Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

The Men's Long Jump at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 38 competitors, with two qualifying groups (38 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988.[1]

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date24 September 1988 (qualifications)
25 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors42 from 31 nations
Winning distance8.72
Medalists
Carl Lewis
 United States
Mike Powell
 United States
Larry Myricks
 United States

Medalists

GoldCarl Lewis
 United States
SilverMike Powell
 United States
BronzeLarry Myricks
 United States

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record Bob Beamon (USA)8.90 m October 18, 1968 Mexico City, Mexico
Olympic Record Bob Beamon (USA)8.90 m October 18, 1968 Mexico City, Mexico

Qualifying round

RANK GROUP ATHLETE DISTANCE
1. B  Mike Powell (USA) 8.34 m
2. A  Larry Myricks (USA) 8.19 m
3. B  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.06 m
4. A  Norbert Brige (FRA) 8.05 m
5. A  Emiel Mellaard (NED) 8.02 m
6. A  Laszlo Szalma (HUN) 7.92 m
7. A  Antonio Corgos (ESP) 7.91 m
8. B  Jarmo Karna (FIN) 7.90 m
9. B  Leonid Voloshin (URS) 7.89 m
10. B  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) 7.81 m
11. B  Pang Yan (CHN) 7.79 m
12. B  Mark Forsythe (GBR) 7.77 m
13. A  Stewart Faulkner (GBR) 7.74 m
14. A  Bruny Surin (CAN) 7.73 m
15. B  Yusuf Ali (NGR) 7.73 m
16. B  Kim Jong-Il (KOR) 7.70 m
17. A  James Browne (ANT) 7.67 m
18. B  Chen Zunrong (CHN) 7.66 m
19. B  Frédéric Ebong-Salle (CMR) 7.65 m
20. A  David Culbert (AUS) 7.64 m
21. A  Andreas Steiner (AUT) 7.61 m
22. A  Glenroy Gilbert (CAN) 7.61 m
23. A  John King (GBR) 7.57 m
24. B  Stephen Hanna (BAH) 7.54 m
25. A  Ian James (CAN) 7.52 m
26. B  Hiroyuki Shibata (JPN) 7.48 m
27. A  Nai Hui-Fang (TPE) 7.45 m
28. B  Teddy Steinmayr (AUT) 7.36 m
29. B  Lotfi Khaïda (ALG) 7.10 m
30. B  Muhammad Urfaq (PAK) 7.09 m
31. A  Josá Leitão (POR) 6.99 m
32. A  Ricardo Valiente (PER) 6.92 m
33. B  Francis Keita (SLE) 6.87 m
A  David Lamai (KEN) NM
A  Orde Ballantyne (VIN) NM
A  Sizwe Sydney Mdluli (SWZ) NM
A  Shahanuddin Choudhury (BAN) NM
A  Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib (QAT) NM
B  Junichi Usui (JPN) NM
B  Ray Quiñones (PUR) NM
B  Robert Emmiyan (URS) DNF
B  Vladimir Otchkan (URS) DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Carl Lewis (USA)8.418.568.528.728.52X8.72 m
 Mike Powell (USA)8.238.118.49XX8.49 m
 Larry Myricks (USA)8.148.27X8.17XX8.27 m
4 Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)7.848.087.638.08 m
5 Antonio Corgos (ESP)8.03XX7.86X7.998.03 m
6 László Szalma (HUN)XX8.00XXX8.00 m
7 Norbert Brige (FRA)7.87XX7.97XX7.97 m
8 Leonid Volochine (URS)7.877.78XXX7.897.89 m
9 Pang Yan (CHN)X7.727.867.86 m
10 Jarmo Kärnä (FIN)X7.817.827.82 m
11 Emiel Mellaard (NED)7.71X7.517.71 m
12 Mark Forsythe (GBR)XX7.547.54 m

See also

  • 1986 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart)
  • 1987 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Rome)
  • 1990 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Split)
  • 1991 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Tokyo)

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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