Six seconds. That's all it took for Bob Beamon to leap into history. That's all it took for the slender 22-year-old long jumper to speed 19 strides down the runway, ascend to a height of six feet ...

Bob Beamon says he has to remind himself that his phenomenal world record long jump in 1968 was not a dream as he relives one of the biggest moments in Olympic history. He spoke to Sky Sports News ...

Track athlete Bob Beamon is probably best known for his world record, 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. His world record jump stood for almost 23 years until it ...

Bob Beamon: Legacy Endures 55 Years Beyond "The Leap" Bob Beamon's legacy extends off the track 55 years on from when his fight for civil rights and equality collided with his track & field career.

Bob Beamon leaped 29 feet, 2½ inches to break the existing world best by nearly two feet. That mark is still the Olympic record, and would not be topped by anyone in competition until 1991.

In terms of sheer sporting achievement, however, few if any feats can compare with the record-shattering leap that won American Bob Beamon the long jump gold medal in Mexico City in 1968.

In Mexico City in 1968, Bob Beamon soared to one of the Games’ most enduring records. Now he has started a new life as a percussionist. (Julia Wall/The Washington Post) Warning: This graphic ...

Brown-Beamon, the Amateur Athletic Union national athletics chair and former wife of Olympic long jump champion Bob Beamon, was suspended from the AAU for what the organization’s national board ...

Six seconds. That's all it took for Bob Beamon to leap into history. That's all it took for the slender 22-year-old long jumper to speed 19 strides down the runway, ascend to a height of six feet ...