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Host City: Barcelona, Spain

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 8.05 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 5, 1992

Date Finished: August 6, 1992

(Competitors: 50; Countries: 37; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona

Overview by IAAF

Mike Powell had beaten Carl Lewis with a world record 8.95 at the 1991 World Championships. He repeated this victory (8.62 to 8.53) in the US Trials, and was favourite to win. Some athletes raise their game when the pressure increases, and Lewis was that type of competitor. To show he was in good condition Lewis led the preliminary round with 8.68, the best qualifying jump ever, and the best mark of 1992. Lewis opened his account in the final by booming another big jump – 8.67. Powell began slowly with 7.95 and improved to 8.22 and then 8.33, with Cuba’s 19 year-old Pedroso in third with 8.11 after three rounds. Joe Greene, the pencil-thin US third string, moved past Powell with 8.34 in the fourth round, but Powell reacted with 8.53, though the World Champion was more concerned with gold than saving silver. With his final jump Powell cut the sand virtually level with the leading marker of Lewis, but the measurement showed it to be 3cm short. Lewis finished off his third Olympic final with two jumps of 8.50, to lead the fourth US clean sweep of the event.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The 1991 World Championships had featured the greatest long jump dual in track & field history, featuring the 1988 Olympic gold and silver medalists, Carl Lewis and Mike Powell. Lewis opened with 8.68 (28-5¾) to take the lead, with Powell responding with 8.54 (28-0¼) in round two. In round three Lewis produced the second longest jump ever, 8.83 (28-11¾), but a +2.3 wind prevented it from counting for record purposes, although it counted for the competition. In round four, he bettered that as well. The mark of 8.91 (29-2¾) went up on the board, meaning the vaunted Bob Beamon world record had finally been bettered, but this too was wind-aided, a following +2.9 wind. In round five, the wind was legal, and Lewis popped 8.87 (29-1¼), the second-longest legal jump ever. Powell was mired in second place, watching Lewis produce the greatest series in long jump history. But then, Powell produced his best. The 8.95 (29-4½) mark on the stadium board meant that Beamon’s world record was finally broken, if the wind was legal, and it was - +0.3 m/s. In the last round, Lewis fought back, jumping another superb mark of 8.84 (29-0), also with a legal wind. But he had lost and he had lost in his effort to be the man to break Beamon’s record. At the 1992 Olympic Trials, Powell again beat Lewis (8.62-8.53), and was a slight favorite in Barcelona.

In round one of the final, Lewis opened with 8.67 (28-5½). Powell struggled early, but got out to 8.22 (26-11¾) in round two and 8.33 (27-4) in round three. Round five saw both produce big jumps, Lewis with 8.50 (27-10¾) and Powell with 8.53 (28-0). Lewis again jumped 8.50 (27-10¾) in the final round. Powell was up three jumpers later and produced his best mark, 8.64 (28-4¼), but it was not enough for the gold medal. Joe Greene completed the US sweep. Lewis had won his third consecutive gold medal in the event. Not counting the 1906 Olympics, this made Lewis only the fourth track & field to win three consecutive gold medals in the same individual event – John Flanagan in hammer throw, Viktor Saneyev in triple jump, and Al Oerter, who won four consecutive, in the discus throw.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 m	August 30, 1991	Tokyo, Japan
Olympic Record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

			Results

*Long jump*	Men		Final	6 August

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	8.67	-0.7	Carl Lewis	United States	USA	1 Jul 61
2	8.64	-0.5	Mike Powell	United States	USA	10 Nov 63
3	8.34	0.2	Joe Greene	United States	USA	17 Feb 67
4	8.11	0.0	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	CUB	17 Dec 72
5	8.08	0.5	Jaime Jefferson	Cuba	CUB	17 Jan 62
6	8.04	-0.1	Konstadínos Koukodímos	Greece	GRE	14 Sep 69
7	7.98	0.1	Dmitriy Bagryanov	Russia	RUS	18 Dec 67
8	7.87	0.1	Huang Geng	China	CHN	10 Jul 70
9	7.76	0.6	Borut Bilac	Slovenia	SLO	14 Apr 65
10	7.75	0.0	Chen Zunrong	China	CHN	25 Aug 62
11	7.73	-0.4	David Culbert	Australia	AUS	17 Mar 67
12	7.61	0.2	Bogdan Tudor	Romania	ROU	1 Feb 70
*Long jump*	Men		Qualification	5 August

