2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The Men's Long Jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 34 competing athletes from 25 countries.

Medallists edit

Gold Irving Saladino
  Panama (PAN)
Silver Andrew Howe
  Italy (ITA)
Bronze Dwight Phillips
  United States (USA)

Records edit

World Record   Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Championship Record

Qualification edit

Group A edit

Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Dwight Phillips   United States (USA) 8.22 8.22 Q
2 Christian Reif   Germany (GER) 7.95 7.44 8.19 8.19 Q PB
3 Andrew Howe   Italy (ITA) X 8.17 8.17 Q
4 Irving Saladino   Panama (PAN) X 8.13 X 8.13 q
5 Olexiy Lukashevych   Ukraine (UKR) 8.11 X 8.11 q SB
6 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 7.82 X 8.01 8.01 q SB
7 Trevell Quinley   United States (USA) 6.03 7.65 7.99 7.99 q
8 Arnaud Casquette   Mauritius (MRI) 7.65 7.93 7.73 7.93
9 Nikolay Atanasov   Bulgaria (BUL) 7.89 7.63 7.88 7.89
10 Christopher Tomlinson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 7.89 7.80 7.64 7.89
11 Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi   Saudi Arabia (KSA) X 7.73 7.85 7.85
12 Rogério Bispo   Brazil (BRA) X 5.63 7.74 7.74
13 Li Runrun   China (CHN) 7.66 X 7.66 7.66
14 Daisuke Arakawa   Japan (JPN) 7.62 X X 7.62
15 Morten Jensen   Denmark (DEN) X 7.53 X 7.53
16 Louis Tristán   Peru (PER) 7.51 7.37 7.51

Group B edit

Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena   South Africa (RSA) 8.10 7.96 8.28 8.28 Q
2 James Beckford   Jamaica (JAM) 7.95 8.11 8.22 8.22 Q
3 Ahmed Faiz Bin Marzouq   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 8.12 8.05 8.07 8.12 q SB
4 Miguel Pate   United States (USA) 8.10 7.84 X 8.10 q
5 Ndiss Kaba Badji   Senegal (SEN) 8.02 7.66 8.04 8.04 q
6 Marcin Starzak   Poland (POL) 7.75 7.84 7.92 7.92
7 Issam Nima   Algeria (ALG) 7.88 X X 7.88
8 Ruslan Gataullin   Russia (RUS) X 7.71 7.83 7.83
9 Gable Garenamotse   Botswana (BOT) 7.77 7.59 X 7.77
10 Greg Rutherford   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) X 7.77 X 7.77
11 Zhang Xiaoyi   China (CHN) X 7.67 7.74 7.74
12 Yahya Berrabah   Morocco (MAR) X X 7.72 7.72 SB
13 Chris Noffke   Australia (AUS) X 7.54 X 7.54
14 Hatem Mersal   Egypt (EGY) 7.24 7.42 7.24 7.42
Walter Davis   United States (USA) X X X NM
Nelson Évora   Portugal (POR) DNS

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Irving Saladino   Panama (PAN) X 8.30 8.46 X X 8.57 8.57 m AR
  Andrew Howe   Italy (ITA) X 8.13 X 8.12 8.20 8.47 8.47 m NR
  Dwight Phillips   United States (USA) 8.30 X X 8.02 X 8.22 8.30 m
4 Olexiy Lukashevych   Ukraine (UKR) X 8.17 X 8.05 8.13 8.25 8.25 m SB
5 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena   South Africa (RSA) 7.98 7.86 8.19 8.18 8.15 8.19 8.19 m
6 James Beckford   Jamaica (JAM) 8.09 8.03 8.00 8.17 8.17 X 8.17 m
7 Ndiss Kaba Badji   Senegal (SEN) 7.90 8.01 X 7.90 X 7.64 8.01 m
8 Ahmed Faiz   Saudi Arabia (KSA) X 7.98 7.70 X X 7.98 m
9 Christian Reif   Germany (GER) 7.86 7.77 7.95 7.95 m
10 Miguel Pate   United States (USA) X 7.73 7.94 7.94 m
11 Hussein Al-Sabee   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 7.71 7.30 7.84 7.84 m
Trevell Quinley   United States (USA) X X X NM

References edit