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Long Jump, Men

Date	28 – 29 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	52 from 40 countries

The same three Americans competed as they had in Barcelona – Carl Lewis, Mike Powell, and Joe Greene. Mike Powell had been the best jumper in the world in 1993-94, but was surpassed in 1995 by Cuban Iván Pedroso. Pedroso was World Champion in 1995, succeeding Powell, who had won in 1991 and 1993. But Pedroso was not at his best in Atlanta, recovering from a hamstring injury. He made the final but could finish only 12th. Powell was also fighting hamstring problems in Atlanta and was less than his best. Lewis was now past his prime and barely qualified, standing 15th after two qualifying jumps, and only making the final with his last jump of 8.29 (27-2½). France’s Emmanuel Bangué led in round one with 8.19 (26-10½), with Powell moving into second with 8.17 (26-9¾) in round two. In round three, Lewis produced his big one – 8.50 (27-10¾). He did not get close to this again, passing the fourth and sixth rounds. In the sixth round, the drama surrounded Powell, considered the only man capable of surpassing that mark, but he fouled, and Lewis had his fourth consecutive gold medal in the event, equaling the mark of Al Oerter in the discus throw.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2374	Carl Lewis	USA	8.29 (1)	8.50 (1)	Gold
2	1734	James Beckford	JAM	8.02 (=10)	8.29 (2)	Silver
3	2355	Joe Greene	USA	8.28 (2)	8.24 (3)	Bronze
4	1424	Emmanuel Bangué	FRA	8.09 (7)	8.19 (4)
5	2389	Mike Powell	USA	8.20 (4)	8.17 (5)
6	2201	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.00 (=12)	8.11 (6)
7	1129	Aliaksandr Hlavatski	BLR	8.07 (8)	8.07 (7)
8	2258	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	8.02 (=10)	8.06 (8)
9	1226	Huang Geng	CHN	8.12 (6)	7.99 (9)
10	2149	Yury Naumkin	RUS	8.21 (3)	7.96 (10)
11	2135	Andrey Ignatov	RUS	8.00 (=12)	7.83 (11)
12	1282	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.05 (9)	7.75 (12)
13	1110	Erik Nys	BEL	8.16 (5)	7.72 (13)
14 r1/2	1612	Spyros Vasdekis	GRE	7.98 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2106	Bogdan Țărus	ROU	7.96 (15)	–
16 r1/2	1595	Andrew Owusu	GHA	7.91 (16)	–
17 r1/2	2286	Nai Hui-Fang	TPE	7.91 (17)	–
18 r1/2	2184	Cheikh Touré	SEN	7.91 (18)	–
19 r1/2	2107	Bogdan Tudor	ROU	7.88 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1302	Milan Gombala	CZE	7.88 (20)	–
21 r1/2	1526	Georg Ackermann	GER	7.86 (21)	–
=22 r1/2	1603	Kostas Koukodimos	GRE	7.82 (=22)	–
=22 r1/2	1659	János Uzsoki	HUN	7.82 (=22)	–
24 r1/2	2061	Carlos Calado	POR	7.81 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1696	Simone Bianchi	ITA	7.79 (25)	–
26 r1/2	2313	Vitaliy Kyrylenko	UKR	7.77 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1164	Nélson Ferreira Júnior	BRA	7.76 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1025	Robert Emmiyan	ARM	7.76 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1223	Chen Jing	CHN	7.70 (29)	–
30 r1/2	2283	Chao Chih-Kuo	TPE	7.67 (30)	–
31 r1/2	1277	Jaime Jeffersón	CUB	7.65 (31)	–
32 r1/2	1364	Jesús Oliván	ESP	7.64 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1159	Douglas de Souza	BRA	7.61 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1197	Richard Duncan	CAN	7.61 (34)	–
35 r1/2	2153	Aleksey Petrukhanov	RUS	7.50 (35)	–
36 r1/2	1755	Nobuharu Asahara	JPN	7.46 (36)	–
37 r1/2	1808	Remmy Limo	KEN	7.46 (37)	–
38 r1/2	2111	François Fouché	RSA	7.44 (38)	–
39 r1/2	1618	Kenny Lewis	GRN	7.41 (39)	–
40 r1/2	1728	Keita Cline	IVB	7.26 (40)	–
41 r1/2	2441	Andreja Marinković	SCG	7.17 (41)	–
42 r1/2	1154	Márcio da Cruz	BRA	7.12 (42)	–
43 r1/2	2262	Victor Shabangu	SWZ	6.79 (43)	–
AC r1/2	1003	Ellsworth Manuel	AHO	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	1182	Ivaylo Mladenov	BUL	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	1188	Franck Zio	BUR	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	1262	Siniša Ergotić	CRO	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2476	Ousman Sallah	GAM	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	1562	Hans-Peter Lott	GER	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	1835	Seong Hui-Jun	KOR	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2211	Benny Fernando	SRI	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2276	Vladimir Malyavin	TKM	– (NM)	–
DNS	1083	Craig Hepburn	BAH	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	28 July 1996

