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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

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These are the official results of the men's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in 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. Larry Myricks of the United States received the bronze medal nine months later.

Medalists

BronzeUSA Larry Myricks
United States (USA)

Schedule

  • All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification RoundGroup AGroup BFinal Round
04.09.1987 – ??:??h04.09.1987 – ??:??h
05.09.1987 – ??:??h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Championship RecordCarl Lewis8.55Helsinki, Finland10 August 1983

Qualifying round

  • Held on Friday 1987-09-04
RANKGROUP ADISTANCE
1.Robert Emmiyan8.19 m
2.Paul Emordi8.14 m
3.Vladimir Bobylyov8.08 m
4.Jarmo Kärnä8.06 m
5.Junichi Usui8.02 m
6.Jaime Jefferson8.00 m
7.Mike Conley7.99 m
8.Norbert Brige7.96 m
9.Frans Maas7.78 m
10.Róbert Széli7.59 m
11.Dietmar Haaf7.51 m
12.Ray Quiñones7.41 m
13.Jeffrey Neptune7.11 m
14.Marcus César Barros6.94 m
15.Devon Hyde6.61 m
—António SantosNM
—Stanisław JaskułkaNM
—Bruny SurinNM
—Dimitrios ChatzopoulosNM
—Lester BenjaminNM
RANKGROUP BDISTANCE
1.Carl Lewis8.36 m
2.Larry Myricks8.20 m
3.Jens Hirschberg8.10 m
4.Yusuf Alli8.07 m
5.Vladimir Amidzhinov8.05 m
6.Heiko Reski8.03 m
7.Sergey Layevskiy7.98 m
8.Giovanni Evangelisti7.97 m
9.Ivo Krsek7.96 m
10.Emiel Mellaard7.93 m
11.Chen Zunrong7.90 m
12.Andreas Steiner7.87 m
13.Fred Salle7.60 m
14.Antonio Corgos7.60 m
15.Ian James7.54 m
16.Badara Mbengue7.23 m
17.Carlos Casar7.21 m
18.Wilbert Lee6.61 m
—Jeroen FischerDNS
—Kim Won-jinDNS

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456
Carl Lewis8.678.658.678.43X8.608.67 mCR
Robert Emmiyan8.30XX8.53XX8.53 m
Larry MyricksX8.04w8.238.138.338.208.33 m
4Giovanni EvangelistiX8.098.197.59X8.388.19 m
5Jens Hirschberg8.168.047.977.85X7.958.16 m
6Jaime Jefferson7.787.858.098.047.848.148.14 m
7Vladimir Amidzhinov8.117.808.057.867.998.018.11 m
8Mike ConleyX8.10XXXX8.10 m
9Sergey Layevskiy8.08 m
10Heiko Reski8.03 m
11Yusuf Alli8.00 m
12Junichi Usui8.00 m
13Vladimir Bobylyov7.90 m
14Jarmo Kärnä7.83 m
15Norbert Brige7.82 m
16Paul Emordi7.80 m
17Ivo Krsek7.72 m

Notes

References

References

  1. Peronaci, Fabrizio. (2019-11-25). "Giovanni Evangelisti and his medal for rigged long jump".
  2. Longman, Jere (1995-08-04). [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/04/sports/track-and-field-pedroso-s-world-mark-in-long-jump-in-doubt.html TRACK AND FIELD; Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved on 2009-07-18.
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