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Long Jump, Men

Date	25 – 28 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	53 from 38 countries

Cuba’s Iván Pedroso had been the dominant long jumper since 1995, winning the World Championships in 1995, 1997, and 1999. He had performed poorly at the 1996 Olympics, suffering from a hamstring injury. He was a heavy favorite in Sydney and led the qualifiers with 8.32 (27-3¾). In Sydney his competition came from Australian favorite Jai Taurima, silver medalist at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Pedroso led after round two with 8.34 (27-4½), but Taurima equaled this in round three. They both improved in round four – Pedroso leading with 8.41 (27-7¼) to Taurima’s 8.40 (27-6¾). But then Taurima took the lead in round five with 8.49 (27-10¼), only to see Pedroso come thru for the gold medal in the final round with 8.55 (28-0¾). The best American, Dwight Phillips, finished eighth. Except for the obvious problem of 1980, this was the only time in history an American did not win a medal in the long jump, much less have their best jumper finish as low as eighth.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1479	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.32 (1)	8.55 (1)	Gold
2	1089	Jai Taurima	AUS	8.09 (4)	8.49 (2)	Silver
3	3211	Roman Shchurenko	UKR	8.01 (11)	8.31 (3)	Bronze
4	3206	Oleksiy Lukashevych	UKR	8.01 (10)	8.26 (4)
5	1882	Kofi Amoah Prah	GER	8.01 (9)	8.19 (5)
6	1056	Peter Burge	AUS	8.06 (5)	8.15 (6)
7	1477	Luis Felipe Méliz	CUB	8.21 (2)	8.08 (7)
8	3308	Dwight Phillips	USA	8.13 (3)	8.06 (8)
9	2817	Bogdan Țărus	ROU	8.00 (12)	8.00 (9)
10	2746	Carlos Calado	POR	8.04 (6)	7.94 (10)
11	1282	Petar Dachev	BUL	8.03 (8)	7.80 (11)
12	2888	Vladimir Malyavin	RUS	8.03 (7)	7.67 (12)
13 r1/2	1354	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	7.99 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2252	James Beckford	JAM	7.98 (14)	–
15 r1/2	3019	Gregor Cankar	SLO	7.98 (15)	–
16 r1/2	2912	Kirill Sosunov	RUS	7.97 (16)	–
17 r1/2	2527	Younès Moudrik	MAR	7.95 (17)	–
18 r1/2	2437	Hussain Taher Al-Sabee	KSA	7.94 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1592	Yago Lamela	ESP	7.89 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1742	Cheikh Touré	FRA	7.87 (20)	–
21 r1/2	3426	Danial Jahić	SCG	7.85 (21)	–
22 r1/2	3315	Savanté Stringfellow	USA	7.84 (22)	–
23 r1/2	2313	Masaki Morinaga	JPN	7.84 (23)	–
24 r1/2	3103	Peter Häggström	SWE	7.83 (24)	–
25 r1/2	3299	Mel Lister	USA	7.82 (25)	–
26 r1/2	2866	Daniil Burkenya	RUS	7.79 (26)	–
