Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump
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Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Rank Group Name Nationality 1 2 3 Mark Remarks
1 A Louis Tsatoumas
Louis Tsatoumas
Louis 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...

8.27
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|2 ||A||align="left"|Ibrahim Camejo
Ibrahim Camejo
Ibrahim 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...

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|3 ||A||align="left"|Greg Rutherford
Greg Rutherford
Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford is an English athlete from Milton Keynes who competes in long jump and 100 metres. His home club is Marshall Milton Keynes AC.Rutherford competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games for England...

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|4 ||A||align="left"|Khotso Mokoena||align="left"|
|| 8.03
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|5 ||B||align="left"|Ngonidzashe Makusha
Ngonidzashe Makusha
Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100m and Long Jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89s and 8.40m respectively. Both performances achieved during the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he completed the 100m long...

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|6 ||B||align="left"|Wilfredo Martínez
Wilfredo Martínez
Wilfredo Martínez is an Cuban long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Cali. He won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, finished eighth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:...

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|| 7.92
(+0.4) ||7.80
(+0.4) || 8.07
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|7 ||B||align="left"|Ndiss Kaba Badji
Ndiss Kaba Badji
Ndiss 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...

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|| 7.65
(-0.1) ||7.79
(-0.1) || 8.07
(-0.5) || 8.07 || q, SB
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|8 ||A||align="left"|Hussein Taher Al-Sabee||align="left"|
|| 5.47
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( -0.4) || || 8.04 || q
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|9 ||B||align="left"|Irving Saladino
Irving Saladino
Irving 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....

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|10 ||A||align="left"|Luis Méliz
Luis Méliz
Luis Felipe Méliz Linares is a male long jumper. He represents Spain. He originally represented Cuba, but obtained Spanish citizenship on 28 December 2007....

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|11 ||A||align="left"|Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....

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|| 7.58
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|12 ||B||align="left"|Roman Novotný
Roman Novotný
Roman Novotný is a Czech long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2003 World Youth Championships, won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade and finished eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games....

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|| 7.75
(+0.3) ||7.81
(-0.1) ||7.94
(-0.2) || 7.94 || q
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|13 ||A||align="left"|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...

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|14 ||B||align="left"|Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi
Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi
Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi is a Saudi Arabian long jumper.His personal best is 8.48 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. This is also the current Asian record.He is coached by Messaoud Bouhouche.-Achievements:...

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|15 ||B||align="left"|Tyrone Smith
Tyrone Smith (athlete)
Tyrone Smith is a professional Bermudian born long jumper.Tyrone grew up in the Chicago suburb of North Chicago where he attended NCCHS and Novak-King Middle School. At NCCHS he was a member of the Track and Field team as well as the Football team...

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|| 6.95
(+0.1) ||7.63
(-0.6) ||7.91
(-0.1) || 7.91 ||
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|16 ||B||align="left"|Fabrice Lapierre
Fabrice Lapierre
Fabrice Lapierre is a Mauritian-born Australian long jumper.Lapierre placed 4th at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, behind another Australian, Mitchell Watt, who took the bronze...

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|17 ||A||align="left"|Yahya Berrabah
Yahya Berrabah
Yahya 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...

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|17 ||A||align="left"|Tommi Evilä
Tommi 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....

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|19 ||B||align="left"|Trevell Quinley
Trevell Quinley
Trevell Quinley is an American long jumper and competitor in the 2008 Summer Olympics.He won the bronze medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships...

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|20 ||B||align="left"|Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the...

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||7.73
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|21 ||A||align="left"|Salim Sdiri
Salim Sdiri
Salim 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...

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|22 ||B||align="left"|Brian Johnson||align="left"|
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|23 ||A||align="left"|Sebastien Bayer||align="left"|
|| ||7.43
(+0.1) ||7.77
(0.0) || 7.77 ||
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|24 ||A||align="left"|Hugo Chila
Hugo Chila
Hugo Dionisio Chila Ayoví is an Ecuadorian long jumper and triple jumper.He set a personal best and Ecuadorian record of 16.70 m in the triple jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He bettered this at the 2009 Bolivarian Games, jumping 17.03 m for the gold and a Games record...

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|24 ||B||align="left"|Andriy Makarchev
Andriy Makarchev
Andriy Makarchev is a Ukrainian long jumper.He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 8.13 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Istanbul.-Achievements:-References:...

