2015 World Athletics Championships / Men's Long Jump

World Athletics Championships 2015
discipline	Long jump of men
city	Beijing
place	Beijing National Stadium
Attendees	32 athletes from 22 countries
Competition phase	August 24, 2015 (qualification) August 25, 2015 (final)
Medalist
gold	Greg Rutherford ( GBR )
silver	Fabrice Lapierre ( AUS )
bronze	Wang Jianan ( CHN )

British world champion Greg Rutherford

The men's long jump at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 24-25, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .

World champion was the Briton Greg Rutherford . The silver medal went to the Australian Fabrice Lapierre , the bronze went to the Chinese Wang Jianan .

Records

World record	Mike Powell	8.95 m	World Cup in Tokyo , Japan	August 30, 1991
Championship record

qualification

August 24, 2015, 10:00 a.m. local time (4:00 a.m. CEST )

The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification width was 8.15 m. Since only two jumpers exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to a total of twelve participants (highlighted in light green). So finally 7.98 m had to be achieved in a valid second-best jump in order to reach the final fight.

Group A

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
01	Wang Jianan	People's Republic of China	8.12	8.02	-	8.12
02	Kafétien Gomis	France	x	7.66	8.09	8.09
03	Alexander Menkow	Russia	x	7.96	8.08	8.08
04th	Radek Juška	Czech Republic	x	7.50	7.98	7.98
05	Yohei Sugai	Japan	7.92	7.60	7.89	7.92
06th	Kanstanzin Barycheusky	Belarus	7.89	x	7.76	7.89
07th	Dan Bramble	Great Britain	x	7.83	x	7.83
08th	Zarck Visser	South Africa	x	7.79	7.78	7.79
09	Marquis Dendy	United States	x	7.78	x	7.78
10	Maykel Demetrio Massó	Cuba	7.70	7.04	7.28	7.70
11	Alyn Camara	Germany	7.45	x	7.66	7.66
12	Ahmed Fayez Al-Dosari	Saudi Arabia	7.63	7.24	7.19	7.63
13	Damar Forbes	Jamaica	7.61	7.62	7.61	7.62
14th	Higor Alves	Brazil	7.60	x	x	7.60
NM	Michel Tornéus	Sweden	x	x	x	without space
	Quincy Breell	Aruba	x	x	x

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  The British Dan Bramble did not reach the final with 7.83 m

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  The Dutch Zarck Visser jumped 7.79 m and was eliminated

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  The Cuban Maykel Massó was 7.70 m not enough for a final

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  With 7.66 m, the German Alyn Camara did not get beyond the qualification

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  The Jamaican Damar Forbes could not qualify for the final with 7.62 m

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  The Swedish EM fifth Michel Tornéus did not make a valid jump in qualification

Group B

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
01	Jeff Henderson	United States	8.36	-	-	8.36
02	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	x	8.25	-	8.25
03	Mike Hartfield	United States	x	8.13	-	8.13
04th	Gao Xinglong	People's Republic of China	7.00	8.11	-	8.11
05	Li Jinzhe	People's Republic of China	8.07	8.10	-	8.10
06th	Sergei Polyansky	Russia	7.87	8.06	x	8.06
07th	Tyrone Smith	Bermuda	7.72	8.01	8.03	8.03
08th	Fabrice Lapierre	Australia	8.03	x	x	8.03
09	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	South Africa	x	7.98	x	7.98
10	Fabian Heinle	Germany	x	x	7.96	7.96
11	Emiliano Lasa	Uruguay	7.95	x	x	7.95
12	Rushwal Samaai	South Africa	7.68	7.79	7.69	7.79
13	Ignisious Gaisah	Netherlands	x	7.77	7.71	7.77
14th	Waisale Dausoko	Fiji	x	6.89	x	6.89
NM	Alexsandro Melo	Brazil	x	x	x	without space
	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye	Turks and Caicos Islands	x	x	x

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  The South African Godfrey Mokoena was eliminated from the qualification despite his 7.98 m because he had no other valid jump with the same distance as the twelve best jumper

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  The German Fabian Heinle's 7.96 m was not enough to take part in the final

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  Emiliano Lana from Uruguay achieved 7.95 m in qualification and was eliminated

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  The Dutch medal candidate Ignisious Gaisah did not reach the final with 7.77 m

final

August 25, 2015, 7:25 PM local time (1:25 PM CEST )

The favorites were the Olympic and reigning European champion Greg Rutherford from Great Britain and the reigning world champion Alexander Menkow from Russia. One of the candidates for the fight for the medals were the Dutch vice world champion Ignisious Gaisah and the Portuguese European Championship third Kafétien Gomis. However, Gaisah was already eliminated in qualifying.

In the first round there were only three jumps over the eight-meter mark. The two Chinese Wang Jianan and Gao Xinglong reached 8.14 m, Menkow jumped 8.02 m. The second round was not necessarily of high quality either. Only Rutherford with 8.28 m and Wang with 8.18 m achieved really good distances. All other participants stayed shorter than eight meters with their jumps. This level continued in the third series of experiments. Only the Australian Fabrice Lapierre - 8.10 m - third Chinese Li Jinzhe - 8.09 m - and Gomis - 8.02 m - could improve. Before the three finals, Rutherford was leading with 8.29 m ahead of Wang with 8.18 m. Gao was third with 8.14 m ahead of Lapierre - 8.09 m. Menkow and Gomis followed with 8.02 m each. Behind them, the Russian Sergei Poljanski reached the final of the best eight with 7.97 m.

With his fourth jump, Rutherford reached 8.41 m, which further expanded his lead. On lap five, Jinzhe improved by one centimeter to 8.10 m, temporarily displacing Lapierre to fourth place. But the Australian was able to counter. He jumped 8.20 m and was now second. Now Lapierre had really gained a foothold. He was the only participant to improve again with his last jump. He achieved 8.24 m, which, however, did not change the ranking. Greg Rutherford lived up to his role as a favorite by winning the world title. Fabrice Lapierre came in second, followed by Wang Jianan in third, Gao Xinglong - fourth - and Li Jinzhe - fifth - three Chinese runners-up.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	x	8.29	x	8.41	-	-	8.41 SB
	Fabrice Lapierre	Australia	x	7.85	8.10	x	8.20	8.24	8.24 SB
	Wang Jianan	People's Republic of China	8.14	8.18	8.08	x	x	6.27	8.18
04th	Gao Xinglong	People's Republic of China	8.14	7.87	7.85	x	7.95	8.02	8.14 SB
05	Li Jinzhe	People's Republic of China	7.69	x	8.09	x	8.10	x	8.10
06th	Alexander Menkow	Russia	8.02	x	7.98	x	x	x	8.02
07th	Kafétien Gomis	France	x	x	8.02	7.57	x	7.80	8.02
08th	Sergei Polyansky	Russia	7.89	7.97	x	x	x	x	7.97
09	Jeff Henderson	United States	x	7.95	x	not in the final of the eight best jumpers			7.95
10	Tyrone Smith	Bermuda	x	7.79	x				7.79
11	Radek Juška	Czech Republic	7.55	7.57	x				7.57
NM	Mike Hartfield	United States	x	x	x				without space

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  World Champion Greg Rutherford, Great Britain

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  The Frenchman Kafétien Gomis finished seventh in the final

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  Tyrone Smith from Bermuda came in tenth place

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, men’s long jump on the IAAF website , accessed on October 30, 2018
• Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 30, 2018
• Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 30, 2018

Video

• 2015 Beijing - World Championship - Long Jump - Men on youtube.com, published August 25, 2015, accessed October 30, 2018