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	2374	Carl Lewis	USA	8.29	+1.0	–	Q
2	2355	Joe Greene	USA	8.28	+1.3	–	Q
3	2149	Yury Naumkin	RUS	8.21	+0.9	–	Q
4	2389	Mike Powell	USA	8.20	+0.2	–	Q
5	1110	Erik Nys	BEL	8.16	+1.5	–	Q
6	1226	Huang Geng	CHN	8.12	+2.0	–	Q
7	1424	Emmanuel Bangué	FRA	8.09	+1.5	–	Q
8	1129	Aliaksandr Hlavatski	BLR	8.07	-0.5	–	Q
9	1282	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.05	+1.1	–	Q
=10	1734	James Beckford	JAM	8.02	-0.9	x	q
=10	2258	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	8.02	+1.3	p	q
=12	2201	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.00	+0.2	x	q
=12	2135	Andrey Ignatov	RUS	8.00	+1.9	x	q
14	1612	Spyros Vasdekis	GRE	7.98	-0.1	–
15	2106	Bogdan Țărus	ROU	7.96	+1.2	–
16	1595	Andrew Owusu	GHA	7.91	+0.1	7.88
17	2286	Nai Hui-Fang	TPE	7.91	0.0	7.81
18	2184	Cheikh Touré	SEN	7.91	-2.1	7.76
19	2107	Bogdan Tudor	ROU	7.88	+0.3	7.87
20	1302	Milan Gombala	CZE	7.88	+0.7	p
21	1526	Georg Ackermann	GER	7.86	0.0	–
=22	1603	Kostas Koukodimos	GRE	7.82	+0.7	x
=22	1659	János Uzsoki	HUN	7.82	+1.2	x
24	2061	Carlos Calado	POR	7.81	-0.1	–
25	1696	Simone Bianchi	ITA	7.79	+0.1	–
26	2313	Vitaliy Kyrylenko	UKR	7.77	-0.5	–
27	1164	Nélson Ferreira Júnior	BRA	7.76	+0.2	7.69
28	1025	Robert Emmiyan	ARM	7.76	+0.5	7.52
29	1223	Chen Jing	CHN	7.70	-1.0	–
30	2283	Chao Chih-Kuo	TPE	7.67	+1.4	–
31	1277	Jaime Jeffersón	CUB	7.65	+0.3	–
32	1364	Jesús Oliván	ESP	7.64	-1.1	–
33	1159	Douglas de Souza	BRA	7.61	-0.6	7.59
34	1197	Richard Duncan	CAN	7.61	-0.1	7.56
35	2153	Aleksey Petrukhanov	RUS	7.50	+0.8	–
36	1755	Nobuharu Asahara	JPN	7.46	+0.6	5.49
37	1808	Remmy Limo	KEN	7.46	-0.8	x
38	2111	François Fouché	RSA	7.44	+0.5	–
39	1618	Kenny Lewis	GRN	7.41	+0.7	–
40	1728	Keita Cline	IVB	7.26	+0.1	–
41	2441	Andreja Marinković	SCG	7.17	+0.5	–
42	1154	Márcio da Cruz	BRA	7.12	+0.6	–
43	2262	Victor Shabangu	SWZ	6.79	-0.6	–
NM	1262	Siniša Ergotić	CRO	–	–	–
NM	2211	Benny Fernando	SRI	–	–	–
NM	1562	Hans-Peter Lott	GER	–	–	–
NM	1835	Seong Hui-Jun	KOR	–	–	–
NM	1188	Franck Zio	BUR	–	–	–
NM	2276	Vladimir Malyavin	TKM	–	–	–
NM	1003	Ellsworth Manuel	AHO	–	–	–
NM	1182	Ivaylo Mladenov	BUL	–	–	–
NM	2476	Ousman Sallah	GAM	–	–	–
DNS	1083	Craig Hepburn	BAH	–	–	–