27 r1/2	2485	Tomas Bardauskas	LTU	7.70 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1740	Ronald Servius	FRA	7.66 (28)	–
29 r1/2	3109	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	7.63 (29)	–
30 r1/2	1281	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	7.62 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2516	El-Mehdi El-Ghazouani	MAR	7.60 (31)	–
32 r1/2	1318	Richard Duncan	CAN	7.60 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1555	Hatem Mersal	EGY	7.59 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1938	Mark Awere	GHA	7.57 (34)	–
35 r1/2	2592	Arnaud Casquette	MRI	7.57 (35)	–
36 r1/2	1447	Siniša Ergotić	CRO	7.53 (36)	–
37 r1/2	1206	Erik Nys	BEL	7.52 (37)	–
38 r1/2	1323	Ian Lowe	CAN	7.51 (38)	–
39 r1/2	1971	Kostas Koukodimos	GRE	7.44 (39)	–
40 r1/2	1368	Lao Jianfeng	CHN	7.41 (40)	–
41 r1/2	3148	Téko Folligan	TOG	7.40 (41)	–
42 r1/2	3181	Mesut Yavaş	TUR	7.35 (42)	–
43 r1/2	1261	Nélson Ferreira Júnior	BRA	7.32 (43)	–
44 r1/2	1045	Shirak Poghosyan	ARM	7.24 (44)	–
45 r1/2	3388	Rustam Khusnutdinov	UZB	7.24 (45)	–
46 r1/2	3165	Wendell Williams	TTO	7.22 (46)	–
AC r1/2	1370	Liu Honglin	CHN	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	1981	Dimitrios Serelis	GRE	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2095	Sanjay Kumar Rai	IND	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2323	Daisuke Watanabe	JPN	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2423	Seong Hui-Jun	KOR	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2603	Stephan Louw	NAM	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2802	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	QAT	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (25 September 2000)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 8.15 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.32	–	Q
2	Luis Felipe Méliz	CUB	8.21	–	Q
3	Dwight Phillips	USA	8.13	–	q
4	Jai Taurima	AUS	8.09	–	q
5	Peter Burge	AUS	8.06	–	q
6	Carlos Calado	POR	8.04	–	q
7	Vladimir Malyavin	RUS	8.03	7.96	q
8	Petar Dachev	BUL	8.03	7.85	q
9	Kofi Amoah Prah	GER	8.01	7.92	q
10	Oleksiy Lukashevych	UKR	8.01	7.86	q
11	Roman Shchurenko	UKR	8.01	–	q
12	Bogdan Țărus	ROU	8.00	–	q
13	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	7.99	–
14	James Beckford	JAM	7.98	7.87
15	Gregor Cankar	SLO	7.98	7.71
16	Kirill Sosunov	RUS	7.97	–
17	Younès Moudrik	MAR	7.95	–
18	Hussain Taher Al-Sabee	KSA	7.94	–
19	Yago Lamela	ESP	7.89	–
20	Cheikh Touré	FRA	7.87	–
21	Danial Jahić	SCG	7.85	–
22	Savanté Stringfellow	USA	7.84	7.70
23	Masaki Morinaga	JPN	7.84	–
24	Peter Häggström	SWE	7.83	–
25	Mel Lister	USA	7.82	–
26	Daniil Burkenya	RUS	7.79	–
