1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
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 | |
---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
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 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.