2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Oregon Convention Center
Dates March 20
Competitors 14 from 12 nations
Winning distance 8.26
Medalists
    United States
    Australia
    China

The men's long jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.[1][2]

The first round leader was Rushwal Samaai with an 8.14. He improved that on his second jump to a National Record equalling 8.18. Still in the same round, Americans Marquis Dendy and Jeff Henderson improved to the top two places, Dendy with a 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) and Henderson edging into second with an 8.19. Neither improved after that. In the third round, Fabrice Lapierre jumped a continental record 8.25 to break up the duo, his 8.25 just 1 cm behind Dendy. Huang Changzhou also equalled Henderson with a personal best 8.19, but Henderson held the tiebreaker. Over the next two round, Henderson improved his tiebreaker advantage but could not improve his best. On his final jump, Huang improved his personal best again to 8.21 to take the bronze medal. The top 5 competitors were only separated by 8 cm. So close was the competition, minus their best jumps, Dendy would have finished in 5th position and Lapierre 11th, not even making the final.

Results

The final was started at 13:05.[3]

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Marquis Dendy United States8.058.26x8.06xx8.26
2nd, silver medalist(s)Fabrice Lapierre Australia7.297.788.25x7.79x8.25AR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Huang Changzhou China7.767.828.197.917.958.218.21PB
4Jeff Henderson United States7.998.197.988.148.178.008.19SB
5Rushwal Samaai South Africa8.148.188.03xx8.18NR
6Daniel Bramble Great Britainx7.848.127.938.148.14SB
7Emiliano Lasa Uruguay7.94x7.70x7.867.94NR
8Wang Jianan China7.827.857.887.887.937.93
9Kafétien Gomis France7.737.737.887.88
10Radek Juška Czech Republic7.88xx7.88
11Ifeanyi Otuonye Turks and Caicos Islandsx7.387.407.40
12Yohei Sugai Japan7.256.957.357.35SB
13Quincy Breell Aruba7.217.257.207.25NR
Ted Hooper Chinese TaipeixxxNM

References

  1. "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. Start list
  3. Final results
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