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Long Jump, Men

Date	17 – 18 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants	35 from 22 countries

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	254	Bob Beamon	USA	8.19 (2)	8.90 (1)	Gold	WR
2	59	Klaus Beer	GDR	7.77 (=9)	8.19 (2)	Silver
3	256	Ralph Boston	USA	8.27 (1)	8.16 (3)	Bronze
4	834	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.74 (12)	8.12 (4)
5	813	Tõnu Lepik	URS	7.91 (=4)	8.09 (5)
6	103	Allen Crawley	AUS	7.71 (14)	8.02 (6)
7	364	Jack Pani	FRA	7.91 (=4)	7.97 (7)
8	682	Andrzej Stalmach	POL	7.70 (15)	7.94 (8)
9	399	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.94 (3)	7.94 (9)
10	559	Hiroomi Yamada	JPN	7.67 (17)	7.93w (10)
11	799	Leonid Barkovsky	URS	7.70 (16)	7.90 (11)
12	6	Reinhold Boschert	FRG	7.79 (7)	7.89 (12)
13	375	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.77w (8)	7.71 (13)
14	730	Lars-Olof Höök	SWE	7.77 (=9)	7.66 (14)
15	525	Victor Brooks	JAM	7.72 (13)	7.51 (15)
16	371	Gérard Ugolini	FRA	7.75 (11)	7.44 (16)
AC r2/2	289	Charles Mays	USA	7.85 (6)	– (NM)
18 r1/2	339	Pertti Pousi	FIN	7.63 (18)	–
19 r1/2	412	Alan Lerwill	GBR	7.62 (19)	–
20 r1/2	714	Laurent Sarr	SEN	7.61 (20)	–
21 r1/2	609	Galdino Flores	MEX	7.59 (21)	–
22 r1/2	541	Naoki Abe	JPN	7.58 (22)	–
23 r1/2	528	Wellesley Clayton	JAM	7.57 (23)	–
24 r1/2	550	Shinji Ogura	JPN	7.57 (24)	–
25 r1/2	135	Philippe Housiaux	BEL	7.44 (25)	–
26 r1/2	165	Michel Charland	CAN	7.35 (26)	–
27 r1/2	712	Clément Sagna	SEN	7.31 (27)	–
28 r1/2	766	Su Wen-Ho	TPE	7.30 (28)	–
29 r1/2	591	Anthony Chong	MAS	7.29 (29)	–
30 r1/2	131	Jerry Wisdom	BAH	6.99w (30)	–
31 r1/2	762	Chen Ming-Chi	TPE	6.71 (31)	–
32 r1/2	633	Don Vélez	NCA	6.63 (32)	–
33 r1/2	351	Jean Cochard	FRA	6.11 (33)	–
34 r1/2	453	Owen Meighan	BIZ	6.06 (34)	–
AC r1/2	420	Peter Reed	GBR	– (NM)	–
DNS	110	Phil May	AUS	– (DNS)	–
DNS	378	Johnson Amoah	GHA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	456	Zoltán Cziffra	HUN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	462	Henrik Kalocsai	HUN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	481	Labh Singh	IND	– (DNS)	–
DNS	508	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	761	Chen Chuan-Show	TPE	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	17 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	256	Ralph Boston	USA	8.27	0.0	–	QOR
2	254	Bob Beamon	USA	8.19	0.0	–	Q
3	399	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.94	0.0	–	Q
=4	364	Jack Pani	FRA	7.91	0.0	-	Q
=4	813	Tõnu Lepik	URS	7.91	0.0	-	Q
6	289	Charles Mays	USA	7.85	+0.5	–	Q
7	6	Reinhold Boschert	FRG	7.79	-1.0	–	Q
8	375	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.77w	+2.8	7.18	Q
=9	730	Lars-Olof Höök	SWE	7.77	0.0	-	Q
=9	59	Klaus Beer	GDR	7.77	0.0	-	Q
11	371	Gérard Ugolini	FRA	7.75	0.0	–	Q
12	834	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.74	0.0	–	Q
13	525	Victor Brooks	JAM	7.72	0.0	–	Q
14	103	Allen Crawley	AUS	7.71	0.0	–	Q
15	682	Andrzej Stalmach	POL	7.70	+2.0	7.60	Q
16	799	Leonid Barkovsky	URS	7.70	-2.0	7.25	Q
17	559	Hiroomi Yamada	JPN	7.67	-1.2	–	Q
18	339	Pertti Pousi	FIN	7.63	0.0	–
19	412	Alan Lerwill	GBR	7.62	0.0	–
20	714	Laurent Sarr	SEN	7.61	0.0	–
21	609	Galdino Flores	MEX	7.59	0.0	–
22	541	Naoki Abe	JPN	7.58	0.0	–
23	528	Wellesley Clayton	JAM	7.57	0.0	7.54
24	550	Shinji Ogura	JPN	7.57	0.0	7.28
25	135	Philippe Housiaux	BEL	7.44	0.0	–
26	165	Michel Charland	CAN	7.35	0.0	–
27	712	Clément Sagna	SEN	7.31	0.0	–
28	766	Su Wen-Ho	TPE	7.30	+0.5	–
29	591	Anthony Chong	MAS	7.29	0.0	–
30	131	Jerry Wisdom	BAH	6.99w	+2.2	–
31	762	Chen Ming-Chi	TPE	6.71	0.0	–
32	633	Don Vélez	NCA	6.63	0.0	–
33	351	Jean Cochard	FRA	6.11	+2.0	–
34	453	Owen Meighan	BIZ	6.06	0.0	–
NM	420	Peter Reed	GBR	–	–	–
DNS	110	Phil May	AUS	–	–	–
DNS	462	Henrik Kalocsai	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	508	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	761	Chen Chuan-Show	TPE	–	–	–
DNS	378	Johnson Amoah	GHA	–	–	–
DNS	456	Zoltán Cziffra	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	481	Labh Singh	IND	–	–	–

