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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's long jump

|games = 1984 Summer

|image = File:Stamps of Azerbaijan, 1996-382.jpg

|image_size = 200px

|caption = 1996 stamp of Azerbaijan showing Carl Lewis jumping in 1984

|venues = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

|dates = 5–6 August

|competitors = 31

|nations = 25

|win_label = Winning distance

|win_value = 8.54

|longnames = yes

|gold = Carl Lewis

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Gary Honey

|silverNOC = AUS

|bronze = Giovanni Evangelisti

|bronzeNOC = ITA

|prev = 1980

|next = 1988

}}

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{{AthleticsAt1984SummerOlympics}}

The men's long jump was an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. There were 31 participating athletes from 25 nations, with two qualifying groups, and the final held on August 6, 1984.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/mens-long-jump.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173826/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/mens-long-jump.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Long Jump |access-date=18 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}} The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 30 cm by Carl Lewis of the United States, the nation's 17th gold medal in the event. It was Lewis's second gold of the Games as he tried (successfully) to match Jesse Owens's 1936 quadruple (100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay, and long jump). It was also the first of Lewis's four consecutive gold medals in the long jump and would prove to be his greatest winning margin for the Olympic long jump. Gary Honey gave Australia its first men's long jump medal since 1948; Giovanni Evangelisti won Italy's first-ever medal in the event.

Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The only returning finalist from the 1980 Games was seventh-place finisher Antonio Corgos of Spain. American Carl Lewis was the clear favorite; in the four years since the 1980 Games (which he qualified for but would not have been a favorite at if the United States had competed) he had become "the greatest track & field athlete in the world" with wins in the 100 metres, long jump, and 4 × 100 metres relay at the inaugural 1983 world championships. His teammate Larry Myricks, who would have been the favorite in 1980 but for the boycott and would likely have medaled in 1976 but for a broken foot in warmups, was a significant challenger, as was Gary Honey of Australia, the 1982 Commonwealth champion.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/62845 |work=Olympedia |title=Long Jump, Men |access-date=3 September 2020}}

Cameroon, Chad, the People's Republic of China, Cyprus, Kenya, Mali, Paraguay, and the United Arab Emirates each made their first appearance in the event; the Republic of China appeared for the first time as "Chinese Taipei". The United States appeared for the 19th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The 1984 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 7.90 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).Official Report, vol. 2, p. 286.

Records

The standing world and Olympic records prior to the event were as follows.

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Bob Beamon|USA}}

| world_mark = 8.90

| world_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| world_date = 18 October 1968

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Bob Beamon|USA|1968 Summer}}

| olympic_mark = 8.90

| olympic_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| olympic_date = 18 October 1968

}}

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

class="wikitable"

! Date

! Time

! Round

Sunday, 5 August 198416:10Qualifying
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| Monday, 6 August 1984

17:40Final

Results

=Qualifying=

class="sortable wikitable" style=" text-align:center"

! Rank

AthleteNation123DistanceNotes
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 1

align=left| Carl Lewisalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}

|8.30

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|8.30

{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by distance}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 2

align=left| Larry Myricksalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}

| 7.80

|8.02

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|8.02

{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by distance}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 3

align=left| Junichi Usuialign=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}}

| 7.62

|8.02

|—

|8.02

{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by distance}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 4

align=left| Antonio Corgosalign=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1984 Summer}}

|8.02

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|8.02

{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by distance}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 5

align=left| Giovanni Evangelistialign=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1984 Summer}}

|7.94

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|7.94

{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by distance}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 6

align=left| Gary Honeyalign=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1984 Summer}}

|7.93

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|7.93

{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by distance}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 7

align=left| Joey Wellsalign=left| {{flagIOC|BAH|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.92

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|7.92

{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by distance}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 8

align=left| Mike McRaealign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}

|7.70

|7.50

|7.89

|7.89

{{abbr|q|Qualified for final by place}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 9

align=left| Kim Jong-Ilalign=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.67

|7.86

|7.86

{{abbr|q|Qualified for final by place}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 10

align=left| Liu Yuhuangalign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}

|7.83

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.73

|7.83

{{abbr|q|Qualified for final by place}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 11

align=left| Yusuf Allialign=left| {{flagIOC|NGR|1984 Summer}}

|7.65

|7.43

|7.82

|7.82

{{abbr|q|Qualified for final by place}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 12

align=left| Jubobaraye Kioalign=left| {{flagIOC|NGR|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.76

