Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Stadium Australia
Date	25 September 2000 (qualifications) 28 September 2000 (finals)
Competitors	53 from 38 nations
Winning distance	8.50
Medalists
Iván Pedroso  Cuba Jai Taurima  Australia Roman Shchurenko  Ukraine

The Men's Long Jump event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on Monday, 25 September, and Thursday, 28 September 2000, in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold	Iván Pedroso  Cuba
Silver	Jai Taurima  Australia
Bronze	Roman Shchurenko  Ukraine

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
25.09.2000 – 10:45h	25.09.2000 – 10:45h
Final Round
28.09.2000 – 18:45h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 m	30 August 1991	Tokyo, Japan
Olympic Record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	18 October 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

Qualifying

Held on 25 September 2000.

The qualifying distance was 8.15m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Group A

Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	1	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	8.32	7.70	7.99	8.32	Q
2	4	Jai Taurima	Australia	8.09	7.99	7.77	8.09	q
3	9	Kofi Amoah Prah	Germany	8.01	7.86	7.92	8.01	q
4	10	Olexiy Lukashevych	Ukraine	8.01	7.86	x	8.01	q
5	13	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	7.99	7.99	7.76	x
6	15	Gregor Cankar	Slovenia	7.98	7.71	5.96	7.98
7	17	Younés Moudrik	Morocco	7.95	7.95	7.83	x
8	20	Cheikh Tidiane Touré	France	7.87	7.87	x	x
9	22	Savante Stringfellow	United States	7.84	7.32	7.70	7.84
10	23	Masaki Morinaga	Japan	7.84	x	7.84	x
11	24	Peter Häggström	Sweden	7.83	x	7.80	7.83
12	25	Melvin Lister	United States	7.82	7.57	7.82	7.76
13	26	Danil Burkenya	Russia	7.79	7.75	7.79	x
14	27	Tomas Bardauskas	Lithuania	7.70	7.18	7.70	6.95
15	30	Nikolay Atanasov	Bulgaria	7.62	x	x	7.62
16	32	Richard Duncan	Canada	7.60	7.33	x	7.60
17	33	Hatem Mersal	Egypt	7.59	7.59	x	x
18	37	Erik Nijs	Belgium	7.52	7.33	7.52	x
19	45	Rustam Khusnutdinov	Uzbekistan	7.24	7.24	x	x
20	46	Wendell Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	7.22	x	x	7.22
		Sung Hee-Jun	South Korea	NM	x	x	x
		Dimítrios Serélis	Greece	NM	x	x	x
		Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	Qatar	NM	x	x	x
		Sanjay Kumar Rai	India	NM	x
		Liu Honglin	China	NM	x	x	x
		Stephan Louw	Namibia	NM	x	x	x

Group B

Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	2	Luis Méliz	Cuba	8.21	7.87	8.21	-	Q
2	3	Dwight Phillips	United States	8.13	7.84	7.83	8.13	q
3	5	Peter Burge	Australia	8.06	7.62	7.96	8.06	q
4	6	Carlos Calado	Portugal	8.04	8.04	7.98	7.96	q
5	7	Vladimir Malyavin	Russia	8.03	x	7.96	8.03	q
6	8	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria	8.03	8.03	x	7.85	q
7	11	Roman Shchurenko	Ukraine	8.01	8.01	x	x	q
8	12	Bogdan Tarus	Romania	8.00	7.60	8.00	x	q
9	14	James Beckford	Jamaica	7.98	7.87	7.87	7.98
10	16	Kirill Sosunov	Russia	7.97	7.97	x	7.93
11	18	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee	Saudi Arabia	7.94	x	5.92	7.94
12	19	Yago Lamela	Spain	7.89	7.68	7.74	7.89
13	21	Danial Jahić	FR Yugoslavia	7.85	7.85	7.70	x
14	28	Ronald Servius	France	7.66	x	x	7.66
15	29	Mattias Sunneborn	Sweden	7.63	7.45	7.58	7.63
16	31	El-Mehdi El-Ghazouani	Morocco	7.60	7.49	7.60	7.58
17	34	Mark Anthony Awere	Ghana	7.57	7.16	7.36	7.57
18	35	Arnaud Casquette	Mauritius	7.57	x	7.21	7.57
19	36	Siniša Ergotic	Croatia	7.53	7.34	x	7.53
20	38	Ian Lowe	Canada	7.51	7.51	7.48	7.36
21	39	Konstantinos Koukodimos	Greece	7.44	x	7.44	x
22	40	Lao Jianfeng	China	7.41	7.26	7.41	7.33
23	41	Georges Téko Folligan	Togo	7.40	x	7.40	x
24	42	Mesut Yavas	Turkey	7.35	7.34	7.35	6.03
25	43	Nélson Carlos Ferreira	Brazil	7.32	5.81	x	7.32
26	44	Shirak Poghosyan	Armenia	7.24	7.24	7.10	x
		Daisuke Watanabe	Japan	NM	x	x	x

