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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Arnie Robinson (1972)
VenueMontreal Olympic Stadium
Dates28 July 1976 (qualification)
29 July 1976 (final)
Competitors33 from 25 nations
Winning distance8.35
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arnie Robinson
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Randy Williams
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frank Wartenberg
 East Germany
← 1972
1980 →

The men's long jump event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entry list of 33 competitors from 25 nations, with two qualifying groups (33 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Thursday July 29, 1976. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 7.80 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Wednesday July 28, 1976.[1] The event was won by 24cm by Arnie Robinson of the United States, the nation's third consecutive and 16th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. Randy Williams took silver, but the chance of an American sweep (which had happened twice long before in 1896 and 1904) was eliminated when Larry Myricks broke his foot warming up for the final. Robinson and Williams (bronze and gold, respectively in 1972) became the fifth and sixth men to earn two medals in the event. Frank Wartenberg of East Germany took bronze.

Background

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This was the 18th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1972 Games were the three medalists (Randy Williams of the United States, Hans Baumgartner of West Germany, and Arnie Robinson of the United States) as well as ninth-place finisher Valeriy Podluzhniy of the Soviet Union, tenth-place finisher Jacques Rousseau of France, and twelfth-place finisher Grzegorz Cybulski of Poland. The returning pair, along with new teammate Larry Myricks, were favored with a sweep considered a possibility.[2]

Antigua and Barbuda, Fiji, the Ivory Coast, Lebanon, and Trinidad and Tobago each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 18th time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

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The 1976 competition used the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 7.80 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top eight jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final).[2][3]

Records

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The standing world and Olympic records prior to the event were as follows.

World record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
Olympic record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 28 July 1976 10:00 Qualifying
Thursday, 29 July 1976 15:00 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Randy Williams  United States 7.68 7.97 7.97 Q
2 Arnie Robinson  United States X 7.95 7.95 Q
3 Larry Myricks  United States 7.55 7.67 7.92 7.92 Q
4 Valeriy Podluzhniy  Soviet Union 7.71 7.90 7.90 Q
5 Frank Wartenberg  East Germany 7.89 7.89 Q
6 João Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil 7.87 7.87 Q
7 Nenad Stekić  Yugoslavia 7.68 7.56 7.82 7.82 Q
8 Jacques Rousseau  France 7.82 7.82 Q
9 Hans Baumgartner  West Germany 7.81 7.81 Q
10 Rolf Bernhard  Switzerland 7.56 7.79 7.75 7.79 q
11 Aleksey Pereverzev  Soviet Union 7.78 X 7.75 7.78 q
12 Fletcher Lewis  Bahamas 5.99 7.66 7.73 7.73 q
13 Grzegorz Cybulski  Poland 7.60 7.71 7.66 7.71
14 Hans-Jürgen Berger  West Germany 7.53 7.46 7.70 7.70
15 Roy Mitchell  Great Britain 7.46 7.64 7.69 7.69
16 T. C. Yohannan  India 7.62 X 7.67 7.67
17 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 7.60 7.11 X 7.60
18 Milán Matos  Cuba 7.23 7.56 7.57 7.57
19 Richard Rock  Canada 7.44 7.24 7.57 7.57
20 Tõnu Lepik  Soviet Union 7.41 7.49 X 7.49
21 Jim Buchanan  Canada 5.61 7.49 X 7.49
22 Jim McAndrew  Canada 7.45 7.45 7.48 7.48
23 Roberto Veglia  Italy 7.12 7.48 7.41 7.48
24 Chris Commons  Australia 7.46 X X 7.46
25 George Swanston  Trinidad and Tobago 7.31 7.40 7.29 7.40
26 Philippe Deroche  France 7.31 7.38 7.31 7.38
27 Panagiotis Khatzistathis  Greece 6.83 7.10 7.33 7.33
28 Brou Kouakou  Ivory Coast 7.12 7.20 5.61 7.20
29 Calvin Greenaway  Antigua and Barbuda 6.96 6.76 6.92 6.96
30 Papa Ibrahima Ba  Senegal 6.96 5.21 X 6.96
31 Tony Moore  Fiji X 6.81 X 6.81
32 Rafael Blanquer  Spain X X 6.19 6.19
Ghassan Faddoul  Lebanon X X X No mark

Final

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Larry Myricks was forced to scratch from the final after he injured his foot in the qualifying round.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arnie Robinson  United States 8.35 8.26 X 8.04 8.16 7.91 8.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Randy Williams  United States 8.11 7.81 X X X 7.81 8.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frank Wartenberg  East Germany 7.81 X 8.02 7.84 X 8.02
4 Jacques Rousseau  France 8.00 7.82 7.67 7.91 X 7.62 8.00
5 João Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil 8.00 X 7.76 7.85 8.00
6 Nenad Stekić  Yugoslavia 7.75 7.81 7.89 7.80 X 7.77 7.89
7 Valeriy Podluzhniy  Soviet Union 7.70 7.88 7.77 7.84 X 7.66 7.88
8 Hans Baumgartner  West Germany X X 7.84 X X X 7.84
9 Rolf Bernhard  Switzerland 7.70 7.71 7.74 Did not advance 7.74
10 Aleksey Pereverzev  Soviet Union 7.55 4.89 7.66 Did not advance 7.66
11 Fletcher Lewis  Bahamas 7.61 7.31 X Did not advance 7.61
Larry Myricks  United States DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 71.
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