Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue Stade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 4 August 2024 (qualification)
    6 August 2024 (final)
Competitors33 from 25 nations
Winning distance8.48
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Miltiadis Tentoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Silver medal icon.svg Wayne Pinnock Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svg Mattia Furlani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2020
2028  

The men's long jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 4 and 6 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

Defending Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou returned as the world leader. Tentoglou was also the 2023 World Champion and 2022 silver medalist. Wang Jianan won in 2022, Simon Ehammer won bronze and is #2 for 2024. 2023 silver medalist Wayne Pinnock jumped well indoors in 2024 but didn't quite match it outdoors. 19 year old Mattia Furlani showed several good results in 2024. [1]

Tentoglou only needed one jump to auto qualify for the final. Radek Juška took two. Wang could see how the competition was developing and saved energy by only taking one, 8.12m, just short of the auto. It took 7.90m to make the final. [2]

Early in the first round, Furlani put pressure on the field, starting off with an 8.34m. Jacob Fincham-Dukes got close to 8, with a 7.95m. Tentoglou's first jump put him into second with 8.27m. Wang then pushed Fincham-Dukes off the podium with his 7.96m. In the second round, Simon Batz moved into third at 8.07m. That lasted two jumps until Ehammer jumped 8.20m. Tentoglou shuffled the deck, blasting 8.48 m (27 ft 9+34 in). Two jumpers later, Pinnock finished the order with 8.36m. Tentoglou backed up his winner with an 8.36m in the fourth round, Furlani popped another 8.34m in the fifth, but nobody improved. [3] It was Tentoglou's second successive gold medal.

Background

The men's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDate
World record Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Powell  (USA)8.95 [4] Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991
Olympic record Flag of the United States.svg  Bob Beamon  (USA)8.90 Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968
World leadingFlag of Greece.svg  Miltiadis Tentoglou  (GRE)8.65 [5] Rome, Italy8 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [6]
Area RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)
Africa ( records )Flag of South Africa.svg  Luvo Manyonga  (RSA)8.52
Asia ( records )Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi  (KSA)8.48
Europe ( records )Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Robert Emmiyan  (URS)8.86
North, Central America

and Caribbean ( records )

Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Powell  (USA)8.95 WR
Oceania ( records )Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Mitchell Watt  (AUS)8.54
South America ( records )Flag of Panama.svg  Irving Saladino  (PAN)8.73

Qualification

For the men's long jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 8.27 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [7] [8]

Results

Qualification

The qualification is scheduled to be held on 4 August, starting at 11:00 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking. [9]

All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q - 8.15) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to Final.

RankGroupAthleteNation123ResultNotes
1A Miltiadis Tentoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8.328.32 Q
2B Radek Juška Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7.858.158.15 Q, SB
3B Wang Jianan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8.128.12 q, SB
4B Simon Ehammer Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7.698.096.628.09 q
5B Filip Pravdica Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7.688.047.598.04 q
6A Mattia Furlani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.017.95x8.01 q
7B Wayne Pinnock Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.967.727.687.96 q
8A Jacob Fincham-Dukes Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain x7.387.967.96 q
9B Zhang Mingkun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.917.887.927.92 q
10B Arnovis Dalmero Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 7.927.837.787.92 q
11A Carey McLeod Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.777.90x7.90 q
12A Simon Batz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany x7.907.607.90 q
13A Emiliano Lasa Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7.877.587.707.87
14A Bozhidar Sarâboyukov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria xx7.877.87
15A Jeremiah Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.837.787.787.83
16B Thobias Montler Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xx7.827.82
17A Yuki Hashioka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan x7.727.817.81
18B Chris Mitrevski Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.667.796.477.79
19B Tajay Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.787.687.637.78
20A Anvar Anvarov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 7.577.777.777.77
21B Malcolm Clemons Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.727.467.727.72
22B Lin Yu-Tang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 7.70x7.667.70
23A Jovan van Vuuren Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7.70x7.417.70
24A Shi Yuhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.687.307.687.68
25A Alejandro Parada Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 7.627.02x7.62
26B Jeswin Aldrin Flag of India.svg  India xx7.617.61
27A Liam Adcock Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.417.567.297.56
28B Tom Campagne Flag of France.svg  France 7.50x7.517.51
29A Mohammad Amin Alsalami Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team 7.037.247.247.24
30A Petr Meindlschmid Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6.97xx6.97
31B Cheswill Johnson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa x4.49x4.49
A Lucas Marcelino Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xxx NM
B Jarrion Lawson Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxx NM

[2]

Final

The final is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 20:20 (UTC+2) in the evening. [10]

RankAthleteNation123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Miltiadis Tentoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8.278.488.248.368.31x8.48
Silver medal icon.svg Wayne Pinnock Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.848.367.998.058.248.128.36
Bronze medal icon.svg Mattia Furlani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.348.25xx8.348.278.34
4 Simon Ehammer Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland x8.208.117.92xx8.20
5 Jacob Fincham-Dukes Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7.958.14xxx7.648.14
6 Simon Batz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7.588.077.797.717.957.948.07
7 Zhang Mingkun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.81x8.07x7.93x8.07
8 Wang Jianan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.96x7.92x-8.038.03
9 Filip Pravdica Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7.727.907.87Did not advance7.90
10 Radek Juška Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7.787.697.83Did not advance7.83
11 Arnovis Dalmero Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia x7.837.74Did not advance7.83
12 Carey McLeod Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.517.167.82Did not advance7.82

[3]

References

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