27	Tomas Bardauskas	LTU	7.70	–
28	Ronald Servius	FRA	7.66	–
29	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	7.63	–
30	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	7.62	–
31	El-Mehdi El-Ghazouani	MAR	7.60	7.58
32	Richard Duncan	CAN	7.60	7.33
33	Hatem Mersal	EGY	7.59	–
34	Mark Awere	GHA	7.57	7.36
35	Arnaud Casquette	MRI	7.57	7.21
36	Siniša Ergotić	CRO	7.53	–
37	Erik Nys	BEL	7.52	–
38	Ian Lowe	CAN	7.51	–
39	Kostas Koukodimos	GRE	7.44	–
40	Lao Jianfeng	CHN	7.41	–
41	Téko Folligan	TOG	7.40	–
42	Mesut Yavaş	TUR	7.35	–
43	Nélson Ferreira Júnior	BRA	7.32	–
44	Shirak Poghosyan	ARM	7.24	7.10
45	Rustam Khusnutdinov	UZB	7.24	–
46	Wendell Williams	TTO	7.22	–
NM	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	QAT	–	–
NM	Liu Honglin	CHN	–	–
NM	Stephan Louw	NAM	–	–
NM	Sanjay Kumar Rai	IND	–	–
NM	Dimitrios Serelis	GRE	–	–
NM	Seong Hui-Jun	KOR	–	–
NM	Daisuke Watanabe	JPN	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (25 September 2000 — 10:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	5	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.32	7.70 (+0.6)	7.99 (-0.1)	8.32 (+0.1)
2	15	Jai Taurima	AUS	8.09	7.99 (-0.3)	7.77 (-0.1)	8.09 (+0.9)
3	4	Kofi Amoah Prah	GER	8.01	7.86 (+0.7)	7.92 (+0.3)	8.01 (+0.5)
4	23	Oleksiy Lukashevych	UKR	8.01	7.86 (+0.1)	×	8.01 (+1.2)
5	18	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	7.99	7.99 (+0.3)	7.76 (+0.3)	×
6	13	Gregor Cankar	SLO	7.98	7.71 (-0.1)	5.96 (+0.4)	7.98 (+0.6)
7	1	Younès Moudrik	MAR	7.95	7.95 (0.0)	7.83 (+0.4)	×
8	3	Cheikh Touré	FRA	7.87	7.87 (-0.4)	×	×
9	22	Savanté Stringfellow	USA	7.84	7.32 (+0.4)	7.70 (-0.2)	7.84 (+0.1)
10	17	Masaki Morinaga	JPN	7.84	×	7.84 (+0.4)	×
11	16	Peter Häggström	SWE	7.83	×	7.80 (-0.4)	7.83 (+0.6)
12	6	Mel Lister	USA	7.82	7.57 (-0.3)	7.82 (-0.1)	7.76 (-0.3)
13	12	Daniil Burkenya	RUS	7.79	7.75 (+0.4)	7.79 (+1.2)	×
14	7	Tomas Bardauskas	LTU	7.70	7.18 (+0.4)	7.70 (-0.7)	6.95 (+0.2)
15	10	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	7.62	×	×	7.62 (+0.4)
16	19	Richard Duncan	CAN	7.60	7.33 (-0.1)	×	7.60 (-0.4)
17	14	Hatem Mersal	EGY	7.59	7.59 (-0.1)	×	×
18	2	Erik Nys	BEL	7.52	7.33 (-0.5)	7.52 (+1.0)	×
19	8	Rustam Khusnutdinov	UZB	7.24	7.24 (+0.6)	×	×
20	9	Wendell Williams	TTO	7.22	×	×	7.22 (+0.2)
NM	24	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	QAT	–	×	×	×
NM	26	Liu Honglin	CHN	–	×	×	×
NM	11	Stephan Louw	NAM	–	×	×	×
NM	25	Sanjay Kumar Rai	IND	–	×	-	-
NM	21	Dimitrios Serelis	GRE	–	×	×	×
NM	20	Seong Hui-Jun	KOR	–	×	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (25 September 2000 — 10:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	27	Luis Felipe Méliz	CUB	8.21	7.87 (+1.6)	8.21 (+1.2)	-
