Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal  Irving Saladino   Panama
Silver medal  Khotso Mokoena   South Africa
Bronze medal  Ibrahim Camejo   Cuba
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The Men's long jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 and 18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 8.20 m (26.9 ft) (A standard) and 8.05 m (26.41 ft) (B standard).[2]

This event marked the first time that an American did not compete in the final phase in a non-boycotted Olympic competition. On the other hand, Panama achieved its first gold medal in its Olympic history.

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[edit] Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record United States Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 m Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Olympic record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 m Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 1 2 3 Mark Remarks
1 A Louis Tsatoumas Greece 8.27
(+0.1)		 8.27 Q
2 A Ibrahim Camejo Cuba 8.23
(+0.5)		 8.23 Q
3 A Greg Rutherford Great Britain 8.16
(-0.1)		 8.16 Q
4 A Khotso Mokoena South Africa 8.03
(-0.1)		 x 8.14
(-0.1)		 8.14 q
5 B Ngonidzashe Makusha Zimbabwe 8.14
(0.0)		 7.94
(0.0)		 - 8.14 q
6 B Wilfredo Martínez Cuba 7.92
(+0.4)		 7.80
(+0.4)		 8.07
(+0.1)		 8.07 q
7 B Ndiss Kaba Badji Senegal 7.65
(-0.1)		 7.79
(-0.1)		 8.07
(-0.5)		 8.07 q, SB
8 A Hussein Taher Al-Sabee Saudi Arabia 5.47
(+0.3)		 8.04
( -0.4)		 x 8.04 q
9 B Irving Saladino Panama x x 8.01
(+0.2)		 8.01 q
10 A Luis Méliz Spain x 7.77
(-0.1)		 7.95
(+0.1)		 7.95 q
11 A Gable Garenamotse Botswana 7.58
(+0.3)		 x 7.95
(+0.4)		 7.95 q
12 B Roman Novotný Czech Republic 7.75
(+0.3)		 7.81
(-0.1)		 7.94
(-0.2)		 7.94 q
13 A Stephan Louw Namibia 7.73
(+0.1)		 x 7.93
(+0.6)		 7.93
14 B Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi Saudi Arabia x x 7.93
(+0.4)		 7.93
15 B Tyrone Smith Bermuda 6.95
(+0.1)		 7.63
(-0.6)		 7.91
(-0.1)		 7.91
16 B Fabrice Lapierre Australia 7.90
(+0.1)		 x x 7.90
17 A Yahya Berrabah Morocco 7.88
(+0.1)		 x x 7.88
17 A Tommi Evilä Finland x x 7.88
(+0.2)		 7.88
19 B Trevell Quinley United States x x 7.87
(-0.2)		 7.87
20 B Andrew Howe Italy 7.73
(+0.1)		 7.81
( -0.2)		 x 7.81
21 A Salim Sdiri France x x 7.81
(+0.3)		 7.81
22 B Brian Johnson United States x 7.79
(-0.1)		 x 7.79
23 A Sebastien Bayer Germany x 7.43
(+0.1)		 7.77
(0.0)		 7.77
24 A Hugo Chila Ecuador 7.77
(+0.2)		 x x 7.77
24 B Andriy Makarchev Ukraine 7.77
(+0.3)		 x x 7.77
26 A Mauro da Silva Brazil x 7.75
(-0.1)		 x 7.75
27 B Chris Tomlinson Great Britain 7.52
(+0.4)		 7.62
(0.0)		 7.70
(+0.2)		 7.70
28 A Li Runrun China 7.70
(+0.2)		 x 7.56
(+0.1)		 7.70 SB
29 B Tarik Bouguetaib Morocco 7.69
(-0.1)		 x x 7.69
30 B Herbert McGregor Jamaica 7.64
(0.0)		 7.46
(+0.3)		 7.36
(0.0)		 7.64
31 A Morten Jensen Denmark x 7.58
(+0.3)		 7.63
(-0.1)		 7.63
32 B Louis Tristán Peru 7.58
(+0.1)		 7.62
(+0.3)		 x 7.62
33 A Marcin Starzak Poland x x 7.62
(-0.2)		 7.62
34 A Henry Dagmil Philippines 7.58
(0.0)		 x x 7.58
35 A Nikolai Atanasov Bulgaria x x 7.54
(-0.5)		 7.54
36 B Julien Fivaz Switzerland 7.53
(0.0)		 x x 7.53
37 A Vladimir Malyavin Russia 7.32
(-0.2)		 7.35
(-0.1)		 x 7.35
38 B Miguel Pate United States x 7.34
(+0.4)		 x 7.34
B Zhou Can China - - - NM
B Arnaud Casquette Mauritius DNS
A Issam Nima Algeria DNS

[edit] Final

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes[3]
1 Irving Saladino Panama x
(+0.1)		 8.17
(-0.1)		 8.21
(+0.1)		 8.34
(-0.3)		 x
(-0.2)		 x
(-0.5)		 8.34
(-0.3)
2 Khotso Mokoena South Africa 7.86
(+0.1)		 x
(0.0)		 8.02
(+0.2)		 8.24
(0.0)		 x
(-0.2)		 x
(-0.4)		 8.24
(0.0)
3 Ibrahim Camejo Cuba 7.94 8.09 8.08 7.88 7.93 8.20 8.20
4 Ngonidzashe Makusha Zimbabwe 8.19 8.06 8.05 8.10 8.05 6.48 8.19
5 Wilfredo Martínez Cuba 7.60 7.90 x 8.04 x 8.19 8.19
6 Ndiss Kaba Badji Senegal 8.03 x 8.02 8.16 8.03 7.92 8.16 SB
7 Luis Felipe Meliz Spain x 8.02 x x 7.98 8.07 8.07
8 Roman Novotný Czech Republic 7.87 7.75 8.00 x 7.82 7.94 8.00
9 Gable Garenamotse Botswana x 7.85 - 7.85
10 Greg Rutherford Great Britain x 5.20 7.84 7.84
11 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee Saudi Arabia 7.80 x x 7.80
Louis Tsatoumas Greece x x x NM

DNS — Did Not Start NM — No Mark

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  2. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  3. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-18-2008/sex=M/discCode=LJ/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det
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