Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	10 April (qualifying round) 11 April (final)
Competitors	28 from 20 nations
Winning distance	8.41 m GR
Medalists
Luvo Manyonga    South Africa   Henry Frayne    Australia   Ruswahl Samaai    South Africa
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The men's long jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 10 and 11 April 2018. ^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: ^[2]

World record	Mike Powell  (USA)	8.95 m	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
Games record	Fabrice Lapierre  (AUS)	8.30 m	New Delhi, India	9 October 2010

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 10 April 2018	11:30	Qualification
Wednesday 11 April 2018	20:32	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who jumped ≥7.90 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. ^[3]

Rank	Group	Name	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	B	Henry Frayne  (AUS)	8.34 +1.1 m/s			8.34	GR , PB	Q
2	A	Ruswahl Samaai  (RSA)	8.06 +1.2 m/s			8.06		Q
3	A	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye  (TCA)	8.03 +0.1 m/s			8.03	PB	Q
4	A	Dan Bramble  (ENG)	7.60 +1.0 m/s	8.02 +1.3 m/s		8.02	=SB	Q
5	B	Damar Forbes  (JAM)	7.93 +0.5 m/s			7.93		Q
6	B	Luvo Manyonga  (RSA)	7.91 -0.7 m/s			7.91		Q
7	A	Tyrone Smith  (BER)	7.52 0.0 m/s	7.89 -0.2 m/s	–	7.89		q
8	B	Tajay Gayle  (JAM)	5.68 w +2.9 m/s	7.06 +0.6 m/s	7.88 +1.1 m/s	7.88		q
9	A	Marcel Mayack  (CMR)	7.73 +0.8 m/s	7.70 +0.7 m/s	7.84 +1.0 m/s	7.84		q
10	B	D.A.G. Janaka Wimalasari  (SRI)	7.56 +0.5 m/s	7.70 +1.5 m/s	7.84 +0.8 m/s	7.84		q
11	B	Chris Mitrevski  (AUS)	7.75 +1.8 m/s	7.82 +2.0 m/s	7.73 +0.7 m/s	7.82		q
12	A	Fabrice Lapierre  (AUS)	7.54 -0.1 m/s	x +0.9 m/s	7.76 +1.4 m/s	7.76		q
13	A	Shawn-D Thompson  (JAM)	7.55 +0.4 m/s	7.69 +1.1 m/s	7.30 +1.2 m/s	7.69
14	A	Adam McMullen  (NIR)	7.66 +0.7 m/s	7.43 +0.8 m/s	x +0.9 m/s	7.66
15	A	David Registe  (DMA)	7.40 +0.2 m/s	7.25 +1.3 m/s	7.59 +1.8 m/s	7.59
16	A	Bethwel Lagat  (KEN)	7.49 +0.7 m/s	7.45 +0.1 m/s	7.58 -0.4 m/s	7.58
17	A	Darren Morson  (MSR)	7.51 +0.7 m/s	7.21 +0.3 m/s	x +1.4 m/s	7.51	NR
18	A	Ian Grech  (MLT)	7.22 +0.5 m/s	x +0.6 m/s	7.43 +0.7 m/s	7.43	PB
19	B	Jonathan Drack  (MRI)	7.33 +0.9 m/s	7.37 +0.8 m/s	7.22 +1.1 m/s	7.37	=SB
20	B	Melvin Echard  (GRN)	x -0.5 m/s	7.29 +0.4 m/s	7.07 +0.8 m/s	7.29
21	B	Emanuel Archibald  (GUY)	x 0.0 m/s	7.24 +1.4 m/s	7.24 -0.9 m/s	7.24
22	A	Anthony Mwanga  (TAN)	7.20 +1.8 m/s	6.83 +1.1 m/s	6.83 +0.7 m/s	7.20	PB
23	A	Peniel Richard  (PNG)	6.79 +0.6 m/s	6.84 +1.6 m/s	6.98 +0.6 m/s	6.98	SB
24	B	Andrew Cassar Torreggiani  (MLT)	x +0.5 m/s	6.65 -0.1 m/s	6.87 +1.2 m/s	6.87
25	B	Eugene Vollmer  (FIJ)	6.85 +0.8 m/s	6.67 0.0 m/s	6.62 -0.1 m/s	6.85
–	B	Lavon Allen  (MSR)	x +1.3 m/s	–	–	NM
–	B	Carl Morgan  (CAY)	x +1.2 m/s	x +0.7 m/s	x +0.2 m/s	NM
–	B	Bavon Sylvain  (DMA)	x +0.9 m/s	x +1.2 m/s	–	NM

Final

The medals were determined in the final. ^[2]

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Luvo Manyonga  (RSA)	8.24 +1.2 m/s	8.21 +0.4 m/s	x +0.7 m/s	8.35 +0.5 m/s	x +0.9 m/s	8.41 +0.6 m/s	8.41	GR
	Henry Frayne  (AUS)	8.00 0.0 m/s	8.33 +0.8 m/s	x +0.5 m/s	8.08 +0.2 m/s	x +1.2 m/s	x +1.1 m/s	8.33
	Ruswahl Samaai  (RSA)	8.06 +0.6 m/s	8.22 +0.2 m/s	8.17 +0.9 m/s	7.89 +1.0 m/s	8.18 +0.7 m/s	8.08 +0.7 m/s	8.22
4	Tajay Gayle  (JAM)	7.92 +0.6 m/s	7.98 +0.4 m/s	8.12 -0.1 m/s	x +0.3 m/s	7.94 +0.3 m/s	8.00 +0.6 m/s	8.12	PB
5	Dan Bramble  (ENG)	7.58 +0.9 m/s	7.56 +0.4 m/s	7.94 +0.1 m/s	7.72 +0.9 m/s	7.76 +0.6 m/s	7.41 +0.9 m/s	7.94
6	Chris Mitrevski  (AUS)	7.50 +0.9 m/s	7.66 +0.8 m/s	7.81 +0.7 m/s	7.43 +0.6 m/s	7.81 +0.5 m/s	7.90 +0.8 m/s	7.90
7	D.A.G. Janaka Wimalasari  (SRI)	x +0.6 m/s	7.52 +0.9 m/s	7.89 +0.5 m/s	7.50 +0.3 m/s	x +0.4 m/s	x +0.2 m/s	7.89
8	Damar Forbes  (JAM)	x +0.4 m/s	7.88 +0.9 m/s	7.86 +0.2 m/s	7.60 +0.3 m/s	x +0.4 m/s	7.69 +0.7 m/s	7.88
9	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye  (TCA)	7.45 +0.2 m/s	7.70 +1.0 m/s	7.80 +0.7 m/s	—			7.80
10	Tyrone Smith  (BER)	x +0.8 m/s	7.79 +0.3 m/s	x +0.1 m/s				7.79
11	Marcel Mayack  (CMR)	7.36 +0.8 m/s	7.61 +0.9 m/s	7.70 +0.5 m/s				7.70
12	Fabrice Lapierre  (AUS)	x +0.5 m/s	7.56 +0.7 m/s	x +0.2 m/s				7.56

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's long jump". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. Athletics | Men's Long Jump - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
3. Athletics | Men's Long Jump - Qualification (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. pp. 74–76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.