<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O'Connor_(athlete)" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peter O'Connor (athlete)">Peter O'Connor</a> sets the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World Athletics">World Athletics</a> recognised <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_jump" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Long jump">long jump</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of world records in athletics">world record</a> of <span about="#mwt51" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"24"},"2":{"wt":"ft"},"3":{"wt":"11.75"},"4":{"wt":"in"},"5":{"wt":"m"},"abbr":{"wt":"on"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mw-A" typeof="mw:Transclusion">24</span><span about="#mwt51" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt51">ft 11.75</span><span about="#mwt51" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt51">in (7.6137</span><span about="#mwt51" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt51">m)</span>, a record that would stand for 20 years.