2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The Men's Long Jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 34 competing athletes from 25 countries.

Medallists

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Gold Irving Saladino
 Panama (PAN)
Silver Andrew Howe
 Italy (ITA)
Bronze Dwight Phillips
 United States (USA)

Records

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World Record  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Championship Record

Qualification

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Group A

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Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Dwight Phillips  United States (USA) 8.22 8.22 Q
2 Christian Reif  Germany (GER) 7.95 7.44 8.19 8.19 Q PB
3 Andrew Howe  Italy (ITA) X 8.17 8.17 Q
4 Irving Saladino  Panama (PAN) X 8.13 X 8.13 q
5 Olexiy Lukashevych  Ukraine (UKR) 8.11 X 8.11 q SB
6 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 7.82 X 8.01 8.01 q SB
7 Trevell Quinley  United States (USA) 6.03 7.65 7.99 7.99 q
8 Arnaud Casquette  Mauritius (MRI) 7.65 7.93 7.73 7.93
9 Nikolay Atanasov  Bulgaria (BUL) 7.89 7.63 7.88 7.89
10 Christopher Tomlinson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 7.89 7.80 7.64 7.89
11 Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi  Saudi Arabia (KSA) X 7.73 7.85 7.85
12 Rogério Bispo  Brazil (BRA) X 5.63 7.74 7.74
13 Li Runrun  China (CHN) 7.66 X 7.66 7.66
14 Daisuke Arakawa  Japan (JPN) 7.62 X X 7.62
15 Morten Jensen  Denmark (DEN) X 7.53 X 7.53
16 Louis Tristán  Peru (PER) 7.51 7.37 7.51

Group B

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Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa (RSA) 8.10 7.96 8.28 8.28 Q
2 James Beckford  Jamaica (JAM) 7.95 8.11 8.22 8.22 Q
3 Ahmed Faiz Bin Marzouq  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 8.12 8.05 8.07 8.12 q SB
4 Miguel Pate  United States (USA) 8.10 7.84 X 8.10 q
5 Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal (SEN) 8.02 7.66 8.04 8.04 q
6 Marcin Starzak  Poland (POL) 7.75 7.84 7.92 7.92
7 Issam Nima  Algeria (ALG) 7.88 X X 7.88
8 Ruslan Gataullin  Russia (RUS) X 7.71 7.83 7.83
9 Gable Garenamotse  Botswana (BOT) 7.77 7.59 X 7.77
10 Greg Rutherford  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) X 7.77 X 7.77
11 Zhang Xiaoyi  China (CHN) X 7.67 7.74 7.74
12 Yahya Berrabah  Morocco (MAR) X X 7.72 7.72 SB
13 Chris Noffke  Australia (AUS) X 7.54 X 7.54
14 Hatem Mersal  Egypt (EGY) 7.24 7.42 7.24 7.42
Walter Davis  United States (USA) X X X NM
Nelson Évora  Portugal (POR) DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irving Saladino  Panama (PAN) X 8.30 8.46 X X 8.57 8.57 m AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrew Howe  Italy (ITA) X 8.13 X 8.12 8.20 8.47 8.47 m NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dwight Phillips  United States (USA) 8.30 X X 8.02 X 8.22 8.30 m
4 Olexiy Lukashevych  Ukraine (UKR) X 8.17 X 8.05 8.13 8.25 8.25 m SB
5 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa (RSA) 7.98 7.86 8.19 8.18 8.15 8.19 8.19 m
6 James Beckford  Jamaica (JAM) 8.09 8.03 8.00 8.17 8.17 X 8.17 m
7 Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal (SEN) 7.90 8.01 X 7.90 X 7.64 8.01 m
8 Ahmed Faiz  Saudi Arabia (KSA) X 7.98 7.70 X X 7.98 m
9 Christian Reif  Germany (GER) 7.86 7.77 7.95 7.95 m
10 Miguel Pate  United States (USA) X 7.73 7.94 7.94 m
11 Hussein Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 7.71 7.30 7.84 7.84 m
Trevell Quinley  United States (USA) X X X NM

References

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