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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

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These are the official results of the men's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday 5 September 1987.

Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze with a jump of 8.38 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m.[1][2] Larry Myricks of the United States received the bronze medal nine months later.[3]

Medalists

GoldUnited States Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
SilverSoviet Union Robert Emmiyan
Soviet Union (URS)
BronzeUnited States Larry Myricks
United States (USA)

Schedule

More information Qualification Round, Group A ...

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
Championship Record  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.55 Helsinki, Finland 10 August 1983

Qualifying round

  • Held on Friday 1987-09-04
More information RANK, GROUP A ...


More information RANK, GROUP B ...

Final

More information Rank, Athlete ...

See also


Notes

  1. Peronaci, Fabrizio (2019-11-25). "Giovanni Evangelisti and his medal for rigged long jump". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  2. Longman, Jere (1995-08-04). TRACK AND FIELD; Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-07-18.

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