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Amertil vs Beamon

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BeamonWinner
77.7

Beamon wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Amertil
77.6

Amertil wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Bob Beamon
77.7

Beamon leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. His 8.90m in Mexico City in 1968 stood as world record for 23 years.

1. Bob Beamon
77.7
2. Christine Amertil
77.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Major golds per season

Career timeline · Major golds per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇧🇸 Christine Amertil5 seasons played · career day 2,556253.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Bob Beamon5 seasons played · career day 1,82540.7 major golds
-84.0% vs Amertil at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇸 Amertil0000153.6354.98
🇺🇸 Beamon007.615.540.764.1

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricAmertilRetiredBeamonRetired
World indoor medals2
Olympic finals1
400 m best49.98
National records1
Olympic Games3
Olympic golds1
World records1
Years record stood23
Best jump (m)8.9
Pan American medals1
Dominance w25%7080
Peak w20%8496
Longevity w20%8052
Honours w20%7276
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beamon77.7
Amertil77.6
The people
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