1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

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Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

These are the official results of the

Rome, Italy
. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday 5 September 1987.

Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze with a jump of 8.38 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m.[1][2] Larry Myricks of the United States received the bronze medal nine months later.[3]

Medalists

Gold United States Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
Silver Soviet Union Robert Emmiyan
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze United States Larry Myricks
United States (USA)

Schedule

  • All times are
    UTC+1
    )
Qualification Round
Group A Group B
04.09.1987 – ??:??h 04.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
05.09.1987 – ??:??h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
Championship Record  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.55
Helsinki, Finland
 10 August 1983

Qualifying round

  • Held on Friday 1987-09-04
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.19 m
2.  Paul Emordi (NGR) 8.14 m
3.  
Vladimir Bobylyov
 (URS) 		8.08 m
4.  Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) 8.06 m
5.  Junichi Usui (JPN) 8.02 m
6.  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 8.00 m
7.  
Mike Conley
 (USA) 		7.99 m
8.  Norbert Brige (FRA) 7.96 m
9.  Frans Maas (NED) 7.78 m
10.  Róbert Széli (TCH) 7.59 m
11.  Dietmar Haaf (GER) 7.51 m
12.  Ray Quiñones (PUR) 7.41 m
13.  Jeffrey Neptune (GRN) 7.11 m
14.  
Marcus César Barros
 (BRA) 		6.94 m
15.  Devon Hyde (BIZ) 6.61 m
—  
António Santos
 (ANG) 		NM
—  Stanisław Jaskułka (POL) NM
—  Bruny Surin (CAN) NM
—  
Dimitrios Chatzopoulos
 (GRE) 		NM
—  Lester Benjamin (ATG) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.36 m
2.  Larry Myricks (USA) 8.20 m
3.  Jens Hirschberg (GDR) 8.10 m
4.  Yusuf Alli (NGR) 8.07 m
5.  Vladimir Amidzhinov (BUL) 8.05 m
6.  Heiko Reski (FRG) 8.03 m
7.  Sergey Layevskiy (URS) 7.98 m
8.  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) 7.97 m
9.  Ivo Krsek (TCH) 7.96 m
10.  Emiel Mellaard (NED) 7.93 m
11.  Chen Zunrong (CHN) 7.90 m
12.  Andreas Steiner (AUT) 7.87 m
13.  Fred Salle (CMR) 7.60 m
14.  Antonio Corgos (ESP) 7.60 m
15.  Ian James (CAN) 7.54 m
16.  Badara Mbengue (SEN) 7.23 m
17.  Carlos Casar (MEX) 7.21 m
18.  
Wilbert Lee
 (MNT) 		6.61 m
—  Jeroen Fischer (BEL) DNS
—  Kim Won-jin (KOR) DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.67 8.65 8.67 8.43 X 8.60 8.67 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.30 X X 8.53 X X 8.53 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Larry Myricks (USA) X 8.04w 8.23 8.13 8.33 8.20 8.33 m
4  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) X 8.09 8.19 7.59 X 8.38 8.19 m
5  Jens Hirschberg (GDR) 8.16 8.04 7.97 7.85 X 7.95 8.16 m
6  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 7.78 7.85 8.09 8.04 7.84 8.14 8.14 m
7  Vladimir Amidzhinov (BUL) 8.11 7.80 8.05 7.86 7.99 8.01 8.11 m
8  
Mike Conley
 (USA)		 X 8.10 X X X X 8.10 m
9  Sergey Layevskiy (URS) 8.08 m
10  Heiko Reski (FRG) 8.03 m
11  Yusuf Alli (NGR) 8.00 m
12  Junichi Usui (JPN) 8.00 m
13  
Vladimir Bobylyov
 (URS)		 7.90 m
14  Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) 7.83 m
15  Norbert Brige (FRA) 7.82 m
16  Paul Emordi (NGR) 7.80 m
17  Ivo Krsek (TCH) 7.72 m

See also

  • 1983 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Helsinki)
  • 1984 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Los Angeles)
  • 1986 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart)
  • 1988 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Seoul)
  • 1990 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Split)

Notes

  1. ^ Peronaci, Fabrizio (2019-11-25). "Giovanni Evangelisti and his medal for rigged long jump". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  2. ^ Longman, Jere (1995-08-04). TRACK AND FIELD; Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-07-18.
  3. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times.

References

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