These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships

1991 World Championships in Athletics

The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...

in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday August 30, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Mike Powell Mike Powell (athlete) Michael Anthony Powell born is a former American track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record.Mike Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)
Silver	Carl Lewis Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)
Bronze	Larry Myricks Larry Myricks Larry Myricks was an American athlete, who mainly competed in the men's long jump event.A durable jumper, Myricks first broke onto the track scene in 1976. While competing for Mississippi College he was the NCAA Champion, in the long jump. He followed that up with a second place at U. S... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)

Analysis

This was perhaps the greatest long jump competition as both of the top two athletes were credited with distances beyond the existing world record that had stood for almost 23 years. Both (now retired) jumped the best jumps of their careers in this competition, the top two measured jumps in history, the number one and number three best wind-legal

Wind assistance

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 jumps in history, the best two not aided by altitude. Lewis' record at the time was; a two time Olympic Gold medalist, two time World Champion and was considered the best long jumper in the world having been undefeated in ten years. Lewis was in the lead through four rounds, his first round jump set the championship record, then his third round jump setting his personal wind-legal record. Powell's fourth round jump looked like it was in the range of Lewis, but was ruled a foul, the closeness of the call upset Powell. Powell went down to his knees at the board trying to see the microscopic indentation into the plasticine indicating it was a foul. Lewis' fourth round jump was wind-aided, but beat the existing world record and to that moment was the longest measured jump in history. Powell's wind legal fifth round jump topped that, setting the world record. But the competition was not over. Moments later Lewis answered with his lifetime wind-legal personal record. Both athletes still had one jump remaining. While Powell fouled and then prayed, Lewis made his second best wind-legal jump. Thus the competition included the best three wind-legal attempts of Lewis' career, plus a wind-aided attempt beyond the existing world record that he had chased for ten years and he still finished in second place. Since this competition, no athlete, including Powell and Lewis has jumped within 20 cm of Powell's world record.

Coverage

This momentous event achieved another unique occurrence. It was the only time American network television, in this case NBC, devoted over 20 minutes to a single field event competition. See the video in four parts: Part 1 the introduction, Part 2,
Part 3, Part 4.

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  29.08.1991 – 16:10h	29.08.1991 – 15:10h
  Final Round
  30.08.1991 – 17:30h

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Championship records were as follows.

World Record		8.90	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	18 October 1968
Championship Record		8.67	Rome, Italy	5 September 1987

Qualifying round

• Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

  RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
  1.		8.56 m
  2.		8.05 m
  3.		8.04 m
  4.		8.04 m
  5.		8.03 m
  6.		8.02 m
  7.		8.01 m
  8.		8.01 m
  9.		7.95 m
  10.		7.95 m
  11.		7.94 m
  12.		7.89 m
  13.		7.86 m
  14.		7.78 m
  15.		7.75 m
  16.		7.73 m
  17.		7.71 m
  18.		7.68 m
  19.		7.52 m
  20.		7.15 m
  21.		6.58 m
  —		NM

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.		8.21 m
2.		8.20 m
3.		8.19 m
4.		8.12 m
5.		8.05 m
6.		8.00 m
7.		7.94 m
8.		7.88 m
9.		7.79 m
10.		7.75 m
11.		7.69 m
12.		7.62 m
13.		7.62 m
14.		7.61 m
15.		7.57 m
16.		7.50 m
17.		7.05 m
18.		6.99 m
—		NM
—		NM
—		NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		7.85	8.54	8.29	X	8.95	—	8.95 m	WR
		8.68	X	8.83	8.91w	8.87	8.84	8.91 m	PB (8.87)
								8.42 m
4								8.22 m
5								8.06 m
6								8.02 m
7								8.01 m
8								7.99 m
9								7.94 m
10								7.94 m
11								7.92 m
12								7.92 m
13								7.78 m

See also

• 1988 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Seoul)
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump
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• 1990 Men's European Championships Long Jump
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Long Jump
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• 1991 Long Jump Year Ranking
• 1992 Men's Olympic Long Jump
  Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump
  These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 53 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...
  
  
• 1993 Men's World Championships Long Jump
  1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Long Jump
  These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 45 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday August 20, 1993.-Medalists:...