Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's Long jump
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for Athletics
Venue Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates5 August (qualifying)
6 August (final)
Competitors50 from 37 nations
Winning distance8.67
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Carl Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Mike Powell
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Joe Greene
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  
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The men's long jump was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 50 participating athletes from 37 nations, with two qualifying groups. [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 third consecutive and 19th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. Lewis became the second man to win three medals in the event (after Ralph Boston) and the first to win three golds. Mike Powell repeated his silver-medal performance from 1988, becoming the eighth two-medal winner in the event. Joe Greene took bronze, completing the United States' second consecutive and fourth overall (1896, 1904, 1988) medal sweep in the men's long jump.

Background

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were two-time gold medalist Carl Lewis and silver medalist Mike Powell of the United States, fourth-place finisher (and 1984 bronze medalist) Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy, sixth-place finisher László Szalma of Hungary, and twelfth-place finisher Mark Forsythe of Great Britain. Lewis was looking for a third gold, but Powell had beaten him at the 1991 world championships (finally breaking Bob Beamon's 1968 world record of 8.90 metres with an 8.95 metre jump, as well as snapping Lewis's streak of 65 straight victories in the long jump) and the U.S. Olympic trials. [2]

Burkina Faso, the Cayman Islands, El Salvador, Grenada, Guinea, the Seychelles, Slovenia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe each made their first appearance in the event; some former Soviet republics appeared as the Unified Team. The United States appeared for the 21st time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The 1992 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 8.05 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 recordFlag of the United States.svg  Mike Powell  (USA)8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  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 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 5 August 1992Qualifying
Thursday, 6 August 199218:50Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.688.68Q
2 Geng Huang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.908.228.22Q
3 Konstantinos Koukodimos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8.228.22Q
4 Mike Powell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.148.14Q
5 Jaime Jefferson Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7.967.978.098.09Q
6 Dmitriy Bagryanov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7.958.098.09Q
7 Iván Pedroso Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7.838.078.07Q
8 Bogdan Tudor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7.517.608.078.07Q
9 David Culbert Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.007.59X8.00q
10 Borut Bilač Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia X8.00X8.00q
11 Chen Zunrong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.93X7.907.93q
12 Joe Greene Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.69X7.907.90q
13 Craig Hepburn Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas X7.897.817.89
14 Dietmar Haaf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany X7.747.857.85
15 Mark Mason Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 7.427.83X7.83
16 Spyridon Vasdekis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7.677.827.717.82
17 Masaki Morinaga Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7.747.787.797.79
18 Jesus Olivan Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X7.78X7.78
19 Galin Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7.37X7.757.75
20 Ian James Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada X7.74X7.74
21 Franck Lestage Flag of France.svg  France 7.727.657.667.72
22 Mark Forsythe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7.71XX7.71
23 Elmer Williams Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 7.637.567.707.70
24 Franck Zio Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 7.477.637.707.70
25 Milan Gombala Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7.54X7.697.69
26 Csaba Almási Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XX7.697.69
27 Thomas Ganda Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 7.677.407.437.67
28 Edrick Floreal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7.627.547.627.62
29 Roman Golanowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland XX7.617.61
30 Eugene Licorish Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 7.577.607.547.60
31 Serge Helan Flag of France.svg  France 7.60X7.487.60
32 Konstantin Krause Flag of Germany.svg  Germany XX7.547.54
33 James Sabulei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 7.507.377.387.50
34 László Szalma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7.477.407.367.47
35 Michael Francis Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico XX7.467.46
36 Benjamin Koech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 7.437.447.327.44
37 Danny Beauchamp Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles XX7.447.44
38 Kareem Streete-Thompson Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 7.39XX7.39
39 Angelo Iannuzzelli Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador X7.31X7.31
40 Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar X7.27X7.27
41 Gabrieli Qoro Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 7.22X5.197.22
41 Khaled Ahmed Musa Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 7.037.026.547.03
43 Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 6.966.956.966.96
44 Elston Shaw Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg  Belize 6.296.386.576.57
45 Vadim Ivanov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team XX5.975.97
46 Abdelkader Klouchi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 5.33XX5.33
Giovanni Evangelisti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy XXXNo mark
Ángel Hernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain XXXNo mark
Sydney Mdluli Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland XXXNo mark
Soryba Diakite Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea XNo mark
Musabeh Al-HadhramiFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates DNS
Afonso Ferraz Flag of Angola.svg  Angola DNS
Badara Mbengue Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gold medal icon.svg Carl Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.678.33XX8.508.508.67
Silver medal icon.svg Mike Powell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.958.228.33X8.538.648.64
Bronze medal icon.svg Joe Greene Flag of the United States.svg  United States XX7.888.348.14X8.34
4 Iván Pedroso Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7.798.118.017.988.117.518.11
5 Jaime Jefferson Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7.307.698.087.938.00X8.08
6 Konstantinos Koukodimos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7.307.997.928.047.887.508.04
7 Dmitriy Bagryanov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7.795.74X7.987.887.847.98
8 Geng Huang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.337.587.877.797.557.657.87
9 Borut Bilač Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia X7.607.76Did not advance7.76
10 Chen Zunrong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.717.477.75Did not advance7.75
11 David Culbert Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.367.307.73Did not advance7.73
12 Bogdan Tudor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7.267.377.61Did not advance7.61

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