Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Long Jump
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The Men's Long Jump
event at the 2004 Summer Olympics
as part of the athletics program
was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 24 and August 26.
Dimitrios Serelis, Greece NM
Oleksiy Lukashevych, Ukraine DNS
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 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
as part of the athletics program
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 24 and August 26.
Medalists
Schedule
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)Qualification Round Group A Group B 24.08.2004 – 19:45h 24.08.2004 – 19:45h Final Round 26.08.2004 – 20:02h
Abbreviations
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| OR | Olympic record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | 8.95 m | August 30, 1991 |  Tokyo, Japan |
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| Olympic Record | 8.90 m | October 18, 1968 |  Mexico CityMexico 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... |
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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8.59 | 8.59 | 8.35 | x | x | x | x | ||
 |
8.47 | 8.10 | 8.28 | 7.85 | 8.19 | 8.47 | 8.24 | PB | |
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8.32 | 7.79 | 8.32 | 8.02 | 8.06 | 8.06 | x | PB | |
| 4 | 8.31 | 8.15 | 8.15 | 8.31 | 8.12 | x | x | =SB | |
| 5 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.04 | 8.11 | 8.09 | 8.05 | 7.92 | ||
| 6 | 8.24 | 8.01 | 8.06 | 8.24 | 8.12 | 8.09 | x | ||
| 7 | 8.23 | 8.19 | 8.09 | 8.23 | SB | ||||
| 8 | 8.21 | 8.21 | 8.08 | 8.16 | |||||
| 9 | 8.04 | 7.88 | 8.04 | x | |||||
| 10 | 8.03 | 8.03 | 7.79 | 6.78 | |||||
| 11 | 7.98 | 7.98 | x | x | |||||
| 12 | 7.94 | 7.94 | x | x | |||||
Group 1
Dwight PhillipsDwight PhillipsDwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump...
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
8.31m Q- John MoffittJohn MoffittJohn Moffitt is an American long jumper. His breakthrough came in 2004 when he became NCAA indoor and outdoor champion, improved his personal best by 45 centimeters and won the silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics behind countryfellow Dwight Phillips...
, United States 8.17m 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
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...
8.08m q
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...
, 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...
8.05m q
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...
8.05m q
Kafetien GomisKafetien GomisKafétien Gomis is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010....
, 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...
7.99m
Kiril Sosunov, 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...
7.94m
Nikolay AtanasovNikolay AtanasovNikolay Atanasov is a Bulgarian long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Pirgos.He competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2007, the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships....
, 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...
7.90m- 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...
7.88m 
Nicola TrentinNicola TrentinNicola Trentin is an Italian long jumper.He won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He also participated at the World Championships in 1999 and 2003, the World Indoor Championships in 2004 and the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 8.20 metres,...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
7.86m
Gable GarenamotseGable GarenamotseGable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....
, BotswanaBotswanaBotswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
7.78m
Sinisa ErgoticSiniša ErgoticSiniša Ergotić is a Croatian long jumper.He won the gold medal the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis and the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich...
, 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 ...
7.77m
Ndiss Kaba BadjiNdiss Kaba BadjiNdiss Kaba Badji is a Senegalese athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He is the Senegalese record holder for triple jump, with 17.07 metres achieved when he won the 2008 African Championships...
, SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
7.74m
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...
7.70m
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...
7.62m
Can Zhou, ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
7.47m- Dimitrios Filindras, GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
7.45m 
Tamas MarglTamás MarglTamás Margl is a retired Hungarian sportsperson who competed in long jump and later bobsleigh. He has competed at both Summer and Winter Olympic Games....
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
7.38m
Gregor CankarGregor CankarGregor 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....
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
7.32m
Dimitrios Serelis, Greece NMGroup 2
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...
8.28m Q NR
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...
8.23m Q SB
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...
8.20m 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:...
, Russia 8.09m 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...
, France 8.08m q - Yago LamelaYago LamelaSantiago Lamela Tobío is a former Spanish athlete competing in the long jump. His greatest year was 1999, when he jumped 8.56 during the indoor season to win the silver medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships...
, Spain 8.06m q =SB - Petar DachevPetar DachevPetar Dachev is a retired Bulgarian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships.His personal best was 8.30 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Nicosia. This ranks him fourth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov and Nikolay...
, Bulgaria 8.05m 
Victor CastilloVíctor CastilloVíctor Manuel Castillo Petit is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. His personal best jump is 8.34 metres, a Venezuelan record achieved in May 2004 in Cochabamba...
, VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
7.98m
Kareem Streete-ThompsonKareem Streete-ThompsonKareem 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...
, Cayman IslandsCayman IslandsThe Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
7.85m
Osbourne MoxeyOsbourne MoxeyOsbourne Moxey is a male long jumper from the Bahamas. His personal best jump is 8.19 metres, achieved in August 2002 in San Antonio.-Achievements:-References:...
, Bahamas 7.81m- Louis TsatoumasLouis TsatoumasLouis Tsatoumas is a Greek long jumper.He won his first major senior medal in 2007 at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, where he claimed the silver medal behind an Italian record-breaking Andrew Howe. On 2 June 2007 in Kalamata Tsatoumas jumped 8.66 metres, achieving a personal...
, Greece 7.81m - 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 7.80m - Tarik Bougtaib, Morocco 7.79m
- Yann Domenech, France 7.73m
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...
7.51m
Jadel GregorioJadel 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...
7.50m
Gaspar AraujoGaspar AraújoGaspar Araújo is a Portuguese long jumper.His personal best is 8.10 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Istanbul.-Achievements:-References:...
, PortugalPortugalPortugal , 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...
7.49m
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...
7.42m
Abdulrahman Faraj Al Nubi, QatarQatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
7.41m
Oleksiy Lukashevych, Ukraine DNS