Word: beamon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...disappointed with third place in the long jump, but Stan Vinson, 27, who won gold medals in the 400-meter dash and 1,600-meter relay, looked ahead: "I think he'll jump 29 ft. before he's 20 the way he's going." Bob Beamon's 1968 world record...
...fact, been a serious weakness for the Vikings in recent years. But this season, with good rookies like Autry Beamon at safety and Mark Mullaney at defensive end. Head Coach Bud Grant may finally have enough fresh bodies to keep his team strong in the playoffs. Even if he did not, Grant would keep pushing his players week after week. A terse disciplinarian with a penchant for rulemaking (he demands jackets and ties while on the road and has issued a ban on beards and flashy white tape on shoes), Grant, 48, even prohibits space heaters from the sideline...
Witness the 29-ft. 21-in. winning long jump of America's Bob Beamon at Mexico, which shattered the world record by nearly two feet; Beamon has never since come close to that prodigious leap. Then there are the form favorites who somehow fail to produce their best at the Games. In the men's discus throw, four world record holders in a row have missed winning the gold medal; each time it went to the same man: steady, nerveless Al Oerter...