Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
January 20, 2023
The men's long jump was an athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 54 competitors from 41 nations, with one non-starter.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Carl Lewis of the United States, the nation's fourth consecutive and 20th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. Lewis himself had won the four straight victories, becoming the third Olympian to win the same event four times in a row (after Al Oerter and Paul Elvstrøm, counting the latter's wins in the Firefly and Finn sailing classes as the same event) as well as the only man to win four long jump medals. It was the ninth and final Olympic gold of Lewis's career. James Beckford earned Jamaica's first medal in the event. Joe Greene matched his bronze from 1992, becoming the ninth two-medal winner in the event.
Carl Lewis was on the edge of making history, to equal the unique accomplishment of Al Oerter by winning four Olympic championships in the same event. However, now 35 years old, he was comparatively quite old for a sprinter-long jumper. Lewis barely made it to the Olympics, only finishing third at the 1996 Olympic Trials behind world record holder Mike Powell (at 33, also five years beyond his peak) and 29-year-old Joe Greene. These same three American jumpers had swept the event four years earlier.
While Lewis was ranked number one from the qualifying round, it took him three jumps to make the automatic qualifier. Lewis gained some notoriety by winning the 1984 Olympics on his single, first attempt. Powell, Greene and Iván Pedroso made their automatic qualifier (8.05 m) on their first attempt.
In the first round Emmanuel Bangué took the lead with 8.19 m. Powell moved into second place in the second round at 8.17 m, with Lewis jumping 8.10 m to move into third. Greene moved into the lead in the third round with an 8.24 m, until Lewis made his 8.50 jump. Lewis' jump equalled former rival Larry Myricks' still standing Masters M35 World Record.
While Pedroso was the reigning world champion and had jumped significantly better just a year earlier, he didn't get into the final eight to get three remaining jumps. No other jumper improved in his final jumps except James Beckford, whose final-round 8.29 m lifted him into the silver medal, pushing Greene to bronze.
Background
This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top six finishers from the 1992 Games returned: the American medal-sweeping team of Carl Lewis, Mike Powell, and Joe Greene, fourth-place finisher Iván Pedroso and fifth-place finisher Jaime Jefferson of Cuba, and sixth-place finisher Konstantinos Koukodimos of Greece; other returning finalists were eighth-place finisher Geng Huang of China and twelfth-place finisher Bogdan Tudor of Romania. Pedroso had surpassed Powell as the world's best jumper in 1995, winning the world championship. Both men, however, struggled with hamstring injuries coming into the Games. Lewis, the three-time Olympic champion, barely qualified for the American team behind Powell and Greene.[2]
Armenia, Belarus, the British Virgin Islands, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Gambia, the Netherlands Antilles, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 22nd time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition format
The 1996 competition used the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 8.05 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top eight jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final).[2][3]
Records
The standing world and Olympic records prior to the event were as follows.
