2006-07-18 08:16:30 · 6 answers · asked by DemonInLove 3 in Sports ➔ Olympics
Two-time USA indoor champion Miguel Pate announced that he has fully recovered from a blown out knee suffered in 2003 by upsetting reigning Olympic and world championships gold medalist Dwight Phillips. Only the third man in history to jump over 28 feet indoors (8.59m/28-2.25 at 2002 USA indoor championships), Pate popped off a mark of 8.35m/27-4-.75 in the second round of jumping on Thursday, securing his win with the best mark by an American so far this year. The #1 ranked jumper in the world the last two years, Phillips was second with a leap of 8.28m/27-2. Former NCAA All-American Brian Johnson was third with 8.09m/26-6.5.
Answer Miguel Pate
2006-07-18 08:20:30 · answer #1 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's a couple of ways to look at this. Bob Beamon jumped over 29 feet in the '68 Mexico City Olympics, so it follows that he was also the first to jump over 28 feet (on his way to 29' 2-1/2" But the first man other than Beamon to jump beyond 28' was Lutz Dombrowski of East Germany in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, when he jumped 8.54 meters or 28' 0-1/4", the "first" jump over 28 feet.
2006-07-19 01:07:28 · answer #2 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob Beamon at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City .
He was not only the first one to jump 28 ft, he jumped over 29 ft. (29 ft. 2-1/2 in.)
He upped the world record by 21-3/4 in.
2006-07-18 16:48:39 · answer #3 · answered by rt11guru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob Beamon 1968, then Mike Powell in 1996
2006-07-19 10:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by moglie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude.. my friend does 27 feet and she's in 6th grade but then again, that's triple jump
2006-07-18 16:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey dude I thought that was you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
2006-07-19 07:00:39 · answer #6 · answered by cheeta 08 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