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Long Jump, Men

Date27 – 28 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationBolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants32 from 23 countries

Larry Myricks had won the 1979 World Cup with 8.52 (27-11½), the second longest jump ever, defeating East Germany’s Lutz Dombrowski in the process. But the American boycott meant Dombrowski did not have to face Myricks. He also did not face a young American long jumper named Carl Lewis, who also made the default US Olympic team. In their absence, Dombrowski was the heavy favorite, especially as the next best European jumper, Nenad Stekić (YUG), was injured and could not compete either. In their absence, Dombrowski won easily. His series was quite impressive, and would have made things very difficult for Myricks or Lewis. His winning mark was 8.54 (28-0¼) – the second legal mark over 28 feet, but he also jumped 8.34 (27-4½), 8.32 (27-3¾), 8.21 (26-11¼), and 8.15 (26-9), with one foul. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was revealed that Dombrowski was an informant for the Stasi, the East German secret police.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1325Lutz DombrowskiGDR8.17 (=1)8.54 (1)Gold
2299Frank PaschekGDR8.17 (=1)8.21 (2)Silver
3723Valery PodluzhnyURS8.02 (4)8.18 (3)Bronze
4388László SzalmaHUN7.91 (8)8.13 (4)
5533Stanisław JaskułkaPOL8.07 (3)8.13 (5)
6692Viktor BelskyURS8.01 (5)8.10 (6)
7149Antonio CorgosESP7.96 (7)8.09 (7)
8104Yordan YanevBUL7.84 (10)8.02 (8)
9606Rolf BernhardSUI7.98 (6)7.88 (9)
10231Philippe DerocheFRA7.90 (9)7.77 (10)
11513Kayode ElegbedeNGR7.82 (11)7.49 (11)
12 r1/280 João do PuloBRA7.78 (12)– (DNS)
13 r1/2516Joshua KioNGR7.77 (13)–
14 r1/2534Andrzej KlimaszewskiPOL7.76 (14)–
15 r1/230Bill ReaAUT7.74 (15)–
16 r1/2346Dimitrios DelifotisGRE7.74 (16)–
17 r1/2164Alberto SolanasESP7.73 (17)–
18 r1/2659Jan LeitnerTCH7.68 (18)–
19 r1/2580Doudou N'DiayeSEN7.66 (19)–
20 r1/2328Peter RiegerGDR7.59 (20)–
21 r1/2126David Giralt, Sr.CUB7.57 (21)–
22 r1/2101Ivan TuparovBUL7.46 (22)–
23 r1/220Gary HoneyAUS7.44 (23)–
24 r1/2511Yusuf AlliNGR7.43 (24)–
25 r1/2369Béla BakosiHUN7.29 (25)–
26 r1/263Théophile HounouBEN7.07 (26)–
27 r1/2499Stélio CraveirinhaMOZ6.94 (27)–
28 r1/2524Ronald RaborgPER6.85 (28)–
29 r1/2177Abebe GesseseETH6.66 (29)–
30 r1/2765Nenad StekićYUG5.75 (30)–
AC r1/2460Essa AbbasKUW– (NM)–
AC r1/2683Fidelis NdyabagyeUGA– (NM)–
DNS211Olli PousiFIN– (DNS)–
DNS773Bogger MushangaZAM– (DNS)–

Qualifying Round (27 July 1980 — 10:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.90 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
=1Frank PaschekGDR8.17–Q
=1Lutz DombrowskiGDR8.17–Q
3Stanisław JaskułkaPOL8.07–Q
4Valery PodluzhnyURS8.02–Q
5Viktor BelskyURS8.01–Q
6Rolf BernhardSUI7.98–Q
7Antonio CorgosESP7.96–Q
8László SzalmaHUN7.91–Q
9Philippe DerocheFRA7.90–Q
10Yordan YanevBUL7.84–q
11Kayode ElegbedeNGR7.82–q
12 João do PuloBRA7.78–q
13Joshua KioNGR7.77–
14Andrzej KlimaszewskiPOL7.76–
15Bill ReaAUT7.747.71
16Dimitrios DelifotisGRE7.747.63
17Alberto SolanasESP7.73–
18Jan LeitnerTCH7.68–
19Doudou N'DiayeSEN7.66–
20Peter RiegerGDR7.59–
21David Giralt, Sr.CUB7.57–
22Ivan TuparovBUL7.46–
23Gary HoneyAUS7.44–
24Yusuf AlliNGR7.43–
25Béla BakosiHUN7.29–
26Théophile HounouBEN7.07–
27Stélio CraveirinhaMOZ6.94–
28Ronald RaborgPER6.85–
29Abebe GesseseETH6.66–
30Nenad StekićYUG5.75–
NMEssa AbbasKUW––
NMFidelis NdyabagyeUGA––
DNSOlli PousiFIN––
DNSBogger MushangaZAM––

