The long jump is one of the 12 original track and field events held at the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896. Since then, athletes representing Cuba, Great Britain, German Democratic Republic, Panama, Sweden, and the United States have won the event. Americans have won the Olympic long jump final 22 times, the most by any nation. In 1896, 1904, 1988, and 1992, the United States won all three medals. Carl Lewis (United States) won the event four times, from 1984 to 1996, the most by a single performer in the event.
Nine athletes have won more than 1 medal in the event. Carl Lewis (United States) leads the individual medal count with 4 gold, followed by Meyer Prinstein (United States) with 3 (2 gold, 1 silver), Ralph Boston (United States) with 3 91 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), Randy Williams (United States) with 2 (1 gold, 1 silver), Arnie Robinson (United States) with 2 (1 gold, 1 bronze), Mike Powell (United States) with 2 silver, Calvin Bricker (Canada) with 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze), Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union/Russia) with 2 bronze, and Joe Greene (United States) with 2 bronze medals.
Twenty-two (22) nations have won medals in the Olympic long jump final. The United States leads the medal count with 48 (22 gold, 15 silver, 11 bronze), followed by the German Democratic Republic with 4 (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), Australia with 4 silver medals, Great Britain with 3 (2 gold, 1 silver), Sweden with 3 (1 gold, 2 bronze), the Soviet Union with 3 bronze medals, Cuba with 2 (1 gold, 1 bronze), Canada with 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze), Japan with 2 bronze, Panama with 1 gold, the Federal Republic of Germany with 1 silver, Germany with 1 silver, Haiti with 1 silver, Jamaica with 1 silver, South Africa with 1 silver, Finland with 1 bronze, Hungary with 1 bronze, Ireland with 1 bronze, Italy with 1 bronze, Norway with 1 bronze, Spain with 1 bronze, and Ukraine with 1 bronze.
Forty-two (42) nations/teams have scored points for placing in the Olympic long jump final. The United States leads the point total with 494, followed by Great Britain (50), Sweden (46), the Soviet Union (43), Australia (39), Germany (39), Cuba (35), Germany (35), the German Democratic Republic (35), France (34), Finland (19), Italy (17), Japan (17), Spain (15), Hungary (15), Spain (14), Jamaica (13), Brazil (12), Norway (11), Ukraine (11), South Africa (11), Ghana (10) Panama (10), Federal Republic of Germany (9), Poland (9), Greece (8), Haiti (8), Ireland (7), Netherlands (6), China (5), Nigeria (5), Zimbabwe (5), Bahamas (3), Senegal (3), Slovenia (3), Yugoslavia (3), Argentina (2), Belarus (2), the Commonwealth of Independent States (2), Bulgaria (1), Czech Republic (1), South Korea (1), and Romania (1).
(Points for Place: 1st=10 points; 2nd =8 points; 3rd=6 points; 4th=5 points; 5th =4 points; 6th=3 points; 7th=2 points; 8th=1 point)
From 1956 to 1964, both the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) competed as a single team. From 1968 to 1988, they competed separately, reuniting as a single German team in 1992, after German reunification in 1991.
Following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the former Soviet Socialist Republics, expect for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, competed as the Commonwealth of Independent States, or the “Unified Team” in 1992.
World and Olympic records noted are the records immediately before the final, including marks established in the qualifying rounds.
