Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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
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10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
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3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
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Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
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Long jump men women
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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 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 53 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
Silver  Mike Powell
United States (USA)
Bronze  Joe Greene
United States (USA)

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 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 m August 30, 1991 Tokyo, Japan
Olympic Record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 m October 18, 1968 Mexico City, Mexico

Qualification

RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Mike Powell (USA) 8.14 m
2.  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 8.09 m
3.  David Culbert (AUS) 8.00 m
4.  Chen Zunrong (CHN) 7.93 m
5.  Joe Greene (USA) 7.90 m
6.  Craig Hepburn (BAH) 7.89 m
7.  Spyridon Vasdekis (GRE) 7.82 m
8.  Masaki Morinaga (JPN) 7.79 m
9.  Galin Georgiev (BUL) 7.75 m
10.  Ian James (CAN) 7.74 m
11.  Milan Gombala (TCH) 7.69 m
12.  Thomas Ganda (SLE) 7.67 m
13.  Eugene Licorish (GRN) 7.60 m
14.  Serge Helan (FRA) 7.60 m
15.  Konstantin Krause (GER) 7.50 m
16.  László Szalma (HUN) 7.47 m
17.  Michael Francis (PUR) 7.47 m
18.  Benjamin Koech (KEN) 7.44 m
19.  Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY) 7.39 m
20.  Angelo Ianuzzelli (ESA) 7.31 m
21.  Khalid Mosa (SUD) 7.03 m
22.  Ndabezinhle Mdhlongwa (ZIM) 6.96 m
23.  Vadim Ivanov (EUN) 5.97 m
 Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) NM
 Ángel Hernández (ESP) NM
 Soryba Diakite (GUI) DNF
 Afonso Ferraz (ANG) DNS
RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.68 m
2.  Geng Huang (CHN) 8.22 m
3.  Konstantinos Koukodimos (GRE) 8.22 m
4.  Dmitriy Bagryanov (EUN) 8.09 m
5.  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.07 m
6.  Bogdan Tudor (ROU) 8.07 m
7.  Borut Bilač (SLO) 8.00 m
8.  Dietmar Haaf (GER) 7.85 m
9.  Mark Mason (GUY) 7.83 m
10.  Jesus Olivan (ESP) 7.78 m
11.  Franck Lestage (FRA) 7.72 m
12.  Mark Forsythe (GBR) 7.71 m
13.  Elmer Williams (PUR) 7.70 m
14.  Franck Zio (BUR) 7.70 m
15.  Csaba Almási (HUN) 7.69 m
16.  Edrick Floreal (CAN) 7.62 m
17.  Roman Golanowski (POL) 7.61 m
18.  James Sabulei (KEN) 7.50 m
19.  Danny Beauchamp (SEY) 7.44 m
20.  Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib (QAT) 7.27 m
21.  Gabrieli Qoro (FIJ) 7.22 m
22.  Elston Shaw (BIZ) 6.57 m
23.  Abdelkader Klouchi (ALG) 5.33 m
 Sydney Mdluli (SWZ) NM
 Badara Mbengue (SEN) DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Carl Lewis (USA) 8.67 8.33 X X 8.50 8.50 8.67 m
 Mike Powell (USA) 7.95 8.22 8.33 X 8.53 8.64 8.64 m
 Joe Greene (USA) X X 7.88 8.34 8.14 X 8.34 m
4  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 7.79 8.11 8.01 7.98 8.11 7.51 8.11 m
5  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 7.30 7.69 8.08 7.93 8.00 X 8.08 m
6  Konstantinos Koukodimos (GRE) 7.30 7.99 7.92 8.04 7.88 7.50 8.04 m
7  Dmitriy Bagryanov (EUN) 7.79 5.74 X 7.98 7.88 7.84 7.98 m
8  Geng Huang (CHN) 7.33 7.58 7.87 7.79 7.55 7.65 7.87 m
9  Borut Bilač (SLO) X 7.60 7.76 7.76 m
10  Chen Zunrong (CHN) 7.71 7.47 7.75 7.75 m
11  David Culbert (AUS) 7.36 7.30 7.73 7.73 m
12  Bogdan Tudor (ROM) 7.26 7.37 7.61 7.61 m

See also

References