Long jump men

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The Men's Long Jump is an Olympic event.

2008 Olympic Trials

Men Long Jump
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 Auto Qualifier: 8.00
       World: W 8.95m  8/30/1991   Mike Powell, USA
    American: A 8.95m  8/30/1991   Mike Powell, Foot Locker AC
          OT: T 8.76m  7/18/1988   Carl Lewis, Santa Monica TC
     Hayward: S 8.49m              M Powell 93, Saladino Pan 07
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Wind
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Finals
  1 Trevell Quinley              Nike                     8.36m   1.6  27-05.25
     7.65m(2.5) 7.94m(2.2) FOUL      FOUL      8.22m(2.4) 8.36m(1.6)
  2 Brian Johnson                Nike                     8.30m   2.9  27-02.75
     7.82m(2.2) 7.64m(1.5) 8.30m(2.9) 8.12m(3.1) PASS      7.82m(0.3)
  3 Miguel Pate                  Nike                     8.22m   1.4  26-11.75
     FOUL      8.20m(2.2) 8.22m(1.4) 6.89m(1.3) FOUL      8.14m(-0.9)
  4 Dwight Phillips              Nike                     8.20m   2.2  26-11.00
     7.93m(0.9) 8.20m(2.2) 7.97m(2.4) 8.02m(2.2) 8.05m(2.8) 7.98m(2.3)
  5 Matthew Turner               unattached               8.12m   3.0  26-07.75
     FOUL      FOUL      7.90m(3.2) 6.43m(2.0) 7.81m(1.7) 8.12m(3.0)
  6 JaRod Tobler                 unattached               8.09m   1.7  26-06.50
     8.09m(1.7) FOUL      FOUL      FOUL      7.96m(1.4) 7.76m(2.7)
  7 Joe Allen                    Nike                     7.79m   1.5  25-06.75
     7.79m(1.5) 7.73m(2.3) 7.75m(1.9) 7.61m(1.5) FOUL      7.65m(2.6)
  8 Mike Morrison                unattached               7.75m   1.1  25-05.25
     7.67m(1.3) 7.56m(0.1) 7.75m(1.1) 7.61m(1.4) 7.69m(1.7) 7.54m(1.6)
  9 Randall Flimmons             unattached               7.73m   0.8  25-04.50
     7.73m(0.8) 7.12m(0.8) 7.49m(-2.0)
 10 O'Darien Bassett             Troy                     7.70m   3.9  25-03.25
     7.70m(3.9) 7.53m(1.2) 7.39m(0.2)
 11 Bashir Ramzy                 unattached               7.68m   2.2  25-02.50
     7.68m(2.2) FOUL      FOUL
 12 Reindell Cole                Cal-Northridge           7.62m   0.4  25-00.00
     7.49m(2.4) 7.62m(0.4) 7.24m(1.2)
 13 Mikese Morse                 South Florida            7.50m   0.8  24-07.25
     FOUL      FOUL      7.50m(0.8)

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2008 Olympic Games

Group A

Athlete	Nationality	Qualification
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Rank
Louis Tsatoumas	Greece	8.27	–	–	1st Q
Ibrahim Cajemo	Cuba	8.23	–	–	2nd Q
Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	8.16	–	–	3rd Q
Khotso Mokoena	South Africa	8.03	X	8.14	4th q
Hussain Taher Al Saba	Saudi Arabia	5.74	8.04	X	5th q
Luis Felipe Meliz	Spain	X	7.77	7.95	6th q
Gable Garenamotse	Botswana	7.58	X	7.95	7th q
Stephan Louw	Namibia	7.73	X	7.93	8th
Yahya Berrabah	Morocco	7.88	X	X	9th
Tommi Evila	Finland	X	X	7.88	10th
Samlim Sdiri	France	X	X	7.81	11th
Sebastien Bayer	Germany	X	7.43	7.77	12th
Hugo Chila	Ecuador	7.77	X	X	13th
Mauro da Silva	Brazil	X	7.75	X	14th
Li Runrun	China	7.70	X	7.56	15th
Morten Jensen	Namibia	X	7.58	7.63	16th
Marcin Starzak	Poland	X	X	7.62	17th
Henry Dagmil	Philippines	7.58	X	X	18th
Nikolai Atanasov	Bulgaria	X	X	7.54	19th
Vladimir Malyavin	Russia	7.32	7.35	X	20th
Issam Nima	Algeria	Did Not Start			NA

