Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	12–13 August 2016
Competitors	32 from 23 nations
Winning distance	8.38 m
Medalists
Jeff Henderson   United States   Luvo Manyonga   South Africa   Greg Rutherford   Great Britain

Official Video Highlights

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of athletes
Qualification
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		women
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's long jump competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between 12–13 August.^[1]

Summary

Greg Rutherford entered as the 2012 Olympic champion and was also the reigning 2015 World Champion and 2016 European champion. American Jarrion Lawson was the top ranked athlete before the Olympics with his jump of 8.58 m and the next best entrant Michel Tornéus was European runner-up to Rutherford. Other strong entrants were Rushwal Samaai, Americans Mike Hartfield and Jeff Henderson, and 2015 world medallists Fabrice Lapierre and Wang Jianan.^[2][3]

The only two automatic qualifiers were the round winners: Henderson in 8.20 m and Wang in 8.24 m. In a low quality display only four athletes went beyond eight metres. Defending champion Rutherford narrowly reached the final in tenth place after two fouls and a moderate third jump. Tornéus of Sweden was eliminated, as was American Hartfield, both failing to go beyond 7.70 m.^[4]

From the first jumps the top four separated from the rest. Greg Rutherford jumped 8.18 m, Luvo Manyonga 8.16 m, Jeff Henderson 8.20 m, then Jarrion Lawson 8.19 m, all four within four centimetres at a distance no other jumper would match. In the third round Rutherford took the lead briefly with 8.22 m until Lawson bettered him with 8.25 m. In the fourth round, Manyonga took the lead with 8.28 m, then Rutherford moved into second with a 8.26 m. In the fifth round, Manyonga took first place with a personal best of 8.37 m and kept the lead into the final round with three jumpers to go. On his last attempt, Henderson jumped from fourth to first with a 8.38 m (27 ft 5 ³⁄₄ in). Rutherford tried to answer but his 8.29 m left him in third. On the final jump of the competition, American collegian Lawson jumped close to Henderson's mark, but his hand inadvertently dragged in the sand at shoulder level costing him an advancement into the medals.^[5][6][7]

The medals were presented by Adam Pengilly, IOC member, Great Britain and Anna Riccardi, Council Member of the IAAF.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 m	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
Olympic record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	Mexico City, Mexico	18 October 1968
2016 World leading	Jarrion Lawson (USA)	8.58 m	Eugene, United States	3 July 2016

Results

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 8.15m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Wang Jianan	China	8.24			8.24	Q, SB
2	A	Jeff Henderson	United States	8.20			8.20	Q, SB
3	A	Emiliano Lasa	Uruguay	8.14	8.02	–	8.14	q
4	A	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	x	8.12	8.10	8.12	q
5	A	Rushwal Samaai	South Africa	8.03	7.96	7.82	8.03	q
6	A	Henry Frayne	Australia	7.96	7.97	8.01	8.01	q
7	B	Jarrion Lawson	United States	7.99	7.62	7.96	7.99	q
8	B	Fabrice Lapierre	Australia	x	7.96	7.73	7.96	q
9	A	Huang Changzhou	China	7.59	7.57	7.95	7.95	q
10	A	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	x	x	7.90	7.90	q
11	A	Kafétien Gomis	France	7.81	7.67	7.89	7.89	q
12	B	Damar Forbes	Jamaica	7.85	7.68	7.62	7.85	q
13	B	Radek Juška	Czech Republic	7.64	7.84	7.83	7.84
14	A	Kim Deok-hyeon	South Korea	7.42	7.76	7.82	7.82
15	B	Maykel Massó	Cuba	7.79	7.73	7.81	7.81
16	A	Tyrone Smith	Bermuda	7.78	7.81	7.67	7.81
17	B	Chan Ming Tai	Hong Kong	7.79	7.76	7.42	7.79
18	A	Fabian Heinle	Germany	7.64	x	7.79	7.79
19	B	Bachana Khorava	Georgia	7.72	7.77	x	7.77
20	B	Jean Marie Okutu	Spain	7.75	7.72	7.53	7.75
21	A	Izmir Smajlaj	Albania	7.72	7.61	x	7.72
22	B	Stefan Brits	South Africa	7.46	7.71	x	7.71
23	B	Kanstantsin Barycheuski	Belarus	7.39	x	7.67	7.67
24	B	Ankit Sharma	India	x	x	7.67	7.67
25	B	Mike Hartfield	United States	7.66	x	7.66	7.66
26	A	Michel Tornéus	Sweden	x	7.65	7.63	7.65
27	A	Miltiadis Tentoglou	Greece	x	7.64	7.57	7.64
28	B	Higor Alves	Brazil	7.59	x	x	7.59
29	B	Mohammad Arzandeh	Iran	7.29	7.23	7.31	7.31
30	B	Alyn Camara	Germany	5.16	x	x	5.16
31	A	Gao Xinglong	China	x	x	x	NM
31	A	Aubrey Smith	Jamaica	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Jeff Henderson	United States	8.20	7.94	8.10	7.96	8.22	8.38	8.38	SB
02 !	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	8.16	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	8.28	8.37	0.00 !x	8.37	PB
03 !	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	8.18	8.11	8.22	8.26	8.09	8.29	8.29
04 !4	Jarrion Lawson	United States	8.19	8.15	8.25	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	7.78	8.25
05 !5	Wang Jianan	China	7.76	8.17	7.89	8.05	8.13	7.88	8.17
06 !6	Emiliano Lasa	Uruguay	7.93	7.84	8.04	8.10	7.92	7.95	8.10
07 !7	Henry Frayne	Australia	7.83	8.06	0.00 !x	8.03	7.83	7.83	8.06
08 !8	Kafétien Gomis	France	7.54	7.57	8.05	0.00 !x	7.55	7.83	8.05
09 !9	Rushwahl Samaai	South Africa	7.97	7.94	0.00 !x	Did not advance			7.97
10	Fabrice Lapierre	Australia	0.00 !x	7.87	0.00 !x	Did not advance			7.87
11	Huang Changzhou	China	7.78	0.00 !x	7.86	Did not advance			7.86
12	Damar Forbes	Jamaica	7.63	7.74	7.82	Did not advance			7.82

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