Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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Olympic Athletics
Venue Japan National Stadium
Dates31 July 2021
(qualifying)
2 August 2021
(final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance8.41
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Miltiadis Tentoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Silver medal icon.svg Juan Miguel Echevarría Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg Maykel Massó Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
  2016
2024  

The men's long jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 31 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through time or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016). [2] 31 athletes from 20 nations competed. [3] Miltiadis Tentoglou won the gold medal, Greece's first medal in the men's long jump. Cuban athletes Juan Miguel Echevarría and Maykel Massó earned silver and bronze, respectively, the nation's first medals in the event since 2008.

For the first time in the men's Olympic long jump, the silver medallist achieved the exact same distance as the winner so the result was decided on countback, similar to the procedures for the high jump and pole vault.


Summary

Injuries were to play a big role in the finals of this event. World leader Tajay Gayle showed up with his left knee taped, struggled down the runway to foul his first two attempts, finally getting a legal but non-qualifying jump on his third attempt. Maykel Massó took the lead as last jumper of the first round with an 8.21 metres, on his second attempt he seemed to tweak his left hamstring. He would not take another attempt. In the third round, Juan Miguel Echevarría put one together taking a big lead with 8.41 metres. A day after competing in the high jump final, JuVaughn Harrison struggled to qualify for the final three jumps in eighth. As the final jumper in the fourth round, Echevarría aborted his jump, coming out of the pit limping. He passed his fifth attempt. Leading off the fifth round, Harrison jumped 8.15 metres to move into bronze medal position. Later in the round, Thobias Montler jumped what looked like mid 8.30's, but it was a foul. Then Miltiadis Tentoglou matched Harrison with an 8.15 metres. Because Tentoglou had a previous jump of 8.11 metres as a tiebreaker, he took over bronze position. The final round proved the difference. Early on, Montler jumped well past the video estimated leading mark, but the jump again was a foul. Then Eusebio Cáceres came through with an 8.18 metres to take bronze position away from Tentoglou. Tentoglou answered being knocked off the podium by jumping 8.41 metres, matching Echevarría exactly. Again with the superior second best jump, Tentoglou took over the lead. It was time for the Cubans to answer, but Massó couldn't go, passing his final attempt, settling for bronze. Echevarría gave it a go, but as he ran down the runway it was clear he couldn't run. He stopped at the board, leaned down and pounded the foul marking plasticine in frustration.

Background

This was the 29th appearance of the event, which was one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

No nations made their men's long jump debut in 2020. The United States appeared for the 28th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's long jump event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard was 8.22 metres. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 32 is reached. [2] [4]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period. [2] [5]

NOCs could also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the long jump. [2]

Entry number: 32.

Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOCNominated athletes
Entry standard – 8.223Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Gao Xinglong
Huang Changzhou
Zhang Yaoguang
3Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba Juan Miguel Echevarría
Lester Lescay
Maykel Massó
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yuki Hashioka
Shotaro Shiroyama
Hibiki Tsuha
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Marquis Dendy
JuVaughn Harrison
Steffin McCarter
2Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Tajay Gayle
Carey McLeod
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cheswill Johnson
Luvo Manyonga
Ruswahl Samaai
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Samory Fraga
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Damian Warner
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kristian Pulli
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Miltiadis Tentoglou
1Flag of India.svg  India M. Sreeshankar
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Thobias Montler
1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Andwuelle Wright
World ranking1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Henry Frayne
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Alexsandro Melo
1Flag of France.svg  France Augustin Bey
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filippo Randazzo
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Eusebio Cáceres
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Vladyslav Mazur
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Fabian Heinle
Universality Places1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Izmir Smajlaj
1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Emiliano Lasa
Total32

Competition format

The 2020 competition continued to use the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve the qualifying distance of 8.15 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) advanced. 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 are not considered for the final). [6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records are 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 Greece.svg  Miltiadis Tentoglou  (GRE)8.60 Athens, Greece26 May 2021
AreaDistance (m)WindAthleteNation
Africa ( records )8.65+1.3 Luvo Manyonga Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Asia ( records )8.48+0.6 Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Europe ( records )8.86+1.9 Robert Emmiyan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
North, Central America
and Caribbean
( records )
8.95 WR +0.3 Mike Powell Flag of the United States.svg United States
Oceania ( records )8.54+1.7 Mitchell Watt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
South America ( records )8.73+1.2 Irving Saladino Flag of Panama.svg Panama

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's long jump took place over two separate days. [1]

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 31 July 202119:00Qualifying
Monday, 2 August 20219:00Final

Results

Qualifying

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

RankGroupAthleteNation123ResultNotes
1B Juan Miguel Echevarría Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 8.508.50 Q, SB
2B Miltiadis Tentoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8.228.22 Q
3A Yuki Hashioka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8.178.17 Q
4B Tajay Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica x6.728.148.14 q
5A JuVaughn Harrison Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.138.028.13 q
6A Filippo Randazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.10x8.10 q, SB
7A Maykel Massó Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 8.078.007.928.07 q
8B Thobias Montler Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7.82x8.018.01 q
9B Eusebio Cáceres Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7.987.757.98 q
10B Huang Changzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.757.597.967.96 q
B Fabian Heinle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7.807.967.847.96 q, SB
B Kristian Pulli Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7.717.96x7.96 q
13A Emiliano Lasa Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7.857.957.787.95
14A Henry Frayne Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.827.827.937.93
15A Steffin McCarter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.697.817.927.92
16A Samory Fraga Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7.88xx7.88
17B Gao Xinglong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x7.867.867.86
A Izmir Smajlaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 7.817.86x7.86
19B Marquis Dendy Flag of the United States.svg  United States x7.787.857.85
20A Wang Jianan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.597.817.647.81
21A Carey McLeod Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica x7.757.367.75
22B Ruswahl Samaai Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7.707.74x7.74
23A Shoutarou Shiroyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6.247.70x7.70
24B Murali Sreeshankar Flag of India.svg  India 7.697.517.437.69
B Lester Lescay Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 7.69x7.637.69
26B Hibiki Tsuha Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7.527.617.557.61
27A Vladyslav Mazur Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7.607.547.587.60
28A Bachana Khorava Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 7.417.357.177.41
29B Alexsandro Melo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xx6.956.95
A Augustin Bey Flag of France.svg  France xxx NM
A Cheswill Johnson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa xxx NM
B Andwuelle Wright Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Miltiadis Tentoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8.11xx8.108.158.418.41Won on countback over Echevarría with a better second-best jump.
Silver medal icon.svg Juan Miguel Echevarría Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 8.09x8.416.71x8.41Pulled up on last attempt.
Bronze medal icon.svg Maykel Massó Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 8.218.058.21Unable to continue due to injury.
4 Eusebio Cáceres Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7.968.09xx8.128.188.18 SB
5 JuVaughn Harrison Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.577.707.967.878.157.498.15
6 Yuki Hashioka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan x7.957.97x7.948.108.10
7 Thobias Montler Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.087.93x8.05xx8.08
8 Filippo Randazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy x7.99xx7.88x7.99
9 Kristian Pulli Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7.857.927.88Did not advance7.92
10 Huang Changzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x7.507.72Did not advance7.72
11 Tajay Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica xx7.69Did not advance7.69
12 Fabian Heinle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5.187.577.62Did not advance7.62

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