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2020 was the first year since 2001 in which a British male athlete failed to break the 8m barrier - what has the last 20 years of

elite male long jumping looked like?
Thread #2 - 2011-2020

2011 - The British record was broken again, and by a slightly greater margin than the 1-2cm increments seen previously.

Chris Tomlinson took the record back from Rutherford with a leap of 8.35 at the Paris

League.

Top

:
Tomlinson - 8.35
Rutherford - 8.27
Reid - 8.08

There were nearly two

records in the 2011 season. A month prior to Tomlinson's 8.35, Rutherford jumped an agonising 8.32w (+2.1) at the @nikepreclassic, in Oregon,

There were nearly two records in the 2011 season. A month prior to Tomlinson's 8.35, Rutherford jumped an agonising 8.32w (+2.1) at the @nikepreclassic, in Oregon, .

2012 - In the Olympic year, the Olympic champion topped the rankings. In a season of the highest quality, Rutherford jumped 8.30+ to win the Olympics and Rome

League, before equalling Tomlinson's

record in CA,

.

Top

:
Rutherford - 8.35
Tomlinson - 8.26
Jegede - 8.11

2012 marked the midpoint of a seven-year period where both

#1 and #2 jumped 8.20m+ in the season.

The only occasion where the pairing was not made up of Tomlinson and Rutherford was 2015, when Dan Bramble produced a lifetime best 8.21 in Clermont, Florida,

2012 marked the midpoint of a seven-year period where both #1 and #2 jumped 8.20m+ in the season.The only occasion where the pairing was not made up of Tomlinson and Rutherford was 2015, when Dan Bramble produced a lifetime best 8.21 in Clermont, Florida, .

2013 - There were no major moments for

long jump in 2013, with Tomlinson 7th at European Indoors, while Rutherford failed to qualify at the 2013 World Championships as the UK's sole representative.

Top

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Rutherford - 8.22
Tomlinson - 8.21
Jegede - 8.05

2013 saw Chris Tomlinson win his last

champs. Over the 20 year stretch, he and Rutherford were tied at 5

titles apiece, with no other athlete gaining more than 2.

5 - Rutherford, Tomlinson
2 - Duckworth, Ritchie
1 - Banigo, Bramble, Gardiner, Jegede, Reid, Morgan

2013 saw Chris Tomlinson win his last champs. Over the 20 year stretch, he and Rutherford were tied at 5 titles apiece, with no other athlete gaining more than 2.5 - Rutherford, Tomlinson2 - Duckworth, Ritchie1 - Banigo, Bramble, Gardiner, Jegede, Reid, Morgan

2014 - Returning to the Californian meet where he equalled the

record, Greg Rutherford secured it outright with a monstrous leap of 8.51, a mark British athletes have been at least 30cm from in every season since.

Top

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Rutherford - 8.51
Tomlinson - 8.23
Pickup - 8.16

The depth on show in 2014 was not uncommon - both 2011 and 2013 had also had four men over 8m. Notably in 2014, three of the four belonged to @BeaglesAC, including JJ Jegede, 1 of 3 English men in the Commonwealth final.

2015 - Rutherford produced the second best jump of his career in winning the World Championships in

, while Dan Bramble went fifth all time with 8.21 out in Florida.

Top

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Rutherford - 8.41
Bramble - 8.21
Reid - 8.07

2015 saw Greg Rutherford win the final British Championships of his career, 7cm the smallest winning margin of any of his victories.

The Milton Keynes-born athlete only contested 5 outdoor senior British/AAA Championships in his career, coming out on top at all 5.

2016 - Rutherford won the Rome

League with his best jump of 2016, as Bramble was over 8 metres for a second successive season, 8.14i in coming 6th at World Indoors.

Top

:
Rutherford - 8.31
Bramble - 8.14i
Gardiner - 7.96

The 2016 British Championships featured the shortest winning jump of the last 20 years, and the second largest disparity between UK lead and winning distance.

Shortest

:
2016 - 7.67
2003 - 7.74
2005 - 7.79

Longest

:
2006 - 8.26
2008 - 8.20
2010 - 8.17

The 2016 British Championships featured the shortest winning jump of the last 20 years, and the second largest disparity between UK lead and winning distance.Shortest :2016 - 7.672003 - 7.742005 - 7.79Longest :2006 - 8.262008 - 8.202010 - 8.17

2017 - Jumping just twice in an injury-shortened season, Rutherford's 8.18 from the Manchester CityGames saw him stay

#1. Chris Tomlinson, long time challenger of Rutherford's dominance, retired at the end of 2016.

Top

:
Rutherford - 8.18
Bramble - 8.02
Fincham-Dukes - 7.96

Rutherford topped the

rankings an astounding ten times in the fourteen years from 2005 until his 2018 retirement, losing out to Tomlinson in 2007, 2010 and 2011, and Bramble in 2018.

10 - Rutherford
5 - Tomlinson
1 - Banigo, Bramble, Fincham-Dukes, Moore, Morgan

Rutherford topped the rankings an astounding ten times in the fourteen years from 2005 until his 2018 retirement, losing out to Tomlinson in 2007, 2010 and 2011, and Bramble in 2018.10 - Rutherford5 - Tomlinson1 - Banigo, Bramble, Fincham-Dukes, Moore, Morgan

2018 - Dan Bramble hit

#1 for the first time, after three consecutive seasons as #2 behind Rutherford. Tim Duckworth broke 8m for the first time as well with 8.03, then jumping 8.00 for

, as well as 8.19w (+2.5) in

.

Top

:
Bramble - 8.15
Sayers - 8.05
Duckworth - 8.03

Dan Bramble has been almost ever-present at

Championships since his debut in 2011. The Shaftesbury Barnet Harrier has hauled in 7 medals in his 8 appearances, making him far and away the most successful athlete of the 2010s.

2017