Monday, 29 April 2013
Top Ten Jumps in History Women
Women
Athlete (Nationality) Distance Year
Galina Chistyakova (USSR) 7.52 m 1988
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.49 m 1994
Heike Drechsler (Germany)2 7.48 m 1992
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.45 m 1987
Heike Drechsler (Germany) 7.45 m 1986
Heike Drechsler (Germany) 7.44 m 1985
Anişoara Cuşmir (Romania) 7.43 m 1983
Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 7.42 m 2002
Heike Drechsler (Germany) 7.40 m 1984
Heike Drechsler (Germany) 7.37 m 1991
Top Ten Jumps in History Man
Men
Athlete (Nationality) Distance Year
Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 m 1991
Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 m1 1968
Robert Emmiyan (USSR) 8.86 m 1987
Carl Lewis (USA) 8.79 m 1983
Carl Lewis (USA) 8.76 m 1982
Erick Walder 8.74 m 1994
Dwight Phillips (USA) 8.74 m 2009
Irving Saladino (Panama) 8.73 m 2008
Carl Lewis (USA) 8.72 m 1988
Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 8.71 m 1995
Rules and Regulations
No part of the athlete's foot should cross the front edge of the foul line. If, at the point of take-off, any part of his foot (even the toe edge of his shoe) crosses the front edge of the foul line, then the jump is termed to be illegal or a 'foul jump', and does not count.
Typically, in International track and field events, a long jumper has three attempts to register his or her best legal jump. A foul jump accounts for an attempt, but the time isn't registered. Only the farthest legal jump counts.
The distance, or the 'jump' is measured from the front edge of the foul line to the first landing point of the athlete. To better understand this, consider an athlete taking off legally from the foul line and landing on his feet 15 ft from the foul line. However, if, while landing, his hands touch the ground before his legs and a foot behind his farthest landing point, he would be awarded a jump of 14 ft, since the hands are nearer to the foul line than the feet and are the first point of contact.
Similarly, even if the athlete takes off from behind the foul line, the starting point is still considered to be the front edge of the foul line, rather than the athlete's actual point of take off.
Somersaults are not permitted during the jump.
The maximum allowed thickness for a long jumper's shoe sole is 13 mm.
Records made with the assistance of a tailwind of more than 2 m/s are not considered. However, the time is registered in the ongoing competitio
n, since all the athletes benefit from the same wind conditions.
Long Jump: Basics
Before we move onto all the technicalities and formal rules of long
jump, here are some long jump basics to get you started. As you all
know, the long jump is a sport in which (as the name suggests), the
athlete who jumps the longest by legal means, wins. Basically, this is
all that the sport is about. The athlete begins running from his or her
starting position and after attaining sufficient velocity, jumps,
landing in a sand pit, 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. This entire process is governed by a certain set of rules.
Let us see what they are
FEI JUMPING RULES(PREAMBLE)
The present Jumping Rules (hereinafter JRs) are effective on 1 January 2012. Although these JRs set out the detailed rules of the FEI for international Jumping Events, they must be read in conjunction with the FEI Statutes, the FEI General Regulations (GRs), the FEI Veterinary Regulations (VRs), and all other FEI Rules and Regulations. Articles of the other FEI Rules and Regulations that may be cross-referenced in the JRs are as follows
(i) 1 – 99 refer to Articles of the FEI Statutes;
(ii) 100-199 refer to Articles of the FEI GRs;
(iii) 200-299 refer to Articles of these JRs;
(iv) 300-399 refer to Articles of the Rules for Jumping Championships and Games;
(v) 1000-1099 refer to Articles of the FEI VRs.
Every eventuality cannot be provided for in these JRs. In any unforeseen or exceptional circumstances, it is the duty of the appropriate person or body to make a decision in a sporting spirit, by approaching as near as possible the intention of the JRs and of the GRs. Should there remain any omissions in the JRss, such omission shall be interpreted in a manner compatible to the fullest extent with the other provisions of these JRs, other rules and regulations of the FEI, and sporting spirit.
For the sake of brevity these regulations use the masculine form; this is to be interpreted to include both genders. Terms with a capitalized first letter are defined in the Glossary of the JRs, in the GRs or in the Statutes.
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