Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
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200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
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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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Men's Long Jump event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, had an entrylist of 33 competitors, with two qualifying groups (33 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Thursday July 29, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 7.80 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Wednesday July 28, 1976.

Medalists

Gold	Arnie Robinson United States (USA)
Silver	Randy Williams United States (USA)
Bronze	Frank Wartenberg East Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico
Olympic Record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Randy Williams (USA)	7.68	7.97	—	7.97 m
2	2	Arnie Robinson (USA)	X	7.95	—	7.95 m
3	3	Larry Myricks (USA)	7.55	7.67	7.92	7.92 m
4	4	Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS)	7.71	7.90	—	7.90 m
5	5	Frank Wartenberg (GDR)	7.89	—	—	7.89 m
6	6	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	7.87	—	—	7.87 m
7	7	Nenad Stekić (YUG)	7.68	7.56	7.82	7.82 m
8	8	Jacques Rousseau (FRA)	7.82	—	—	7.82 m
9	9	Hans Baumgartner (FRG)	7.81	—	—	7.81 m
10	11	Aleksey Pereverzev (URS)	7.78	X	7.75	7.78 m
11	13	Grzegorz Cybulski (POL)	7.60	7.71	7.66	7.71 m
12	14	Hans-Jürgen Berger (FRG)	7.53	7.46	7.70	7.70 m
13	18	Milán Matos (CUB)	7.23	7.56	7.57	7.57 m
14	20	Tõnu Lepik (URS)	7.41	7.49	X	7.49 m
15	25	George Swanston (TRI)	7.31	7.40	7.29	7.40 m
16	26	Philippe Deroche (FRA)	7.31	7.38	7.31	7.38 m
17	32	Rafael Blanquer (ESP)	X	X	6.19	6.19 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	10	Rolf Bernhard (SUI)	7.56	7.79	7.75	7.79 m
2	12	Fletcher Lewis (BAH)	5.99	7.66	7.73	7.73 m
3	15	Roy Mitchell (GBR)	7.46	7.64	7.69	7.69 m
4	16	T. C. Yohannan (IND)	7.62	X	7.67	7.67 m
5	17	Ronald Desruelles (BEL)	7.60	7.11	X	7.60 m
6	19	Richard Rock (CAN)	7.44	7.24	7.57	7.57 m
7	21	Jim Buchanan (CAN)	5.61	7.49	X	7.49 m
8	22	Jim McAndrew (CAN)	7.45	7.45	7.48	7.48 m
9	23	Roberto Veglia (ITA)	7.12	7.48	7.41	7.48 m
10	24	Christopher Commons (AUS)	7.46	X	X	7.46 m
11	27	Panagiotis Khatzistathis (GRE)	6.83	7.10	7.33	7.33 m
12	28	Brou Kouakou (CIV)	7.12	7.20	5.61	7.20 m
13	29	Calvin Greenaway (ANT)	6.96	6.76	6.92	6.96 m
14	30	Papa Ibrahima Ba (SEN)	6.96	5.21	X	6.96 m
15	31	Tony Moore (FIJ)	X	6.81	X	6.81 m
—	—	Ghassan Faddoul (LIB)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Larry Myricks was forced to scratch from the final after he injured his foot in the qualifying round.

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Arnie Robinson (USA)	8.35	8.26	X	8.04	8.16	7.91	8.35 m
	Randy Williams (USA)	8.11	7.81	X	X	X	7.81	8.11 m
	Frank Wartenberg (GDR)	7.81	—	X	8.02	7.84	X	8.02 m
4	Jacques Rousseau (FRA)	8.00	7.82	7.67	7.91	X	7.62	8.00 m
5	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	8.00	X	7.76	—	—	7.85	8.00 m
6	Nenad Stekić (YUG)	7.75	7.81	7.89	7.80	X	7.77	7.89 m
7	Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS)	7.70	7.88	7.77	7.84	X	7.66	7.88 m
8	Hans Baumgartner (FRG)	X	X	7.84	X	X	X	7.84 m
9	Rolf Bernhard (SUI)	7.70	7.71	7.74				7.74 m
10	Aleksey Pereverzev (URS)	7.55	4.89	7.66				7.66 m
11	Fletcher Lewis (BAH)	7.61	7.31	X				7.61 m
—	Larry Myricks (USA)	—	—	—				DNS

References

• (English) Results