Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for athletics
Venue Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates24–26 August
Competitors40 from 30 nations
Winning distance8.59
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dwight Phillips
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg John Moffitt
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Joan Lino Martínez
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2000
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The men's long jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 24–26 August. [1] Forty athletes from 30 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Dwight Phillips of the United States, the nation's 21st gold medal in the men's long jump.

Background

This was the 25th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2000 Games were the defending champion Iván Pedroso of Cuba, fourth-place finisher Olexiy Lukashevych of Ukraine, eighth-place finisher Dwight Phillips of the United States, ninth-place finisher Bogdan Tarus of Romania, and eleventh-place finisher Petar Dachev of Bulgaria. Then, Pedroso was at his peak and Phillips had not yet reached his; now, Phillips was at his peak and Pedroso was past his. Pedroso's string of four straight world championships ended in 2003, when Phillips took over. [2]

Botswana and Panama each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 24th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's long jump, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had jumped 8.19 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had jumped 8.05 metres or further could be entered. [3]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance of 8.10 metres, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted). [4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump 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
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  Dwight Phillips  (USA)8.60 Linz, Austria2 August 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were set during the competition:

NationAthleteRoundDistance
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Jonathan Chimier Qualifying8.28

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 24 August 200419:45Qualifying
Thursday, 26 August 200420:00Final

Results

Qualifying

Rule: Qualifying standard 8.10 (Q) or at least 12 best qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Dwight Phillips Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.318.31Q
2B Jonathan Chimier Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 8.288.28Q, NR
3B Chris Tomlinson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7.768.238.23Q, SB
4B James Beckford Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 8.208.20Q
5A John Moffitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.808.178.17Q
6A Joan Lino Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8.108.10Q
7B Vitaliy Shkurlatov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8.09XX8.09q
8A Bogdan Ţăruş Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7.958.088.08q
9B Salim Sdiri Flag of France.svg  France 8.08XX8.08q
10B Yago Lamela Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7.958.068.068.06q, =SB
11A Iván Pedroso Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 8.05X8.048.05q
12A Ignisious Gaisah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana X7.848.058.05q
13B Petar Dachev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8.05X7.838.05
14A Kafétien Gomis Flag of France.svg  France X7.99X7.99
15B Víctor Castillo Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 7.707.627.987.98
16A Kirill Sosunov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia X7.947.767.94
17A Nikolay Atanasov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria X7.887.907.90
18A Volodymyr Zyuskov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine X7.88X7.88
19A Nicola Trentin Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 7.86Xx7.86
20B Kareem Streete-Thompson Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands X7.857.687.85
21B Osbourne Moxey Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 7.817.807.667.81
22B Louis Tsatoumas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6.997.81X7.81
23B Walter Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.377.707.807.80
24B Tarik Bouguetaïb Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 7.797.63X7.79
25A Gable Garenamotse Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 7.787.167.457.78
26A Siniša Ergotić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7.777.73X7.77
27A Ndiss Kaba Badji Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 7.477.657.747.74
28B Yann Domenech Flag of France.svg  France 7.567.73X7.73
29A Shinichi Terano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7.577.587.707.70
30A Yahya Berrabah Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 7.537.627.197.62
31B Nils Winter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7.517.41X7.51
32B Jadel Gregório Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7.50XX7.50
33B Gaspar Araújo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal X7.277.497.49
34A Zhou Can Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.367.47X7.47
35A Dimitrios Filindras Flag of Greece.svg  Greece X7.457.427.45
36B Irving Saladino Flag of Panama.svg  Panama X7.287.427.42
37B Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar X7.417.267.41
38A Tamás Margl Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7.387.22X7.38
39A Gregor Cankar Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5.04X7.327.32
A Dimítrios Serélis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece XXXNo mark
B Oleksiy Lukashevych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gold medal icon.svg Dwight Phillips Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.59XX8.358.59
Silver medal icon.svg John Moffitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.108.287.858.198.47 PB8.248.47
Bronze medal icon.svg Joan Lino Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7.798.32 PB8.028.068.06X8.32
4 James Beckford Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 8.158.158.31 =SB8.12XX8.31
5 Chris Tomlinson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8.258.048.118.098.057.928.25
6 Ignisious Gaisah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 8.018.068.248.128.09X8.24
7 Iván Pedroso Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba X8.19X8.09X8.23 SB8.23
8 Bogdan Ţăruş Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8.21X8.08XX8.168.21
9 Vitaliy Shkurlatov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7.888.04XDid not advance8.04
10 Jonathan Chimier Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 8.037.796.78Did not advance8.03
11 Yago Lamela Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7.98XXDid not advance7.98
12 Salim Sdiri Flag of France.svg  France 7.94XXDid not advance7.94

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004 . IAAF . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. "2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS QUALIFYING STANDARDS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". Athens 2004 . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2015.