2012 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Long Jump (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Long jump
gender	Men
Attendees	42 athletes from 35 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 3, 2012 (qualification) ; August 4, 2012 (final)
	Medalist
	Greg Rutherford ( GBR )
	Mitchell Watt ( AUS )
	Will Claye ( USA )

The men's long jump at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on August 3rd and 4th, 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in London . 42 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Greg Rutherford from Great Britain. The Australian Mitchell Watt won the silver medal, the bronze went to the American Will Claye .

With Sebastian Bayer , Alyn Camara and Christian Reif , three Germans started. Camara and Reif failed in the preliminary round. Bayer qualified for the final and finished fifth there.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Irving Saladino ( Panama ) Panama	8.34 m	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Dwight Phillips ( USA ) United States	8.45 m	Daegu 2011
European champion	Sebastian Bayer ( Germany ) Germany	8.34 m	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champions	Tyrone Smith ( Bermuda ) Bermuda	8.06 m	Mayagüez 2011
South America champion	Jorge McFarlane ( Peru ) Peru	7.95 m	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Su Xiongfeng ( People's Republic of China ) China People's Republic	8.19 m	Kobe 2011
African champions	Ndiss Kaba Badji ( Senegal ) Senegal	8.04 m	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania Champion	Raihau Maiau ( French Polynesia ) French Polynesia	7.42 m	Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record	Mike Powell ( USA ) United States	8.95 m	Tokyo , Japan	August 30, 1991
Olympic record	Bob Beamon ( USA ) United States	8.90 m	Mexico City Final , Mexico	October 18, 1968

Remarks:

All times in this article are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).
All widths are noted in meters (m).

qualification

August 3, 2012, 7:50 pm

The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance was 8.10 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, in the end, 7.92 m with a second best jump of 7.88 m were necessary to reach the final battle.

Group A

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse
1	Marquise Goodwin	United States United States	8.11	-	-	8.11
2	Alexander Menkow	Russia Russia	7.87	x	8.09	8.09
3	Greg Rutherford	United Kingdom Great Britain	8.08	8.06	-	8.08
4th	Michel Tornéus	Sweden Sweden	8.03	7.49	-	8.03
5	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	South Africa South Africa	x	7.81	8.02	8.02
6th	Will Claye	United States United States	7.99	x	7.86	7.99
7th	Tyrone Smith	Bermuda Bermuda	7.73	7.75	7.97	7.97
8th	Henry Frayne	Australia Australia	7.82	x	7.95	7.95
9	Christian Reif	Germany Germany	7.81	x	7.92	7.92
10	Eusebio Cáceres	Spain Spain	7.25	7.92	6.95	7.92
11	Mohammad Arzandeh	Iran Iran	7.77	7.75	7.84	7.84
12	Damar Forbes	Jamaica Jamaica	7.79	x	7.48	7.79
13	Alyn Camara	Germany Germany	7.72	x	7.69	7.72
14th	Salim Sdiri	France France	7.71	7.58	5.75	7.71
15th	Louis Tsatoumas	Greece Greece	7.53	7.48	x	7.53
16	Štepán Wagner	Czech Republic Czech Republic	7.39	7.50	7.47	7.50
17th	Lin Ching-Hsuan	Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei	7.38	7.35	x	7.38
18th	Supanara Sukhasvasti	Thailand Thailand	7.38	x	7.35	7.38
19th	Boleslaw Schirtladse	Georgia Georgia	7.26	6.95	6.90	7.26
20th	Zhang Xiaoyi	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	7.25	x	x	7.25
21st	Vardan Pahlevanjan	Armenia Armenia	x	6.55	x	6.55