Group A

Date	28 July 1996

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	26	Mike Powell	USA	8.20	+0.2	–	8.20 (+0.2)	p	p
2	23	Erik Nys	BEL	8.16	+1.5	–	7.80 (+0.9)	x (-)	8.16 (+1.5)
3	2	Huang Geng	CHN	8.12	+2.0	–	7.70 (+1.5)	8.12 (+2.0)	p
=4	5	James Beckford	JAM	8.02	-0.9	x	8.02 (-0.9)	x (-)	(-)
=4	7	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	8.02	+1.3	p	8.02 (+1.3)	p	p
6	1	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.00	+0.2	–	x (-)	x (-)	8.00 (+0.2)
7	24	Andrew Owusu	GHA	7.91	+0.1	7.88	7.91 (+0.1)	7.88 (-0.7)	x (-)
8	17	Nai Hui-Fang	TPE	7.91	0.0	7.81	7.81 (-0.3)	7.48 (+0.2)	7.91 (0.0)
9	18	Bogdan Tudor	ROU	7.88	+0.3	7.87	7.88 (+0.4)	7.72 (-0.1)	7.87 (+0.3)
10	9	Milan Gombala	CZE	7.88	+0.7	x	7.88 (+0.7)	x (-)	x (-)
11	22	Kostas Koukodimos	GRE	7.82	+0.7	–	7.82 (+0.7)	x (-)	x (-)
12	15	Carlos Calado	POR	7.81	-0.1	–	7.36 (+0.6)	7.81 (-0.1)	x (-)
13	10	Vitaliy Kyrylenko	UKR	7.77	-0.5	–	7.77 (+0.2)	x (-)	7.62 (-0.5)
14	3	Nélson Ferreira Júnior	BRA	7.76	+0.2	–	7.76 (+0.2)	7.69 (-0.6)	p
15	21	Jaime Jeffersón	CUB	7.65	+0.3	–	7.61 (-0.8)	7.47 (+0.4)	7.65 (+0.3)
16	16	Aleksey Petrukhanov	RUS	7.50	+0.8	–	x (-)	7.25 (-0.1)	7.50 (+0.8)
17	8	Remmy Limo	KEN	7.46	-0.8	–	x (-)	7.46 (-0.8)	x (-)
18	14	François Fouché	RSA	7.44	+0.5	–	7.29 (+0.6)	7.30 (+1.2)	7.44 (+0.5)
19	13	Kenny Lewis	GRN	7.41	+0.7	–	7.41 (+0.7)	7.22 (+1.1)	x (-)
20	19	Keita Cline	IVB	7.26	+0.1	–	x (-)	x (-)	7.26 (+0.1)
21	12	Victor Shabangu	SWZ	6.79	-0.6	–	6.79 (-0.6)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	6	Siniša Ergotić	CRO	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	20	Benny Fernando	SRI	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	25	Hans-Peter Lott	GER	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	4	Seong Hui-Jun	KOR	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	11	Franck Zio	BUR	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)

