2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

These are the 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 2001 World Championships in Athletics

2001 World Championships in Athletics

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...

in Edmonton, Canada.

Medalists

Gold	Iván Pedroso Iván Pedroso Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban athlete, specializing in long jump.In July 1990, still at the age of 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international... Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city... (CUB)
Silver	Savante Stringfellow Savanté Stringfellow Savanté Stringfellow is a U.S. born long jumper. A student at the University of Mississippi, he was selected for the United States 2000 Olympic Team.-References:**... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA)
Bronze	Carlos Calado Carlos Calado Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado is an athlete from Portugal and S.L. Benfica, who specialises in the long jump.... Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... (POR)

Schedule

All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7
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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
09.08.2001 – 21:10 09.08.2001 – 21:10
Final Round
11.08.2001 – 14:30

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.2001 – 21:10	09.08.2001 – 21:10
Final Round
11.08.2001 – 14:30

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
	B	Savante Stringfellow Savanté Stringfellow Savanté Stringfellow is a U.S. born long jumper. A student at the University of Mississippi, he was selected for the United States 2000 Olympic Team.-References:**...	8.33			8.33	Q
	B	James Beckford	8.05	8.19		8.19	Q
	A	Olexiy Lukashevych Olexiy Lukashevych Olexiy Lukashevych is a Ukrainian long jumper, best known for winning the 2002 European Championships. His personal best is 8.27 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu.-Achievements:-References:...	8.10			8.10	q
	B	Kareem Streete-Thompson Kareem Streete-Thompson Kareem Streete-Thompson is an athlete specializing in the long jump and the 100 metres. He was born in Ithaca, New York.Although born in the USA, he lived his first 18 years in the Cayman Islands...	8.08	7.93		8.08	q
	A	Iván Pedroso Iván Pedroso Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban athlete, specializing in long jump.In July 1990, still at the age of 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international...	8.00	7.92		8.00	q
	A	Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump...	7.78	7.72	7.95	7.95	q
	A	Miguel Pate Miguel Pate Miguel Pate is an American track and field athlete. His speciality is the long jump, although during his high school and collegiate career he also competed in the triple jump, high jump, 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m relay, and 4x400 m.Miguel Pate attended West Feliciana High School in Louisiana from 1994...	7.79	7.89		7.89	q
	B	Vitaliy Shkurlatov Vitaliy Shkurlatov Vitaliy Shkurlatov is a Russian long jumper. His personal best is 8.23 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Tula.-Achievements:-External links:...	7.75	7.74	7.89	7.89	q
	A	Grzegorz Marciniszyn Grzegorz Marciniszyn Grzegorz Marciniszyn is a retired Polish long jumper.He finished ninth at the 2001 World Championships. He also competed in the 1997 World Championships, the 1998 European Championships. the 2000 European Indoor Championships, and the 2002 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final...	7.74	7.88	7.73	7.88	q
10	A	Carlos Calado Carlos Calado Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado is an athlete from Portugal and S.L. Benfica, who specialises in the long jump....	7.73	7.88	7.67	7.88	q
11	B	Abdulrahman Al-Nubi	7.85			7.85	q
12	A	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee	7.65	7.83	7.73	7.83	q
13	B	Richard Duncan Richard Duncan (athlete) Richard Duncan is a retired Canadian long jumper.-Career:Duncan finished fourth at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, in the high jump event. In the long jump he competed at the 1996 Olympic Games, the 1997 World Championships, the 1999 World Championships the 2001 World Championships and the 2000...	7.79			7.79
14	B	Mesut Yavas	7.71	7.76	7.76	7.76
15	B	Roman Shchurenko Roman Shchurenko Roman Anatoliyovych Shchurenko is a male athlete from Ukraine specializing in long jump. His personal best jump, which he achieved in July 2000, is 8.30 metres. The same year he became, surprisingly, the bronze medallist at the Olympic Games.-External links:*...	7.74		7.62	7.74
16	A	Kader Klouchi	7.09	7.54	7.70	7.70
17	B	Luis Felipe Meliz	7.61	7.69	7.24	7.69
18	B	Luka Aračić Luka Aračić Luka Aračić is a retired Croatian long jumper.He was born in Zagreb. He finished eighth at the 2000 World Junior Championships, and competed at the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final. He also became Croatian long jump champion in 2000 and 2001.His personal best jump was 8.12...	7.51	7.61	7.68	7.68
19	A	Danila Burkenya	7.63	7.59	7.61	7.63
20	B	Mattias Sunneborn Mattias Sunneborn Mattias Sunneborn is a Swedish long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.21 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Malmö. This is the current Swedish record.He still competes on national level.-Achievements:...	7.50	7.63	7.43	7.63
21	B	Stephan Louw Stephan Louw Stephan Louw is a Namibian long jumper.At the 2001 Summer Universiade he won the silver medal in long jump and participated in 4 x 100 metres relay. The Namibian relay team, which consisted of Louw, Sherwin Vries, Thobias Akwenye and Benedictus Botha, finished fourth in a new Namibian record of...	7.62			7.62
22	A	Schahriar Bigdeli Schahriar Bigdeli Schahriar Bigdeli is a retired German long jumper.He finished seventh at the 1998 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, but did not reach the final round...	7.51	7.33	7.46	7.51
23	A	Raul Fernandez Raúl Fernández (athlete) Raúl Fernández Pavón is a former Spanish athlete specializing in the long jump. His biggest success is winning the gold medal during the 2002 European Indoor Championships in Vienna.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...			7.47	7.47
24	A	Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette is a Mauritian long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fifth at the 2006 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000...	7.29	7.40	7.11	7.40
25	B	Daisuke Watanabe Daisuke Watanabe is a Japanese video game scenario writer that has been an employee of Square Enix since September, 1998. He is mostly known for his work on the role-playing video game series Final Fantasy and the action role-playing video game series Kingdom Hearts....	7.32	7.37		7.37
26	A	Sanjay Kumar Raj	7.12	7.24		7.24
27	A	Bogdan Ţăruş Bogdan Tarus Gabriel Bogdan Ţăruş was a Romanian athlete who competed in long jump. According to the IAAF, he jumped an exceptional 7.53 at the age of twelve . He has, however, not had much success in World Championships or Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.29 metres, achieved in 1996...	4.01			4.01

