Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
| Men's long jump at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venues | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||
| Dates | 5-6 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 8.54 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups, and the final held on August 6, 1984.[1]
While criticized in the media, Carl Lewis had the event won with his first and only attempt. The rest was just a formality as he relaxed and watched the best in the world take their best shots. But none could come within a foot of Lewis and he could focus on the 200 meters final later that afternoon.
To that point in time, it equaled the tenth best jump in history. Of those ten, seven had been by Lewis, it equaled the winning jump 4 years earlier by Lutz Dombrowski whose East German team was part of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, one was by Larry Myricks who was in the competition but not showing signs of jumping his best, and the remaining jump was the unworldly Olympic and World Record by Bob Beamon set 16 years earlier.
Medalists
| Gold | Carl Lewis |
| Silver | Gary Honey |
| Bronze | Giovanni Evangelisti |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | | 8.90 m | October 18, 1968 |  |
| Olympic Record | ||||
Qualification
| Group A | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | |
8.30 | — | — | 8.30 m | ||
| 2 | 4 |  |
8.02 | — | — | 8.02 m | ||
| 3 | 6 | |
7.93 | — | — | 7.93 m | ||
| 4 | 7 |  |
X | 7.92 | — | 7.92 m | ||
| 5 | 8 | |
7.70 | 7.50 | 7.89 | 7.89 m | ||
| 6 | 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
X | 7.67 | 7.86 | 7.86 m | ||
| 7 | 10 |  |
7.83 | X | 7.73 | 7.83 m | ||
| 8 | 14 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
7.60 | 7.41 | 7.45 | 7.60 m | ||
| 9 | 16 |  |
X | 7.51 | X | 7.51 m | ||
| 10 | 18 | |
X | 7.22 | 7.36 | 7.36 m | ||
| 11 | 20 |  |
7.23 | 6.96 | 6.82 | 7.23 m | ||
| 12 | 22 |  |
X | 7.09 | 6.93 | 7.09 m | ||
| 13 | 24 |  |
6.93 | 6.84 | 6.90 | 6.93 m | ||
| 14 | 25 |  |
6.92 | 6.36 | 6.60 | 6.92 m | ||
| 15 | 26 |  |
6.82 | 6.70 | 6.75 | 6.82 m | ||
| 16 | 27 |  |
6.25 | X | 6.80 | 6.80 m | ||
| — | — | |
— | — | — | DNS | ||
| Group B | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | |
7.80 | 8.02 | — | 8.02 m | ||
| 2 | 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
7.62 | 8.02 | — | 8.02 m | ||
| 3 | 5 | |
7.94 | — | — | 7.94 m | ||
| 4 | 11 |  |
7.65 | 7.43 | 7.82 | 7.82 m | ||
| 5 | 12 | |
X | 7.76 | X | 7.76 m | ||
| 6 | 13 |  |
7.57 | 7.71 | 7.58 | 7.71 m | ||
| 7 | 15 |  |
X | 7.44 | 7.57 | 7.57 m | ||
| 8 | 17 |  |
7.01 | 7.11 | 7.51 | 7.37 m | ||
| 9 | 19 | |
7.32 | 5.95 | 7.22 | 7.32 m | ||
| 10 | 21 | |
6.97 | 2.36 | 7.10 | 7.10 m | ||
| 11 | 23 |  |
6.98 | X | — | 6.98 m | ||
| 12 | 28 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
6.45 | 6.78 | 6.73 | 6.78 m | ||
| 13 | 29 |  |
6.76 | 6.57 | 6.52 | 6.76 m | ||
| 14 | 30 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
X | X | 5.67 | 5.67 m | ||
| — | — |  |
X | X | X | NM | ||
| — | — | .svg.png){kind=small} |
— | — | — | DNS | ||
| — | — |  |
— | — | — | DNS | ||
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 | | 8.54 | X | — | — | — | — | 8.54 m | |
 | |
7.97 | 7.92 | 8.18 | 7.92 | X | 8.24 | 8.24 m | |
 | |
8.09 | 7.94 | 7.90 | X | X | 8.24 | 8.24 m | |
| 4 | |
8.06 | 7.99 | X | 8.00 | 8.16 | 6.28 | 8.16 m | |
| 5 | |
X | 7.66 | 7.89 | 7.65 | 7.60 | 7.99 | 7.99 m | |
| 6 | |
7.97 | X | X | — | — | — | 7.97 m | |
| 7 | |
7.63 | 7.82 | 7.87 | 7.72 | 7.09 | — | 7.87 m | |
| 8 | |
7.76 | 7.81 | 7.77 | X | 7.59 | X | 7.81 m | |
| 9 | |
7.67 | 7.78 | 7.72 | 7.78 m | ||||
| 10 | |
7.44 | 7.50 | 7.69 | 7.69 m | ||||
| 11 | |
X | 7.63 | 7.45 | 7.63 m | ||||
| 12 | |
X | 7.57 | X | 7.57 m | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.