1896 Athens (April 7)
World Record: 7.21 meters (23 feet 8 inches) J.J. Mooney
1, Ellery Clark (United States) 6.35 meters (20 feet 10 inches) OR
2, Robert Garrett (United States) 6.00 meters (19 feet 8.25 inches)
3, James Connolly (United States) 5.84 meters (19 feet 2 inches)
4, Alexandros Chalkokondilis (Greece) 5.00 meters (16 feet 5 inches)
1900 Paris (July 15)
World Record: 7.50 meters (24 feet 7.25 inches) Meyer Prinstein (United States)
Olympic Record: 6.35 meters (20 feet 10 inches) Ellery Clark (United States) April 7, 1896
1, Alvin Kraenzlein (United States) 7.185 meters (23 feet 7 inches) OR
2, Meyer Prinstein (United States) 7.175 meters (23 feet 6.5 inches)
3, Patrick Leahy (Ireland) 6.950 meters (22 feet 9.75 inches)
4, William Remington (United States) 6.825 meters (22 feet 4.75 inches)
5, Albert Delannoy (France) 6.755 meters (22 feet 2 inches)
6, John McLean (United States) 6.655 meters (21 feet 10.25 inches)
7, Thaddeus McClain (United States) 6.435meters (21 feet 1.5 inches)
8, Waldemar Steffen (Germany) 6.300 meters (20 feet 8 inches)
1904 St. Louis (September 1)
World Record: 7.61 meters (24 feet 11.75 inches) Peter O’Connor (Great Britain) August 5, 1901
Olympic Record: 7.185 meters (23 feet 7 inches) Alvin Kraenzlein (United States) July 15 1900
1, Meyer Prinstein (United States) 7.34 meters (24 feet 1 inch) OR
2, Daniel Frank (United States) 6.88 meters (22 feet 7 inches)
3, Robert Stangland (United States) 6.88 meters (22 feet 7 inches)
4, Fred Englehardt (United States) 6.63 meters (21 feet 9 inches)
5, George van Cleaf (United States) N/M
6, John Hagermann (United States) N/M
1906 Athens (April 27)
World Record: 7.61 meters (24 feet 11.75 inches) Peter O’Connor (Great Britain) August 5, 1901
Olympic Record: 7.34 meters (24 feet 1 inch) Meyer Prinstein (United States) September 1, 1904
1, Meyer Prinstein (United States) 7.20 meters (23 feet 7.5 inches)
2, Peter O’Connor (Great Britain/Ireland) 7.03 meters (23 feet 0.75 inch)
3, Hugo Friend (United States) 6.96 meters (22 feet 10 inches)
4, Hjalmar Mellander (Sweden) 6.59 meters (21 feet 7.5 inches)
5, Sidney Abrahams (Great Britain/England) 6.21 meters (20 feet 4.5 inches)
6, Tom Cronan (United States) 6.19 meters (20 feet 3.75 inches)
7, Gunnar Rönström (Sweden) 6.15 meters (20 feet 2.25 inches)
8, István Somodi (Hungary) 6.05 meters (19 feet 10.25 inches)
1908 London (July 22)
World Record: 7.61 meters (24 feet 11.75 inches) Peter O’Connor (Great Britain/Ireland) August 5, 1901
Olympic Record: 7.44 meters (24 feet 5 inches) Frank Irons (United States) July 22, 1908
1, Frank Irons (United States) 7.48 meters (24 feet 6.5 inches) (OR)
2, Daniel Kelly (United States) 7.09 meters (23 feet 3.5 inches)
3, Calvin Bricker (Canada) 7.08 meters (23 feet 3 inches)
4, Edward Cook (United States) 6.97 meters (22 feet 10.5 inches)
5, John Brennan (United States) 6.86 meters (22 feet 6.25 inches)
6, Frank Mount Pleasant (United States) 6.82 meters (22 feet 4.5 inches)
7, Albert Weinstein (Germany) 6.77 meters (22 feet 2.25 inches)
8, Timothy Ahearne (Great Britain/Ireland) 6.72 meters (22 feet 0.75 inch)
1912 Stockholm (July 12)
World Record: 7.61 meters (24 feet 11.75 inches) Peter O’Connor (Great Britain/Ireland) August 5, 1901
Olympic Record: 7.48 meters (24 feet 6.5 inches) Frank Irons (United States) July 22, 1908
1, Albert Gutterson (United States) 7.60 meters (24 feet 11.25 inches) OR
