2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueOregon Convention Center
DatesMarch 20
Competitors14 from 12 nations
Winning distance8.26
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    China
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The men's long jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.[1][2]

The first round leader was Rushwal Samaai with an 8.14. He improved that on his second jump to a National Record equalling 8.18. Still in the same round, Americans Marquis Dendy and Jeff Henderson improved to the top two places, Dendy with a 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) and Henderson edging into second with an 8.19. Neither improved after that. In the third round, Fabrice Lapierre jumped a continental record 8.25 to break up the duo, his 8.25 just 1 cm behind Dendy. Huang Changzhou also equalled Henderson with a personal best 8.19, but Henderson held the tiebreaker. Over the next two round, Henderson improved his tiebreaker advantage but could not improve his best. On his final jump, Huang improved his personal best again to 8.21 to take the bronze medal. The top 5 competitors were only separated by 8 cm. So close was the competition, minus their best jumps, Dendy would have finished in 5th position and Lapierre 11th, not even making the final.

Results[edit]

The final was started at 13:05.[3]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marquis Dendy  United States 8.05 8.26 x 8.06 x x 8.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fabrice Lapierre  Australia 7.29 7.78 8.25 x 7.79 x 8.25 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Huang Changzhou  China 7.76 7.82 8.19 7.91 7.95 8.21 8.21 PB
4 Jeff Henderson  United States 7.99 8.19 7.98 8.14 8.17 8.00 8.19 SB
5 Rushwal Samaai  South Africa 8.14 8.18 8.03 x x 8.18 NR
6 Daniel Bramble  Great Britain x 7.84 8.12 7.93 8.14 8.14 SB
7 Emiliano Lasa  Uruguay 7.94 x 7.70 x 7.86 7.94 NR
8 Wang Jianan  China 7.82 7.85 7.88 7.88 7.93 7.93
9 Kafétien Gomis  France 7.73 7.73 7.88 7.88
10 Radek Juška  Czech Republic 7.88 x x 7.88
11 Ifeanyi Otuonye  Turks and Caicos Islands x 7.38 7.40 7.40
12 Yohei Sugai  Japan 7.25 6.95 7.35 7.35 SB
13 Quincy Breell  Aruba 7.21 7.25 7.20 7.25 NR
Ted Hooper  Chinese Taipei x x x NM

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Final results