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Long Jump, Men

Date28 – 29 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants33 from 25 countries

The top two Americans from 1972, Randy Williams and Clarence )Arni) Robinson, were back and with teammate Larry Myricks also highly considered, an American sweep seemed possible. But warming up for the final, Myricks broke a bone in his foot and could not compete. In the opening round, Robinson jumped his lifetime PR of 8.35 (27-4¾) and won the gold medal with that effort. He also could have won his second round jump of 8.26 (27-1¼), or his fifth round jump of 8.16 (26-9¼). Williams opened with 8.11 (26-7¼), which was good enough for the silver medal. The GDR’s Frank Wartenberg was the surprise bronze medalist. For the third Games in a row, the gold medal was decided in the opening round of jumps.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1953Arnie RobinsonUSA7.95 (2)8.35 (1)Gold
2969Randy WilliamsUSA7.97 (1)8.11 (2)Silver
3407Frank WartenbergGDR7.89 (5)8.02 (3)Bronze
4982Jacques RousseauFRA7.82 (8)8.00 (4)
5118 João do PuloBRA7.87 (6)8.00 (5)
6337Nenad StekićYUG7.82 (7)7.89 (6)
7896Valery PodluzhnyURS7.90 (4)7.88 (7)
8410Hans BaumgartnerFRG7.81 (9)7.84 (8)
9798Rolf BernhardSUI7.79 (10)7.74 (9)
10895Aleksey PereverzevURS7.78 (11)7.66 (10)
1173Fletcher LewisBAH7.73 (12)7.61 (11)
3 r1/2944Larry MyricksUSA7.92 (3)– (DNS)
13 r1/2706Grzegorz CybulskiPOL7.71 (13)–
14 r1/2411Hans-Jürgen BergerFRG7.70 (14)–
15 r1/2370Roy MitchellGBR7.69 (15)–
16 r1/2513T. C. YohannanIND7.67 (16)–
17 r1/288Ronald DesruellesBEL7.60 (17)–
18 r1/2221Milán MatosCUB7.57 (18)–
19 r1/2168Richard RockCAN7.57 (19)–
20 r1/2889Tõnu LepikURS7.49 (20)–
21 r1/2143Jim BuchananCAN7.49 (21)–
22 r1/2161Jim McAndrewCAN7.48 (22)–
23 r1/2567Roberto VegliaITA7.48 (23)–
24 r1/251Chris CommonsAUS7.46 (24)–
25 r1/2850George SwanstonTTO7.40 (25)–
26 r1/2314Philippe DerocheFRA7.38 (26)–
27 r1/2462Panagiotis ChatzistathisGRE7.33 (27)–
28 r1/2190Brou KouakouCIV7.20 (28)–
29 r1/211Calvin GreenawayANT6.96 (29)–
30 r1/2787Papa Ibrahima BaSEN6.96 (30)–
31 r1/2275Tony MooreFIJ6.81 (31)–
32 r1/2242Rafael BlanquerESP6.19 (32)–
AC r1/2627Ghassan FaddoulLBN– (NM)–

Qualifying Round (28 July 1976 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.80 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
1Randy WilliamsUSA7.97–Q
2Arnie RobinsonUSA7.95–Q
3Larry MyricksUSA7.92–Q
4Valery PodluzhnyURS7.90–Q
5Frank WartenbergGDR7.89–Q
6 João do PuloBRA7.87–Q
7Nenad StekićYUG7.827.68Q
8Jacques RousseauFRA7.82–Q
9Hans BaumgartnerFRG7.81–Q
10Rolf BernhardSUI7.79–q
11Aleksey PereverzevURS7.78–q
12Fletcher LewisBAH7.73–q
13Grzegorz CybulskiPOL7.71–
14Hans-Jürgen BergerFRG7.70–
15Roy MitchellGBR7.69–
16T. C. YohannanIND7.67–
17Ronald DesruellesBEL7.60–
18Milán MatosCUB7.577.56
19Richard RockCAN7.577.44
20Tõnu LepikURS7.497.41
21Jim BuchananCAN7.495.61
22Jim McAndrewCAN7.487.45
23Roberto VegliaITA7.487.41
24Chris CommonsAUS7.46–
25George SwanstonTTO7.40–
26Philippe DerocheFRA7.38–
27Panagiotis ChatzistathisGRE7.33–
28Brou KouakouCIV7.20–
29Calvin GreenawayANT6.966.92
30Papa Ibrahima BaSEN6.965.21
31Tony MooreFIJ6.81–
32Rafael BlanquerESP6.19–
NMGhassan FaddoulLBN––

