Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

rWotD Episode 3214: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump Welcome to random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Friday, 20 February 2026, is Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump.The men's long jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 2. Forty-nine athletes from 34 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 1 cm by Ralph Boston of the United States, the nation's eighth consecutive and 13th overall victory in the men's long jump. Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's bronze was the Soviet Union's first medal in the event.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:48 UTC on Friday, 20 February 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Kajal.