Overall Qualifying

Overall	Athlete	Nation	Group	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	A	8.32	7.70	7.99	8.32	Q
2	Luis Méliz	Cuba	B	8.21	7.87	8.21	-	Q
3	Dwight Phillips	United States	B	8.13	7.84	7.83	8.13	q
4	Jai Taurima	Australia	A	8.09	7.99	7.77	8.09	q
5	Peter Burge	Australia	B	8.06	7.62	7.96	8.06	q
6	Carlos Calado	Portugal	B	8.04	8.04	7.98	7.96	q
7	Vladimir Malyavin	Russia	B	8.03	x	7.96	8.03	q
8	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria	B	8.03	8.03	x	7.85	q
9	Kofi Amoah Prah	Germany	A	8.01	7.86	7.92	8.01	q
10	Olexiy Lukashevych	Ukraine	A	8.01	7.86	x	8.01	q
11	Roman Shchurenko	Ukraine	B	8.01	8.01	x	x	q
12	Bogdan Tarus	Romania	B	8.00	7.60	8.00	x	q
13	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	A	7.99	7.99	7.76	x
14	James Beckford	Jamaica	B	7.98	7.87	7.87	7.98
15	Gregor Cankar	Slovenia	A	7.98	7.71	5.96	7.98
16	Kirill Sosunov	Russia	B	7.97	7.97	x	7.93
17	Younés Moudrik	Morocco	A	7.95	7.95	7.83	x
18	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee	Saudi Arabia	B	7.94	x	5.92	7.94
19	Yago Lamela	Spain	B	7.89	7.68	7.74	7.89
20	Cheikh Tidiane Touré	France	B	7.87	7.87	x	x
21	Danijal Jahić	FR Yugoslavia	B	7.85	7.85	7.70	x
22	Savante Stringfellow	United States	A	7.84	7.32	7.70	7.84
23	Masaki Morinaga	Japan	A	7.84	x	7.84	x
24	Peter Häggström	Sweden	A	7.83	x	7.80	7.83
25	Melvin Lister	United States	A	7.82	7.57	7.82	7.76
26	Danil Burkenya	Russia	A	7.79	7.75	7.79	x
27	Tomas Bardauskas	Lithuania	A	7.70	7.18	7.70	6.95
28	Ronald Servius	France	B	7.66	x	x	7.66
29	Mattias Sunneborn	Sweden	B	7.63	7.45	7.58	7.63
30	Nikolay Atanasov	Bulgaria	A	7.62	x	x	7.62
31	El Mehdi El Rhazouani	Morocco	B	7.60	7.49	7.60	7.58
32	Richard Duncan	Canada	A	7.60		7.60
33	Hatem Mersal	Egypt	A	7.59	7.59	x	x
34	Mark Anthony Awere	Ghana	B	7.57	7.16	7.36	7.57
35	Arnaud Casquette	Mauritius	B	7.57	x	7.21	7.57
36	Siniša Ergotic	Croatia	B	7.53	7.34	x	7.53
37	Erik Nijs	Belgium	A	7.52	7.33	7.52	x
38	Ian Lowe	Canada	B	7.51	7.51	7.48	7.36
39	Konstantinos Koukodimos	Greece	B	7.44	x	7.44	x
40	Lao Jianfeng	China	B	7.41	7.26	7.41	7.33
41	Georges Téko Folligan	Togo	B	7.40	x	7.40	x
42	Mesut Yavas	Turkey	B	7.35	7.34	7.35	6.03
43	Nélson Carlos Ferreira	Brazil	B	7.32	5.81	x	7.32
44	Shirak Poghosyan	Armenia	B	7.24	7.24	7.10	x
45	Rustam Khusnutdinov	Uzbekistan	A	7.24	7.24	x	x
46	Wendell Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	A	7.22	x	x	7.22
	Rai Sanjay Khumar	India	A	NM	x
	Daisuke Watanabe	Japan	B	NM	x	x	x
	Sung Hee-Jun	South Korea	A	NM	x	x	x
	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	Qatar	A	NM	x	x	x
	Stephan Louw	Namibia	A	NM	x	x	x
	Dimítrios Serélis	Greece	A	NM	x	x	x
	Liu Honglin	China	A	NM	x	x	x

Final

Held on 28 September 2000

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
1	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	8.55	x	8.34	x	8.41	x	8.55
2	Jai Taurima	Australia	8.49	x	8.18	8.34	8.40	8.49	8.28	AR
3	Roman Shchurenko	Ukraine	8.31	7.76	x	8.14	x	x	8.31
4	Olexiy Lukashevych	Ukraine	8.26	8.08	x	x	8.22	8.26	x
5	Kofi Amoah Prah	Germany	8.19	7.84	x	8.19	7.95	x	7.86
6	Peter Burge	Australia	8.15	7.80	8.06	7.93	7.96	8.15	8.11
7	Luis Méliz	Cuba	8.08	7.97	7.94	8.08	x	7.82	x
8	Dwight Phillips	United States	8.06	x	7.90	8.06	x	x	x
9	Bogdan Tarus	Romania	8.00	8.00	7.93	x
10	Carlos Calado	Portugal	7.94	7.94	7.85	7.77
11	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria	7.80	7.80	x	7.70
12	Vladimir Malyavin	Russia	7.67	x	x	7.67

External links

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics