2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's long jump

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...

at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games....

is held at the QEII Stadium

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Queen Elizabeth II Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built in 1973, to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in which a temporary 15000 seat western stand was erected for the event taking capacity to 35000...

on 22-23, 25-26 and 29 January

Medalists

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
F11
F13
F20
F36
F37/38
F42	Heinrich Popow Heinrich Popow Heinrich Popow is a Paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T42 sprint events.He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece...	Wojtek Czyz Wojtek Czyz Wojtek Czyz is a disabled German athlete from Polish part of Silesia.He lost his lower left leg in 2001, when he was an aspiring soccer player. He ran for a loose ball, when the opposing goalkeeper rammed his knee, causing multiple fractures and destroying several major blood vessels...	Atsushi Yamamoto Atsushi Yamamoto is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category F42/44 long jump events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's F42/44 long jump event.-External links:...
F44
F46

F42

The Men's long jump, F42 was held on January 22

F42 = single above knee amputation or equivalent impairment.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Heinrich Popow Heinrich Popow Heinrich Popow is a Paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T42 sprint events.He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece...		5.90	5.92		6.23		6.23	CR
Wojtek Czyz Wojtek Czyz Wojtek Czyz is a disabled German athlete from Polish part of Silesia.He lost his lower left leg in 2001, when he was an aspiring soccer player. He ran for a loose ball, when the opposing goalkeeper rammed his knee, causing multiple fractures and destroying several major blood vessels...	6.02	5.14	5.90	5.84	6.14	5.96	6.14
Atsushi Yamamoto Atsushi Yamamoto is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category F42/44 long jump events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's F42/44 long jump event.-External links:...	5.71	-	5.79		5.93		5.93	AR
Kortney Clemons Kortney Clemons Kortney Clemons is an American Paralympic athlete and Iraq War Veteran.He is featured in the 2009 documentary Warrior Champions about American soldiers who lost limbs or suffered paralysis in Iraq, and their way to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.- Early life :Clemons went to high school...		3.96	4.41	4.59	4.25	3.29	4.59
Weizhong Guo		4.20	4.41	4.46	4.38	4.45	4.46

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Asian Record

Medalists

F42

Final

See also