2, Calvin Bricker (Canada) 7.21 meters (23 feet 8 inches)
3, Georg Aberg (Sweden) 7.18 meters (23 feet 6.75 inches)
4, Harry Worthington (United States) 7.03 meters (23 feet 0.75 inch)
5, Eugene Leroy Mercer (United States) 6.97 meters (22 feet 10.5 inches)
6, Fred Allen (United States) 6.94 meters (22 feet 9.25 inches)
7, James Thorpe (United States) 6.89 meters (22 feet 7.25 inches)
8, Robert Pasemann (Germany) 6.82 meters (22 feet 4.5 inches)
1920 Antwerp (August 18)
World Record: 7.61 meters (24 feet 11.75 inches) Peter O’Connor (Great Britain) August 5, 1901
Olympic Record: 7.60 meters (24 feet 11.25 inches) Albert Gutterson (United States) July 12, 1912
1, William Petersson (Sweden) 7.150 meters (23 feet 5.5 inches)
2, Carl Johnson (United States) 7.095 meters (23 feet 3.5 inches)
3, Erik Abrahamsson (Sweden) 7.080 meters (23 feet 2.75 inches)
4, Robert Templeton (United States) 6.950 meters (22 feet 9.75 inches)
5, Erling Aastad (Norway) 6.885 meters (22 feet 7.25 inches)
6, Rolf Franksson (Sweden) 6.730 meters (22 feet 1 inch)
7, Solomon Butler (United States) 6.600 meters (21 feet 8 inches)
8, Einar Raeder (Norway) 6.590 meters (21 feet 7.5 inches)
1924 Paris (July 8)
World Record: 7.69 meters (25 feet 2.75 inches) (25 feet 2.75 inches) Edward Gourdin (United States) July 23, 1921
Olympic Record: 7.60 meters (24 feet 11.25 inches) Albert Gutterson (United States) July 12, 1912
1, William DeHart Hubbard (United States) 7.445 meters (24 feet 5.25 inches)
2, Edward Gourdin (United States) 7.275 meters (23 feet 10.5 inches)
3, Sverre Hansen (Norway) 7.260 meters (23 feet 10 inches)
4, Vilho Tuulos (Finland) 7.070 meters (23 feet 2.5 inches)
5, Louis Wilhelme (France) 6.990 meters (22 feet 11.25 inches)
6, Christopher Mackintosh (Great Britain/Scotland) 6.920 meters (22 feet 8.5 inches)
7, Virgilio Tommasi (Italy) 6.890 meters (22 feet 7.25 inches)
8, Jacob Boot (Netherlands) 6.860 meters (22 feet 6.25 inches)
1928 Amsterdam (July 31)
World Record: 7.90 meters (25 feet 11 inches) Edward Hamm (United States) July 7, 1928
Olympic Record: 7.60 meters (24 feet 11.25 inches) Albert Gutterson (United States) July 12, 1912
1, Edward Hamm (United States) 7.73 meters (25 feet 4.5 inches) OR
2, Sylvio Cator (Haiti) 7.58 meters (24 feet 10.5 inches)
3, Alfred Bates (United States) 7.40 meters (24 feet 3.5 inches)
4, Willi Meier (Germany) 7.39 meters (24 feet 3 inches)
5, Erich Kochermann (Germany) 7.35 meters (24 feet 1.5 inches)
6, Hannes de Boer (Netherlands) 7.32 meters (24 feet 0.25 inch)
7, Edward Gordon (United States) 7.32 meters (24 feet 0.25 inch)
8, Eric Svensson (Sweden) 7.32 meters (23 feet 11 inches)
1932 Los Angeles (August 1)
World Record: 7.98 meters (26 feet 2.25 inches) Chuhei Nambu (Japan) October 27, 1931
Olympic Record: 7.73 meters (25 feet 4.5 inches) Edward Hamm (United States) July 31, 1928
1, Edward Gordon (United States) 7.64 meters (25 feet 0.75 inch)
2, Charles Redd (United States) 7.60 meters (24 feet 11.25 inches)
3, Chuhei Nambu (Japan) 7.45 meters (24 feet 5.5 inches)
4, Erik Svensson (Sweden) 7.41 meters (24 feet 3.75 inches)
5, Richard Barber (United States) 7.39 meters (24 feet 3 inches)
6, Naoto Tajima (Japan) 7.15 meters (23 feet 5.25 inches)
7, Hector Berra (Argentina) 6.66 meters (21 feet 10.25 inches)
8, Clovis de Fiqueiredo Raposo (Brazil) 6.43 meters (21 feet 1.25 inches)
1936 Berlin (August 4)
