2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 24 August (qualification)
25 August (final)
Competitors 32 from 22 nations
Winning distance 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)
Medalists
 Greg Rutherford  Great Britain
 Fabrice Lapierre  Australia
 Wang Jianan  China
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The men's long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.[1][2]

In the finals were the defending champion Aleksandr Menkov, Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford and world leader Jeff Henderson, however world #2-4 Zarck Visser, Rushwahl Samaai and Marquis Dendy were unable to get out of the rounds. Henderson was the top qualifier with an 8.36 automatic first attempt trial. Three Chinese jumpers made the final at home.

The Chinese made a statement in the first round as both Wang Jianan and Gao Xinglong jumped 8.14 to share the lead. Menkov jumped 8.02 to take the third spot while Rutherford, Henderson and four other jumpers were unable to land a legal jump. In the second round, Henderson got a legal jump of 7.95, two feet below his best of the year, but it put him in 5th place for a moment, then Wang improved to 8.18 and Rutherford popped 8.29 to assume the lead.[3] In the third round Henderson again missed the board. Kafétien Gomis made 8.02 after two fouls, Fabrice Lapierre did 8.10 and Li Jinzhe did 8.09, suddenly the world leader was pushed into ninth place and had no more jumps left. In the fourth round Rutherford put an exclamation point on his lead with an 8.41, but only Gomis was able to make a legal jump in the round. Lapierre jumped 8.20 in the fifth round to move into second place and solidified that standing with an 8.24 in the final round.[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Championship record
World leading  Jeff Henderson (USA) 8.52 Toronto, Canada 22 July 2015
African record  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) 8.50 Madrid, Spain 4 July 2009
Asian record  Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) 8.48 Sotteville, France 2 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
South American record  Irving Saladino (PAN) 8.73 Hengelo, Netherlands 24 May 2008
European record  Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.86 Tsakhkadzor, Soviet Union 22 May 1987
Oceanian record  Mitchell Watt (AUS) 8.54 Stockholm, Sweden 29 July 2011

Qualification standards

Entry standards[6]
8.10

Schedule

Date Time Round
24 August 2015 10:00 Qualification
25 August 2015 19:25 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 8.15 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes
1 B Jeff Henderson  United States (USA) 8.36 8.36 Q
2 B Greg Rutherford  Great Britain (GBR) x 8.25 8.25 Q
3 B Michael Hartfield  United States (USA) x 8.13 – 8.13 q
4 A Wang Jianan  China (CHN) 8.12 8.02 – 8.12 q
5 B Gao Xinglong  China (CHN) 7.00 8.11 – 8.11 q
6 B Li Jinzhe  China (CHN) 8.07 8.10 – 8.10 q
7 A Kafétien Gomis  France (FRA) x 7.66 8.09 8.09 q
8 A Aleksandr Menkov  Russia (RUS) x 7.968.08 8.08q
9 B Sergey Polyanskiy  Russia (RUS) 7.87 8.06 x 8.06 q
10 B Tyrone Smith  Bermuda (BER) 7.72 8.01 8.03 8.03 q
11 B Fabrice Lapierre  Australia (AUS) 8.03 xx 8.03 q
12 A Radek Juška  Czech Republic (CZE) x 7.50 7.98 7.98q
13 B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa (RSA) x 7.98 x7.98
14 B Fabian Heinle  Germany (GER) x x 7.96 7.96
15 B Emiliano Lasa  Uruguay (URU) 7.95 x x7.95
16 A Yohei Sugai  Japan (JPN) 7.92 7.60 7.89 7.92
17 A Kanstantsin Barycheuski  Belarus (BLR) 7.89 x 7.76 7.89
18 A Dan Bramble  Great Britain (GBR) x 7.83 x7.83
19 A Zarck Visser  South Africa (RSA) x 7.79 7.787.79
20 B Rushwahl Samaai  South Africa (RSA) 7.68 7.79 7.69 7.79
21 A Marquis Dendy  United States (USA) x 7.78 x 7.78
22 B Ignisious Gaisah  Netherlands (NED) x 7.77 7.71 7.77
23 A Maykel Demetrio Massó  Cuba (CUB) 7.70 7.04 7.28 7.70
24 A Alyn Camara  Germany (GER) 7.45 x 7.66 7.66
25 A Ahmed Fayez Al-Dosari  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 7.63 7.24 7.197.63
26 A Damar Forbes  Jamaica (JAM) 7.61 7.62 7.61 7.62
27 A Higor Alves  Brazil (BRA) 7.60 x x 7.60
28 B Waisale Dausoko  Fiji (FIJ) x 6.89 x 6.89
29 B Alexsandro de Melo  Brazil (BRA) x x x NM
29 B Ifeanye Otuonye  Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA) x x x NM
29 A Michel Tornéus  Sweden (SWE) x x x NM
29 A Quincy Breell  Aruba (ARU) x x x NM

Final

The final was started at 18:30[8]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mark Notes
1st Greg Rutherford  Great Britain (GBR) x 8.29 x 8.41 – – 8.41 SB
2nd Fabrice Lapierre  Australia (AUS) x 7.85 8.10 x 8.20 8.24 8.24 SB
3rd Wang Jianan  China (CHN) 8.14 8.18 8.08 x x 6.27 8.18
4 Gao Xinglong  China (CHN) 8.14 7.87 7.85 x 7.95 8.02 8.14 SB
5 Li Jinzhe  China (CHN) 7.69 x 8.09 x 8.10 x 8.10
6 Aleksandr Menkov  Russia (RUS) 8.02 x 7.98 x x x 8.02
7 Kafétien Gomis  France (FRA) x x 8.02 7.57 x 7.80 8.02
8 Sergey Polyanskiy  Russia (RUS) 7.89 7.97 x x x x 7.97
9 Jeff Henderson  United States (USA) x 7.95 x 7.95
10 Tyrone Smith  Bermuda (BER) x 7.79 x 7.79
11 Radek Juška  Czech Republic (CZE) 7.55 7.57 x 7.57
12 Michael Hartfield  United States (USA) x x x NM

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ "Greg Rutherford’s world championship gold delivers rebuke to critics". Guardian. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Greg Rutherford wins World Championships long jump gold". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Records & Lists – Long jump". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ↑ Qualification results
  8. ↑ Final results
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