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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens Olympic Record Jump 26
Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: August 8, 2009
Caption: James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens Olympic Record Jump 26' 5 1/4"
Additional Description: Jesse Owens set the world record for the Long Jump in 1960 at 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m). That record stood for 25 years, broken by American Ralph Boston in 1960 at 26 ft 11¼ in (8.21 m).
Submitted: November 1, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p134428
File Size: 0.059 Megabytes

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