World Record: 8.13 meters (26 feet 8.25 inches) Jesse Owens (United States) May 25, 1935
Olympic Record: 7.73 meters (25 feet 4.5 inches) Edward Hamm (United States) 1928
1, Jesse Owens (United States) 8.06 meters (26 feet 5.5 inches) OR
2, Luz Long (Germany) 7.87 meters (25 feet 10 inches)
3, Naoto Tajima (Japan) 7.74 meters (25 feet 4.75 inches)
4, Wilhelm Leichum (Germany) 7.73 meters (25 feet 4.5 inches)
5, Arturo Maffei (Italy) 7.73 meters (25 feet 4.5 inches)
6, Robert Clark (United States) 7.67 meters (25 feet 2 inches)
7, John Brooks (United States) 7.41 meters (24 feet 3.75 inches)
8, Robert Paul (France) 7.34 meters (24 feet 1 inch)
1948 London (July 31)
World Record: 8.13 meters (26 feet 8.25 inches) Jesse Owens (United States) May 25, 1935
Olympic Record: 8.06 meters (26 feet 5.5 inches) Jesse Owens (United States) August 4. 1936
1, Willie Steele (United States) 7.82 meters (25 feet 8 inches)
2, Theodore Bruce (Australia) 7.55 meters (24 feet 9.25 inches)
3, Herbert Douglas (United States) 7.54 meters (24 feet 9 inches)
4, Lorenzo Wright (United States) 7.45 meters (24 feet 5.5 inches)
5, Adegboyega Adedoyin (Great Britain/Nigeria) 7.27 meters (23 feet 10.25 inches)
6, Georges Damitio (France) 7.07 meters (23 feet 2.5 inches)
7, Harold Whittle (Great Britain/England) 7.03 meters (23 feet 0.75 inch)
8, Felix Wurth (Australia) 7.00 meters (22 feet 11.75 inches)
1952 Helsinki (July 21)
World Record: 8.13 meters (26 feet 8.25 inches) Jesse Owens (United States) May 25, 1935
Olympic Record: 8.06 meters (26 feet 5.5 inches) Jesse Owens (United States) August 4. 1936
1, Jerome Biffle (United States) 7.57 meters (24 feet 10 inches)
2, Meredith Gourdine (United States) 7.57 meters (24 feet 8.5 inches)
3, Odon Foldessy (Hungary) 7.30 meters (23 feet 11.5 inches)
4, Ary Facanha De Sa (Brazil) 7.23 meters (23 feet 8.75 inches)
5, Jorma Valtonen (Finland) 7.16 meters (23 feet 6 inches)
6, Leonid Grigoryev (Soviet Union/Russia) 7.14 meters (23 feet 5.25 inches)
7, Karl-Erik Israelsson (Sweden) 7.10 meters (23 feet 3.5 inches)
8, Paul Faucher (France) 7.02 meters (23 feet 0.5 inch)
1956 Melbourne (November 24)
World Record: 8.13 meters (26 feet 8.25 inches) Jesse Owens (United States) May 25, 1935
Olympic Record: 8.06 meters (26 feet 5.5 inches) Jesse Owens (United States) 1936
1, Gregory Bell (United States) 7.83 meters (25 feet 8.25 inches)
2, John Bennett (United States) 7.68 meters (25 feet 2.5 inches)
3, Jorma Valkama (Finland) 7.48 meters (24 feet 6.5 inches)
4, Dmitri Bondarenko (Soviet Union/Ukraine) 7.44 meters (24 feet 5 inches)
5, Karim Olowu (Nigeria) 7.36 meters (24 feet 1.75 inches)
6, Kazimierz Kropidlowski (Poland) 7.30 meters (23 feet 11.5 inches)
7, Neville Price (South Africa) 7.28 meters (23 feet 10.75 inches)
8, Oleg Fyedoseyev (Soviet Union/Russia) 7.27 meters (23 feet 10.25 inches)
1960 Rome (September 2)
World Record: 8.21 meters (26 feet 11.25 inches) Ralph Boston (United States) August 12, 1960
Olympic Record: 8.06 meters (26 feet 5.5 inches) Jesse Owens (United States) 1936
1, Ralph Boston (United States) 8.12 meters (26 feet 7.75 inches) OR
2, Bo Roberson (United States) 8.11 meters (26 feet 7.25 inches)
3, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union/Russia) 8.04 meters (26 feet 4.5 inches)
4, Manfred Steinbach (Germany/Federal Republic of Germany) 8.00 meters (26 feet 3 inches)
5, Jorma Valkama (Finland) 7.69 meters (25 feet 2.75 inches)
