1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

Events at the
1999 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 45 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 28 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold Cuba Iván Pedroso
Cuba (CUB)
Silver Spain Yago Lamela
Spain (ESP)
Bronze Slovenia Gregor Cankar
Slovenia (SLO)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
26.08.1999 – 18:50h 26.08.1999 – 18:50h
Final Round
28.08.1999 – 19:05h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Qualification

  • Held on Thursday 26 August 1999
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Gregor Cankar (SLO) 8.23 m
2.  Yago Lamela (ESP) 8.15 m
3.  Kevin Dilworth (USA) 8.09 m
4.  Hussein Taher Al-Sabee (KSA) 8.06 m
5.  Ciaran McDonagh (IRL) 8.00 m
6.  Emmanuel Bangué (FRA) 7.92 m
7.  Younés Moudrik (MAR) 7.91 m
8.  Shane Hair (AUS) 7.90 m
9.  Konstantinos Koukodimos (GRE) 7.90 m
10.  Roman Shchurenko (UKR) 7.89 m
11.  Kofi Amoah Prah (GER) 7.86 m
12.  Luis Méliz (CUB) 7.85 m
13.  Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL) 7.83 m
14.  Erick Walder (USA) 7.80 m
15.  Nelson Carlos Ferreira Jr. (BRA) 7.71 m
16.  Danial Jahac (YUG) 7.68 m
17.  Richard Duncan (CAN) 7.65 m
18.  Sung Hee-Jun (KOR) 7.62 m
19.  Chen Jing (CHN) 7.61 m
20.  Mark Anthony Awere (GHA) 7.60 m
21.  Daisuke Watanabe (JPN) 7.41 m
22.  Nathan Morgan (GBR) 7.31 m
RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.16 m
2.  Huang Le (CHN) 7.94 m
3.  Erik Nijs (BEL) 7.93 m
4.  Jai Taurima (AUS) 7.92 m
5.  Hatem Mohamed Mersal (EGY) 7.90 m
6.  Nikolay Atanasov (BUL) 7.86 m
7.  Shigeru Tagawa (JPN) 7.78 m
8.  Aleksey Lukashevich (UKR) 7.77 m
9.  Cheikh Tidiane Touré (FRA) 7.76 m
10.  Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY) 7.75 m
11.  Carlos Calado (POR) 7.75 m
12.  Bogdan Tarus (ROM) 7.74 m
13.  Ian Lowe (CAN) 7.72 m
14.  Nicola Trentin (ITA) 7.70 m
15.  Andrey Ignatov (RUS) 7.66 m
16.  Konstantin Krause (GER) 7.61 m
17.  Kader Klouchi (FRA) 7.57 m
18.  Savante Stringfellow (USA) 7.39 m
19.  Gable Garenamotse (BOT) 7.28 m
20.  Abdurahman Al-Nubi (QAT) 7.15 m
—  Mattias Sunneborn (SWE) DNS
—  Armen Martirosyan (ARM) DNS
—  Masaki Morinaga (JPN) DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.19 8.33 8.56 — 5.74 — 8.56 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yago Lamela (ESP) 8.34 X X 8.40 8.09 8.39 8.40 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Gregor Cankar (SLO) 8.20 8.32 8.09 8.36 8.07 X 8.36 m SB
4  Jai Taurima (AUS) X 8.12 X X X 8.35 8.35 m AR
5  Shane Hair (AUS) X 7.89 7.99 8.24 8.11 6.10 8.24 m PB
6  Huang Le (CHN) 7.95 7.70 8.01 7.96 — — 8.01 m SB
7  Kevin Dilworth (USA) 7.99 8.00 7.88 7.75 7.98 7.87 8.00 m
8  Younés Moudrik (MAR) 7.68 7.99 7.71 7.71 X 7.76 7.99 m
9  Emmanuel Bangué (FRA) 7.94 7.84 X 7.94 m
10  Ciaran McDonagh (IRL) 7.90 7.72 X 7.90 m
11  Erik Nijs (BEL) 7.81 X 7.83 7.83 m
12  Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) 7.62 X 6.67 7.62 m

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