Men Long Jump Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo, Japan - Friday 30.08 - Gold Medal: Mike Powell, United States
Final 17:30Distancewind1.2.3.4.5.6.
1. Mike PowellUSAUSA8.95m WR+0.37.858.548.29X8.95X
2. Carl LewisUSAUSA8.91m w+2.98.68X8.83w8.91w8.878.84
3. Larry MyricksUSAUSA8.42m+0.8X8.20X8.418.42X
4. Dietmar HaafGERGER8.22m w+3.38.01X8.22w8.05wXX
5. Bogdan TudorROMROM8.06m+1.77.858.00XX8.06X
6. David CulbertAUSAUS8.02m+1.9X7.538.027.27X7.60
7. Giovanni EvangelistiITAITA8.01m+0.77.977.96XX8.017.99
8. Vladimir OchkanURSURS7.99m w+2.17.99wXXX5.89X
9. Jaime JeffersonCUBCUB7.94m-0.5
10.Andre MullerGERGER7.94m w+3.1 7.71 -0.7
11.Zunrong ChenCHNCHN7.92m+0.5
12.Konstantinos KoukodimosGREGRE7.92m-1.5
13.George OgbeideNGRNGR7.78m+0.8

Men Long Jump History

Carl Lewis legal best 8.87m -0.2, Dietmar Haaf legal best 8.01m -0.1, Vladimir Ochkan legal best 5.89 -0.1.
Bob Beamon’s world record of 8.90 finally fell – but not to newlycrowned 100m record holder Lewis. Instead, Mike Powell not only set new record figures, but became the first man to beat Lewis since 1981.
The qualifying round indicated that something special might happen in the event when Lewis had a narrow foul of around 8.80. He followed up with 8.56, the best qualifying mark ever.
The three Americans – Lewis, Powell and Myricks – were favoured to take all the medals in the final. Powell was first of these to jump, managing just 7.85. Myricks fouled but Lewis produced a superb championship record of 8.68. Round two: Powel lleapt 8.54 yet looked most disappointed. Myricks moved into third place with 8.20 and Lewis fouled. Round three: European Champion Dietmar Haaf’s 8.22w put him into the bronze medal position. Powell managed 8.29 then Lewis propelled himself to a magnificent personal best of 8.83w. Round four: Powell leapt about 8.80, only to see the red flag raised. Myricks moved ahead of Haaf. Lewis then improved to a stunning 8.91. The magical figure of 8.90 had been beaten at last, but the following win dwas over the limit at 2.9.
An aggressive Powell finally clicked in the fifth round, landing clearly near to nine metres. The white flag was raised, and a legal wind speed (0.3) flashed up onto the scoreboard along with a smiling face denoting a valid jump. After a suspensefu lpause there were plenty more smiles when Powell’s jump was confirmed at 8.95. All eyes were on Lewis and he responded fantastically – but unsuccessfully – with legal efforts of 8.87 and 8.84.
“This is a a dream come true,” said Powell. “Honestly, I thought Carl would beat me in the last jump. I have conditioned myself for so long to see him come from behind and beat me. I thought he would jump nine metres.”
Lewis said: “It was a great competition for me, and even greater for Mike. He had just one great jump, the best jump of his life, but that’s all it takes in the long jump.”
Scientific analysis showed that the winner actually leapt 8.98 including a toe-to-plasticine distance measured at 3cm.

Qualification - Thursday 29.08 16:10

Group ADist.wind
1. Carl LewisUSAUSA8.56m+0.8
2. Zunrong ChenCHNCHN8.05m w+2.3
best legal 7.87 +0.3.
3. Andre MullerGERGER8.04m+2.4
4. Jaime JeffersonCUBCUB8.04m+1.7
5. Giovanni EvangelistiITAITA8.03m+1.5
6. George OgbeideNGRNGR8.02m+0.3
7. Vladimir OchkanURSURS8.01m+0.4
8. David CulbertAUSAUS8.01m
9. Edrick FlorealCANCAN7.95m+0.5
10.Mark ForsytheGBRGBR7.95m-0.2
11.Jesus OlivanESPESP7.94m
12.Milan GombalaTCHTCH7.89m+0.2
13.James SabuleiKENKEN7.86m+1.1
14.Paulo De OliveiraBRABRA7.78m+1.2
15.Badara MbengueSENSEN7.75m+0.7
16.Ivan StoyanovBULBUL7.73m+0.6
17.Frans MaasNEDNED7.71m+0.7
18.Lotfi KhaidaALGALG7.68m+0.4
19.Jonathan MoyleNZLNZL7.52m+0.1
20.Francois RetenoGABGAB7.15m+1.5
21.Khalid Ahmed MousaSUDSUD6.58m+1.2
-. Hitoshi ShimoJPNJPNNM
Group BDist.wind
1. Dietmar HaafGERGER8.21m+0.8
2. Larry MyricksUSAUSA8.20m
3. Mike PowellUSAUSA8.19m+0.1
4. Konstantinos KoukodimosGREGRE8.12m+0.7
5. Bogdan TudorROMROM8.05m+0.5
6. Robert EmmiyanURSURS8.00m+0.8
7. Ian JamesCANCAN7.94m+1.0
8. Fausto FrigerioITAITA7.88m+0.9
9. Jarmo KarnaFINFIN7.79m+0.6
10.Angel HernandezESPESP7.75m-0.3
11.Geng HuangCHNCHN7.69m-0.2
12.Krasimir MinchevBULBUL7.62m+1.2
13.Csaba AlmasiHUNHUN7.62m+0.4
14.Mattias SunnebornSWESWE7.61m+0.8
15.Murat AyaydinTURTUR7.57m+0.5
16.Franck ZioBKFBKF7.50m+0.3
17.Saeed Musabbah AliUAEUAE7.05m+0.3
18.Kareem Streete-ThompsonCAYCAY6.99m+0.3
-. Dmitriy BogryanovURSURSNM
-. Borut BilacYUGYUGNM
-. Craig HepburnBAHBAHNM
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