6, Christian Collardot (France) 7.68 meters (25 feet 2.5 inches)
7, Henk Visser (Netherlands) 7.66 meters (25 feet 1.75 inches)
8, Dmitri Bondarenko (Soviet Union/Ukraine) 7.58 meters (24 feet 10.5 inches)
1964 Tokyo (October 18)
World Record: 8.34 meters (27 feet 4.5 inches) Ralph Boston (United States) September 12, 1964
Olympic Record: 8.12 meters (26 feet 7.75 inches) Ralph Boston (United States) September 2, 1960
1, Lynn Davies (Great Britain/Wales) 8.07 meters (26 feet 5.75 inches)
2, Ralph Boston (United States) 8.03 meters (26 feet 4.25 inches)
3, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union/Russia) 7.99 meters (26 feet 2.75 inches)
4, Wariboko West (Nigeria) 7.60 meters (24 feet 11.25 inches)
5, Jean Cochard (France) 7.44 meters (24 feet 5 inches)
6, Luis Felipe Areta (Spain) 7.34 meters (24 feet 1 inch)
7, Mike Ahey (Ghana) 7.30 meters (23 feet 11.5 inches)
8, Andrzej Stalmach (Poland) 7.26 meters (23 feet 10 inches)
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968 Mexico City (October 18)
World Record: 8.35 meters (27 feet 4.75 inches) Ralph Boston (United States) May 29, 1965; (A) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) October 19, 1967
Olympic Record: 8.27 meters (27 feet 1.75 inches) (A) Ralph Boston (United States) October 17, 1968
1, Bob Beamon (United States) 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (WR, OR)
2, Klaus Beer (German Democratic Republic) 8.19 meters (26 feet 10.5 inches)
3, Ralph Boston (United States) 8.16 meters (26 feet 9.25 inches)
4, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union/Russia) 8.12 meters (26 feet 7.75 inches)
5, Tonu Lepik (Soviet Union/Estonia) 8.09 meters (26 feet 6.5 inches)
6, Allen Crawley (Australia) 8.02 meters (26 feet 3.75 inches)
7, Jacques Pani (France) 7.97 meters
8, Andrzej Stalmach (Poland) 7.94 meters
1972 Munich (September 9)
World Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Randy Williams (United States) 8.24 meters (27 feet 0.5 inches) WJR
2, Hans Baumgartner (Federal Republic of Germany) 8.18 meters (26 feet 10 inches)
3, Arnie Robinson (United States) 8.03 meters (26 feet 4.25 inches)
4, Joshua Owusu (Ghana) 8.01 meters (26 feet 3.5 inches)
5, Preston Carrington (United States) 7.99 meters (26 feet 2.75 inches)
6, Max Klauss (German Democratic Republic) 7.96 meters (26 feet 1.5 inches)
7, Alan Lerwill (Great Britain/England) 7.91 meters (25 feet 11.5 inches)
8, Leonid Barkovsky (Soviet Union/Ukraine) 7.75 meters (25 feet 5.25 inches)
1976 Montreal (July 29)
World Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Arnie Robinson (United States) 8.35 meters (27 feet 4.75 inches)
2, Randy Williams (United States) 8.11 meters (26 feet 7.25 inches)
3, Frank Wartenburg (German Democratic Republic) 8.02 meters (26 feet 3.75 inches)
4, Jacques Rousseau (France) 8.00 meters (26 feet 3 inches)
5, Joao Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil) 8.00 meters (26 feet 3 inches)
6, Nenad Stekic (Yugoslavia) 7.89 meters (25 feet 10.75 inches)
7, Valery Pudluzhny (Soviet Union/Ukraine) 7.88 meters (25 feet 10.25 inches)
8, Hans Baugartner (Federal Republic of Germany) 7.82 meters (25 feet 8 inches)
1980 Moscow (July 28)
World Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 19681, Lutz Dombrowski (German Democratic Republic) 8.54 meters (28 feet 0.25 inch)
2, Frank Paschek (German Democratic Republic) 8.21 meters (26 feet 11.25 inches)
