# @jumpprofessors on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbGa4DAiIlb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68537110-jumpprofessors-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/df36fa6503.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-22T15:33:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** jump profs 👨🏾‍🏫 (@jumpprofessors) — https://gondola.cc/jumpprofessors

## Caption

1991. Carl Lewis jumped the longest jump in human history — and lost.

His 8.91m was wind-aided, so Mike Powell answered with a legal 8.95m world record. 

Lewis’s best-ever jump wasn’t enough. 35 years later, nobody’s come within a foot of it.
Will it ever fall? 👇

#longjump #trackandfield #MikePowell #CarlLewis #worldrecord

## Stats

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## Tags

mikepowell, longjump, worldrecord, trackandfield, carllewis

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