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Long Jump, Men

Date	28 – 29 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	33 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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	953	Arnie Robinson	USA	7.95 (2)	8.35 (1)	Gold
2	969	Randy Williams	USA	7.97 (1)	8.11 (2)	Silver
3	407	Frank Wartenberg	GDR	7.89 (5)	8.02 (3)	Bronze
4	982	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	7.82 (8)	8.00 (4)
5	118	João do Pulo	BRA	7.87 (6)	8.00 (5)
6	337	Nenad Stekić	YUG	7.82 (7)	7.89 (6)
7	896	Valery Podluzhny	URS	7.90 (4)	7.88 (7)
8	410	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.81 (9)	7.84 (8)
9	798	Rolf Bernhard	SUI	7.79 (10)	7.74 (9)
10	895	Aleksey Pereverzev	URS	7.78 (11)	7.66 (10)
11	73	Fletcher Lewis	BAH	7.73 (12)	7.61 (11)
3 r1/2	944	Larry Myricks	USA	7.92 (3)	– (DNS)
13 r1/2	706	Grzegorz Cybulski	POL	7.71 (13)	–
14 r1/2	411	Hans-Jürgen Berger	FRG	7.70 (14)	–
15 r1/2	370	Roy Mitchell	GBR	7.69 (15)	–
16 r1/2	513	T. C. Yohannan	IND	7.67 (16)	–
17 r1/2	88	Ronald Desruelles	BEL	7.60 (17)	–
18 r1/2	221	Milán Matos	CUB	7.57 (18)	–
19 r1/2	168	Richard Rock	CAN	7.57 (19)	–
20 r1/2	889	Tõnu Lepik	URS	7.49 (20)	–
21 r1/2	143	Jim Buchanan	CAN	7.49 (21)	–
22 r1/2	161	Jim McAndrew	CAN	7.48 (22)	–
23 r1/2	567	Roberto Veglia	ITA	7.48 (23)	–
24 r1/2	51	Chris Commons	AUS	7.46 (24)	–
25 r1/2	850	George Swanston	TTO	7.40 (25)	–
26 r1/2	314	Philippe Deroche	FRA	7.38 (26)	–
27 r1/2	462	Panagiotis Chatzistathis	GRE	7.33 (27)	–
28 r1/2	190	Brou Kouakou	CIV	7.20 (28)	–
29 r1/2	11	Calvin Greenaway	ANT	6.96 (29)	–
30 r1/2	787	Papa Ibrahima Ba	SEN	6.96 (30)	–
31 r1/2	275	Tony Moore	FIJ	6.81 (31)	–
32 r1/2	242	Rafael Blanquer	ESP	6.19 (32)	–
AC r1/2	627	Ghassan Faddoul	LBN	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	28 July 1976

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	969	Randy Williams	USA	7.97	0.0	–	Q
2	953	Arnie Robinson	USA	7.95	-0.1	–	Q
3	944	Larry Myricks	USA	7.92	-0.8	–	Q
4	896	Valery Podluzhny	URS	7.90	0.0	–	Q
5	407	Frank Wartenberg	GDR	7.89	-0.5	–	Q
6	118	João do Pulo	BRA	7.87	0.0	–	Q
7	337	Nenad Stekić	YUG	7.82	0.0	7.68	Q
8	982	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	7.82	0.0	p	Q
9	410	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.81	-0.2	–	Q
10	798	Rolf Bernhard	SUI	7.79	0.0	–	q
11	895	Aleksey Pereverzev	URS	7.78	0.0	–	q
12	73	Fletcher Lewis	BAH	7.73	0.0	–	q
13	706	Grzegorz Cybulski	POL	7.71	-0.8	–
14	411	Hans-Jürgen Berger	FRG	7.70	+0.3	–
15	370	Roy Mitchell	GBR	7.69	0.0	–
16	513	T. C. Yohannan	IND	7.67	0.0	–
17	88	Ronald Desruelles	BEL	7.60	-0.1	–
18	221	Milán Matos	CUB	7.57	+0.3	7.56
19	168	Richard Rock	CAN	7.57	-0.5	7.44
20	889	Tõnu Lepik	URS	7.49	0.0	7.41
21	143	Jim Buchanan	CAN	7.49	0.0	5.61
22	161	Jim McAndrew	CAN	7.48	0.0	7.45
23	567	Roberto Veglia	ITA	7.48	0.0	7.41
24	51	Chris Commons	AUS	7.46	0.0	–
25	850	George Swanston	TTO	7.40	0.0	–
26	314	Philippe Deroche	FRA	7.38	+0.1	–
27	462	Panagiotis Chatzistathis	GRE	7.33	0.0	–
28	190	Brou Kouakou	CIV	7.20	0.0	–
29	11	Calvin Greenaway	ANT	6.96	0.0	6.92
30	787	Papa Ibrahima Ba	SEN	6.96	0.0	5.21
31	275	Tony Moore	FIJ	6.81	0.0	–
32	242	Rafael Blanquer	ESP	6.19	0.0	–
NM	627	Ghassan Faddoul	LBN	–	–	–