2	17	Dwight Phillips	USA	8.13	7.84 (-0.1)	7.83 (+0.2)	8.13 (+0.7)
3	10	Peter Burge	AUS	8.06	7.62 (+0.6)	7.96 (+0.8)	8.06 (+1.0)
4	26	Carlos Calado	POR	8.04	8.04 (+0.5)	7.98 (+0.3)	7.96 (-0.5)
5	14	Vladimir Malyavin	RUS	8.03	×	7.96 (+1.1)	8.03 (+0.5)
6	15	Petar Dachev	BUL	8.03	8.03 (+0.6)	×	7.85 (+0.1)
7	9	Roman Shchurenko	UKR	8.01	8.01 (+0.8)	×	×
8	11	Bogdan Țărus	ROU	8.00	7.60 (+0.1)	8.00 (+1.0)	×
9	25	James Beckford	JAM	7.98	7.87 (+0.8)	7.87 (+0.5)	7.98 (+0.5)
10	13	Kirill Sosunov	RUS	7.97	7.97 (-0.6)	×	7.93 (+1.2)
11	12	Hussain Taher Al-Sabee	KSA	7.94	×	5.92 (+0.3)	7.94 (-0.4)
12	3	Yago Lamela	ESP	7.89	7.68 (+0.4)	7.74 (+0.1)	7.89 (+0.3)
13	2	Danial Jahić	SCG	7.85	7.85 (-0.2)	7.70 (+1.0)	×
14	16	Ronald Servius	FRA	7.66	×	×	7.66 (+0.2)
15	6	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	7.63	7.45 (+0.8)	7.58 (+0.6)	7.63 (+1.0)
16	1	El-Mehdi El-Ghazouani	MAR	7.60	7.49 (+0.4)	7.60 (+1.0)	7.58 (+0.1)
17	24	Mark Awere	GHA	7.57	7.16 (+0.7)	7.36 (+0.6)	7.57 (+0.5)
18	7	Arnaud Casquette	MRI	7.57	×	7.21 (+0.4)	7.57 (+0.6)
19	8	Siniša Ergotić	CRO	7.53	7.34 (+0.2)	×	7.53 (+1.0)
20	22	Ian Lowe	CAN	7.51	7.51 (+0.5)	7.38 (+0.8)	7.46 (-0.1)
21	19	Kostas Koukodimos	GRE	7.44	×	7.44 (+0.5)	×
22	4	Lao Jianfeng	CHN	7.41	7.26 (0.0)	7.41 (-0.7)	7.33 (+0.5)
23	18	Téko Folligan	TOG	7.40	×	7.40 (+0.6)	×
24	5	Mesut Yavaş	TUR	7.35	7.34 (0.0)	7.35 (+0.2)	6.03 (+0.3)
25	23	Nélson Ferreira Júnior	BRA	7.32	5.81 (+0.6)	×	7.32 (+0.7)
26	20	Shirak Poghosyan	ARM	7.24	7.24 (+0.4)	7.10 (+0.2)	-
NM	21	Daisuke Watanabe	JPN	–	×	×	×

Final Round (28 September 2000 — 18:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	1479	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.55	×	8.34 (0.0)	×	8.41 (+0.2)	×	8.55 (+0.4)
2	1089	Jai Taurima	AUS	8.49	×	8.18 (-1.0)	8.34 (-0.2)	8.40 (+0.6)	8.49 (+0.6)	8.28 (+0.6)
3	3211	Roman Shchurenko	UKR	8.31	7.76 (0.0)	×	8.14 (-0.1)	×	×	8.31 (+0.3)
4	3206	Oleksiy Lukashevych	UKR	8.26	8.08 (+0.3)	×	×	8.22 (-0.3)	8.26 (-0.2)	×
5	1882	Kofi Amoah Prah	GER	8.19	7.84 (+0.2)	×	8.19 (-0.6)	7.95 (+1.0)	×	7.86 (+0.3)
6	1056	Peter Burge	AUS	8.15	7.80 (+0.1)	8.06 (+0.9)	7.93 (-0.2)	7.96 (+0.6)	8.15 (+0.7)	8.11 (+0.1)
7	1477	Luis Felipe Méliz	CUB	8.08	7.97 (+0.1)	7.94 (0.0)	8.08 (+0.1)	×	7.82 (-0.6)	×
8	3308	Dwight Phillips	USA	8.06	×	7.90 (+0.5)	8.06 (-0.1)	×	×	×
9	2817	Bogdan Țărus	ROU	8.00	8.00 (-0.8)	7.93 (+0.2)	×	–	–	–
10	2746	Carlos Calado	POR	7.94	7.94 (+0.3)	7.85 (+0.8)	7.77 (-0.3)	–	–	–
11	1282	Petar Dachev	BUL	7.80	7.80 (+0.2)	×	7.70 (0.0)	–	–	–
12	2888	Vladimir Malyavin	RUS	7.67	×	×	7.67 (-0.6)	–	–	–