Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's long jump event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 19–20 September in Kuala Lumpur.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Peter Burge
 Australia
Jai Taurima
 Australia
Wendell Williams
 Trinidad and Tobago

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 7.90 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Peter Burge  Australia x 8.05 8.05 Q
2 B Jai Taurima  Australia 7.80 7.80 q
3 B Chris Wright  Bahamas 7.74 7.76 7.76 q
4 A Mark Anthony Awere  Ghana 7.65 q
5 A Wendell Williams  Trinidad and Tobago 7.64 q
6 A Shane Hair  Australia 7.62 q
7 A Richard Duncan  Canada 7.62 q
8 A Keita Cline  British Virgin Islands 7.62 q
9 B Steve Phillips  England 7.38 7.60 7.60 q
10 A Stephan Louw  Namibia 7.56 q
11 A Chris Davidson  England 7.33 7.31 7.53 7.53 q
12 B Mohd Zaki Sadri  Malaysia 7.26 7.32 7.52 7.52 q
13 B Aaron Langdon  New Zealand 7.50
14 A Danny Beauchamp  Seychelles 7.36
15 B Remmy Limo  Kenya 7.30
16 B Ralston Varlack  British Virgin Islands 7.26
17 B Brian Thomas  Canada 7.25
18 B Dwane Magloire  Saint Lucia 7.21 SB
19 A Chai Song Lip  Malaysia 6.82
20 B Joseph Rodan  Fiji 6.81
A Gable Garenamotse  Botswana DNS

Final

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Burge  Australia 8.22 =GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jai Taurima  Australia 8.22 =GR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wendell Williams  Trinidad and Tobago 7.95
4 Shane Hair  Australia 7.82
5 Mark Anthony Awere  Ghana 7.73
6 Chris Wright  Bahamas 7.70
7 Steve Phillips  England 7.64
8 Chris Davidson  England 7.62
9 Stephan Louw  Namibia 7.46
10 Mohd Zaki Sadri  Malaysia 7.23
11 Richard Duncan  Canada 7.19
12 Keita Cline  British Virgin Islands 7.10

References