Group A

Date	28 July 1976

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	3	Randy Williams	USA	7.97	0.0	–	7.68 (0.0)	7.97 (0.0)	p
2	8	Arnie Robinson	USA	7.95	-0.1	–	x (-)	7.95 (-0.1)	p
3	6	Larry Myricks	USA	7.92	-0.8	–	7.55 (0.0)	7.67 (0.0)	7.92 (-0.8)
4	12	Valery Podluzhny	URS	7.90	0.0	–	7.71 (+0.1)	7.90 (0.0)	p
5	17	Frank Wartenberg	GDR	7.89	-0.5	–	7.89 (-0.5)	p	p
6	15	João do Pulo	BRA	7.87	0.0	–	7.87 (0.0)	p	p
7	5	Nenad Stekić	YUG	7.82	0.0	7.68	7.68 (0.0)	7.56 (-0.4)	7.82 (0.0)
8	11	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	7.82	0.0	p	7.82 (0.0)	p	p
9	9	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.81	-0.2	–	7.81 (-0.2)	p	p
10	1	Aleksey Pereverzev	URS	7.78	0.0	–	7.78 (0.0)	x (-)	7.75 (0.0)
11	7	Grzegorz Cybulski	POL	7.71	-0.8	–	7.60 (0.0)	7.71 (-0.8)	7.66 (0.0)
12	10	Hans-Jürgen Berger	FRG	7.70	+0.3	–	7.53 (0.0)	7.46 (0.0)	7.70 (+0.3)
13	16	Milán Matos	CUB	7.57	+0.3	–	7.23 (+0.1)	7.56 (+1.0)	7.57 (+0.3)
14	2	Tõnu Lepik	URS	7.49	0.0	–	7.41 (-0.6)	7.49 (0.0)	x (-)
15	4	George Swanston	TTO	7.40	0.0	–	7.31 (+0.3)	7.40 (0.0)	7.29 (-0.3)
16	14	Philippe Deroche	FRA	7.38	+0.1	–	7.31 (+0.6)	7.38 (+0.1)	7.31 (+0.5)
17	13	Rafael Blanquer	ESP	6.19	0.0	–	x (-)	x (-)	6.19 (0.0)

Group B

Date	28 July 1976

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	13	Rolf Bernhard	SUI	7.79	0.0	–	7.56 (0.0)	7.79 (0.0)	7.75 (0.0)
2	7	Fletcher Lewis	BAH	7.73	0.0	–	5.99 (0.0)	7.66 (-0.2)	7.73 (0.0)
3	3	Roy Mitchell	GBR	7.69	0.0	–	7.46 (0.0)	7.64 (0.0)	7.69 (0.0)
4	10	T. C. Yohannan	IND	7.67	0.0	–	7.62 (0.0)	x (-)	7.67 (0.0)
5	12	Ronald Desruelles	BEL	7.60	-0.1	–	7.60 (-0.1)	7.11 (0.0)	x (-)
6	6	Richard Rock	CAN	7.57	-0.5	–	7.44 (0.0)	7.24 (-0.2)	7.57 (-0.5)
7	5	Jim Buchanan	CAN	7.49	0.0	–	5.61 (0.0)	7.49 (0.0)	x (-)
8	9	Jim McAndrew	CAN	7.48	0.0	7.45	7.45 (0.0)	7.45 (0.0)	7.48 (0.0)
9	4	Roberto Veglia	ITA	7.48	0.0	7.41	7.12 (0.0)	7.48 (0.0)	7.41 (0.0)
10	15	Chris Commons	AUS	7.46	0.0	–	7.46 (0.0)	x (-)	x (-)
11	14	Panagiotis Chatzistathis	GRE	7.33	0.0	–	6.83 (0.0)	7.10 (0.0)	7.33 (0.0)
12	1	Brou Kouakou	CIV	7.20	0.0	–	7.12 (+0.7)	7.20 (0.0)	5.61 (0.0)
13	2	Calvin Greenaway	ANT	6.96	0.0	6.92	6.96 (0.0)	6.76 (0.0)	6.92 (0.0)
14	11	Papa Ibrahima Ba	SEN	6.96	0.0	5.21	6.96 (0.0)	5.21 (0.0)	x (-)
15	16	Tony Moore	FIJ	6.81	0.0	–	x (-)	6.81 (0.0)	x (-)
NM	8	Ghassan Faddoul	LBN	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)

Final Round

Date	29 July 1976 — 15:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #4 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #5 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #6 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	1	Arnie Robinson	USA	8.35	-0.6	–	8.35 (-0.6)	8.26 (0.0)	x (-)	8.04 (0.0)	8.16 (0.0)	7.91 (-0.8)
2	11	Randy Williams	USA	8.11	0.0	–	8.11 (0.0)	7.81 (-0.4)	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)	7.81 (0.0)
3	3	Frank Wartenberg	GDR	8.02	0.0	–	7.81 (0.0)	p	x (-)	8.02 (0.0)	7.84 (0.0)	x (-)
4	2	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	8.00	0.0	7.91	8.00 (0.0)	7.82 (0.0)	7.67 (0.0)	7.91 (-0.2)	x (-)	7.62 (0.0)
5	10	João do Pulo	BRA	8.00	0.0	7.85	8.00 (0.0)	x (-)	7.76 (0.0)	p	p	7.85 (0.0)
6	4	Nenad Stekić	YUG	7.89	0.0	–	7.75 (0.0)	7.81 (0.0)	7.89 (0.0)	7.80 (0.0)	x (-)	7.77 (0.0)
7	7	Valery Podluzhny	URS	7.88	0.0	–	7.70 (0.0)	7.88 (0.0)	7.77 (-1.2)	7.84 (0.0)	x (-)	7.66 (0.0)
8	12	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.84	-0.2	–	x (-)	x (-)	7.84 (-0.2)	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
9	5	Rolf Bernhard	SUI	7.74	0.0	–	7.70 (0.0)	7.71 (0.0)	7.74 (0.0)	–	–	–
10	9	Aleksey Pereverzev	URS	7.66	0.0	–	7.55 (0.0)	4.89 (0.0)	7.66 (0.0)	–	–	–
11	8	Fletcher Lewis	BAH	7.61	0.0	–	7.61 (0.0)	7.31 (-0.4)	x (-)	–	–	–
DNS	6	Larry Myricks	USA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–