Qualifying Round, Group A (28 July 1976)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
13Randy WilliamsUSA7.977.68
(0.0)		7.97
(0.0)		-
28Arnie RobinsonUSA7.95×7.95
(-0.1)		-
36Larry MyricksUSA7.927.55
(0.0)		7.67
(0.0)		7.92
(-0.8)
412Valery PodluzhnyURS7.907.71
(+0.1)		7.90
(0.0)		-
517Frank WartenbergGDR7.897.89
(-0.5)		--
615 João do PuloBRA7.877.87
(0.0)		--
75Nenad StekićYUG7.827.68
(0.0)		7.56
(-0.4)		7.82
(0.0)
811Jacques RousseauFRA7.827.82
(0.0)		--
99Hans BaumgartnerFRG7.817.81
(-0.2)		--
101Aleksey PereverzevURS7.787.78
(0.0)		×7.75
(0.0)
117Grzegorz CybulskiPOL7.717.60
(0.0)		7.71
(-0.8)		7.66
(0.0)
1210Hans-Jürgen BergerFRG7.707.53
(0.0)		7.46
(0.0)		7.70
(+0.3)
1316Milán MatosCUB7.577.23
(+0.1)		7.56
(+1.0)		7.57
(+0.3)
142Tõnu LepikURS7.497.41
(-0.6)		7.49
(0.0)		×
154George SwanstonTTO7.407.31
(+0.3)		7.40
(0.0)		7.29
(-0.3)
1614Philippe DerocheFRA7.387.31
(+0.6)		7.38
(+0.1)		7.31
(+0.5)
1713Rafael BlanquerESP6.19××6.19
(0.0)

Qualifying Round, Group B (28 July 1976)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
113Rolf BernhardSUI7.797.56
(0.0)		7.79
(0.0)		7.75
(0.0)
27Fletcher LewisBAH7.735.99
(0.0)		7.66
(-0.2)		7.73
(0.0)
33Roy MitchellGBR7.697.46
(0.0)		7.64
(0.0)		7.69
(0.0)
410T. C. YohannanIND7.677.62
(0.0)		×7.67
(0.0)
512Ronald DesruellesBEL7.607.60
(-0.1)		7.11
(0.0)		×
66Richard RockCAN7.577.44
(0.0)		7.24
(-0.2)		7.57
(-0.5)
75Jim BuchananCAN7.495.61
(0.0)		7.49
(0.0)		×
89Jim McAndrewCAN7.487.45
(0.0)		7.45
(0.0)		7.48
(0.0)
94Roberto VegliaITA7.487.12
(0.0)		7.48
(0.0)		7.41
(0.0)
1015Chris CommonsAUS7.467.46
(0.0)		××
1114Panagiotis ChatzistathisGRE7.336.83
(0.0)		7.10
(0.0)		7.33
(0.0)
121Brou KouakouCIV7.207.12
(+0.7)		7.20
(0.0)		5.61
(0.0)
132Calvin GreenawayANT6.966.96
(0.0)		6.76
(0.0)		6.92
(0.0)
1411Papa Ibrahima BaSEN6.966.96
(0.0)		5.21
(0.0)		×
1516Tony MooreFIJ6.81×6.81
(0.0)		×
NM8Ghassan FaddoulLBN–×××

Final Round (29 July 1976 — 15:00)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
11Arnie RobinsonUSA8.358.35
(-0.6)		8.26
(0.0)		×8.04
(0.0)		8.16
(0.0)		7.91
(-0.8)
211Randy WilliamsUSA8.118.11
(0.0)		7.81
(-0.4)		×××7.81
(0.0)
33Frank WartenbergGDR8.027.81
(0.0)		-×8.02
(0.0)		7.84
(0.0)		×
42Jacques RousseauFRA8.008.00
(0.0)		7.82
(0.0)		7.67
(0.0)		7.91
(-0.2)		×7.62
(0.0)
510 João do PuloBRA8.008.00
(0.0)		×7.76
(0.0)		--7.85
(0.0)
64Nenad StekićYUG7.897.75
(0.0)		7.81
(0.0)		7.89
(0.0)		7.80
(0.0)		×7.77
(0.0)
77Valery PodluzhnyURS7.887.70
(0.0)		7.88
(0.0)		7.77
(-1.2)		7.84
(0.0)		×7.66
(0.0)
812Hans BaumgartnerFRG7.84××7.84
(-0.2)		×××
95Rolf BernhardSUI7.747.70
(0.0)		7.71
(0.0)		7.74
(0.0)		–––
109Aleksey PereverzevURS7.667.55
(0.0)		4.89
(0.0)		7.66
(0.0)		–––
118Fletcher LewisBAH7.617.61
(0.0)		7.31
(-0.4)		×–––
DNS6Larry MyricksUSA–––––––