Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups, and the final held on August 6, 1984.

While criticized in the media, Carl Lewis had the event won with his first and only attempt. The rest was just a formality as he relaxed and watched the best in the world take their best shots. But none could come within a foot of Lewis and he could focus on the 200 meters final later that afternoon.

To that point in time, it equaled the tenth best jump in history. Of those ten, seven had been by Lewis, it equaled the winning jump 4 years earlier by Lutz Dombrowski whose East German team was part of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, one was by Larry Myricks who was in the competition but not showing signs of jumping his best, and the remaining jump was the unworldly Olympic and World Record by Bob Beamon set 16 years earlier.

Medalists

Gold	Carl Lewis United States (USA)
Silver	Gary Honey Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Giovanni Evangelisti Italy (ITA)

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 1984 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			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.30	—	—	8.30 m
2	4	Antonio Corgos (ESP)	8.02	—	—	8.02 m
3	6	Gary Honey (AUS)	7.93	—	—	7.93 m
4	7	Joey Wells (BAH)	X	7.92	—	7.92 m
5	8	Mike McRae (USA)	7.70	7.50	7.89	7.89 m
6	9	Kim Jong-Il (KOR)	X	7.67	7.86	7.86 m
7	10	Liu Yuhuang (CHN)	7.83	X	7.73	7.83 m
8	14	Nenad Stekić (YUG)	7.60	7.41	7.45	7.60 m
9	16	Moses Kiyai (KEN)	X	7.51	X	7.51 m
10	18	Wang Shijie (CHN)	X	7.22	7.36	7.36 m
11	20	Lee Fu-An (TPE)	7.23	6.96	6.82	7.23 m
12	22	Kristján Hardarson (ISL)	X	7.09	6.93	7.09 m
13	24	Fidel Solórzano (ECU)	6.93	6.84	6.90	6.93 m
14	25	Abdoulaye Traoré (MLI)	6.92	6.36	6.60	6.92 m
15	26	Bilanday Bodjona (TOG)	6.82	6.70	6.75	6.82 m
16	27	Ghabi Issa Khouri (LIB)	6.25	X	6.80	6.80 m
—	—	Paul Emordi (KEN)	—	—	—	DNS
Group B
			1	2	3
1	2	Larry Myricks (USA)	7.80	8.02	—	8.02 m
2	3	Junichi Usui (JPN)	7.62	8.02	—	8.02 m
3	5	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)	7.94	—	—	7.94 m
4	11	Yusuf Alli (NGR)	7.65	7.43	7.82	7.82 m
5	12	Jubobaraye Kio (NGR)	X	7.76	X	7.76 m
6	13	René Gloor (SUI)	7.57	7.71	7.58	7.71 m
7	15	Lester Benjamin (ANT)	X	7.44	7.57	7.57 m
8	17	Kémobé Djirmassal (CHA)	7.01	7.11	7.51	7.37 m
9	19	Lyndon Sands (BAH)	7.32	5.95	7.22	7.32 m
10	21	Steve Hanna (BAH)	6.97	2.36	7.10	7.10 m
11	23	Shahad Mubarak (UAE)	6.98	X	—	6.98 m
12	28	Oscar Diesel (PAR)	6.45	6.78	6.73	6.78 m
13	29	Ernest Tché-Noubossie (CMR)	6.76	6.57	6.52	6.76 m
14	30	Dimitrios Araouzas (CYP)	X	X	5.67	5.67 m
—	—	Steve Walsh (NZL)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Ronald Desruelles (BEL)	—	—	—	DNS
—	—	Francis Dodoo (GHA)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
01 !	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.54	X	—	—	—	—	8.54 m
02 !	Gary Honey (AUS)	7.97	7.92	8.18	7.92	X	8.24	8.24 m
03 !	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)	8.09	7.94	7.90	X	X	8.24	8.24 m
4	Larry Myricks (USA)	8.06	7.99	X	8.00	8.16	6.28	8.16 m
5	Liu Yuhuang (CHN)	X	7.66	7.89	7.65	7.60	7.99	7.99 m
6	Joey Wells (BAH)	7.97	X	X	—	—	—	7.97 m
7	Junichi Usui (JPN)	7.63	7.82	7.87	7.72	7.09	—	7.87 m
8	Kim Jong-Il (KOR)	7.76	7.81	7.77	X	7.59	X	7.81 m

9	Yusuf Alli (NGR)	7.67	7.78	7.72				7.78 m
10	Antonio Corgos (ESP)	7.44	7.50	7.69				7.69 m
11	Mike McRae (USA)	X	7.63	7.45				7.63 m
12	Jubobaraye Kio (NGR)	X	7.57	X				7.57 m

References

Long jump at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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