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.76

{{abbr|q|Qualified for final by place}}
13align=left| René Glooralign=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer}}

|7.57

|7.71

|7.58

|7.71

14align=left| Nenad Stekićalign=left| {{flagIOC|YUG|1984 Summer}}

|7.60

|7.41

|7.45

|7.60

15align=left| Lester Benjaminalign=left| {{flagIOC|ANT|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.44

|7.57

|7.57

16align=left| Moses Kiyaialign=left| {{flagIOC|KEN|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.51

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.51

17align=left| Kémobé Djirmassalalign=left| {{flagIOC|CHA|1984 Summer}}

|7.01

|7.11

|7.51

|7.37

18align=left| Wang Shijiealign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.22

|7.36

|7.36

19align=left| Lyndon Sandsalign=left| {{flagIOC|BAH|1984 Summer}}

|7.32

|5.95

|7.22

|7.32

20align=left| Lee Fu-analign=left| {{flagIOC|TPE|1984 Summer}}

|7.23

|6.96

|6.82

|7.23

21align=left| Steve Hannaalign=left| {{flagIOC|BAH|1984 Summer}}

|6.97

|2.36

|7.10

|7.10

22align=left| Kristján Harðarsonalign=left| {{flagIOC|ISL|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.09

|6.93

|7.09

23align=left| Shahad Mubarakalign=left| {{flagIOC|UAE|1984 Summer}}

|6.98

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|6.98

24align=left| Fidel Solórzanoalign=left| {{flagIOC|ECU|1984 Summer}}

|6.93

|6.84

|6.90

|6.93

25align=left| Abdoulaye Traoréalign=left| {{flagIOC|MLI|1984 Summer}}

|6.92

|6.36

|6.60

|6.92

26align=left| Bilanday Bodjonaalign=left| {{flagIOC|TOG|1984 Summer}}

|6.82

|6.70

|6.75

|6.82

27align=left| Ghabi Issa Khourialign=left| {{flagIOC|LIB|1984 Summer}}

|6.25

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|6.80

|6.80

28align=left| Oscar Dieselalign=left| {{flagIOC|PAR|1984 Summer}}

|6.45

|6.78

|6.73

|6.78

29align=left| Ernest Tché-Noubossiealign=left| {{flagIOC|CMR|1984 Summer}}

|6.76

|6.57

|6.52

|6.76

30align=left| Dimitrios Araouzosalign=left| {{flagIOC|CYP|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|5.67

|5.67

data-sort-value=31| —align=left| Steve Walshalign=left| {{flagIOC|NZL|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

| No mark

rowspan=3 data-sort-value=32| —align=left| Ronald Desruellesalign=left| {{flagIOC|BEL|1984 Summer}}

|colspan=4 data-sort-value=0.00| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}

align=left| Francis Dodooalign=left| {{flagIOC|GHA|1984 Summer}}

|colspan=4 data-sort-value=0.00| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}

align=left| Paul Emordialign=left| {{flagIOC|KEN|1984 Summer}}

|colspan=4 data-sort-value=0.00| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}

=Final=

class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center"

! Rank

AthleteNation123456Distance
{{gold1}}align=left| Carl Lewisalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}8.54data-sort-value=1.00| Xdata-sort-value=1.00| —data-sort-value=1.00| —data-sort-value=1.00| —data-sort-value=1.00| —8.54
{{silver2}}align=left| Gary Honeyalign=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1984 Summer}}

|7.97

|7.92

|8.18

|7.92

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|8.24

8.24
{{bronze3}}align=left| Giovanni Evangelistialign=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1984 Summer}}

|8.09

|7.94

|7.90

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|8.24

8.24
4align=left| Larry Myricksalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}

|8.06

|7.99

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|8.00

|8.16

|6.28

8.16
5align=left| Liu Yuhuangalign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.66

|7.89

|7.65

|7.60

|7.99

7.99
6align=left| Joey Wellsalign=left| {{flagIOC|BAH|1984 Summer}}

|7.97

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

7.97
7align=left| Junichi Usuialign=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}}

|7.63

|7.82

|7.87

|7.72

|7.09

|data-sort-value=1.00| —

7.87
8align=left| Kim Jong-Ilalign=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}}

|7.76

|7.81

|7.77

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.59

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.81

9align=left| Yusuf Allialign=left| {{flagIOC|NGR|1984 Summer}}

|7.67

|7.78

|7.72

colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance7.78
10align=left| Antonio Corgosalign=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1984 Summer}}

|7.44

|7.50

|7.69

colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance7.69
11align=left| Mike McRaealign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.63

|7.45

colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance7.63
12align=left| Jubobaraye Kioalign=left| {{flagIOC|NGR|1984 Summer}}

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

|7.57

|data-sort-value=1.00| X

colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance7.57

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v2pt2.pdf Official Report]
  • [http://sportslion.net/track/halloffame/LA1984/LA84-longm.html Results]

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