3, Valery Pudluzhny (Soviet Union/Ukraine) 8.18 meters (26 feet 10 inches)
4, Laszlo Szalma (Hungary) 8.13 meters (26 feet 8.25 inches)
5, Stanislav Jaskulka (Poland) 8.13 meters (26 feet 8.25 inches)
6, Viktor Belsky (Soviet Union/Belarus) 8.10 meters (26 feet 7 inches)
7, Antonio Corgos (Spain) 8.09 meters (26 feet 6.5 inches)
8, Yordan Yanev (Bulgaria) 8.02 meters (26 feet 3.75 inches)
1984 Los Angeles (August 6)
World Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Carl Lewis (United States) 8.54 meters (28 feet 0.25 inch)
2, Gary Honey (Australia) 8.24 meters (27 feet 0.5 inches)
3, Giovanni Evangelisti (Italy) 8.24 meters (27 feet 0.5 inches)
4, Larry Myricks (United States) 8.16 meters (26 feet 9.25 inches)
5, Liu Yuhuang (China) 7.99 meters (26 feet 2.75 inches)
6, Joey Wells (Bahamas) 7.97 meters (26 feet 1.75 inches)
7, Junichi Usui (Japan) 7.87 meters (25 feet 10 inches)
8, Kim Jong-Il (South Korea) 7.81 meters (25 feet 7.25 inches)
1988 Seoul (September 26)
World Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Carl Lewis (United States) 8.72 meters (28 feet 7.5 inches)
2, Mike Powell (United States) 8.49 meters (27 feet 10.25 inches)
3, Larry Myricks (United States) 8.27 meters (27 feet 1.75 inches)
4, Giovanni Evangelisti (Italy) 8.08 meters (26 feet 6.25 inches) (W)
5, Antonio Corgos (Spain) 8.03 meters (26 feet 4.25 inches)
6, Laszlo Szalma (Hungary) 8.00 meters (26 feet 3 inches)
7, Norbert Brige (France) 7.97 meters (26 feet 1.75 inches)
8, Leonid Voloshin (Soviet Union/Russia) 7.89 meters (25 feet 10.75 inches)
1992 Barcelona (August 6)
World Record: 8.95 meters (29 feet 4.5 inches) Mike Powell (United States) August 30, 1991
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Carl Lewis (United States) 8.67 meters (28 feet 5.5 inches)
2, Mike Powell (United States) 8.64 meters (28 feet 4.25 meters)
3, Joe Greene (United States) 8.34 meters (27 feet 4.25 inches)
4, Ivan Pedroso (Cuba) 8.11 meters (26 feet 7.25 inches)
5, Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 8.08 meters (26 feet 6.25 inches)
6, Konstatinos Koukodimos (Greece) 8.04 meters (26 feet 4.5 inches)
7, Dmitriy Babryanov (Commonwealth of Independent States/Russia) 7.98 meters (26 feet 2.25 inches)
8, Huang Geng (China) 7.87 meters (25 feet 10 inches)
1996 Atlanta (July 29)
World Record: 8.95 meters (29 feet 4.5 inches) Mike Powell (United States) August 30, 1991
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Carl Lewis (United States) 8.50 meters (27 feet 10.75 inches)
2, James Beckford (Jamaica) 8.29 meters (27 feet 2.5 inches)
3, Joe Greene (United States) 8.24 meters (27 feet 0.5 inches)
4, Emmanuel Bangue (France) 8.19 meters (26 feet 10.5 inches)
5, Mike Powell (United States) 8.17 meters (26 feet 9.75 inches)
6, Gregor Cankar (Slovenia) 8.11 meters (26 feet 7.25 inches)
7, Aleksandr Glovatskiy (Belarus) 8.07 meters (26 feet 5.75 inches)
8, Mattias Sunneborn (Sweden) 8.06 meters (26 feet 5.5 inches)
2000 Sydney (September 28)
World Record: 8.95 meters (29 feet 4.5 inches) Mike Powell (United States) August 30, 1991
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Ivan Pedroso (Cuba) 8.55 meters (28 feet 0.75 inch)
2, Jai Taurima (Australia) 8.49 meters (27 feet 10.25 inches)
3, Roman Schurenko (Ukraine) 8.31 meters (27 feet 3.25 inches)
4, Olexiy Lukashevych (Ukraine) 8.26 meters (27 feet 1.25 inches)
