| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics |
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| 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 | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 10 km walk | women | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| 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 athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 54 competitors, with one non-starter.
Contents |
| Gold | Carl Lewis United States (USA) |
| Silver | James Beckford Jamaica (JAM) |
| Bronze | Joe Greene United States (USA) |
| 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 |
| Standing records prior to the 1996 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 |
| RANK | NON-QUALIFIERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| — | Spyridon Vasdekis (GRE) | 7.98m |
| — | Bogdan Ţărus (ROU) | 7.96m |
| — | Cheikh Tidiane Touré (SEN) | 7.91m |
| — | Andrew Owusu (GHA) | 7.91m |
| — | Nai Hui-Fang (TPE) | 7.91m |
| — | Bogdan Tudor (ROU) | 7.88m |
| — | Milan Gombala (CZE) | 7.88m |
| — | Georg Ackermann (GER) | 7.86m |
| — | János Uzsoki (HUN) | 7.82m |
| — | Kostas Koukodimos (GRE) | 7.82m |
| — | Carlos Calado (POR) | 7.81m |
| — | Simone Bianchi (ITA) | 7.79m |
| — | Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR) | 7.77m |
| — | Robert Emmiyan (ARM) | 7.76m |
| — | Nelson Ferreira (BRA) | 7.76m |
| — | Chen Jing (CHN) | 7.70m |
| — | Chao Chih-Kuo (TPE) | 7.67m |
| — | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 7.65m |
| — | Jesús Oliván (ESP) | 7.64m |
| — | Douglas de Souza (BRA) | 7.61m |
| — | Richard Duncan (CAN) | 7.61m |
| — | Aleksey Petrukhnov (RUS) | 7.50m |
| — | Remmy Limo (KEN) | 7.46m |
| — | Nobuharu Asahara (JPN) | 7.46m |
| — | Francois Fouche (RSA) | 7.44m |
| — | Kenny Lewis (GRN) | 7.41m |
| — | Keita Cline (IVB) | 7.26m |
| — | Andreja Marinković (YUG) | 7.17m |
| — | Marcio da Cruz (BRA) | 7.12m |
| — | Victor Shabangu (SWZ) | 5.79m |
| — | Siniša Ergotić (CRO) | NM |
| — | Benny Fernando (SRI) | NM |
| — | Hans-Peter Lott (GER) | NM |
| — | Sung Hee-Jun (KOR) | NM |
| — | Franck Zio (BUR) | NM |
| — | Vladimir Malyavin (TKM) | NM |
| — | Ellsworth Manuel (AHO) | NM |
| — | Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL) | NM |
| — | Ousman Sallah (GAM) | NM |
| — | Craig Hepburn (BAH) | DNS |
| Rank | Athlete | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.50 | x | 8.14 | 8.50 | - | 8.06 | x | SB | |
| James Beckford (JAM) | 8.29 | x | 8.02 | 8.13 | x | x | 8.29 | ||
| Joe Greene (USA) | 8.24 | 7.80 | 7.79 | 8.24 | x | x | x | SB | |
| 4 | Emmanuel Bangué (FRA) | 8.19 | 8.19 | 8.10 | x | 7.88 | 6.46 | 6.87 | |
| 5 | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.17 | 7.89 | 8.17 | 7.99 | x | x | x | SB |
| 6 | Gregor Cankar (SLO) | 8.11 | x | x | 8.11 | x | x | 5.33 | |
| 7 | Aleksandr Glovatskiy (BLR) | 8.07 | 8.07 | x | 8.07 | x | x | x | |
| 8 | Mattias Sunneborn (SWE) | 8.06 | 7.89 | 7.97 | 8.06 | 8.04 | 8.03 | 7.75 | |
| 9 | Huang Geng (CHN) | 7.99 | 7.99 | 7.87 | 7.89 | ||||
| 10 | Yuriy Naumkin (RUS) | 7.96 | 7.96 | 7.88 | 7.95 | ||||
| 11 | Andrey Ignatov (RUS) | 7.83 | x | 7.83 | 7.58 | ||||
| 12 | Iván Pedroso (CUB) | 7.75 | x | 7.57 | 7.75 | ||||
| 13 | Erik Nys (BEL) | 7.72 | 7.59 | x | 7.72 | ||||
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