze | Ralph Boston United States (USA) |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Ralph Boston (USA) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) |
8.35 m | Modesto, United States Mexico City, Mexico |
29 May 1965 19 October 1967 |
| Olympic record |  Ralph Boston (USA) |
8.12 m | Rome, Italy | 2 September 1960 |
Results
Final
Held on October 18, 1968
| Rank | Athlete | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Notes |
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Bob Beamon (USA) |
8.90 | 8.90 | 8.04 | - | - | - | - | WR |
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Klaus Beer (GDR) |
8.19 | 7.97 | 8.19 | x | 7.62 | x | x | |
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Ralph Boston (USA) |
8.16 | 8.16 | 8.05 | 7.91 | x | x | 7.97 | |
| 4 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) |
8.12 | 8.12 | 8.09 | x | x | 8.10 | 8.08 | |
| 5 | Tonu Lepik (URS) |
8.09 | 7.82 | 8.09 | 7.63 | 7.36 | 7.84 | 7.75 | |
| 6 |  Allen Crawley (AUS) |
8.02 | x | 8.01 | x | 7.80 | x | 8.02 | |
| 7 |  Jack Pani (FRA) |
7.97 | 7.94 | 7.97 | 7.69 | 7.58 | 7.61 | x | |
| 8 |  Andrzej Stalmach (POL) |
7.94 | 7.71 | 7.94 | 7.88 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 7.84 | |
| 9 |  Lynn Davies (GBR) |
7.94 | 6.43 | 7.94 | x | ||||
| 10 |  Hiroomi Yamada (JPN) |
7.93 | x | 7.93 | x | ||||
| 11 | Leonid Barkovskiy (URS) |
7.90 | 7.90 | 7.82 | x | ||||
| 12 |  Reinhold Boschert (FRG) |
7.89 | x | 7.54 | 7.89 | ||||
| 13 |  Michael Ahey (GHA) |
7.71 | 7.71 | 7.57 | 7.40 | ||||
| 14 |  Lars-Olof Höök (SWE) |
7.66 | 7.66 | x | x | ||||
| 15 |  Victor Brooks (JAM) |
7.51 | x | x | 7.51 | ||||
| 16 | Gerard Ugolini (FRA) |
7.44 | 7.44 | 7.02 | x | ||||