Group B

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	Mauro Vinícius da Silva	Brazil Brazil	8.07	8.11	-	8.11
2	Christopher Tomlinson	United Kingdom Great Britain	7.62	8.06	-	8.06
3	Mitchell Watts	Australia Australia	x	7.99	-	7.99
4th	Sebastian Bayer	Germany Germany	7.92	7.88	3.96	7.92
5	Alexander Petrov	Russia Russia	7.67	7.57	7.89	7.89
6th	Sergei Morgunov	Russia Russia	x	7.87	x	7.87
7th	Ignisious Gaisah	Ghana Ghana	7.72	7.79	7.50	7.79
8th	Li Jinzhe	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	7.59	7.67	7.77	7.77
9	Raymond Higgs	Bahamas Bahamas	x	7.76	x	7.76
10	Ndiss Kaba Badji	Senegal Senegal	7.66	x	7.64	7.66
11	Arsen Sargsyan	Armenia Armenia	7.38	7.62	7.60	7.62
12	Povilas mycolaitis	Lithuania Lithuania	x	x	7.61	7.61
13	Stanley Gbagbeke	Nigeria Nigeria	x	5.71	7.59	7.59
14th	Marcos Chuva	Portugal Portugal	x	7.55	7.06	7.55
15th	Viktor Kuznyetsov	Ukraine Ukraine	7.43	x	7.50	7.50
16	Luis Rivera	Mexico Mexico	7.42	x	7.29	7.42
17th	Mohamed Fathalla Difallah	Egypt Egypt	x	7.08	x	7.08
18th	Roman Novotný	Czech Republic Czech Republic	x	6.96	x	6.96
19th	George Kitchens	United States United States	x	x	6.84	6.84
ogV	Luis Felipe Méliz	Spain Spain	x			-	without space
ogV	Irving Saladino	Panama Panama	x	x	x	-	without space

The German Christian Reif was eliminated with 7.92 m because his second best attempt was too short by seven centimeters
7.84 m was not enough for the Iranian Mohammad Arzandeh to participate in the final
The German Alyn Camara retired with 7.72 m in qualification
The Frenchman Salim Sdiri jumped 7.71 m and failed in the qualification
The Greek Louis Tsatoumas retired with his 7.53 m in the qualification
Ignisious Gaisah from Ghana jumped 7.72 m in qualification and was eliminated
7.55 m was not enough for the Portuguese Marcos Chuva to participate in the final
The Mexican Luis Rivera scored 7.42 m and failed in the qualification
Roman Novotný from the Czech Republic was eliminated from the qualification with 6.96 m
The Spaniard Luis Felipe Méliz remained in the qualification without a valid attempt and was eliminated
The 2008 Olympic champion Irving Saladino from Panama had three failed attempts in qualifying and did not reach the final

final

Award ceremony in the long jump:
front Mitchell Watt (silver), middle Greg Rutherford (gold), back Will Claye (bronze)

August 4, 2012, 7:55 pm

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, two of them had made the required qualification distance. In addition to two Australians, two US-Americans and two athletes from Great Britain, one athlete each from Bermuda, Brazil, Germany, Sweden and South Africa took part.

The favorites were the Australian Mitchell Watt and Greg Rutherford from Great Britain. The 2008 Olympic champion Irving Saladino from Panama was eliminated after three failed attempts in the qualification.

The lead in the first round was taken by the Briton Christopher Tomlinson with 8.06 m. In the second attempt, Rutherford took the lead with 8.21 m, followed by the American Will Claye with 8.07 m. In lap three, the Swede Michel Tornéus also reached 8.07 m. In the fourth round, Rutherford improved to 8.31 m, Claye to 8.12 m and Tornéus to 8.11 m. The German Sebastian Bayer jumped 8.10 m and moved up to fourth place. In the fifth attempt Watt managed a jump to 8.13 m, with his last jump he improved again to 8.16 m. Greg Rutherford was Olympic champion. Mitchell Watt won silver and Will Claye won bronze. The Swede Michel Tornéus was fourth ahead of the German Sebastian Bayer.

The distances in this competition were not top values. Rutherford had the shortest winning distance since the 1972 Munich Games for a gold medal. Only seven athletes exceeded the eight-meter mark.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Expanse
1	Greg Rutherford	United Kingdom Great Britain	6.28	8.21	8.14	8.31	x	6.33	8.31
2	Mitchell Watts	Australia Australia	x	7.97	x	x	8.13	8.16	8.16
3	Will Claye	United States United States	7.98	8.07	7.93	8.12	7.96	x	8.12
4th	Michel Tornéus	Sweden Sweden	7.63	7.80	8.07	8.11	8.07	7.98	8.11
5	Sebastian Bayer	Germany Germany	7.87	x	7.96	8.10	7.96	7.98	8.10
6th	Christopher Tomlinson	United Kingdom Great Britain	8.06	7.87	7.83	8.07	7.74	7.76	8.07
7th	Mauro Vinícius da Silva	Brazil Brazil	x	x	7.96	8.01	x	x	8.01
8th	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	South Africa South Africa	7.93	x	7.62	x	x	x	7.93

9	Henry Frayne	Australia Australia	7.85	x	7.63	not in the final of the eight best jumpers			7.85
10	Marquise Goodwin	United States United States	x	7.80	7.76				7.80
11	Alexander Menkow	Russia Russia	x	x	7.78				7.78
12	Tyrone Smith	Bermuda Bermuda	7.70	x	x				7.70