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

Athletics at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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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

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 Mexico City, Mexico
Olympic Record

Qualification

Group A
Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
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
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.54 X8.54 m
2nd  Gary Honey (AUS) 7.97 7.92 8.18 7.92 X 8.248.24 m
3rd  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) 8.09 7.94 7.90 X X 8.248.24 m
4  Larry Myricks (USA) 8.06 7.99 X 8.00 8.16 6.288.16 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

See also

References


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