Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 4 and 6 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 4 August 2024 (qualification)
    6 August 2024 (final)
Competitors33 from 25 nations
Winning distance8.48
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wayne Pinnock  Jamaica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mattia Furlani  Italy
← 2020
2028 →

Summary

edit

Defending Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou returned the other medalists as the world leader. Tentoglou was also the 2023 World Champion and 2022 silver medalist. Wang Jianan won in 2022, Simon Ehammer won bronze and is #2 for the 2024. 2023 silver medalist Wayne Pinnock jumped well indoors in 2024 but didn't quite match it outdoors. 19 year old Mattia Furlani showed several good results in 2024.[1]

Tentoglou only needed one jump to auto qualify for the final. Radek Juška took two. Wang could see how the competition was developing and saved energy by only taking one, 8.12m, just short of the auto. It took 7.90m to make the final.[2]

Early in the first round, Furlani put pressure on the field, starting off with an 8.34m. Jacob Fincham-Dukes got close to 8, with a 7.95m. Tentoglou's first jump put him into second with 8.27m. Wang then pushed Fincham-Dukes off the podium with his 7.96m. In the second round, Simon Batz moved into third at 8.07m. That lasted two jumps until Ehammer jumped 8.20m. Tentoglou shuffled the deck, blasting 8.48 m (27 ft 9+34 in). Two jumpers later, Pinnock finished the order with 8.36m. Tentoglou backed up his winner with an 8.36m in the fourth round, Furlani popped another 8.34m in the fifth, but nobody improved.[3] It was Tentoglou's second successive gold medal.

Background

edit

The men's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m) Location Date
World record   Mike Powell (USA) 8.95[4] Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Olympic record   Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
World leading   Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 8.65[5] Rome, Italy 8 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[6]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m)
Africa (records)   Luvo Manyonga (RSA) 8.52
Asia (records)   Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi (KSA) 8.48
Europe (records)   Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.86
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 WR
Oceania (records)   Mitchell Watt (AUS) 8.54
South America (records)   Irving Saladino (PAN) 8.73

Qualification

edit

For the men's long jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 8.27 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[7][8]

Results

edit

Qualification

edit

The qualification is scheduled to be held on 4 August, starting at 11:00 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[9]

All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q - 8.15) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to Final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Result Notes
1 A Miltiadis Tentoglou   Greece 8.32 8.32 Q
2 B Radek Juška   Czech Republic 7.85 8.15 8.15 Q, SB
3 B Wang Jianan   China 8.12 8.12 q, SB
4 B Simon Ehammer   Switzerland 7.69 8.09 6.62 8.09 q
5 B Filip Pravdica   Croatia 7.68 8.04 7.59 8.04 q
6 A Mattia Furlani   Italy 8.01 7.95 x 8.01 q
7 B Wayne Pinnock   Jamaica 7.96 7.72 7.68 7.96 q
8 A Jacob Fincham-Dukes   Great Britain x 7.38 7.96 7.96 q
9 B Zhang Mingkun   China 7.91 7.88 7.92 7.92 q
10 B Arnovis Dalmero   Colombia 7.92 7.83 7.78 7.92 q
11 A Carey McLeod   Jamaica 7.77 7.90 x 7.90 q
12 A Simon Batz   Germany x 7.90 7.60 7.90 q
13 A Emiliano Lasa   Uruguay 7.87 7.58 7.70 7.87
14 A Bozhidar Sarâboyukov   Bulgaria x x 7.87 7.87
15 A Jeremiah Davis   United States 7.83 7.78 7.78 7.83
16 B Thobias Montler   Sweden x x 7.82 7.82
17 A Yuki Hashioka   Japan x 7.72 7.81 7.81
18 B Chris Mitrevski   Australia 7.66 7.79 6.47 7.79
19 B Tajay Gayle   Jamaica 7.78 7.68 7.63 7.78
20 A Anvar Anvarov   Uzbekistan 7.57 7.77 7.77 7.77
21 B Malcolm Clemons   United States 7.72 7.46 7.72 7.72
22 B Lin Yu-Tang   Chinese Taipei 7.70 x 7.66 7.70
23 A Jovan van Vuuren   South Africa 7.70 x 7.41 7.70
24 A Shi Yuhao   China 7.68 7.30 7.68 7.68
25 A Alejandro Parada   Cuba 7.62 7.02 x 7.62
26 B Jeswin Aldrin   India x x 7.61 7.61
27 A Liam Adcock   Australia 7.41 7.56 7.29 7.56
28 B Tom Campagne   France 7.50 x 7.51 7.51
29 A Mohammad Amin Alsalami   Refugee Olympic Team 7.03 7.24 7.24 7.24
30 A Petr Meindlschmid   Czech Republic 6.97 x x 6.97
31 B Cheswill Johnson   South Africa x 4.49 x 4.49
A Lucas Marcelino   Brazil x x x NM
B Jarrion Lawson   United States x x x NM

[2]

Final

edit

The final is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 20:20 (UTC+2) in the evening.[10]

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
  Miltiadis Tentoglou   Greece 8.27 8.48 8.24 8.36 8.31 x 8.48
  Wayne Pinnock   Jamaica 7.84 8.36 7.99 8.05 8.24 8.12 8.36
  Mattia Furlani   Italy 8.34 8.25 x x 8.34 8.27 8.34
4 Simon Ehammer   Switzerland x 8.20 8.11 7.92 x x 8.20
5 Jacob Fincham-Dukes   Great Britain 7.95 8.14 x x x 7.64 8.14
6 Simon Batz   Germany 7.58 8.07 7.79 7.71 7.95 7.94 8.07
7 Zhang Mingkun   China 7.81 x 8.07 x 7.93 x 8.07
8 Wang Jianan   China 7.96 x 7.92 x - 8.03 8.03
9 Filip Pravdica   Croatia 7.72 7.90 7.87 Did not advance 7.90
10 Radek Juška   Czech Republic 7.78 7.69 7.83 Did not advance 7.83
11 Arnovis Dalmero   Colombia x 7.83 7.74 Did not advance 7.83
12 Carey McLeod   Jamaica 7.51 7.16 7.82 Did not advance 7.82

[3]

References

edit
  1. ^ https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/jumps/long-jump/all/men/senior/2024?regionType=world&windReading=regular&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229617&ageCategory=senior
  2. ^ a b "Men's Long Jump - Qualification results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Men's Long Jump - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – Long jump men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Long jump men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Records – Long jump men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  9. ^ "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.