Group A

Date	17 October 1968

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #1 Wind (m/s)	Round #2 Distance	Round #2 Wind (m/s)	Round #3 Distance	Round #3 Wind (m/s)
1	16	Ralph Boston	USA	8.27	0.0	8.27	0.0	-	-	–	–	–	OR
2	13	Bob Beamon	USA	8.19	0.0	x	x	8.19	0.0	–	–	–
=3	11	Jack Pani	FRA	7.91	0.0	7.91	0.0	-	-	–	–	–
=3	18	Tõnu Lepik	URS	7.91	0.0	7.91	0.0	-	-	–	–	–
5	21	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.77w	+2.8	7.18	-0.6	7.77w	+2.8	-	–	–
6	20	Victor Brooks	JAM	7.72	0.0	x	7.54	0.0	7.72	0.0	–	–
7	6	Andrzej Stalmach	POL	7.70	+2.0	7.60	7.60	0.0	7.48	0.0	7.70	+2.0
8	1	Leonid Barkovsky	URS	7.70	-2.0	7.25	7.25	0.0	7.70	-2.0	-	–
9	19	Hiroomi Yamada	JPN	7.67	-1.2	7.67	-1.2	-	-	–	–	–
10	9	Alan Lerwill	GBR	7.62	0.0	7.57	0.0	7.62	0.0	7.60	+0.4	–
11	14	Shinji Ogura	JPN	7.57	0.0	7.57	0.0	x	7.28	0.0	–	–
12	15	Philippe Housiaux	BEL	7.44	0.0	7.30	0.0	7.44	0.0	7.40	0.0	–
13	8	Clément Sagna	SEN	7.31	0.0	7.26	+0.4	7.17	0.0	7.31	0.0	–
14	2	Jerry Wisdom	BAH	6.99w	+2.2	x	x	6.99w	+2.2	–	–	–
15	3	Chen Ming-Chi	TPE	6.71	0.0	6.62	0.0	x	6.71	0.0	–	–
16	12	Owen Meighan	BIZ	6.06	0.0	x	6.06	0.0	6.06	0.0	–	–
NM	10	Peter Reed	GBR	–	x	x	x	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	7	Phil May	AUS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	5	Henrik Kalocsai	HUN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	17	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	4	Chen Chuan-Show	TPE	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Group B