Qualifying Round, Group A (27 July 1980)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
=13Lutz DombrowskiGDR8.178.17
(-0.7)		--
=114Frank PaschekGDR8.178.17
(+1.7)		--
32Stanisław JaskułkaPOL8.077.46
(-1.1)		8.07
(+1.1)		-
49Valery PodluzhnyURS8.028.02
(+0.7)		--
510Viktor BelskyURS8.01w×7.64
(-1.0)		8.01w
(+2.5)
68Antonio CorgosESP7.967.46
(-1.1)		7.76
(+0.8)		7.96
(+1.3)
711László SzalmaHUN7.917.86
(-0.2)		7.72
(+1.1)		7.91
(+0.4)
86Philippe DerocheFRA7.907.90
(+1.7)		--
912Yordan YanevBUL7.847.63
(+0.2)		7.68
(-0.9)		7.84
(+1.7)
1015 João do PuloBRA7.78×7.78
(+0.4)		×
1116Andrzej KlimaszewskiPOL7.767.76
(+1.9)		×6.56
(+0.1)
1217Dimitrios DelifotisGRE7.747.74
(-0.8)		7.63
(0.0)		7.14
(+0.2)
137Alberto SolanasESP7.737.36
(-0.4)		7.73
(+1.0)		7.71
(-1.3)
1413Peter RiegerGDR7.59×7.59
(+1.5)		-
155David Giralt, Sr.CUB7.57×7.54
(+0.9)		7.57
(+0.8)
161Ivan TuparovBUL7.467.46
(+1.4)		××
174Nenad StekićYUG5.755.75
(+0.9)		--

Qualifying Round, Group B (27 July 1980)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
113Rolf BernhardSUI7.987.98
(+1.8)		--
25Kayode ElegbedeNGR7.827.76w
(+2.1)		7.82
(+0.1)		7.50
(+1.7)
34Joshua KioNGR7.777.77
(+1.3)		7.67
(+0.3)		7.45
(-0.3)
415Bill ReaAUT7.747.60
(+0.2)		7.71
(-0.1)		7.74
(+0.6)
56Jan LeitnerTCH7.687.68
(+0.9)		7.63
(+0.8)		7.57
(+1.7)
612Doudou N'DiayeSEN7.66w7.49
(+0.2)		×7.66w
(+2.3)
77Gary HoneyAUS7.44×7.44
(-0.2)		×
810Yusuf AlliNGR7.437.43
(+1.3)		7.40
(+1.1)		×
99Béla BakosiHUN7.297.29
(+1.6)		××
1011Théophile HounouBEN7.077.07
(+0.9)		7.01
(+0.6)		7.03
(+0.5)
1116Stélio CraveirinhaMOZ6.946.78
(-1.4)		6.94
(+0.6)		×
1217Ronald RaborgPER6.85×6.85
(+0.7)		×
1314Abebe GesseseETH6.666.66
(+1.3)		6.64
(+1.4)		6.46
(+1.3)
NM8Essa AbbasKUW–×××
NM3Fidelis NdyabagyeUGA–×––
DNS1Olli PousiFIN––––
DNS2Bogger MushangaZAM––––

Final Round (28 July 1980 — 17:50)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
110Lutz DombrowskiGDR8.548.15
(+1.1)		8.32
(+1.6)		-8.21
(+0.6)		8.54
(+0.9)		8.34
(+0.9)
25Frank PaschekGDR8.217.81
(+0.3)		8.21
(-0.1)		××7.85
(+0.2)		7.94
(+0.5)
31Valery PodluzhnyURS8.188.07
(+0.8)		8.08
(+1.3)		7.97
(+1.1)		8.18
(+1.2)		×7.82
(+0.5)
43László SzalmaHUN8.138.13
(+1.0)		7.99
(-0.5)		×7.95
(+0.2)		××
512Stanisław JaskułkaPOL8.137.73
(+1.2)		7.76
(+0.4)		7.97
(-0.2)		7.87
(-1.2)		7.97
(+1.2)		8.13
(+0.5)
62Viktor BelskyURS8.107.79
(-0.3)		7.15
(+1.4)		8.10
(+1.6)		7.76
(-1.0)		7.74
(-0.4)		×
74Antonio CorgosESP8.098.02
(+0.4)		8.09
(+0.1)		×-×7.97
(+0.2)
86Yordan YanevBUL8.027.91
(+0.7)		×7.88
(+0.2)		×8.02
(+0.8)		×
98Rolf BernhardSUI7.887.88
(-1.3)		×7.71
(+0.5)		–––
107Philippe DerocheFRA7.777.63w
(+2.7)		7.65
(+0.2)		7.77
(+0.7)		–––
119Kayode ElegbedeNGR7.49××7.49
(+0.7)		–––
DNS11 João do PuloBRA–––––––