The men's long jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 4 and 6 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.
Summary Defending Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou returned as the world leader. Tentoglou was also the 2023 World Champion and 2022 silver medalist. Wang Jianan won in 2022, Simon Ehammer won bronze and is #2 for 2024. 2023 silver medalist Wayne Pinnock jumped well indoors in 2024 but didn't quite match it outdoors. 19 year old Mattia Furlani showed several good results in 2024.
Tentoglou only needed one jump to auto qualify for the final. Radek Juška took two. Wang could see how the competition was developing and saved energy by only taking one, 8.12m, just short of the auto. It took 7.90m to make the final.
Early in the first round, Furlani put pressure on the field, starting off with an 8.34m. Jacob Fincham-Dukes got close to 8, with a 7.95m. Tentoglou's first jump put him into second with 8.27m. Wang then pushed Fincham-Dukes off the podium with his 7.96m. In the second round, Simon Batz moved into third at 8.07m. That lasted two jumps until Ehammer jumped 8.20m. Tentoglou shuffled the deck, blasting . Two jumpers later, Pinnock finished the order with 8.36m. Tentoglou backed up his winner with an 8.36m in the fourth round, Furlani popped another 8.34m in the fifth, but nobody improved. It was Tentoglou's second successive gold medal.
Background The men's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896. +Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDateWorld record8.95"All time Top lists – Senior – Long jump men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991Olympic record8.90Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968World leading8.65"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Long jump men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Rome, Italy8 June 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)Africa (records)8.52Asia (records)8.48Europe (records)8.86 North, Central America and Caribbean (records)8.95 WROceania (records)8.54South America (records)8.73
Qualification
For the men's long jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 8.27 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Results
Qualification The qualifying competition was held on 4 August. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification results or world ranking."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Qualification rule: qualification standard 8.15m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q). RankGroupAthleteNation123ResultNotes1AMiltiadis Tentoglou8.32 — —8.322BRadek Juška7.858.15 —8.15, 3BWang Jianan8.12 — —8.12, 4BSimon Ehammer7.698.096.628.095BFilip Pravdica7.688.047.598.046AMattia Furlani8.017.95 X8.017BWayne Pinnock7.967.727.687.968AJacob Fincham-Dukes X7.387.967.969BZhang Mingkun7.917.887.927.9210BArnovis Dalmero7.927.837.787.9211ACarey McLeod7.777.90 X7.9012ASimon Batz X7.907.607.9013AEmiliano Lasa7.877.587.707.8714ABozhidar Sarâboyukov X X7.877.8715AJeremiah Davis7.837.787.787.8316BThobias Montler X X7.827.8217AYuki Hashioka X7.727.817.8118BChris Mitrevski7.667.796.477.7919 BTajay Gayle7.787.687.637.7820AAnvar Anvarov7.577.777.777.7721BMalcolm Clemons7.727.467.727.7222BLin Yu-Tang7.70 X7.667.7023AJovan van Vuuren7.70 X7.417.7024AShi Yuhao7.687.307.687.6825A Alejandro Parada7.627.02 X7.6226BJeswin Aldrin X X7.617.6127ALiam Adcock7.417.567.297.5628BTom Campagne7.50 X7.517.5129AMohammad Amin Alsalami7.037.247.247.2430APetr Meindlschmid6.97 X X6.9731BCheswill Johnson X4.49 X4.49ALucas Marcelino X X XBJarrion Lawson X X X
Final The final was held on 6 August, starting at 20:20 (UTC+2) in the evening."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
RankAthleteNation123456ResultMiltiadis Tentoglou8.278.488.248.368.31 X 8.48Wayne Pinnock7.848.367.998.058.248.128.36Mattia Furlani8.348.25 X X8.348.278.344Simon Ehammer X8.208.117.92 X X8.205Jacob Fincham-Dukes7.958.14 X X X7.648.146Simon Batz7.588.077.797.717.957.948.077Zhang Mingkun7.81 X8.07 X7.93 X8.07 8Wang Jianan7.96 X7.92 X8.03 —8.039Filip Pravdica7.727.907.87 Did not advance7.9010Radek Juška7.787.697.83 Did not advance7.8311Arnovis Dalmero X7.837.74 Did not advance7.8312Carey McLeod7.517.167.82 Did not advance7.82
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