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	8.68	1.0	Carl Lewis	United States	USA	1 Jul 61
2	8.22	1.2	Huang Geng	China	CHN	10 Jul 70
3	8.22	0.1	Konstadínos Koukodímos	Greece	GRE	14 Sep 69
4	8.14		Mike Powell	United States	USA	10 Nov 63
5	8.09		Jaime Jefferson	Cuba	CUB	17 Jan 62
6	8.09		Dmitriy Bagryanov	Russia	RUS	18 Dec 67
7	8.07		Iván Pedroso	Cuba	CUB	17 Dec 72
8	8.07		Bogdan Tudor	Romania	ROU	1 Feb 70
9	8.00		David Culbert	Australia	AUS	17 Mar 67
10	8.00		Borut Bilac	Slovenia	SLO	14 Apr 65
11	7.93		Chen Zunrong	China	CHN	25 Aug 62
12	7.90		Joe Greene	United States	USA	17 Feb 67
13	7.89		Craig Hepburn	Bahamas	BAH	10 Dec 69
14	7.85		Dietmar Haaf	Germany	GER	6 Mar 67
15	7.83		Mark Mason	Guyana	GUY	6 Jun 69
16	7.82		Spirídon Vasdékis	Greece	GRE	23 Jan 70
17	7.79		Masaki Morinaga	Japan	JPN	27 Mar 72
18	7.78		Jesús Oliván	Spain	ESP	9 Jul 68
19	7.75		Galin Georgiev	Bulgaria	BUL	23 Mar 70
20	7.74		Ian James	Canada	CAN	17 Jul 63
21	7.72		Franck Lestage	France	FRA	20 Apr 68
22	7.71		Mark Forsythe	Great Britain	GBR	10 Aug 65
23	7.70		Elmer Williams	Puerto Rico	PUR	8 Oct 64
24	7.70		Franck Zio	Burkina Faso	BUR	14 Aug 71
25	7.69		Milan Gombala	Czech Republic	CZE	29 Jan 68
26	7.69		Csaba Almási	Hungary	HUN	4 Jul 66
27	7.67		Tom Ganda	Sierra Leone	SLE	10 Sep 72
28	7.62		Edrick Floréal	Canada	CAN	5 Oct 66
29	7.61		Roman Golanowski	Poland	POL	14 Jan 69
30	7.60		Eugene Licorish	Grenada	GRN	28 Nov 64
31	7.60		Serge Hélan	France	FRA	24 Feb 64
32	7.54		Konstantin Krause	Germany	GER	8 Oct 67
33	7.50		James Sabulei	Kenya	KEN	12 Apr 69
34	7.47		László Szálma	Hungary	HUN	21 Oct 57
35	7.46		Mike Francis	Puerto Rico	PUR	23 Oct 70
36	7.44		Benjamin Koech	Kenya	KEN	23 Jun 69
37	7.44		Danny Beauchamp	Seychelles	SEY	16 Apr 69
38	7.39		Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	CAY	30 Mar 73
39	7.31		Angelo Iannuzzelli	Italy	ITA	10 Apr 70
40	7.27		Abdullah Al-Sheib	Qatar	QAT	29 Jun 65
41	7.22		Gabrieli Qoro	Fiji	FIJ	22 Oct 70
42	7.03		Khalid Ahmed Mousa	Sudan	SUD	23 Nov 72
43	6.96		Ndabazihle Mdhlongwa	Zimbabwe	ZIM	30 May 73
44	6.57		Elston Shaw	Belize	BIZ	16 Dec 72
45	5.97		Vadim Ivanov	Russia	RUS	8 Oct 68
46	5.33		Kader Klouchi	France	FRA	1 Jun 69
	NM		Soryba Diakite	Guinea	GUI	1 Jun 69
	NM		Sizwe Mdluli	Swaziland	SWZ	17 May 69
	NM		Ángel Hernández	Spain	ESP	15 Apr 66
	NM		Giovanni Evangelisti	Italy	ITA	11 Sep 61

Detailed View

Men Long Jump Olympic Games Barcelona(ESP) 1992

Final	Team	Dist.	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	qual.
1. Carl Lewis	USA	8.67m	8.67	8.33	X	X	8.50	8.50	8.68m
2. Mike Powell	USA	8.64m	7.95	8.22	8.33	X	8.53	8.64	8.14m
3. Joe Greene	USA	8.34m	X	X	7.88	8.34	8.14	X	7.90m
4. Ivan Pedroso	CUB	8.11m	7.79	8.11	8.01	7.98	8.11	7.51	8.07m
5. Jaime Jefferson	CUB	8.08m	7.30	7.69	8.08	7.93	8.00	X	8.09m
6. Konstantinos Koukodimos	GRE	8.04m	7.30	7.99	7.92	8.04	7.88	7.50	8.22m
7. Dmitriy Bagryanov	EUN	7.98m	7.79	5.74	X	7.98	7.88	7.84	8.09m
8. Huang Geng	CHN	7.87m	7.33	7.58	7.87	7.79	7.55	7.65	8.28m
9. Borut Bilac	SLO	7.76m	X	7.60	7.76				8.00m
10.Zunrong Chen	CHN	7.75m	7.71	7.47	7.75				7.93m
11.David Culbert	AUS	7.73m	7.36	7.30	7.73				8.00m
12.Bogdan Tudor	ROM	7.61m	7.26	7.37	7.61				8.07m

