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1976 Olympic Games Montreal - Men's Long jump

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Category: 1976 Olympic Games Montreal - (Athletics)
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Host City: Montréal, Canada Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.80 metres advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 28, 1976  
Date Finished: July 29, 1976  
(Competitors: 33; Countries: 25; Finalists: 12)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Overview by IAAF    1976_olympic_stadium.jpg
The most dramatic events of a lacklustre competition were the unfortunate fracture suffered by Larry Myricks, and the opening jump of the final. Myricks, who had improved from 7.84 to 8.26w to make the US team, broke a bone in his foot as he was on the runway warming up for the final. Robinson started the competition with his lifetime best of 8.35, into a slight headwind, to effectively end the competition. He had two further jumps beyond the best of Munich winner Randy Williams, with GDR’s Frank Wartenberg the only other man to leap more than 8.00.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
The top two Americans from 1972, Randy Williams and Clarence )Arni) Robinson, were back and with teammate Larry Myricks also highly considered, an American sweep seemed possible. But warming up for the final, Myricks broke a bone in his foot and could not compete. In the opening round, Robinson jumped his lifetime PR of 8.35 (27-4¾) and won the gold medal with that effort. He also could have won his second round jump of 8.26 (27-1¼), or his fifth round jump of 8.16 (26-9¼). Williams opened with 8.11 (26-7¼), which was good enough for the silver medal. The GDR’s Frank Wartenberg was the surprise bronze medalist.
 

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 m October 18, 1968 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
Olympic Record  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 m October 18, 1968 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
 
        Results        
 
Long jump Men     Final 29 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 8.35 -0.6   Arnie Robinson United States USA 7 Apr 48  
2 8.11     Randy Williams United States USA 23 Aug 53  
3 8.02     Frank Wartenberg East Germany GDR 29 May 55  
4 8.00     Jacques Rousseau France FRA 10 Mar 51  
5 8.00     João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil BRA 28 May 54  
6 7.89     Nenad Stekic Yugoslavia YUG 7 Mar 51  
7 7.88     Valeriy Podluzhniy Soviet Union URS 22 Aug 52  
8 7.84     Hans Baumgartner West Germany FRG 20 May 49  
9 7.74     Rolf Bernhard Switzerland SUI 13 Dec 49  
10 7.66     Aleksey Pereverzev Russia RUS 20 Jul 49  
11 7.61     Fletcher Lewis Bahamas BAH 16 Jul 55  
  DNS     Larry Myricks United States USA 10 Mar 56  
Long jump Men     Qualification 28 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 7.97     Randy Williams United States USA 23 Aug 53  
2 7.95     Arnie Robinson United States USA 7 Apr 48  
3 7.92     Larry Myricks United States USA 10 Mar 56  
4 7.90     Valeriy Podluzhniy Soviet Union URS 22 Aug 52  
5 7.89     Frank Wartenberg East Germany GDR 29 May 55  
6 7.87     João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil BRA 28 May 54  
7 7.82     Jacques Rousseau France FRA 10 Mar 51  
8 7.82     Nenad Stekic Yugoslavia YUG 7 Mar 51  
9 7.81     Hans Baumgartner West Germany FRG 20 May 49  
10 7.79     Rolf Bernhard Switzerland SUI 13 Dec 49  
11 7.78     Aleksey Pereverzev Russia RUS 20 Jul 49  
12 7.73     Fletcher Lewis Bahamas BAH 16 Jul 55  
13 7.71     Grzegorz Cybulski Poland POL 23 Nov 51  
14 7.70     Hans-Jürgen Berger Germany GER 21 Sep 51  
15 7.69     Roy Mitchell Great Britain GBR 1 Jan 55  
16 7.67     T.C. Yohannan India IND 19 May 47  
17 7.60     Ronald Desruelles Belgium BEL 14 Feb 55  
18 7.57     Milan Matos Cuba CUB 12 Nov 49  
19 7.57     Richard Rock Canada CAN 6 Nov 57  
20 7.49     Tõnu Lepik Soviet Union URS 1 May 46  
21 7.49     Jim Buchanan Canada CAN 22 Jul 55  
22 7.48     James McAndrew Canada CAN 30 Dec 56  
23 7.48     Roberto Veglia Italy ITA 16 Apr 57  
24 7.46     Chris Commons Australia AUS 9 Dec 50  
25 7.40     George Swanston Trinidad and Tobago TTO 19 Nov 50  
26 7.38     Philippe Deroche France FRA 11 Sep 54  
27 7.33     Panayiótis Hatzistathis Greece GRE 2 May 52  
28 7.20     Brou Kouakou Cote d'Ivoire CIV 48  
29 6.96     Calvin Greenaway Antigua and Barbuda ANT 11 May 48  
30 6.96     Ibrahima Ba Senegal SEN 19 May 46  
31 6.81     Anthony Moore Fiji FIJ 12 Jan 54  
32 6.19     Rafael Blanquer Spain ESP 14 Oct 45  
  NM     Ghasson Faddoul Lebanon LIB 1 Sep 55  
 
