Events at the 1987 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
10 km walk | women | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the men's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday 5 September 1987.
Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze with a jump of 8.37 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m. [1] [2] Larry Myricks of the United States received the bronze medal nine months later. [3]
Gold | Carl Lewis United States (USA) |
Silver | Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union (URS) |
Bronze | Larry Myricks United States (USA) |
Qualification Round | |
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Group A | Group B |
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Final Round | |
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Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record | Bob Beamon (USA) | 8.90 | Mexico City, Mexico | 18 October 1968 |
Championship Record | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.55 | Helsinki, Finland | 10 August 1983 |
RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
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1. | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.19 m |
2. | Paul Emordi (NGR) | 8.14 m |
3. | Vladimir Bobylyov (URS) | 8.08 m |
4. | Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) | 8.06 m |
5. | Junichi Usui (JPN) | 8.02 m |
6. | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 8.00 m |
7. | Mike Conley (USA) | 7.99 m |
8. | Norbert Brige (FRA) | 7.96 m |
9. | Frans Maas (NED) | 7.78 m |
10. | Róbert Széli (TCH) | 7.59 m |
11. | Dietmar Haaf (GER) | 7.51 m |
12. | Ray Quiñones (PUR) | 7.41 m |
13. | Jeffrey Neptune (GRN) | 7.11 m |
14. | Marcus César Barros (BRA) | 6.94 m |
15. | Devon Hyde (BIZ) | 6.61 m |
— | António Santos (ANG) | NM |
— | Stanisław Jaskułka (POL) | NM |
— | Bruny Surin (CAN) | NM |
— | Dimitrios Chatzopoulos (GRE) | NM |
— | Lester Benjamin (ATG) | NM |
RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
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1. | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.36 m |
2. | Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.20 m |
3. | Jens Hirschberg (GDR) | 8.10 m |
4. | Yusuf Alli (NGR) | 8.07 m |
5. | Vladimir Amidzhinov (BUL) | 8.05 m |
6. | Heiko Reski (FRG) | 8.03 m |
7. | Sergey Layevskiy (URS) | 7.98 m |
8. | Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) | 7.97 m |
9. | Ivo Krsek (TCH) | 7.96 m |
10. | Emiel Mellaard (NED) | 7.93 m |
11. | Chen Zunrong (CHN) | 7.90 m |
12. | Andreas Steiner (AUT) | 7.87 m |
13. | Fred Salle (CMR) | 7.60 m |
14. | Antonio Corgos (ESP) | 7.60 m |
15. | Ian James (CAN) | 7.54 m |
16. | Badara Mbengue (SEN) | 7.23 m |
17. | Carlos Casar (MEX) | 7.21 m |
18. | Wilbert Lee (MNT) | 6.61 m |
— | Jeroen Fischer (BEL) | DNS |
— | Kim Won-jin (KOR) | DNS |
Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.67 m | CR | |||||||
Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.53 m | ||||||||
Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.33 m | ||||||||
4 | Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) | 8.19 m | |||||||
5 | Jens Hirschberg (GDR) | 8.16 m | |||||||
6 | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 8.14 m | |||||||
7 | Vladimir Amidzhinov (BUL) | 8.11 m | |||||||
8 | Mike Conley (USA) | 8.10 m | |||||||
9 | Sergey Layevskiy (URS) | 8.08 m | |||||||
10 | Heiko Reski (FRG) | 8.03 m | |||||||
11 | Yusuf Alli (NGR) | 8.00 m | |||||||
12 | Junichi Usui (JPN) | 8.00 m | |||||||
13 | Vladimir Bobylyov (URS) | 7.90 m | |||||||
14 | Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) | 7.83 m | |||||||
15 | Norbert Brige (FRA) | 7.82 m | |||||||
16 | Paul Emordi (NGR) | 7.80 m | |||||||
17 | Ivo Krsek (TCH) | 7.72 m |
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