2005 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Long Jump
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The Men's Long Jump
event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium
on August 12 and August 13.
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 2005 World Championships in Athletics
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...
was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...
on August 12 and August 13.
Medalists
| Gold |  Dwight PhillipsDwight Phillips Dwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA) |
| Silver |  Ignisious GaisahIgnisious Gaisah Ignisious Gaisah is a Ghanaian athlete competing in the long jump.Gaisah currently lives and trains in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to the Netherlands in 2001 and soon flabbergasted everyone at his local club by saying his personal best was 7,85 metres and started proving it as well. He... Ghana Ghana Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south... (GHA) |
| Bronze |  Tommi EviläTommi Evilä Tommi Evilä is a Finnish long jumper. He gained fame following his surprise bronze in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, which was Finland's only medal in the games.... Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... (FIN) |
Heat 1
Godfrey Khotso MokoenaGodfrey Khotso MokoenaGodfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:...
, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
8.22m Q
Salim SdiriSalim SdiriSalim Sdiri is a French long jumper of Tunisian descent. His personal best jump is 8.42 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Pierre-Bénite, which is the current French national record...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
8.18m Q
Vitaliy ShkurlatovVitaliy ShkurlatovVitaliy Shkurlatov is a Russian long jumper. His personal best is 8.23 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Tula.-Achievements:-External links:...
, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
7.95m q
Christopher Tomlinson, Great BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
7.83m
Ibrahim CamejoIbrahim CamejoIbrahim Camejo is a Cuban long jumper.He won the bronze medals at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. He then won the more prestigious bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games...
, CubaCubaThe 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...
7.78m
Miguel PateMiguel PateMiguel 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...
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
7.70m
Jonathan ChimierJonathan ChimierJonathan Chimier is a Mauritian long jumper who won the 2004 African Championships in Athletics.His personal best jump is 8.28 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Athens. This is the Mauritian record. He is also a sprinter and competes mainly in the 60 metres...
, MauritiusMauritiusMauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
7.65m
Povilas MykolaitisPovilas MykolaitisPovilas Mykolaitis is a Lithuanian long jumper. His personal record is 8.15 metres, reached at 2011 in Kaunas, which also is national record....
, LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
7.64m- Walter DavisWalter Davis (athletics)Walter L. Davis is an African American athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He was born in Lafayette, LouisianaDavis won the 2005 World Outdoor & 2006 World Indoor Championships....
, United States 7.42m 
Yahya BerrabahYahya BerrabahYahya Berrabah is a Moroccan long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 African Championships. At the 2006 African Championships he finished eighth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump. He won the gold medal at the 2008 African Championships...
, MoroccoMoroccoMorocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
7.33m
Morten JensenMorten JensenMorten Jensen is a Danish athlete. He primarily participates in long jump, 100 metres and 200 metres.He competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without...
, DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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Leevan SandsLeevan SandsLeevan Sands is a Bahamian triple jumper. He was born in Nassau.His personal best jump is 17.59 metres, achieved in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing...
, BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Jadel GregórioJadel GregórioJadel Abdul Ghani Gregório is a Brazilian athlete competing in long jump and triple jump. Based in São Paulo, he has competed in several international championships since 2001, and never finished lower than 6th place.He was a competitor for Brazil in the 2008 Summer Olympics...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
DNS
Heat 2
- Dwight PhillipsDwight PhillipsDwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump...
, United States 8.59m Q 
Tommi EviläTommi EviläTommi Evilä is a Finnish long jumper. He gained fame following his surprise bronze in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, which was Finland's only medal in the games....
, FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
8.18m Q (NR)
James Beckford, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
8.13m Q
Issam NimaIssam NimaIssam Nima is an Algerian long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Zaragoza.-Achievements:-References:...
, AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
8.13m Q (NR)
Ignisious GaisahIgnisious GaisahIgnisious Gaisah is a Ghanaian athlete competing in the long jump.Gaisah currently lives and trains in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to the Netherlands in 2001 and soon flabbergasted everyone at his local club by saying his personal best was 7,85 metres and started proving it as well. He...
, GhanaGhanaGhana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
8.11m Q
Joan Lino MartínezJoan Lino MartínezJoan Lino Martínez Armenteros is a Spanish athlete. He competes in the long jump.Martínez was born to a Cuban father and Spanish mother. After his switch from Cuba to Spain, he did not compete internationally until 2004, when he won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
8.10m Q
Irving SaladinoIrving SaladinoIrving Jahir Saladino Aranda is a Panamanian long jumper. He is the current Olympic champion, and Panama's first and only Olympic gold medallist.Saladino was born in Colón, Panama....
, PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
7.98m q
Volodymyr ZyuskovVolodymyr ZyuskovVolodymyr Zyuskov is a male long jumper from Ukraine. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Kiev.-Achievements:-External links:...
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
7.97m q
Nils WinterNils WinterNils Winter is a German long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships and the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
7.91m q- Brian Johnson, United States 7.91m
Shinichi TeranoShinichi Teranois a Japanese long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.20 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Tottori.He won the bronze medal at the 2003 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final....
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
7.27m
Eroni Tuivanuavou, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
7.17m (SB)- Iván PedrosoIván PedrosoIván 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 NM 
Bogdan TarusBogdan TarusGabriel 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...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 8.60 | X | X | X | X | X | 8.60 m | SB | ||
| 7.76 | 8.11 | 8.34 | 8.17 | 8.05 | — | 8.34 m | NR Ghanaian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Ghana maintained by Ghana's national athletics federation: Ghana Athletics Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timingA = affected by altitude* = doubtful distance... |
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| X | X | 8.16 | 8.12 | 8.25 | X | 8.25 m | |||
| 4 | 7.85 | 8.13 | 8.04 | 8.24 | X | 7.98 | 8.24 m | ||
| 5 | 8.20 | 8.07 | 7.96 | 7.97 | X | 8.21 | 8.21 m | ||
| 6 | 8.00 | 7.91 | 8.06 | 8.00 | 8.20 | 8.12 | 8.20 m | ||
| 7 | 8.01 | 8.06 | 8.11 | 8.06 | 6.79 | X | 8.11 m | ||
| 8 | 7.56 | 8.06 | X | 8.01 | X | X | 8.06 m | ||
| 9 | X | 8.02 | 7.93 | 8.02 m | |||||
| 10 | X | 7.88 | 7.66 | 7.88 m | |||||
| 11 | 7.61 | 7.73 | 7.42 | 7.73 m | |||||
| 12 | X | X | 7.72 | 7.72 m | |||||