Qualification

mark 8.05m 8+4 Athletes

Group A	Team	Dist.	1.	2.	3.
1. Mike Powell	USA	8.14m	8.14
2. Jaime Jefferson	CUB	8.09m	7.96	7.97	8.09
3. David Culbert	AUS	8.00m	8.00	7.59	X
4. Zunrong Chen	CHN	7.93m	7.93	X	7.90
5. Joe Greene	USA	7.90m	7.69	X	7.90
6. Craig Hepburn	BAH	7.89m	X	7.89	7.81
7. Spyridon Vasdekis	GRE	7.82m	7.67	7.82	7.71
8. Masaki Morinaga	JPN	7.79m	7.74	7.78	7.79
9. Galin Gueorgiev	BUL	7.75m	7.37	X	7.75
10.Ian James	CAN	7.74m	X	7.74	X
11.Milan Gombala	TCH	7.69m	7.54	X	7.69
12.Thomas Ganda	SLE	7.67m	7.67	7.40	7.43
13.Eugene Licorish	GRN	7.60m	7.57	7.60	7.54
14.Serge Helan	FRA	7.60m	7.60	X	7.48
15.Konstantin Krause	GER	7.50m	X	X	7.54
16.Laszlo Szalma	HUN	7.47m	7.47	7.40	7.36
17.Michael Francis	PUR	7.47m	X	X	7.46
18.Benjamin Koech	KEN	7.44m	7.43	7.44	7.32
19.Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	7.39m	X	X	7.39
20.Angelo Ianuzzelli	ESA	7.31m	X	7.31	X
21.Khalid Mosa	SUD	7.03m	7.03	7.02	6.54
22.Ndabezinhle Mdhlongwa	ZIM	6.96m	6.96	6.95	6.96
23.Vadim Ivanov	EUN	5.97m	X	X	5.97
-. Giovanni Evangelisti	ITA	NM	X	X	X
-. Angel Hernandez	ESP	NM	X	X	X
-. Soryba Diakite	GUI	DNF	X
-. Afonso Ferraz	ANG	DNS

Group B	Team	Dist.	1.	2.	3.
1. Carl Lewis	USA	8.68m	8.68
2. Geng Huang	CHN	8.22m	7.90	8.22
3. Konstantinos Koukodimos	GRE	8.22m	8.22
4. Dmitriy Bagrianov	EUN	8.09m	7.95	8.09
5. Ivan Pedroso	CUB	8.07m	7.83	8.07	8.00
6. Bogdan Tudor	ROM	8.07m	7.51	7.60	8.07
7. Borut Bilac	SLO	8.00m	X	8.00	X
8. Dietmar Haaf	GER	7.85m	X	7.74	7.85
9. Mark Mason	GUY	7.83m	7.42	7.83	X
10.Jesus Olivan	ESP	7.78m	X	7.78	X
11.Franck Lestage	FRA	7.72m	7.72	7.65	7.66
12.Mark Forsythe	GBR	7.71m	7.71	X	X
13.Elmer Williams	PUR	7.70m	7.63	7.56	7.70
14.Franck Zio	BUR	7.70m	7.47	7.63	7.70
15.Csaba Almasi	HUN	7.69m	X	X	7.69
16.Edrick Floreal	CAN	7.62m	7.62	7.54	7.62
17.Roman Golanowski	POL	7.61m	X	X	7.61
18.James Sabulei	KEN	7.50m	7.50	7.37	7.38
19.Danny Beauchamp	SEY	7.44m	X	X	7.44
20.Abdullah Al-Sheeb	QAT	7.27m	X	7.27	X
21.Gabrieli Qoro	FIJ	7.22m	7.22	X	5.19
22.Elston Shaw	BIZ	6.57m	6.29	6.38	6.57
23.Abdel Kader Klouchi	ALG	5.33m	5.33	X	X
-. Sydney Mdluli	SWZ	NM	X	X	X
-. Badara Mbengue	SEN	DNS
-. N. Al Hadhrami	UAE	DNS