The Men's long jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.
Defending champion Dwight Phillips had not done well early in the season, only finishing tenth in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. But as defending champion, he was given the automatic entry into the meet. On his qualifying jump he showed the first sign of life, jumping a season best 8.32 to lead qualifying. Of the rest of the field, only Mitchell Watt achieved an automatic qualifier. Will Claye achieved a rare feat by qualifying for final in both the Long Jump and Triple Jump.
In the final, Phillips almost matched his qualifying jump with an 8.31 to take the early lead. Ngonidzashe Makusha came close with an 8.29 in the same round. Mitchell Watt bested the early leaders with an 8.33 in the second round, but not before Phillips had jumped an 8.45 to separate from the field. Nobody was able to improve after that.
After the event, Phillips celebrated by showing his assigned bib number 1111, significant for his first-place finish in four World Championships.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDwight PhillipsMitchell WattNgonidzashe Makusha
Records Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows. World record8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991Championship record8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991World leading8.54Stockholm, Sweden29 July 2011African record8.50Madrid, Spain4 July 2009Asian Record8.48Sotteville, France2 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean record8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991South American record8.73Hengelo, Netherlands24 May 2008European record8.86Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union22 May 1987Oceanian record8.54Stockholm, Sweden29 July 2011
Qualification standards A standardB standard 8.20 8.10
Schedule Date Time RoundSeptember 1, 2011 11:35 QualificationSeptember 2, 2011 19:20 Final
Results
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Dwight Phillips 8.32 8.32 Q, SB 2 A Mitchell Watt 6.43 8.15 8.15 Q 3 A Christian Reif 8.13 8.13 q 4 B Ngonidzashe Makusha 8.05 7.83 8.11 8.11 q 5 B Sebastian Bayer 8.11 8.11 q 6 B Marcos Chuva 8.10 8.10 q 7 B Will Claye 7.83 7.94 8.09 8.09 q 8 A Aleksandr Menkov 8.07 8.07 q 9 A Yahya Berrabah 8.03 8.05 8.05 q 10 B Luvo Manyonga 7.77 7.72 8.04 8.04 q 11 A Kim Deok-hyeon 7.86 7.99 8.02 8.02 q, SB 12 A Chris Tomlinson 7.95 7.84 8.02 8.02 q 13 A Marquise Goodwin 7.92 7.78 8.02 8.02 14 B Louis Tsatoumas 8.01 7.89 8.01 15 B Greg Rutherford 8.00 8.00 15 A Godfrey Khotso Mokoena 8.00 8.00 17 A Ignisious Gaisah 7.92 7.78 7.92 18 B Eusebio Cáceres 7.60 7.90 7.91 7.91 19 B Tyrone Smith 7.79 7.91 7.91 20 A Damar Forbes 7.91 7.91 21 B Fabrice Lapierre 7.80 7.89 7.76 7.89 22 B Irving Saladino 7.84 7.84 23 A Luis Felipe Méliz 7.80 7.69 7.82 7.82 24 A Robert Crowther 7.74 7.64 7.67 7.74 25 B Raymond Higgs 7.72 7.72 26 A Jorge McFarlane 7.66 7.66 27 A Michel Tornéus 7.62 7.65 7.65 28 A Salim Sdiri 7.49 7.58 7.48 7.58 29 B Lin Ching-hsuan 7.30 7.30 30 B Kristinn Torfason 5.52 6.25 7.17 7.17 31 B Trevell Quinley 7.09 7.09 32 B Su Xiongfeng 7.03 7.03 B Henry Dagmil A Mohamed Fathalla Difallah A Povilas Mykolaitis B Stanley Gbagbeke
Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Dwight Phillips 8.31 8.45 8.45 SB Mitchell Watt 8.33 4.90 7.79 8.06 8.33 Ngonidzashe Makusha 8.29 8.15 8.14 8.00 8.07 8.29 Yahya Berrabah 8.03 8.23 8.23 Luvo Manyonga 8.21 7.82 8.21 Aleksandr Menkov 7.74 8.19 8.07 8.19 Christian Reif 7.90 8.19 7.98 7.97 8.19 Sebastian Bayer 8.17 8.06 8.13 8.04 7.91 8.02 8.17 SB Will Claye 8.08 7.98 8.10 8.10 10 Marcos Chuva 8.05 7.99 8.05 11 Chris Tomlinson 7.86 7.87 7.87 Kim Deok-hyeon
References
External links Long jump results at IAAF website