Group B

Athlete	Nationality	Qualification
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Rank
Ngonidzashe Makusha	Zimbabwe	8.14	7.94	–	1st q
Wilfredo Martinez	Cuba	7.92	7.80	8.07	2nd q
Ndiss Kaba Badji	Senegal	7.65	7.79	8.07	3rd q
Irving Saladino	Panama	X	X	8.01	4th q
Roman Novotný	Czech Republic	7.75	7.80	7.94	5th q
Mohammed Al Khuwaildi	Saudi Arabia	X	X	7.93	6th
Tyrone Smith	Bermuda	6.95	7.63	7.91	7th
Fabrice Lapierre	Australia	7.90	X	X	8th
Trevell Quinley	United States	X	X	7.87	9th
Andrew Howe	Italy	7.73	7.81	X	10th
Brian Johnson	United States	X	7.79	X	11th
Andrii Makarchev	Ukraine	7.77	X	X	12th
Chris Tomlinson	Great Britain	7.52	7.62	7.20	13th
Tarik Bouguetaib	Morocco	7.69	X	X	14th
Herbert McGregor	Jamaica	7.64	7.46	7.36	15th
Louis Tristan	Peru	7.58	7.62	X	16th
Julien Fivaz	Switzerland	7.53	X	X	17th
Miguel Pate	United States	X	7.34	X	18th
Can Zhou	China	Did Not Compete			NM
Arnaud Casquette	Mauritius	Did Not Start			DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note[2]
									Wind
	Irving Saladino	Panama	x	8.17	8.21	8.34	x	x	8.34
			+0.1	-0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	-0.5	-0.3
	Khotso Mokoena	South Africa	7.86	x	8.02	8.24	x	x	8.24
			+0.1	0.0	-0.1	+0.4	-0.2	+0.2	+0.2
	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	Martinez Wilfredo	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	Hussain Taher Al Saba	Saudi Arabia	7.80	x	x				7.80
	Louis Tsatoumas	Greece	x	x	x				NM

DNS — Did Not Start NM — No Mark

Landmarks

• First over 7m: 7.05 John Lane IRL 1874^[3]
• First over 7.50: 7.50 Myer Prinstein USA 1900
• First over 26ft: 7.93 Silvio Cator HAI 1928
• First over 8m: 8.13 Jesse Owens USA 1935
• First over 27ft: 8.24 Ralph Boston USA 1961
• First over 8.50 & 28/29ft: 8.90 Bob Beamon USA 1968

• Most durable world record: 8.13 Jesse Owens 1935 (25 years) Bob Beamon has the most durable Olympic Record.
• Most competitions over 8.50m: Carl Lewis USA 39

Superlatives

• Most Olympic titles: 4 Carl Lewis United States 1984/1988/1992/1996
• Most World titles: 4 Ivàn Pedroso Cuba 1995/1997/1999/2001
• Youngest Olympic/World champion: Randy Williams United States 1972 (19) Oldest: Carl Lewis 1996 (35)

Three all time bests Jesse Owens (USA): On the day in 1935 that he set six world records, he took only one jump ... but his leap of 8.13m survived for 25 years. Four golds at 1936 Olympics, including long jump.

Bob Beamon (USA) : His sensational 8.90m leap at altitude at the 1968 Olympics threatened to outlast even Owens' record, but it was finally surpassed after nearly 23 years by Mike Powell.

Carl Lewis (USA): He never held the official world long jump record but was unbeaten for a full decade until 1991. At Atlanta in 1996 he won his ninth and lastOlympic gold medal. He and Al Oerter (US discus thrower) share the distinction of being the only athletes to have won 4 consecutive Olympic golds in the same event.

References

1. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/F27.asp Retrieved 2008-0704
2. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-18-2008/sex=M/discCode=LJ/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-19.
3. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/community/athletics/trackfield/newsid=9461.html Retrieved 2008-09-06.