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|26 ||A||align="left"|Mauro da Silva||align="left"|
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|27 ||B||align="left"|Chris Tomlinson
Chris Tomlinson
Christopher George Tomlinson is an English long jumper.Tomlinson began competing for Middlesbrough AC at the age of 10, mostly over 100m and 200m. He attended Nunthorpe Secondary School and to this day holds many of its year group records for triple and long jump...

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|| 7.52
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(0.0) ||7.70
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|28 ||A||align="left"|Li Runrun
Li Runrun
Li Runrun is a Chinese long jumper.He won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

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|| 7.70
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|29 ||B||align="left"|Tarik Bouguetaib
Tarik Bouguetaïb
Tarik Bouguetaïb is a Moroccan long jumper and triple jumper. He was born in Casablanca.In the long jump he finished thirteenth at the 2006 African Championships...

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|30 ||B||align="left"|Herbert McGregor
Herbert McGregor
Herbert McGregor is a Jamaican long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.08 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Fort-de-France....

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|| 7.64
(0.0) ||7.46
(+0.3) ||7.36
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|31 ||A||align="left"|Morten Jensen
Morten Jensen
Morten 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...

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|32 ||B||align="left"|Louis Tristán
Louis Tristán
Louis Tristán is a Peruvian long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.09 metres, achieved in October 2006 in Tunja.He competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the...

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||7.58
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|33 ||A||align="left"|Marcin Starzak
Marcin Starzak
Marcin Starzak is a Polish long jumper.He finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic...

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|34 ||A||align="left"|Henry Dagmil
Henry Dagmil
Henry Dagmil is a Filipino long jumper. His personal best jump is 7.99 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Los Angeles. He finished fifth at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-Achievements:-References:...

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|35 ||A||align="left"|Nikolai Atanasov||align="left"|
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|36 ||B||align="left"|Julien Fivaz
Julien Fivaz
Julien Fivaz is a Swiss long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.27 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Ebensee.He competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-Achievements:...

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|37 ||A||align="left"|Vladimir Malyavin
Vladimir Malyavin
Vladimir Eduardovich Malyavin is a retired male long jumper from Russia.He originally represented Tajikistan. He competed at the 1993 World Championships, the 1995 World Indoor Championships, the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final.For Russia he finished...

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||7.32
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|38 ||B||align="left"|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...

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| ||B||align="left"|Zhou Can
Zhou Can
Zhou Can is a Chinese long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.22 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Suzhou.He won the silver medal at the 2003 Asian Championships and the bronze medal at the 2005 Asian Championships...

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| ||B||align="left"|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...

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| ||A||align="left"|Issam Nima
Issam Nima
Issam Nima is an Algerian long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Zaragoza.-Achievements:-References:...

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Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Irving Saladino
Irving Saladino
Irving 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....

 

(+0.1)
8.17
(-0.1)
8.21
(+0.1)
8.34
(-0.3)

(-0.2)

(-0.5)
8.34
(-0.3)
Khotso Mokoena 7.86
(+0.1)

(0.0)
8.02
(+0.2)
8.24
(0.0)

(-0.2)

(-0.4)
8.24
(0.0)
Ibrahim Camejo
Ibrahim Camejo
Ibrahim 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...

7.94 8.09 8.08 7.88 7.93 8.20 8.20
Ngonidzashe Makusha
Ngonidzashe Makusha
Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100m and Long Jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89s and 8.40m respectively. Both performances achieved during the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he completed the 100m long...

8.19 8.06 8.05 8.10 8.05 6.48 8.20
Wilfredo Martínez
Wilfredo Martínez
Wilfredo Martínez is an Cuban long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Cali. He won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, finished eighth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:...

7.60 7.90 8.04 8.20 8.20
6 Ndiss Kaba Badji
Ndiss Kaba Badji
Ndiss 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...

8.03 8.02 8.16 8.03 7.92 8.16 SB
7 Luis Felipe Meliz 8.02 7.98 8.07 8.07
8 Roman Novotný
Roman Novotný
Roman Novotný is a Czech long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2003 World Youth Championships, won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade and finished eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games....

7.87 7.75 8.00 7.82 7.94 8.00
9 Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....

7.85
7.85
10 Greg Rutherford
Greg Rutherford
Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford is an English athlete from Milton Keynes who competes in long jump and 100 metres. His home club is Marshall Milton Keynes AC.Rutherford competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games for England...

5.20 7.84 7.84
11 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee 7.80 7.80
} ||align=left|Louis Tsatoumas
Louis Tsatoumas
Louis 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...

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