The Men's Long Jump

Long jump

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 event at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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 in Montreal

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, Canda

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, had an entrylist of 33 competitors, with two qualifying groups (33 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Thursday July 29, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 7.80 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Wednesday July 28, 1976.

Medalists

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  OR	olympic record
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record		8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico
Olympic Record		8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		7.68	7.97	—	7.97 m
2	2		X	7.95	—	7.95 m
3	3		7.55	7.67	7.92	7.92 m
4	4		7.71	7.90	—	7.90 m
5	5		7.89	—	—	7.89 m
6	6		7.87	—	—	7.87 m
7	7		7.68	7.56	7.82	7.82 m
8	8		7.82	—	—	7.82 m
9	9		7.81	—	—	7.81 m
10	11		7.78	X	7.75	7.78 m
11	13		7.60	7.71	7.66	7.71 m
12	14		7.53	7.46	7.70	7.70 m
13	18		7.23	7.56	7.57	7.57 m
14	20		7.41	7.49	X	7.49 m
15	25		7.31	7.40	7.29	7.40 m
16	26		7.31	7.38	7.31	7.38 m
17	32		X	X	6.19	6.19 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	10		7.56	7.79	7.75	7.79 m
2	12		5.99	7.66	7.73	7.73 m
3	15		7.46	7.64	7.69	7.69 m
4	16		7.62	X	7.67	7.67 m
5	17		7.60	7.11	X	7.60 m
6	19		7.44	7.24	7.57	7.57 m
7	21		5.61	7.49	X	7.49 m
8	22		7.45	7.45	7.48	7.48 m
9	23		7.12	7.48	7.41	7.48 m
10	24		7.46	X	X	7.46 m
11	27		6.83	7.10	7.33	7.33 m
12	28		7.12	7.20	5.61	7.20 m
13	29		6.96	6.76	6.92	7.46 m
14	30		6.96	5.21	X	6.96 m
15	31		X	6.81	X	6.81 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Final

Larry Myricks was forced to scratch from the final after he injured his foot in the qualifying round.

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		8.35	8.26	X	8.04	8.16	7.91	8.35 m
		8.11	7.81	X	X	X	7.81	8.11 m
		7.81	—	X	8.02	7.84	X	8.02 m
4		8.00	7.82	7.67	7.91	X	7.62	8.00 m
5		8.00	X	7.76	—	—	7.85	8.00 m
6		7.75	7.81	7.89	7.80	X	7.77	7.89 m
7		7.70	7.88	7.77	7.84	X	7.66	7.88 m
8		X	X	7.84	X	X	X	7.84 m
9		7.70	7.71	7.74				7.74 m
10		7.55	4.89	7.66				7.66 m
11		7.61	7.31	X				7.61 m
—		—	—	—				DNS