1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the men's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday 5 September 1987.

Italian Giovanni Evangelisti originally won the bronze with a jump of 8.37 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m.[1]

Medalists

GoldUnited States Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
SilverSoviet Union Robert Emmiyan
Soviet Union (URS)
BronzeUnited States Larry Myricks
United States (USA)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
04.09.1987 – ??:??h 04.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
05.09.1987 – ??:??h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
Championship Record  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.55 Helsinki, Finland 10 August 1983

Qualifying round

RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.19 m
2.  Paul Emordi (NGR) 8.14 m
3.  Vladimir Bobylyov (URS) 8.08 m
4.  Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) 8.06 m
5.  Junichi Usui (JPN) 8.02 m
6.  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 8.00 m
7.  Mike Conley (USA) 7.99 m
8.  Norbert Brige (FRA) 7.96 m
9.  Frans Maas (NED) 7.78 m
10.  Róbert Széli (TCH) 7.59 m
11.  Dietmar Haaf (GER) 7.51 m
12.  Ray Quinones (PUR) 7.41 m
13.  Jeffrey Neptune (GRN) 7.11 m
14.  Marcus César Barros (BRA) 6.94 m
15.  Devon Hyde (BIZ) 6.61 m
—  António Santos (ANG) NM
—  Stanisław Jaskułka (POL) NM
—  Bruny Surin (CAN) NM
—  Dimitrios Chatzopoulos (GRE) NM
—  Lester Benjamin (ATG) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.36 m
2.  Larry Myricks (USA) 8.20 m
3.  Jens Hirschberg (GDR) 8.10 m
4.  Yusuf Alli (NGR) 8.07 m
5.  Vladimir Amidzhinov (BUL) 8.05 m
6.  Heiko Reski (FRG) 8.03 m
7.  Sergey Layevskiy (URS) 7.98 m
8.  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) 7.97 m
9.  Ivo Krsek (TCH) 7.96 m
10.  Emiel Mellaard (NED) 7.93 m
11.  Chen Zunrong (CHN) 7.90 m
12.  Andreas Steiner (AUT) 7.87 m
13.  Fred Salle (CMR) 7.60 m
14.  Antonio Corgos (ESP) 7.60 m
15.  Ian James (CAN) 7.54 m
16.  Badara Mbengue (SEN) 7.23 m
17.  Carlos Casar (MEX) 7.21 m
18.  Wilbert Lee (MLT) 6.61 m
—  Jeroen Fischer (BEL) DNS
—  Kim Won-jin (KOR) DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st, gold medalist(s)  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.67 m CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.53 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Larry Myricks (USA) 8.33 m
4  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) 8.19 m
5  Jens Hirschberg (GDR) 8.16 m
6  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 8.14 m
7  Vladimir Amidzhinov (BUL) 8.11 m
8  Mike Conley (USA) 8.10 m
9  Sergey Layevskiy (URS) 8.08 m
10  Heiko Reski (FRG) 8.03 m
11  Yusuf Alli (NGR) 8.00 m
12  Junichi Usui (JPN) 8.00 m
13  Vladimir Bobylyov (URS) 7.90 m
14  Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) 7.83 m
15  Norbert Brige (FRA) 7.82 m
16  Paul Emordi (NGR) 7.80 m
17  Ivo Krsek (TCH) 7.72 m

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Longman, Jere (1995-08-04). TRACK AND FIELD; Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-07-18.

References

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