Track-and-field sport consisting of a horizontal jump for distance.
It was formerly performed from both standing and running starts, as separate events, but the standing long jump is no longer included in major competitions. The running long jump was an event in the Olympic Games of 708 &BC; and in the modern Games from 1896. In 1948 the women's long jump became an Olympic event.
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