the long jump

noun

: an athletic event in which people compete by trying to jump as far as they can

He won a gold medal in the long jump.

—sometimes used before another noun

a long jump competition

She set a long jump record at the meet.

Examples of the long jump in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So cute! 10 Jasmine Moore and Joseph Fahnbulleh Moore, who represented the U.S. and won two bronze models in the triple jump and the long jump, is boo’d up with Liberian sprinter Joseph Fahnbulleh. —Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024

Thomas started locking in on track and field her junior year of high school in Massachusetts; Harvard recruited her to run in the 100 m, 200 m, and do the long jump and triple jump. —Thomas’ Victory Gives The Americans Five Golds In The Sport: No Other Country Has More Than Two Golds., TIME, 6 Aug. 2024

Tara Davis-Woodhall won gold in the long jump and then threw on a cowboy hat to celebrate – yee-haw indeed! —Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024

Waters’s book traces the emergence of Zdeněk Koubek, a track and field star representing the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia who, at 21, won two medals — a gold in the 800m and a bronze in the long jump — at the 1934 Women’s World Games. —Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024