5, Kofi Amoah Prah (Germany) 8.19 meters (26 feet 10.5 inches)
6, Peter Burge (Australia) 8.15 meters (26 feet 9 inches)
7, Luis Meliz (Cuba) 8.08 meters (26 feet 6.25 inches)
8, Dwight Phillips (United States) 8.06 meters (26 feet 5.5 inches)
2004 Athens (August 26)
World Record: 8.95 meters (29 feet 4.5 inches) Mike Powell (United States) August 30, 1991
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Dwight Phillips (United States) 8.59 meters (28 feet 2.25 inches)
2, John Moffitt (United States) 8.47 meters (27 feet 9.5 inches)
3, Joan Lino Martinez (Spain) 8.32 meters (27 feet 3.75 inches)
4, James Beckford (Jamaica) 8.31 meters (27 feet 3.25 inches)
5, Christopher Tomlinson (Great Britain/England) 8.25 meters (27 feet 0.75 inches)
6, Ignisious Gaisah (Ghana) 8.24 meters (27 feet 0.5 inches)
7, Ivan Pedroso (Cuba) 8.23 meters (27 inches 0 inches)
8, Bogdan Tarus (Romania) 8.21 meters (26 feet 11.25 inches)
2008 Beijing (August 18)
World Record: 8.95 meters (29 feet 4.5 inches) Mike Powell (United States) August 30, 1991
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Irving Saladina (Panama) 8.34 meters (27 feet 4.25 inches)
2, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (South Africa) 8.24 meters (27 feet 0.5 inches)
3, Ibrahim Camejo (Cuba) 8.20 meters (26 feet 11 inches)
4, Ngonidzashe Makusha (Zimbabwe) 8.19 meters (26 feet 10.5 inches)
5, Wilfredo Martinez (Cuba) 8.19 meters (26 feet 10.5 inches)
6, Ndiss Kaba Badji (Senegal) 8.16 meters (26 feet 9.25 inches)
7, Luis Meliz (Spain) 8.07 meters (26 feet 5.75 inches)
8, Roman Novotny (Czech Repulic) 8.00 meters (26 feet 3 inches)
2012 London (August 4)
World Record: 8.95 meters (29 feet 4.5 inches) Mike Powell (United States) August 30, 1991
Olympic Record: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches) (A) Bob Beamon (United States) October 18, 1968
1, Greg Rutherford (Great Britain/England) 8.31 meters (27 feet 3.25 inches)
2, Mitchell Watt (Australia) 8.16 meters (26 feet 9.25 inches)
3, Will Claye (United States) 8.12 meters (26 feet 7.75 inches)
4, Michel Tornéus (Sweden) 8.11 meters (26 feet 7.25 inches)
5, Sebastian Bayer (Germany) 8.10 meters (26 feet 7 inches)
6, Christopher Tomlinson (Great Britain/England) 8.07 meters (26 feet 5.75 inches)
7, Mauro Vinicius da Silva (Brazil) 8.01 meters (26 feet 3.5 inches)
8, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (South Africa) 7.93 meters (26 feet 0.25 inch)
References:
Athletics Men’s Long Jump Final, Sports Reference/Olympic Sports;
International Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011, Part IV (IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2011);
International Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF Statistics Handbook, Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012, Part I (IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2012);
International Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF Statistics Handbook, Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012, Part II (IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2012);
Quercetani, R.L., A World History of Track and Field Athletics, 1864-1964 (London: Oxford University Press, 1964);
Wallechinsky, David, and Jaime Loucky, The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2012 Edition (London: Aurum Press, 2012).
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