Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Osaka07 D5M Irving Saladino.jpg
Irving Saladino (2007 world championships)
Venue Beijing Olympic Stadium
Dates16 August 2008 (qualifying)
18 August 2008 (final)
Competitors38 from 32 nations
Winning distance8.34
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Irving Saladino
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Silver medal icon.svg Khotso Mokoena
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg Ibrahim Camejo
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
  2004
2012  

The men's long jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 and 18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. [1] Thirty-eight athletes from 32 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Irving Saladino of Panama, the nation's first Olympic gold medal in any event and its first medal the men's long jump. South Africa also won its first men's long jump medal, with Khotso Mokoena's silver. Ibrahim Camejo's bronze was Cuba's first medal in the event since 2000. This event marked the first time that an American did not classify to the final phase in a non-boycotted Olympic competition.

Background

This was the 26th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2004 Games were fifth-place finisher Chris Tomlinson of Great Britain and twelfth-place finisher Salim Sdiri of France. Dwight Phillips, the reigning gold medalist who had won two world championships (2003, 2005) and would win two more later (2009, 2011) and finished third at the most recent championships, placed fourth in the U.S. Olympic trials and missed the team. The reigning world champion, Irving Saladino of Panama, was the favorite in Beijing. [2]

Bermuda made its first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 25th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualifying standards were 8.20 m (26.9 ft) (A standard) and 8.05 m (26.41 ft) (B standard). [3] Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard in the same qualifying period. [4] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Competition format

The 2008 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 8.15 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] [5]

Records

Prior to this 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, Japan30 August 1991
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Bob Beamon  (USA)8.90 Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968
World LeadingFlag of Panama.svg  Irving Saladino  (PAN)8.73 Hengelo, Netherlands24 May 2008

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 16 August 200820:00Qualifying
Monday, 18 August 200820:10Final

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Louis Tsatoumas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8.27
(+0.1)
8.27Q
2A Ibrahim Camejo Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 8.23
(+0.5)
8.23Q
3A Greg Rutherford Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8.16
(-0.1)
8.16Q
4A Khotso Mokoena Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8.03
(-0.1)
X8.14
(-0.1)
8.14q
5B Ngonidzashe Makusha Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 8.14
(0.0)
7.94
(0.0)
8.14q
6B Wilfredo Martínez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 7.92
(+0.4)
7.80
(+0.4)
8.07
(+0.1)
8.07q, DPG [6]
7B Ndiss Kaba Badji Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 7.65
(-0.1)
7.79
(-0.1)
8.07
(-0.5)
8.07q, SB
8A Hussein Taher Al-Sabee Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 5.47
(+0.3)
8.04
( -0.4)
X8.04q
9B Irving Saladino Flag of Panama.svg  Panama XX8.01
(+0.2)
8.01q
10A Luis Felipe Méliz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X7.77
(-0.1)
7.95
(+0.1)
7.95q
11A Gable Garenamotse Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 7.58
(+0.3)
X7.95
(+0.4)
7.95q
12B Roman Novotný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7.75
(+0.3)
7.81
(-0.1)
7.94
(-0.2)
7.94q
13A Stephan Louw Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 7.73
(+0.1)
X7.93
(+0.6)
7.93
14B Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia XX7.93
(+0.4)
7.93
15B Tyrone Smith Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 6.95
(+0.1)
7.63
(-0.6)
7.91
(-0.1)
7.91
16B Fabrice Lapierre Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.90
(+0.1)
XX7.90
17A Yahya Berrabah Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 7.88
(+0.1)
XX7.88
17A Tommi Evilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland XX7.88
(+0.2)
7.88
19B Trevell Quinley Flag of the United States.svg  United States XX7.87
(-0.2)
7.87
20B Andrew Howe Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7.73
(+0.1)
7.81
( -0.2)
X7.81
21A Salim Sdiri Flag of France.svg  France XX7.81
(+0.3)
7.81
22B Brian Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States X7.79
(-0.1)
X7.79
23A Sebastien Bayer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany X7.43
(+0.1)
7.77
(0.0)
7.77
24A Hugo Chila Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 7.77
(+0.2)
XX7.77
24B Andriy Makarchev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7.77
(+0.3)
XX7.77
26A Mauro da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil X7.75
(-0.1)
X7.75
27B Chris Tomlinson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7.52
(+0.4)
7.62
(0.0)
7.70
(+0.2)
7.70
28A Li Runrun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.70
(+0.2)
X7.56
(+0.1)
7.70SB
29B Tarik Bouguetaib Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 7.69
(-0.1)
XX7.69
30B Herbert McGregor Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.64
(0.0)
7.46
(+0.3)
7.36
(0.0)
7.64
31A Morten Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark X7.58
(+0.3)
7.63
(-0.1)
7.63
32B Louis Tristán Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 7.58
(+0.1)
7.62
(+0.3)
X7.62
33A Marcin Starzak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland XX7.62
(-0.2)
7.62
34A Henry Dagmil Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 7.58
(0.0)
XX7.58
35A Nikolai Atanasov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria XX7.54
(-0.5)
7.54
36B Julien Fivaz Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7.53
(0.0)
XX7.53
37A Vladimir Malyavin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7.32
(-0.2)
7.35
(-0.1)
X7.35
38B Miguel Pate Flag of the United States.svg  United States X7.34
(+0.4)
X7.34
B Zhou Can Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DNS
B Arnaud Casquette Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius DNS
A Issam Nima Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria DNS

Final

The final was held on 18 August 2008. [7] Martínez was disqualified. [6]

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gold medal icon.svg Irving Saladino Flag of Panama.svg  Panama X
(+0.1)
8.17
(-0.1)
8.21
(+0.1)
8.34
(-0.3)
X
(-0.2)
X
(-0.5)
8.34
Silver medal icon.svg Khotso Mokoena Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7.86
(+0.1)
X
(0.0)
8.02
(+0.2)
8.24
(0.0)
X
(-0.2)
X
(-0.4)
8.24
Bronze medal icon.svg Ibrahim Camejo Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 7.948.098.087.887.938.208.20
4 Ngonidzashe Makusha Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 8.198.068.058.108.056.488.19
5 Ndiss Kaba Badji Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 8.03X8.028.16 SB8.037.928.16
6 Luis Felipe Méliz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X8.02XX7.988.078.07
7 Roman Novotný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7.877.758.00X7.827.948.00
8 Gable Garenamotse Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana X7.85Did not advance7.85
9 Greg Rutherford Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain X5.207.84Did not advance7.84
10 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 7.80XXDid not advance7.80
Louis Tsatoumas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece XXXDid not advanceNo mark
5DSQ Wilfredo Martínez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 7.607.90X8.04X8.198.19

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