Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Soviet stamp showing 1988 Olympic long jump
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates24 September 1988 (qualifying)
25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors41 from 31 nations
Winning distance8.72
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Lewis
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mike Powell
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Larry Myricks
 United States
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Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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The men's long jump at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had a start list of 41 competitors from 31 nations, with two qualifying groups (41 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

The event was won by Carl Lewis of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and 18th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. It was Lewis's second gold medal of the Games (after Ben Johnson's disqualification in the 100 metres elevated Lewis to gold in that event) as he tried to defend his 1984 quadruple; he would later come short in the 200 metres (taking silver) and did not even get to compete in the 4 × 100 metres relay (the heats team fumbled an exchange and did not qualify for the final).

The American team completed a medals sweep in the event for the first time since 1904 (they had also done it at the first Games in 1896). Mike Powell took silver. Larry Myricks finally won an Olympic medal; he was on track to be part of a medal-sweeping team in 1976 before breaking his foot in warmups for the final, he was the favorite in 1980 before the United States boycotted the Games, and he had come in fourth in 1984.

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1984 Games were gold medalist Carl Lewis of the United States, bronze medalist Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy, fourth-place finisher Larry Myricks of the United States, seventh-place finisher Junichi Usui of Japan, eighth-place finisher Kim Jong-il of South Korea, and tenth-place finisher Antonio Corgos of Spain. The 1984 silver medalist, Gary Honey of Australia, was entered but did not start. Lewis and Myricks were the favorites; their new teammate, Mike Powell, was also a challenger.[2]

Algeria, Bangladesh, Qatar, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, and Swaziland each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 20th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The 1988 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 8.00 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

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

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 25 September 1988 11:25 Qualifying
Monday, 26 September 1988 13:07 Final

Results

Qualifying

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Mike Powell  United States 7.83 X 8.34 8.34 Q
2 A Larry Myricks  United States 8.19 — — 8.19 Q
3 B Carl Lewis  United States 8.08 — — 8.08 Q
4 A Norbert Brige  France X 8.05 — 8.05 Q
5 A Emiel Mellaard  Netherlands 7.84 8.02 — 8.02 Q
6 A Laszlo Szalma  Hungary 7.92 7.89 X 7.92 q
7 A Antonio Corgos  Spain 7.91 7.88 — 7.91 q
8 B Jarmo Karna  Finland 7.71 7.89 7.90 7.90 q
9 B Leonid Voloshin  Soviet Union X X 7.89 7.89 q
10 B Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy X 7.81 7.60 7.81 q
11 B Pang Yan  China 7.64 X 7.79 7.79 q
12 B Mark Forsythe  Great Britain 7.77 7.77 7.45 7.77 q
13 A Stewart Faulkner  Great Britain 7.72 7.74 7.74 7.74
14 A Bruny Surin  Canada 7.69 7.73 7.39 7.73
15 B Yusuf Ali  Nigeria 7.72 7.73 7.67 7.73
16 B Kim Jong-Il  South Korea 7.36 7.68 7.70 7.70
17 A James Browne  Antigua and Barbuda 7.06 7.67 7.33 7.67
18 B Chen Zunrong  China X 7.61 7.66 7.66
19 B Frédéric Ebong-Salle  Cameroon 7.34 7.65 X 7.65
20 A David Culbert  Australia X X 7.64 7.64
21 A Andreas Steiner  Austria 7.40 7.61 7.48 7.61
22 A Glenroy Gilbert  Canada 7.46 7.61 7.27 7.61
23 A John King  Great Britain 7.57 X X 7.57
24 B Stephen Hanna  Bahamas 7.54 X X 7.54
25 A Ian James  Canada X X 7.52 7.52
26 B Hiroyuki Shibata  Japan X 7.48 X 7.48
27 A Nai Hui-Fang  Chinese Taipei 7.45 X 7.16 7.45
28 B Teddy Steinmayr  Austria X 7.31 7.36 7.36
29 B Lotfi Khaïda  Algeria 7.10 X X 7.10
30 B Muhammad Urfaq  Pakistan X X 7.09 7.09
31 A José Leitão  Portugal X 6.99 6.81 6.99
32 A Ricardo Valiente  Peru 6.91 X 6.92 6.92
33 B Francis Keita  Sierra Leone 6.52 6.87 6.14 6.87
— A David Lamai  Kenya X X X No mark
A Orde Ballantyne  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines X X — No mark
A Sizwe Sydney Mdluli  Swaziland X X X No mark
A Shahanuddin Choudhury  Bangladesh X X X No mark
A Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib  Qatar X — — No mark
B Junichi Usui  Japan X X X No mark
B Ray Quiñones  Puerto Rico X X X No mark
B Robert Emmiyan  Soviet Union — — — No mark
— A Gary Honey  Australia DNS
B Vladimir Ochkan  Soviet Union DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Lewis  United States 8.41 8.56 8.52 8.72 8.52 X 8.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mike Powell  United States 8.23 8.11 8.49 X — X 8.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Larry Myricks  United States 8.14 8.27 X 8.17 X X 8.27
4 Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy 7.84 8.08 7.63 — — — 8.08
5 Antonio Corgos  Spain 8.03 X X 7.86 X 7.99 8.03
6 László Szalma  Hungary X X 8.00 X X X 8.00
7 Norbert Brige  France 7.87 X X 7.97 X X 7.97
8 Leonid Volochine  Soviet Union 7.87 7.78 X X X 7.89 7.89
9 Pang Yan  China X 7.72 7.86 Did not advance 7.86
10 Jarmo Kärnä  Finland X 7.81 7.82 Did not advance 7.82
11 Emiel Mellaard  Netherlands 7.71 X 7.51 Did not advance 7.71
12 Mark Forsythe  Great Britain X X 7.54 Did not advance 7.54

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 242.

External links

  • (in English) Official Report
  • (in English) todor66
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