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Gregor Cankar

Gregor Cankar is a Slovenian athlete competing in long jump who won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. He finished sixth at the 1996 Summer Olympics....

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Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Iván Pedroso Iván Pedroso Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban athlete, specializing in long jump.In July 1990, still at the age of 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international...		8.23	8.35	6.18	8.40		8.40
	Savante Stringfellow Savanté Stringfellow Savanté Stringfellow is a U.S. born long jumper. A student at the University of Mississippi, he was selected for the United States 2000 Olympic Team.-References:**...			8.22	8.24			8.24
	Carlos Calado Carlos Calado Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado is an athlete from Portugal and S.L. Benfica, who specialises in the long jump....		8.21		7.92	8.18	8.01	8.21	SB
	Miguel Pate Miguel Pate Miguel Pate is an American track and field athlete. His speciality is the long jump, although during his high school and collegiate career he also competed in the triple jump, high jump, 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m relay, and 4x400 m.Miguel Pate attended West Feliciana High School in Louisiana from 1994...		8.09	7.83	7.89	8.21	7.94	8.21
	Kareem Streete-Thompson Kareem Streete-Thompson Kareem Streete-Thompson is an athlete specializing in the long jump and the 100 metres. He was born in Ithaca, New York.Although born in the USA, he lived his first 18 years in the Cayman Islands...	7.74	8.09	8.08	8.03	8.10	8.04	8.10
	Olexiy Lukashevych Olexiy Lukashevych Olexiy Lukashevych is a Ukrainian long jumper, best known for winning the 2002 European Championships. His personal best is 8.27 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu.-Achievements:-References:...		8.10	7.19		8.01	7.97	8.10
	James Beckford	7.94		7.97			8.08	8.08
	Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump...	7.90		7.92				7.92

	Grzegorz Marciniszyn Grzegorz Marciniszyn Grzegorz Marciniszyn is a retired Polish long jumper.He finished ninth at the 2001 World Championships. He also competed in the 1997 World Championships, the 1998 European Championships. the 2000 European Indoor Championships, and the 2002 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final...	7.32	7.92	7.78				7.92
10	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee		7.90	7.73				7.90
11	Abdulrahman Al-Nubi	7.63						7.63
12	Vitaliy Shkurlatov Vitaliy Shkurlatov Vitaliy Shkurlatov is a Russian long jumper. His personal best is 8.23 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Tula.-Achievements:-External links:...		7.35	7.61				7.61

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