Athletics 2016/Men's long jump

The men's long jump of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 12-13 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 32 athletes competing, the event was won by Jeff Henderson from United States, with Luvo Manyonga from South Africa taking the silver medal and Greg Rutherford from Great Britain taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of two separate rounds. In the qualification, each competitor gets three attempts to jump as far as possible. After three attempts, the twelve best performance advance to the final, including athletes tied for twelfth place. In the final, the qualified athletes once again get three attempts, with the eight best-placed athletes after three attempts receiving an additional three attempts to jump as far as possible. The athlete with the furthest jump after six attempts in the final wins the event.

Preview[]

Thirty-two athletes qualified for the event with Greg Rutherford as defending Olympic champion and reigning world champion. Despite finishing at the world championships in front of Fabrice Lapierre and Wang Jianan, it was the Americans Jarrion Lawson, Mike Hartfield, and Jeff Henderson who had shown the best performances of the year. Other big medal contenders included Rushwal Samaai, Luvo Manyonga, and Kafetien Gomis.

Athlete	Nationality
Henry Frayne	Australia
Tyrone Smith	Bermuda
Luvo Manyonga	South Africa
Michel Torneus	Sweden
Kim Deok-hyeon	South Korea
Kafetien Gomis	France
Fabian Heinle	Germany
Emiliano Lasa	Uruguay
Miltiadis Tentoglou	Greece
Jeff Henderson	United States
Izmir Smajlaj	Albania
Huang Changzhou	China
Greg Rutherford	Great Britain
Aubrey Smith	Jamaica
Ruswahl Samaai	South Africa
Gao Xinglong	China
Kanstantsin Barycheuski	Belarus
Alyn Camara	Germany
Chang Ming Tai	Hong Kong
Higor Alves	Brazil
Mohammad Arzandeh	Iran
Damar Forbes	Jamaica
Maykel Masso	Cuba
Bachana Khorava	Georgia
Ankit Sharma	India
Jean Marie Okutu	Spain
Fabrice Lapierre	Australia
Mike Hartfield	United States
Wang Jianan	China
Stefan Brits	South Africa
Radek Juska	Czech Republic
Jarrion Lawson	United States

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Distance
WR	30 August 1991		Mike Powell	8.95
OR	18 October 1968		Bob Beamon	8.90

Summary[]

Qualification[]

Qualification A Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3
1		Jeff Henderson	8.20
2		Emiliano Lasa	8.14	8.02	-
3		Luvo Manyonga	x	8.12	8.10
4		Rushwal Samaai	8.03	7.96	7.82
5		Henry Frayne	7.96	7.97	8.01
6		Huang Changzhou	7.59	7.57	7.95
7		Greg Rutherford	x	x	7.90
8		Kafetien Gomis	7.81	7.67	7.89
9		Kim Deok-hyeon	7.42	7.76	7.82
10		Tyrone Smith	7.78	7.81	7.67
11		Fabian Heinle	7.64	x	7.79
12		Izmir Smajlaj	7.72	7.61	x
13		Michel Torneus	x	7.65	7.63
14		Miltiadis Tentoglou	x	7.64	7.57
-		Gao Xinglong	x	x	x
-		Aubrey Smith	x	x	x

Qualification B Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3
1		Wang Jianan	8.24
2		Jarrion Lawson	7.99	7.62	7.96
3		Fabrice Lapierre	x	7.96	7.73
4		Damar Forbes	7.85	7.68	7.62
5		Radek Juska	7.64	7.84	7.83
6		Maykel Masso	7.79	7.73	7.81
7		Chan Ming Tai	7.79	7.76	7.42
8		Bachana Khorava	7.72	7.77	x
9		Jean Marie Okutu	7.75	7.72	7.53
10		Stefan Brits	7.46	7.71	x
11		Kanstantsin Barycheuski	7.39	x	7.67
12		Ankit Sharma	x	x	7.67
13		Mike Hartfield	7.66	x	7.66
14		Higor Alves	7.59	x	x
15		Mohammad Arzandeh	7.29	7.23	7.31
16		Alyn Camara	5.16	x	x

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	J1	J2	J3	J4	J5	J6
1		Jeff Henderson	8.20	7.94	8.10	7.96	8.22	8.38
2		Luvo Manyonga	8.16	x	x	8.28	8.37PR	x
3		Greg Rutherford	8.18	8.11	8.22	8.26	8.09	8.29
4		Jarrion Lawson	8.19	8.15	8.25	x	x	7.78
5		Wang Jianan	7.76	8.17	7.89	8.05	8.13	7.88
6		Emiliano Lasa	7.93	7.84	8.04	8.10	7.92	7.95
7		Henry Frayne	7.83	8.06	x	8.03	7.83	7.83
8		Kafetien Gomis	7.54	7.57	8.05	x	7.55	7.83
9		Rushwal Samaai	7.97	7.94	x	Did not advance
10		Fabrice Lapierre	x	7.87	x	Did not advance
11		Huang Changzhou	7.78	x	7.86	Did not advance
12		Damar Forbes	7.63	7.74	7.82	Did not advance

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Jeff Henderson	United States
	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa
	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain
4	Jarrion Lawson	United States
5	Wang Jianan	China
6	Emiliano Lasa	Uruguay
7	Henry Frayne	Australia
8	Kafetien Gomis	France
9	Rushwal Samaai	South Africa
10	Fabrice Lapierre	Australia
11	Huang Changzhou	China
12	Damar Forbes	Jamaica
13	Radek Juska	Czech Republic
14	Kim Deok-hyeon	South Korea
15	Maykel Masso	Cuba
16	Tyrone Smith	Bermuda
17	Chan Ming Tai	Hong Kong
18	Fabian Heinle	Germany
19	Bachana Khorava	Georgia
20	Jean Marie Okutu	Spain
21	Izmir Smajlaj	Albania
22	Stefan Brits	South Africa
23	Kanstantsin Barycheuski	Belarus
24	Ankit Sharma	India
25	Mike Hartfield	United States
26	Michel Torneus	Sweden
27	Miltiadis Tentoglou	Greece
28	Higor Alves	Brazil
29	Mohammad Arzandeh	Iran
30	Alyn Camara	Germany
-	Gao Xinglong	China
-	Aubrey Smith	Jamaica

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