2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 24 August (qualification)
25 August (final)
Competitors 32 from 22 nations
Winning distance 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)
Medalists
 Greg Rutherford   Great Britain
 Fabrice Lapierre   Australia
 Wang Jianan   China

The men's long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.[1][2]

In the finals were the defending champion Aleksandr Menkov, Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford and world leader Jeff Henderson, however world #2-4 Zarck Visser, Rushwahl Samaai and Marquis Dendy were unable to get out of the rounds. Henderson was the top qualifier with an 8.36 automatic first attempt trial. Three Chinese jumpers made the final at home.

The Chinese made a statement in the first round as both Wang Jianan and Gao Xinglong jumped 8.14 to share the lead. Menkov jumped 8.02 to take the third spot while Rutherford, Henderson and four other jumpers were unable to land a legal jump. In the second round, Henderson got a legal jump of 7.95, two feet below his best of the year, but it put him in 5th place for a moment, then Wang improved to 8.18 and Rutherford popped 8.29 to assume the lead.[3] In the third round Henderson again missed the board. Kafétien Gomis made 8.02 after two fouls, Fabrice Lapierre did 8.10 and Li Jinzhe did 8.09, suddenly the world leader was pushed into ninth place and had no more jumps left. In the fourth round Rutherford put an exclamation point on his lead with an 8.41, but only Gomis was able to make a legal jump in the round. Lapierre jumped 8.20 in the fifth round to move into second place and solidified that standing with an 8.24 in the final round.[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Championship record
World leading  Jeff Henderson (USA) 8.52 Toronto, Canada 22 July 2015
African record  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) 8.50 Madrid, Spain 4 July 2009
Asian record  Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) 8.48 Sotteville, France 2 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
South American record  Irving Saladino (PAN) 8.73 Hengelo, Netherlands 24 May 2008
European record  Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.86 Tsakhkadzor, Soviet Union 22 May 1987
Oceanian record  Mitchell Watt (AUS) 8.54 Stockholm, Sweden 29 July 2011

Qualification standards

Entry standards[6]
8.10

Schedule

Date Time Round
24 August 201510:00Qualification
25 August 201519:25Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 8.15 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[7]

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3MarkNotes
1BJeff Henderson United States (USA)8.368.36Q
2BGreg Rutherford Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)x8.258.25Q
3BMichael Hartfield United States (USA)x8.13–8.13q
4AWang Jianan China (CHN)8.128.02–8.12q
5BGao Xinglong China (CHN)7.008.11–8.11q
6BLi Jinzhe China (CHN)8.078.10–8.10q
7AKafétien Gomis France (FRA)x7.668.098.09q
8AAleksandr Menkov Russia (RUS)x7.968.088.08q
9BSergey Polyanskiy Russia (RUS)7.878.06x8.06q
10BTyrone Smith Bermuda (BER)7.728.018.038.03q
11BFabrice Lapierre Australia (AUS)8.03xx8.03q
12ARadek Juška Czech Republic (CZE)x7.507.987.98q
13BGodfrey Khotso Mokoena South Africa (RSA)x7.98x7.98
14BFabian Heinle Germany (GER)xx7.967.96
15BEmiliano Lasa Uruguay (URU)7.95xx7.95
16AYohei Sugai Japan (JPN)7.927.607.897.92
17AKanstantsin Barycheuski Belarus (BLR)7.89x7.767.89
18ADan Bramble Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)x7.83x7.83
19AZarck Visser South Africa (RSA)x7.797.787.79
20BRushwahl Samaai South Africa (RSA)7.687.797.697.79
21AMarquis Dendy United States (USA)x7.78x7.78
22BIgnisious Gaisah Netherlands (NED)x7.777.717.77
23AMaykel Massó Cuba (CUB)7.707.047.287.70
24AAlyn Camara Germany (GER)7.45x7.667.66
25AAhmed Fayez Al-Dosari Saudi Arabia (KSA)7.637.247.197.63
26ADamar Forbes Jamaica (JAM)7.617.627.617.62
27AHigor Alves Brazil (BRA)7.60xx7.60
28BWaisale Dausoko Fiji (FIJ)x6.89x6.89
BAlexsandro de Melo Brazil (BRA)xxxNM
BIfeanye Otuonye Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS)xxxNM
AMichel Tornéus Sweden (SWE)xxxNM
AQuincy Breell Aruba (ARU)xxxNM

Final

The final was started at 18:30[8]

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6MarkNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Greg Rutherford Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)x8.29x8.41 ––8.41 SB
2nd, silver medalist(s)Fabrice Lapierre Australia (AUS)x7.858.10x8.208.24 8.24 SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Wang Jianan China (CHN)8.148.18 8.08xx6.278.18
4Gao Xinglong China (CHN)8.14 7.877.85x7.958.028.14 SB
5Li Jinzhe China (CHN)7.69x8.09x8.10 x8.10
6Aleksandr Menkov Russia (RUS)8.02 x7.98xxx8.02
7Kafétien Gomis France (FRA)xx8.02 7.57x7.808.02
8Sergey Polyanskiy Russia (RUS)7.897.97 xxxx7.97
9Jeff Henderson United States (USA)x7.95 x7.95
10Tyrone Smith Bermuda (BER)x7.79 x7.79
11Radek Juška Czech Republic (CZE)7.557.57 x7.57
Michael Hartfield United States (USA)xxxNM

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ "Greg Rutherford's world championship gold delivers rebuke to critics". Guardian. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Greg Rutherford wins World Championships long jump gold". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Records & Lists – Long jump". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ↑ Qualification results
  8. ↑ Final results
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