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Qualification

Group A

Group B
Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3
1 1  Randy Williams (USA) 7.68 7.97 — 7.97 m  
2 2  Arnie Robinson (USA) X 7.95 — 7.95 m  
3 3  Larry Myricks (USA) 7.55 7.67 7.92 7.92 m  
4 4  Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS) 7.71 7.90 — 7.90 m  
5 5  Frank Wartenberg (GDR) 7.89 — — 7.89 m  
6 6  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) 7.87 — — 7.87 m  
7 7  Nenad Stekić (YUG) 7.68 7.56 7.82 7.82 m  
8 8  Jacques Rousseau (FRA) 7.82 — — 7.82 m  
9 9  Hans Baumgartner (FRG) 7.81 — — 7.81 m  
10 11  Aleksey Pereverzev (URS) 7.78 X 7.75 7.78 m  
11 13  Grzegorz Cybulski (POL) 7.60 7.71 7.66 7.71 m  
12 14  Hans-Jürgen Berger (FRG) 7.53 7.46 7.70 7.70 m  
13 18  Milán Matos (CUB) 7.23 7.56 7.57 7.57 m  
14 20  Tõnu Lepik (URS) 7.41 7.49 X 7.49 m  
15 25  George Swanston (TRI) 7.31 7.40 7.29 7.40 m  
16 26  Philippe Deroche (FRA) 7.31 7.38 7.31 7.38 m  
17 32  Rafael Blanquer (ESP) X X 6.19 6.19 m  
Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3
1 10  Rolf Bernhard (SUI) 7.56 7.79 7.75 7.79 m  
2 12  Fletcher Lewis (BAH) 5.99 7.66 7.73 7.73 m  
3 15  Roy Mitchell (GBR) 7.46 7.64 7.69 7.69 m  
4 16  T. C. Yohannan (IND) 7.62 X 7.67 7.67 m  
5 17  Ronald Desruelles (BEL) 7.60 7.11 X 7.60 m  
6 19  Richard Rock (CAN) 7.44 7.24 7.57 7.57 m  
7 21  Jim Buchanan (CAN) 5.61 7.49 X 7.49 m  
8 22  Jim McAndrew (CAN) 7.45 7.45 7.48 7.48 m  
9 23  Roberto Veglia (ITA) 7.12 7.48 7.41 7.48 m  
10 24  Christopher Commons (AUS) 7.46 X X 7.46 m  
11 27  Panagiotis Khatzistathis (GRE) 6.83 7.10 7.33 7.33 m  
12 28  Brou Kouakou (CIV) 7.12 7.20 5.61 7.20 m  
13 29  Calvin Greenaway (ANT) 6.96 6.76 6.92 6.96 m  
14 30  Papa Ibrahima Ba (SEN) 6.96 5.21 X 6.96 m  
15 31  Tony Moore (FIJ) X 6.81 X 6.81 m  
— —  Ghassan Faddoul (LIB) X X X NM
 

Final

Larry Myricks was forced to scratch from the final after he injured his foot in the qualifying round.

Rank Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Arnie Robinson (USA) 8.35 8.26 X 8.04 8.16 7.91 8.35 m  
2nd  Randy Williams (USA) 8.11 7.81 X X X 7.81 8.11 m  
3rd  Frank Wartenberg (GDR) 7.81 — X 8.02 7.84 X 8.02 m  
4  Jacques Rousseau (FRA) 8.00 7.82 7.67 7.91 X 7.62 8.00 m  
5  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) 8.00 X 7.76 — — 7.85 8.00 m  
6  Nenad Stekić (YUG) 7.75 7.81 7.89 7.80 X 7.77 7.89 m  
7  Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS) 7.70 7.88 7.77 7.84 X 7.66 7.88 m  
8  Hans Baumgartner (FRG) X X 7.84 X X X 7.84 m  
 
9  Rolf Bernhard (SUI) 7.70 7.71 7.74   7.74 m  
10  Aleksey Pereverzev (URS) 7.55 4.89 7.66   7.66 m  
11  Fletcher Lewis (BAH) 7.61 7.31 X   7.61 m  
—  Larry Myricks (USA) — — —   DNS  
 
 

 

 

 

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