Group B

Date	28 July 1996

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	21	Carl Lewis	USA	8.29	+1.0	–	7.93 (+0.9)	x (-)	8.29 (+1.0)
2	6	Joe Greene	USA	8.28	+1.3	–	8.28 (+1.3)	p	p
3	27	Yury Naumkin	RUS	8.21	+0.9	–	7.83 (-0.9)	8.21 (+0.9)	p
4	10	Emmanuel Bangué	FRA	8.09	+1.5	–	7.88 (+0.3)	x (-)	8.09 (+1.5)
5	2	Aliaksandr Hlavatski	BLR	8.07	-0.5	–	7.90 (+0.2)	8.07 (-0.5)	p
6	4	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.05	+1.1	–	8.05 (+1.1)	p	p
7	11	Andrey Ignatov	RUS	8.00	+1.9	–	x (-)	x (-)	8.00 (+1.9)
8	20	Spyros Vasdekis	GRE	7.98	-0.1	–	7.98 (+1.0)	7.90 (+0.6)	7.96 (-0.1)
9	5	Bogdan Țărus	ROU	7.96	+1.2	–	x (-)	7.96 (+1.2)	7.93 (-0.5)
10	15	Cheikh Touré	SEN	7.91	-2.1	–	7.91 (-0.5)	x (-)	7.76 (-2.1)
11	26	Georg Ackermann	GER	7.86	0.0	–	x (-)	x (-)	7.86 (0.0)
12	18	János Uzsoki	HUN	7.82	+1.2	–	x (-)	x (-)	7.82 (+1.2)
13	13	Simone Bianchi	ITA	7.79	+0.1	–	x (-)	x (-)	7.79 (+0.1)
14	22	Robert Emmiyan	ARM	7.76	+0.5	–	7.76 (+0.5)	7.52 (0.0)	x (-)
15	9	Chen Jing	CHN	7.70	-1.0	–	x (-)	7.70 (-1.0)	x (-)
16	16	Chao Chih-Kuo	TPE	7.67	+1.4	–	7.67 (+1.4)	x (-)	x (-)
17	25	Jesús Oliván	ESP	7.64	-1.1	–	7.59 (+1.3)	7.64 (-1.1)	x (-)
18	3	Douglas de Souza	BRA	7.61	-0.6	7.59	7.59 (+0.2)	x (-)	7.61 (-0.6)
19	1	Richard Duncan	CAN	7.61	-0.1	7.56	7.51 (+1.3)	7.56 (-0.5)	7.61 (-0.1)
20	14	Nobuharu Asahara	JPN	7.46	+0.6	–	5.49w (+2.2)	7.46 (+0.6)	x (-)
21	17	Andreja Marinković	SCG	7.17	+0.5	–	x (-)	7.17 (+0.5)	x (-)
22	19	Márcio da Cruz	BRA	7.12	+0.6	–	7.12 (+0.6)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	12	Vladimir Malyavin	TKM	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	7	Ellsworth Manuel	AHO	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	8	Ivaylo Mladenov	BUL	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	24	Ousman Sallah	GAM	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
DNS	23	Craig Hepburn	BAH	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	29 July 1996 — 19:10

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #4 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #5 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #6 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	2	Carl Lewis	USA	8.50	-1.3	x (-)	8.14 (0.0)	8.50 (-1.3)	p	8.06 (-0.7)	x (-)
2	13	James Beckford	JAM	8.29	-1.4	x (-)	8.02 (-0.2)	8.13 (-0.1)	x (-)	x (-)	8.29 (-1.4)
3	11	Joe Greene	USA	8.24	+0.1	7.80 (-0.6)	7.79 (-1.1)	8.24 (+0.1)	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
4	12	Emmanuel Bangué	FRA	8.19	+0.6	8.19 (+0.6)	8.10 (0.0)	x (-)	7.88 (-0.9)	6.46 (+0.8)	6.87 (-0.1)
5	7	Mike Powell	USA	8.17	-0.2	7.89 (-1.3)	8.17 (-0.2)	7.99 (-1.5)	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
6	9	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.11	-0.4	x (-)	x (-)	8.11 (-0.4)	x (-)	x (-)	5.33 (+0.1)
7	1	Aliaksandr Hlavatski	BLR	8.07	+0.4	8.07 (+0.4)	x (-)	8.07 (-1.4)	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
8	8	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	8.06	-0.5	7.89 (-0.4)	7.97 (-1.3)	8.06 (-0.5)	8.04 (-0.1)	8.03 (-0.2)	7.75 (+0.7)
9	10	Huang Geng	CHN	7.99	+0.2	7.99 (+0.2)	7.87 (-1.4)	7.89 (+0.5)	–	–	–
10	4	Yury Naumkin	RUS	7.96	-0.8	7.96 (-0.8)	7.88 (-1.4)	7.95 (+0.2)	–	–	–
11	6	Andrey Ignatov	RUS	7.83	-1.4	x (-)	7.83 (-1.4)	7.58 (-0.1)	–	–	–
12	5	Iván Pedroso	CUB	7.75	+0.1	x (-)	7.57 (+0.6)	7.75 (+0.1)	–	–	–
13	3	Erik Nys	BEL	7.72	-0.8	7.59 (-0.5)	x (-)	7.72 (-0.8)	–	–	–