Word: dombrowski
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second best long jump in Olympic history, 28 ft. ¼ in., thrilled Moscow four years ago when East German Lutz Dombrowski accomplished it. By the exact measurement, although a slightly different standard, Los Angeles was a little disappointed with Carl Lewis. He reached that distance on his first jump, fouled on the second and folded the rest. If it was more than a foot less than he could have done, it was almost a foot more than he had to do. Stopping was good track and bad theater: some of the $60 customers, not including Bob Beamon, booed. "My friend...
...three-way battle for the gold in the high jump pushed an East German to a new world record. Gerd Wessing, 21, cleared 7 ft. 8 ¾ in. on his second attempt, breaking the old mark by a quarter inch. Another East German, Lutz Dombrowski, 21, became only the second man ever to exceed 28 ft. in the long jump, but his 28 ft. ¼ in. fell more than a foot short of the record set in 1968 by American Bob Beamon...