Date	17 October 1968

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	Round #1 Distance	Round #1 Wind (m/s)	Round #2 Distance	Round #2 Wind (m/s)	Round #3 Distance	Round #3 Wind (m/s)
1	18	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.94	0.0	x	–	x	0.0	7.94	0.0
2	4	Charles Mays	USA	7.85	+0.5	7.85	+0.5	-	–	-	–
3	7	Reinhold Boschert	FRG	7.79	-1.0	x	–	7.79	-1.0	-	–
=4	17	Lars-Olof Höök	SWE	7.77	0.0	7.77	0.0	-	–	-	–
=4	21	Klaus Beer	GDR	7.77	0.0	7.77	0.0	-	–	-	–
6	6	Gérard Ugolini	FRA	7.75	0.0	7.75	0.0	-	–	-	–
7	20	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.74	0.0	7.74	0.0	-	–	-	–
8	14	Allen Crawley	AUS	7.71	0.0	x	–	7.71	0.0	-	–
9	3	Pertti Pousi	FIN	7.63	0.0	7.46	0.0	7.63	0.0	x	–
10	9	Laurent Sarr	SEN	7.61	0.0	7.27	-1.0	7.50	+2.0	7.61	0.0
11	1	Galdino Flores	MEX	7.59	0.0	7.38	-3.0	7.59	0.0	x	–
12	10	Naoki Abe	JPN	7.58	0.0	7.44	-2.2	x	–	7.58	0.0
13	13	Wellesley Clayton	JAM	7.57	0.0	7.54	0.0	7.57	0.0	x	–
14	2	Michel Charland	CAN	7.35	0.0	7.15	0.0	7.35	0.0	7.35	0.0
15	11	Su Wen-Ho	TPE	7.30	+0.5	7.30	-1.8	x	–	7.14	+0.5
16	16	Anthony Chong	MAS	7.29	0.0	7.09	-0.8	x	–	7.29	0.0
17	8	Don Vélez	NCA	6.63	0.0	x	–	6.63	0.0	x	–
18	5	Jean Cochard	FRA	6.11	+2.0	6.11	+2.0	-	–	x	–
DNS	12	Johnson Amoah	GHA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	19	Zoltán Cziffra	HUN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	15	Labh Singh	IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	18 October 1968 — 15:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #1 Wind (m/s)	Round #2 Distance	Round #2 Wind (m/s)	Round #3 Distance	Round #3 Wind (m/s)	Round #4 Distance	Round #4 Wind (m/s)	Round #5 Distance	Round #5 Wind (m/s)	Round #6 Distance	Round #6 Wind (m/s)
1	4	Bob Beamon	USA	8.90	+2.0	8.90	+2.0	8.04	0.0	-	-	-	-	–	–	–	–	–	WR
2	6	Klaus Beer	GDR	8.19	0.0	7.97	+2.0	8.19	0.0	x	7.62	0.0	x	x	–	–	–	–
3	17	Ralph Boston	USA	8.16	+2.0	8.16	+2.0	8.05	0.0	7.91	0.0	x	x	7.97	-1.6	–	–	–
4	13	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	8.12	0.0	8.12	0.0	8.09	0.0	x	x	8.10	0.0	8.08	-1.6	–	–	–
5	10	Tõnu Lepik	URS	8.09	+2.0	7.82	-0.2	8.09	+2.0	7.63	+2.0	7.36	0.0	7.84	0.0	7.75	0.0	–
6	9	Allen Crawley	AUS	8.02	0.0	x	8.01	+1.4	x	7.80	0.0	x	8.02	0.0	–	–	–	–
7	14	Jack Pani	FRA	7.97	0.0	7.94	0.0	7.97	0.0	7.69	0.0	7.58	+1.4	7.61	0.0	x	–	–
8	15	Andrzej Stalmach	POL	7.94	0.0	7.88	7.71	0.0	7.94	0.0	7.88	0.0	7.75	+1.4	7.75	0.0	7.84	0.0
9	12	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.94	0.0	6.43	6.43	-1.2	7.94	0.0	x	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
10	1	Hiroomi Yamada	JPN	7.93w	+4.2	x	7.93w	+4.2	x	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	16	Leonid Barkovsky	URS	7.90	0.0	7.90	0.0	7.82	+1.6	x	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	3	Reinhold Boschert	FRG	7.89	0.0	x	7.54	0.0	7.89	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	7	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.71	+0.6	7.71	+0.6	7.57	+0.6	7.40	+0.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	5	Lars-Olof Höök	SWE	7.66	+2.0	7.66	+2.0	x	x	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	2	Victor Brooks	JAM	7.51	+0.4	x	x	7.51	+0.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	11	Gérard Ugolini	FRA	7.44	0.0	7.44	0.0	7.02	0.0	x	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NM	8	Charles Mays	USA	–	x	x	x	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–