Since the advent of the modern-day Olympics in 1896 ... below shows the progression of gold medalists' distances for the long jump since 1896. Use the zoom controls at the top right to get ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... Fun if you like that kind of thing. In the long jump athletes jump as far as they can, using weights in their ...

Ancient Greeks believed the track’s 210-yard length ... The hoplitodromia was a 400-yard sprint in full armor. The long jump was performed with weights, to the accompaniment of flute music.

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics ...

Nudity in athletics was closely tied to Greek ideals of ... In the ancient Olympics, a wide range of athletic events were ...

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election Looms ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters ... Samaranch and Coventry, long seen as Bach's preferred choice, are considered ...