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Mike POWELL

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    United States United States
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    10 NOV 1963     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14248761
Mike Powell jumps 8.95m to set a world record at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo (Getty Images)

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
100 Metres 10.45 +1.0 Los Angeles, CA (USA) 17 MAR 1985 1056
Long Jump 8.95 +0.3 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 30 AUG 1991 WR, AR, NR 1346
Long Jump 8.99 * +4.4 Sestriere (ITA) 21 JUL 1992 1329

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
Long Jump 8.44 Budapest (HUN) 05 FEB 1993 1234

Legend

* Not legal.

Latest Active Season: 2003

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
Long Jump 7.39 +0.4 Fullerton, CA (USA) 08 MAR 2003 1006

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
Long Jump 7.62 Lewisburg, PA (USA) 26 JAN 2003 1055

Outdoor

100 Metres

Performance Wind Place Date
1985 10.45 +1.0 Los Angeles, CA (USA) 17 MAR 1985

Outdoor

Long Jump

Performance Wind Place Date
2003 7.39 +0.4 Fullerton, CA (USA) 08 MAR 2003
2001 8.06 +1.9 Modesto, CA (USA) 12 MAY 2001
1996 8.39 +0.5 Atlanta, GA (USA) 19 JUN 1996
1995 8.52 -0.6 Paris (FRA) 03 JUL 1995
1994 8.58 +0.2 Bruxelles (BEL) 19 AUG 1994
1993 8.70 +0.7 Salamanca (ESP) 27 JUL 1993
1992 8.64 -0.5 Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) 06 AUG 1992
1991 8.95 +0.3 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 30 AUG 1991
1990 8.66 +0.9 Villeneuve d'Ascq (FRA) 28 JUN 1990
1989 8.49 +0.6 Bruxelles (BEL) 25 AUG 1989
1988 8.49 +1.8 Olympic Stadium, Jamsil, Seoul (KOR) 26 SEP 1988
1987 8.27 +1.8 Koriyama (JPN) 29 APR 1987
1986 8.05 +0.9 Los Angeles, CA (USA) 23 MAY 1986
1985 8.17 +0.1 Los Angeles, CA (USA) 18 MAY 1985
1984 7.98 -1.0 Los Angeles, CA (USA) 19 JUN 1984
1983 8.06 Irvine, CA (USA) 19 FEB 1983

Indoor

Long Jump

Performance Place Date
2002/03 7.62 Lewisburg, PA (USA) 26 JAN 2003
1995/96 8.13 Madrid (ESP) 09 FEB 1996
1993/94 8.06 Budapest (HUN) 05 FEB 1994
1992/93 8.44 Budapest (HUN) 05 FEB 1993
1988/89 8.04 Osaka (JPN) 11 FEB 1989

Honours - Olympic Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. Long Jump 8.64 -0.5 Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) 06 AUG 1992
2. Long Jump 8.49 +1.8 Olympic Stadium, Jamsil, Seoul (KOR) 26 SEP 1988
5. Long Jump 8.17 -0.2 Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, GA (USA) 29 JUL 1996

Honours - World Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Long Jump 8.59 +0.4 Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) 20 AUG 1993
1. Long Jump 8.95 +0.3 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 30 AUG 1991
3. Long Jump 8.29 -0.3 Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg (SWE) 12 AUG 1995

Honours - Grand Prix Final

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Long Jump 8.54 +0.3 London (GBR) 10 SEP 1993

Honours - World University Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Long Jump 8.19 +1.2 Zagreb (CRO) 16 JUL 1987

Honours - National Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Long Jump 8.39 +0.5 Atlanta, GA (USA) 19 JUN 1996
Results in:

Long Jump

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result Wind
08 MAR 2003 Fullerton Ben Brown Invitational, Fullerton, CA USAUSA F F 1. 7.39 +0.4

Long Jump Indoor

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
26 JAN 2003 Lewisburg Bucknell Octagonal, Lewisburg, PA USAUSA F F 1. 7.62

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