1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
Appearance
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.[1][2] Larry Myricks of the United States received the bronze medal nine months later.[3]
Medalists[edit]
Gold | United States (USA) |
Silver | Soviet Union (URS) |
Bronze | United States (USA) |
Schedule[edit]
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round | |
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Group A | Group B |
04.09.1987 – ??:??h | 04.09.1987 – ??:??h |
Final Round | |
05.09.1987 – ??:??h |
Records[edit]
Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record | 8.90 | Mexico City, Mexico | 18 October 1968 | |
Championship Record | 8.55 | Helsinki, Finland | 10 August 1983 |
Qualifying round[edit]
- Held on Friday 1987-09-04
RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
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1. | 8.19 m | |
2. | 8.14 m | |
3. | 8.08 m | |
4. | 8.06 m | |
5. | 8.02 m | |
6. | 8.00 m | |
7. | 7.99 m | |
8. | 7.96 m | |
9. | 7.78 m | |
10. | 7.59 m | |
11. | 7.51 m | |
12. | 7.41 m | |
13. | 7.11 m | |
14. | 6.94 m | |
15. | 6.61 m | |
— | NM | |
— | NM | |
— | NM | |
— | NM | |
— | NM |
RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 8.36 m | |
2. | 8.20 m | |
3. | 8.10 m | |
4. | 8.07 m | |
5. | 8.05 m | |
6. | 8.03 m | |
7. | 7.98 m | |
8. | 7.97 m | |
9. | 7.96 m | |
10. | 7.93 m | |
11. | 7.90 m | |
12. | 7.87 m | |
13. | 7.60 m | |
14. | 7.60 m | |
15. | 7.54 m | |
16. | 7.23 m | |
17. | 7.21 m | |
18. | 6.61 m | |
— | DNS | |
— | DNS |
Final[edit]
Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
8.67 | 8.65 | 8.67 | 8.43 | X | 8.60 | 8.67 m | CR | ||
8.30 | X | X | 8.53 | X | X | 8.53 m | |||
X | 8.04w | 8.23 | 8.13 | 8.33 | 8.20 | 8.33 m | |||
4 | X | 8.09 | 8.19 | 7.59 | X | 8.19 m | |||
5 | 8.16 | 8.04 | 7.97 | 7.85 | X | 7.95 | 8.16 m | ||
6 | 7.78 | 7.85 | 8.09 | 8.04 | 7.84 | 8.14 | 8.14 m | ||
7 | 8.11 | 7.80 | 8.05 | 7.86 | 7.99 | 8.01 | 8.11 m | ||
8 | X | 8.10 | X | X | X | X | 8.10 m | ||
9 | 8.08 m | ||||||||
10 | 8.03 m | ||||||||
11 | 8.00 m | ||||||||
12 | 8.00 m | ||||||||
13 | 7.90 m | ||||||||
14 | 7.83 m | ||||||||
15 | 7.82 m | ||||||||
16 | 7.80 m | ||||||||
17 | 7.72 m |
See also[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Peronaci, Fabrizio (2019-11-25). "Giovanni Evangelisti and his medal for rigged long jump". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times.