2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates24 August (qualification)
25 August (final)
Competitors32 from 22 nations
Winning distance8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2013
2017  

The men's long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August. [1] [2]

Contents

In the finals were the defending champion Aleksandr Menkov, Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford and world leader Jeff Henderson, however world #2-4 Zarck Visser, Rushwahl Samaai and Marquis Dendy were unable to get out of the rounds. Henderson was the top qualifier with an 8.36 automatic first attempt trial. Three Chinese jumpers made the final at home.

The Chinese made a statement in the first round as both Wang Jianan and Gao Xinglong jumped 8.14 to share the lead. Menkov jumped 8.02 to take the third spot while Rutherford, Henderson and four other jumpers were unable to land a legal jump. In the second round, Henderson got a legal jump of 7.95, two feet below his best of the year, but it put him in 5th place for a moment, then Wang improved to 8.18 and Rutherford popped 8.29 to assume the lead. [3] In the third round Henderson again missed the board. Kafétien Gomis made 8.02 after two fouls, Fabrice Lapierre did 8.10 and Li Jinzhe did 8.09, suddenly the world leader was pushed into ninth place and had no more jumps left. In the fourth round Rutherford put an exclamation point on his lead with an 8.41, but only Gomis was able to make a legal jump in the round. Lapierre jumped 8.20 in the fifth round to move into second place and solidified that standing with an 8.24 in the final round. Having been hampered by injury in 2013, the victory completed the full set of outdoor titles for Rutherford, making him the reigning Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Champion. [4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [5]

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Powell  (USA)8.95 Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991
Championship record
World leadingFlag of the United States.svg  Jeff Henderson  (USA)8.52 Toronto, Canada22 July 2015
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  (RSA)8.50 Madrid, Spain4 July 2009
Asian record Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi  (KSA)8.48 Sotteville, France2 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Powell  (USA)8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991
South American record Flag of Panama.svg  Irving Saladino  (PAN)8.73 Hengelo, Netherlands24 May 2008
European record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Robert Emmiyan  (URS)8.86 Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union 22 May 1987
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Mitchell Watt  (AUS)8.54 Stockholm, Sweden29 July 2011

Qualification standards

Entry standards [6]
8.10

Schedule

DateTimeRound
24 August 201510:00 Qualification
25 August 201519:25 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 8.15 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q). [7]

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3MarkNotes
1B Jeff Henderson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)8.368.36 Q
2B Greg Rutherford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)x8.258.25 Q
3B Michael Hartfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x8.138.13 q
4A Wang Jianan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)8.128.028.12 q
5B Gao Xinglong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)7.008.118.11 q
6B Li Jinzhe Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)8.078.108.10 q
7A Kafétien Gomis Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)x7.668.098.09 q
8A Aleksandr Menkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)x7.968.088.08 q
9B Sergey Polyanskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)7.878.06x8.06 q
10B Tyrone Smith Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda  (BER)7.728.018.038.03 q
11B Fabrice Lapierre Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)8.03xx8.03 q
12A Radek Juška Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)x7.507.987.98 q
13B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)x7.98x7.98
14B Fabian Heinle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xx7.967.96
15B Emiliano Lasa Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay  (URU)7.95xx7.95
16A Yohei Sugai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)7.927.607.897.92
17A Kanstantsin Barycheuski Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)7.89x7.767.89
18A Dan Bramble Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)x7.83x7.83
19A Zarck Visser Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)x7.797.787.79
20B Rushwahl Samaai Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)7.687.797.697.79
21A Marquis Dendy Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x7.78x7.78
22B Ignisious Gaisah Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)x7.777.717.77
23A Maykel Massó Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)7.707.047.287.70
24A Alyn Camara Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)7.45x7.667.66
25A Ahmed Fayez Al-Dosari Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)7.637.247.197.63
26A Damar Forbes Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)7.617.627.617.62
27A Higor Alves Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)7.60xx7.60
28B Waisale Dausoko Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji  (FIJ)x6.89x6.89
B Alexsandro de Melo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)xxx NM
B Ifeanye Otuonye Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands  (TKS)xxx NM
A Michel Tornéus Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)xxx NM
A Quincy Breell Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba  (ARU)xxx NM

Final

The final was started at 18:30 [8]

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Greg Rutherford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)x8.29x8.418.41 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Fabrice Lapierre Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)x7.858.10x8.208.248.24 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Wang Jianan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)8.148.188.08xx6.278.18
4 Gao Xinglong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)8.147.877.85x7.958.028.14 SB
5 Li Jinzhe Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)7.69x8.09x8.10x8.10
6 Aleksandr Menkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)8.02x7.98xxx8.02
7 Kafétien Gomis Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)xx8.027.57x7.808.02
8 Sergey Polyanskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)7.897.97xxxx7.97
9 Jeff Henderson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x7.95x7.95
10 Tyrone Smith Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda  (BER)x7.79x7.79
11 Radek Juška Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)7.557.57x7.57
Michael Hartfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xxx NM

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