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The men s long jump was an athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia There were 54 competitors from 41 nations with one non starter 1 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress The event was won by Carl Lewis of the United States the nation s fourth consecutive and 20th overall gold medal in the men s long jump Lewis himself had won the four straight victories becoming the third Olympian to win the same event four times in a row after Al Oerter and Paul Elvstrom counting the latter s wins in the Firefly and Finn sailing classes as the same event as well as the only man to win four long jump medals It was the ninth and final Olympic gold of Lewis s career James Beckford earned Jamaica s first medal in the event Joe Greene matched his bronze from 1992 becoming the ninth two medal winner in the event Men s long jumpat the Games of the XXVI OlympiadPictogram for athleticsVenueCentennial Olympic StadiumDate28 July 1996 qualifying 29 July 1996 finals Competitors52 from 40 nationsWinning distance8 50MedalistsCarl Lewis United StatesJames Beckford JamaicaJoe Greene United States 19922000 Official Video Highlights 1 50 32 Contents 1 Summary 2 Background 3 Competition format 4 Records 5 Schedule 6 Results 6 1 Qualifying 6 2 Final 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksSummary EditCarl Lewis was on the edge of making history to equal the unique accomplishment of Al Oerter by winning four Olympic championships in the same event However now 35 years old he was comparatively quite old for a sprinter long jumper Lewis barely made it to the Olympics only finishing third at the 1996 Olympic Trials behind world record holder Mike Powell at 33 also five years beyond his peak and 29 year old Joe Greene These same three American jumpers had swept the event four years earlier While Lewis was ranked number one from the qualifying round it took him three jumps to make the automatic qualifier Lewis gained some notoriety by winning the 1984 Olympics on his single first attempt Powell Greene and Ivan Pedroso made their automatic qualifier 8 05 m on their first attempt In the first round Emmanuel Bangue took the lead with 8 19 m Powell moved into second place in the second round at 8 17 m with Lewis jumping 8 10 m to move into third Greene moved into the lead in the third round with an 8 24 m until Lewis made his 8 50 jump Lewis jump equalled former rival Larry Myricks still standing Masters M35 World Record While Pedroso was the reigning world champion and had jumped significantly better just a year earlier he didn t get into the final eight to get three remaining jumps No other jumper improved in his final jumps except James Beckford whose final round 8 29 m lifted him into the silver medal pushing Greene to bronze Background EditThis was the 23rd appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics The top six finishers from the 1992 Games returned the American medal sweeping team of Carl Lewis Mike Powell and Joe Greene fourth place finisher Ivan Pedroso and fifth place finisher Jaime Jefferson of Cuba and sixth place finisher Konstantinos Koukodimos of Greece other returning finalists were eighth place finisher Geng Huang of China and twelfth place finisher Bogdan Tudor of Romania Pedroso had surpassed Powell as the world s best jumper in 1995 winning the world championship Both men however struggled with hamstring injuries coming into the Games Lewis the three time Olympic champion barely qualified for the American team behind Powell and Greene 2 Armenia Belarus the British Virgin Islands Croatia the Czech Republic the Gambia the Netherlands Antilles Sri Lanka Turkmenistan and Ukraine each made their first appearance in the event The United States appeared for the 22nd time most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Competition format EditThe 1996 competition used the two round format with divided final introduced in 1952 The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 8 05 metres if fewer than 12 men did so the top 12 including all those tied would advance The final provided each jumper with three jumps the top eight jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six with the best to count qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final 2 3 Records EditThe standing world and Olympic records prior to the event were as follows World record Mike Powell USA 8 95 Tokyo Japan 30 August 1991Olympic record Bob Beamon USA 8 90 Mexico City Mexico 18 October 1968No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition Schedule EditAll times are Eastern Daylight Time UTC 4 Date Time RoundSunday 28 July 1996 17 15 QualifyingMonday 29 July 1996 19 10 FinalResults EditQualifying Edit Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes1 Carl Lewis United States 7 93 X 8 29 8 29 Q2 Joe Greene United States 8 28 8 28 Q3 Yuriy Naumkin Russia 7 83 8 21 8 21 Q4 Mike Powell United States 8 20 8 20 Q5 Erik Nys Belgium 7 80 X 8 16 8 16 Q6 Huang Geng China 7 70 8 12 8 12 Q7 Emmanuel Bangue France 7 88 X 8 09 8 09 Q8 Aliaksandar Hlavatski Belarus 7 90 8 07 8 07 Q9 Ivan Pedroso Cuba 8 05 8 05 Q10 James Beckford Jamaica X 8 02 X 8 02 qMattias Sunneborn Sweden 8 02 8 02 q12 Gregor Cankar Slovenia X X 8 00 8 00 qAndrey Ignatov Russia X X 8 00 8 00 q14 Spyridon Vasdekis Greece 7 98 7 90 7 96 7 9815 Bogdan Ţărus Romania X 7 96 7 92 7 9616 Andrew Owusu Ghana 7 91 7 88 X 7 9117 Nai Hui Fang Chinese Taipei 7 81 7 48 7 91 7 9118 Cheikh Tidiane Toure Senegal 7 91 X 7 76 7 9119 Bogdan Tudor Romania 7 88 7 72 7 87 7 8820 Milan Gombala Czech Republic 7 88 X X 7 8821 Georg Ackermann Germany X X 7 86 7 8622 Janos Uzsoki Hungary X X 7 82 7 8222 Kostas Koukodimos Greece 7 82 X X 7 8224 Carlos Calado Portugal 7 36 7 81 X 7 8125 Simone Bianchi Italy X X 7 79 7 7926 Vitaliy Kyrylenko Ukraine 7 77 X 7 62 7 7727 Nelson Ferreira Brazil 7 76 7 69 7 7628 Robert Emmiyan Armenia 7 76 7 52 X 7 7629 Chen Jing China X 7 70 X 7 7030 Chao Chih Kuo Chinese Taipei 7 67 X X 7 6731 Jaime Jefferson Cuba 7 61 7 47 7 65 7 6532 Jesus Olivan Spain 7 59 7 64 X 7 6433 Douglas de Souza Brazil 7 59 X 7 61 7 6134 Richard Duncan Canada 7 51 7 56 7 61 7 6135 Aleksey Petrukhanov Russia X 7 25 7 50 7 5036 Nobuharu Asahara Japan 5 49 7 46 X 7 4637 Remmy Limo Kenya X 7 46 X 7 4638 Francois Fouche South Africa 7 29 7 30 7 44 7 4439 Kenny Lewis Grenada 7 41 7 22 X 7 4140 Keita Cline British Virgin Islands X X 7 26 7 2641 Andreja Marinkovic FR Yugoslavia X 7 17 X 7 1742 Marcio da Cruz Brazil 7 12 X X 7 1243 Victor Shabangu Swaziland 6 79 X X 6 79 Sinisa Ergotic Croatia X X X No markBenny Fernando Sri Lanka X X X No markHans Peter Lott Germany X X X No markVladimir Malyavin Turkmenistan X X X No markEllsworth Manuel Netherlands Antilles X X X No markIvaylo Mladenov Bulgaria X X X No markOusman Sallah The Gambia X X X No markSung Hee Jun South Korea X X X No markFranck Zio Burkina Faso X X X No mark Craig Hepburn Bahamas DNSFinal Edit Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Carl Lewis United States X 8 14 8 50 SB MWR 8 06 X 8 50 James Beckford Jamaica X 8 02 8 13 X X 8 29 8 29 Joe Greene United States 7 80 7 79 8 24 SB X X X 8 244 Emmanuel Bangue France 8 19 8 10 X 7 88 6 46 6 87 8 195 Mike Powell United States 7 89 8 17 SB 7 99 X X X 8 176 Gregor Cankar Slovenia X X 8 11 X X 5 33 8 117 Aliaksandar Hlavatski Belarus 8 07 X 8 07 X X X 8 078 Mattias Sunneborn Sweden 7 89 7 97 8 06 8 04 8 03 7 75 8 069 Huang Geng China 7 99 7 87 7 89 Did not advance 7 9910 Yuriy Naumkin Russia 7 96 7 88 7 95 Did not advance 7 9611 Andrey Ignatov Russia X 7 83 7 58 Did not advance 7 8312 Ivan Pedroso Cuba X 7 57 7 75 Did not advance 7 7513 Erik Nys Belgium 7 59 X 7 72 Did not advance 7 72See also Edit1994 Men s European Championships Long Jump Helsinki 1995 Men s World Championships Long Jump Gothenburg 1997 Men s World Championships Long Jump Athens 1998 Men s European Championships Long Jump Budapest References Edit Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games Men s Long Jump sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 19 December 2017 a b Long Jump Men Olympedia Retrieved 3 September 2020 Official Report vol 5 p 49 External links EditOfficial Report Results Official Video Highlights Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men 27s long jump amp oldid 1059051020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
