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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Irving Saladino (2007 world championships)
VenueBeijing Olympic Stadium
Dates16 August 2008 (qualifying)
18 August 2008 (final)
Competitors38 from 32 nations
Winning distance8.34
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irving Saladino
 Panama
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Khotso Mokoena
 South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ibrahim Camejo
 Cuba
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The men's long jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 and 18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1] Thirty-eight athletes from 32 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Irving Saladino of Panama, the nation's first Olympic gold medal in any event and its first medal the men's long jump. South Africa also won its first men's long jump medal, with Khotso Mokoena's silver. Ibrahim Camejo's bronze was Cuba's first medal in the event since 2000. This event marked the first time that an American did not classify to the final phase in a non-boycotted Olympic competition.

Background

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This was the 26th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2004 Games were fifth-place finisher Chris Tomlinson of Great Britain and twelfth-place finisher Salim Sdiri of France. Dwight Phillips, the reigning gold medalist who had won two world championships (2003, 2005) and would win two more later (2009, 2011) and finished third at the most recent championships, placed fourth in the U.S. Olympic trials and missed the team. The reigning world champion, Irving Saladino of Panama, was the favorite in Beijing.[2]

Bermuda made its first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 25th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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The qualifying standards were 8.20 m (26.9 ft) (A standard) and 8.05 m (26.41 ft) (B standard).[3] Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.[4] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Competition format

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The 2008 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 8.15 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][5]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:

World record  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Olympic record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
World Leading  Irving Saladino (PAN) 8.73 Hengelo, Netherlands 24 May 2008

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 16 August 2008 20:00 Qualifying
Monday, 18 August 2008 20:10 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 A Louis Tsatoumas  Greece 8.27
(+0.1)		 — — 8.27 Q
2 A Ibrahim Camejo  Cuba 8.23
(+0.5)		 — — 8.23 Q
3 A Greg Rutherford  Great Britain 8.16
(-0.1)		 — — 8.16 Q
4 A Khotso Mokoena  South Africa 8.03
(-0.1)		 X 8.14
(-0.1)		 8.14 q
5 B Ngonidzashe Makusha  Zimbabwe 8.14
(0.0)		 7.94
(0.0)		 — 8.14 q
6 B Wilfredo Martínez  Cuba 7.92
(+0.4)		 7.80
(+0.4)		 8.07
(+0.1)		 8.07 q, DPG[6]
7 B Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal 7.65
(-0.1)		 7.79
(-0.1)		 8.07
(-0.5)		 8.07 q, SB
8 A Hussein Taher Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia 5.47
(+0.3)		 8.04
( -0.4)		 X 8.04 q
9 B Irving Saladino  Panama X X 8.01
(+0.2)		 8.01 q
10 A Luis Felipe Méliz  Spain X 7.77
(-0.1)		 7.95
(+0.1)		 7.95 q
11 A Gable Garenamotse  Botswana 7.58
(+0.3)		 X 7.95
(+0.4)		 7.95 q
12 B Roman Novotný  Czech Republic 7.75
(+0.3)		 7.81
(-0.1)		 7.94
(-0.2)		 7.94 q
13 A Stephan Louw  Namibia 7.73
(+0.1)		 X 7.93
(+0.6)		 7.93
14 B Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi  Saudi Arabia X X 7.93
(+0.4)		 7.93
15 B Tyrone Smith  Bermuda 6.95
(+0.1)		 7.63
(-0.6)		 7.91
(-0.1)		 7.91
16 B Fabrice Lapierre  Australia 7.90
(+0.1)		 X X 7.90
17 A Yahya Berrabah  Morocco 7.88
(+0.1)		 X X 7.88
17 A Tommi Evilä  Finland X X 7.88
(+0.2)		 7.88
19 B Trevell Quinley  United States X X 7.87
(-0.2)		 7.87
20 B Andrew Howe  Italy 7.73
(+0.1)		 7.81
( -0.2)		 X 7.81
21 A Salim Sdiri  France X X 7.81
(+0.3)		 7.81
22 B Brian Johnson  United States X 7.79
(-0.1)		 X 7.79
23 A Sebastien Bayer  Germany X 7.43
(+0.1)		 7.77
(0.0)		 7.77
24 A Hugo Chila  Ecuador 7.77
(+0.2)		 X X 7.77
24 B Andriy Makarchev  Ukraine 7.77
(+0.3)		 X X 7.77
26 A Mauro da Silva  Brazil X 7.75
(-0.1)		 X 7.75
27 B Chris Tomlinson  Great Britain 7.52
(+0.4)		 7.62
(0.0)		 7.70
(+0.2)		 7.70
28 A Li Runrun  China 7.70
(+0.2)		 X 7.56
(+0.1)		 7.70 SB
29 B Tarik Bouguetaib  Morocco 7.69
(-0.1)		 X X 7.69
30 B Herbert McGregor  Jamaica 7.64
(0.0)		 7.46
(+0.3)		 7.36
(0.0)		 7.64
31 A Morten Jensen  Denmark X 7.58
(+0.3)		 7.63
(-0.1)		 7.63
32 B Louis Tristán  Peru 7.58
(+0.1)		 7.62
(+0.3)		 X 7.62
33 A Marcin Starzak  Poland X X 7.62
(-0.2)		 7.62
34 A Henry Dagmil  Philippines 7.58
(0.0)		 X X 7.58
35 A Nikolai Atanasov  Bulgaria X X 7.54
(-0.5)		 7.54
36 B Julien Fivaz  Switzerland 7.53
(0.0)		 X X 7.53
37 A Vladimir Malyavin  Russia 7.32
(-0.2)		 7.35
(-0.1)		 X 7.35
38 B Miguel Pate  United States X 7.34
(+0.4)		 X 7.34
— B Zhou Can  China DNS
B Arnaud Casquette  Mauritius DNS
A Issam Nima  Algeria DNS

Final

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The final was held on 18 August 2008.[7] Martínez was disqualified.[6]

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irving Saladino  Panama X
(+0.1) 		8.17
(-0.1) 		8.21
(+0.1) 		8.34
(-0.3) 		X
(-0.2) 		X
(-0.5) 		8.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Khotso Mokoena  South Africa 7.86
(+0.1) 		X
(0.0) 		8.02
(+0.2) 		8.24
(0.0) 		X
(-0.2) 		X
(-0.4) 		8.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ibrahim Camejo  Cuba 7.94 8.09 8.08 7.88 7.93 8.20 8.20
4 Ngonidzashe Makusha  Zimbabwe 8.19 8.06 8.05 8.10 8.05 6.48 8.19
5 Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal 8.03 X 8.02 8.16 SB 8.03 7.92 8.16
6 Luis Felipe Méliz  Spain X 8.02 X X 7.98 8.07 8.07
7 Roman Novotný  Czech Republic 7.87 7.75 8.00 X 7.82 7.94 8.00
8 Gable Garenamotse  Botswana X 7.85 — Did not advance 7.85
9 Greg Rutherford  Great Britain X 5.20 7.84 Did not advance 7.84
10 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia 7.80 X X Did not advance 7.80
— Louis Tsatoumas  Greece X X X Did not advance No mark
5 DSQ Wilfredo Martínez  Cuba 7.60 7.90 X 8.04 X 8.19 8.19

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. ^ a b c "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  4. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  5. ^ Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.
  6. ^ a b "9 athletes, including 6 medalists, caught for Beijing doping". 27 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-18-2008 - Long Jump M Final". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
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