long jump

¹

noun

, Track and Field.

1. a jump for distance from a running start.
2. a field event featuring competition in the long jump.

long-jump

²

[ lawng-juhmp, long- ]

verb (used without object)

1. Track and Field. to execute a long jump.

long jump

noun

1. an athletic contest in which competitors try to cover the farthest distance possible with a running jump from a fixed board or mark Former Austral, US, and Canadian equivalentbroad jump

Derived Forms

• long jumping, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of long jump¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

They reached a wider audience earlier this summer when NBC cameras captured Hunter offering effusive motivational phrases and cheers for his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall, who won a gold medal in the long jump.

From Los Angeles Times

Breen, a three-time Paralympian, won long jump bronze in Tokyo three years ago and had looked set to match that after setting her best jump with her first attempt in Paris.

From BBC

With each long jump attempt, Lex Gillette launches himself down the runway, sprinting more than 100 feet toward the sound of his guide clapping and chanting, “Fly, fly, fly.”

From Los Angeles Times

The man known as the Blade Jumper is an overwhelming favourite to win a fourth Paralympic long jump title in Paris.

From BBC

Sixty years ago in Tokyo, Rand won long jump gold, pentathlon silver and 4x100m relay bronze, 36 years after swimmer Joyce Cooper took three medals home from the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.

From BBC