Bob Beamon raised his fist, too. On Oct. 18, 1968, when he astonished the world and himself by defying gravity to long jump 29 feet, 2½ inches, win gold and forever place himself in Olympic history, ...

Bob Beamon, who shattered the long jump world record at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, auctioned his gold medal for $441,000 on Thursday. The highest bid was $350,000 in a Christie’s auction. The ...

Many of today’s Olympic athletes seem superhuman. Their power, strength and skill places them in elite status. But there was a time when Olympians appeared mortal to the untrained human eye. One such ...

If anyone was capable of breaking Bob Beamon’s extraordinary long jump record of 29 feet, 2 ½ inches, it was American Carl Lewis. Lewis won every long jump event he entered from 1981-1991, but he ...

Bob Beamon is an American Olympic Hall of Famer, who competed in the men’s long jump. He chatted about his historic jump and his latest endeavors. U.S. Olympic Hall of Famer Bob Beamon. Photo Courtesy ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For 50 years, he has been defined by one flash of Olympic perfection so brilliant it was etched permanently in the sporting dictionary: Beamonesque. “Most ...

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 was ...

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LAKE WORTH BEACH — When Bob Beamon raised his right fist as he stood on the podium at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he was expressing the need for change in a country mired in unrest and protests ...