One of the most difficult records to break in sports has to be...

what?

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iamthe99 · M

The mens long jump

rinkydinkydoink · M

@iamthe99

Nodding here. A quick search confirms this.

iamthe99 · M

@rinkydinkydoink I know it was beaten in 1995/96 but nothing since

rinkydinkydoink · M

@iamthe99

I knew about Beamon's record that lasted forever but, yeah, googling confirmed what you said - - someone will set a great distance then it takes years and years for that to be broken and so on...