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


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.

Summary

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.
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.
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 an 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. 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.
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. 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.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time
DateTimeRound
Friday, 12 August 201621:20Qualifications
Saturday, 13 August 201620:53Finals

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record8.95 mTokyo, Japan30 August 1991
Olympic record8.90 mMexico City, Mexico18 October 1968
2016 World leading8.58 mEugene, United States3 July 2016

Results

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 8.15m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1BWang Jianan8.248.24,
2AJeff Henderson8.208.20,
3AEmiliano Lasa8.148.02–8.14
4ALuvo Manyongax8.128.108.12
5ARushwal Samaai8.037.967.828.03
6AHenry Frayne7.967.978.018.01
7BJarrion Lawson7.997.627.967.99
8BFabrice Lapierrex7.967.737.96
9AHuang Changzhou7.597.577.957.95
10AGreg Rutherfordxx7.907.90
11AKafétien Gomis7.817.677.897.89
12BDamar Forbes7.857.687.627.85
13BRadek Juška7.647.847.837.84
14AKim Deok-hyeon7.427.767.827.82
15BMaykel Massó7.797.737.817.81
16ATyrone Smith7.787.817.677.81
17BChan Ming Tai7.797.767.427.79
18AFabian Heinle7.64x7.797.79
19BBachana Khorava7.727.77x7.77
20BJean Marie Okutu7.757.727.537.75
21AIzmir Smajlaj7.727.61x7.72
22BStefan Brits7.467.71x7.71
23BKanstantsin Barycheuski7.39x7.677.67
24BAnkit Sharmaxx7.677.67
25BMike Hartfield7.66x7.667.66
26AMichel Tornéusx7.657.637.65
27AMiltiadis Tentogloux7.647.577.64
28BHigor Alves7.59xx7.59
29BMohammad Arzandeh7.297.237.317.31
30BAlyn Camara5.16xx5.16
AGao Xinglongxxx
AAubrey Smithxxx

Final