The men's long jump at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin took place on August 20 and 22 . The competition claimed 45 athletes from 34 countries. Before the competition, the American Dwight Phillips [1] [2] and the Panamanian Irving Saladino [3] were named as the main contenders for the gold medals.
Only one representative of Russia participated in the competition - Alexander Menkov .
Athletes were divided into two groups, qualifying jumps in which took place on August 20. Athletes automatically qualified for the finals if they jumped 8.15 meters or more, or at least 12 athletes with the best results qualified for the finals. Only 4 participants got an automatic ticket to the finals. The best of them was Dwight Phillips (8.44 m), and Englishman Greg Rutherford set a new national record for his country (8.30 m). Alexander Menkov jumped 7.72 meters and failed to reach the final of the competition.
The main surprise in the finals, held on August 22, were three spans of one of the main favorites of Irving Saladino, which did not allow him to continue his further struggle. In the absence of an opponent, Dwight Phillips secured a victory by jumping on 8.54 m. The second place went to the South African Godfrey Mokoena , and unexpectedly the third was Mitchell Watt from Australia , who previously played rugby and did not have high international awards in athletics.
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Medals
| Gold | Dwight Phillips USA |
| Silver | Godfrey Mokoena South Africa (RSA) |
| Bronze | Mitchell Watt Australia (AUS) |
Records
Prior to this contest, the world record and the Championship record were as follows:
| World record | Mike Powell ( USA ) | 8.95 m | Tokyo Japan | August 30, 1991 |
| Championship record | Mike Powell ( USA ) | 8.95 m | Tokyo Japan | August 30, 1991 |
Results
Final
| A place | Athlete | Result | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Phillips ( USA ) | 8.54 | 8.40 | 8.54 | 8.37 | 8.25 | - | x | ||
| Godfrey Mokoena ( South Africa ) | 8.47 | x | 8.47 | 8.31 | 8.19 | x | x | ||
| Mitchell Watt ( Australia ) | 8.37 | 8.28 | x | x | x | 8.37 | x | ||
| four | Fabrice Lapierre ( Australia ) | 8.21 | 8.21 | 7.77 | 8.19 | x | 8.21 | 8.20 | |
| five | Greg Rutherford ( UK ) | 8.17 | 7.83 | 7.96 | x | 8.05 | 8.15 | 8.17 | |
| 6 | Salim Sdiri ( France ) | 8.07 | 7.78 | x | 7.99 | 8.07 | 7.92 | 7.83 | |
| 7 | Gable Garenamotse ( Botswana ) | 8.06 | 8.06 | 8.04 | x | 7.77 | 7.83 | 7.69 | |
| eight | Christopher Tomlinson ( UK ) | 8.06 | 8.02 | 7.93 | 7.93 | 7.66 | 8.06 | 8.02 | |
| 9 | Brian Johnson ( USA ) | 7.86 | 6.30 | x | 7.86 | ||||
| ten | Yahia Berraba ( Morocco ) | 7.83 | 5.91 | x | 7.83 | ||||
| eleven | Luis Tsatumas ( Greece ) | 7.59 | x | 7.59 | x | ||||
| Irving Saladino ( Panama ) | NM | x | x | x | |||||
Qualification
| A PLACE | GROUP A | RESULT |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Dwight Phillips ( USA ) | 8.44 m |
| 2. | Mitchell Watt ( Australia ) | 8.14 m |
| 3. | Christopher Tomlinson ( UK ) | 8.06 m |
| four. | Luis Tsatumas ( Greece ) | 8.01 m |
| five. | Li Jinzhe ( PRC ) | 8.01 m |
| 6. | Tommy Evila ( Finland ) | 8.01 m |
| 7. | Kim Dokhyun ( Republic of Korea ) | 7.99 m |
| eight. | Victor Kuznetsov ( Ukraine ) | 7.98 m |
| 9. | Sebastian Bayer ( Germany ) | 7.98 m |
| ten. | Cafetian Gomis ( France ) | 7.90 m |
| eleven. | Alain Bailey ( Jamaica ) | 7.88 m |
| 12. | Andrey Makarchev ( Ukraine ) | 7.87 m |
| 13. | Luis Felipe Melis ( Spain ) | 7.87 m |
| 14. | Stephan Louw ( Namibia ) | 7.74 m |
| 15. | Alexander Menkov ( Russia ) | 7.72 m |
| sixteen. | Ibrain Kamejo ( Cuba ) | 7.71 m |
| 17. | Stepan Wagner ( Czech Republic ) | 7.68 m |
| 18. | Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi ( Saudi Arabia ) | 7.66 m |
| nineteen. | Nikolay Atanasov ( Bulgaria ) | 7.63 m |
| 20. | Hugo Chila ( Ecuador ) | 7.54 m |
| 20. | Konstantin Safronov ( Kazakhstan ) | 7.54 m |
| 21. | Daisuke Arakawa ( Japan ) | 7.53 m |
| - | Henry Dagmil ( Philippines ) | NM |
| A PLACE | GROUP B | RESULT |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Greg Rutherford ( Great Britain ) | 8.30 m |
| 2. | Godfrey Mokoena ( South Africa ) | 8.29 m |
| 3. | Irving Saladino ( Panama ) | 8.16 m |
| four. | Fabrice Lapierre ( Australia ) | 8.14 m |
| five. | Brian Johnson ( USA ) | 8.09 m |
| 6. | Yahia Berraba ( Morocco ) | 8.08 m |
| 7. | Salim Sdiri ( France ) | 8.04 m |
| eight. | Gable Garenamotse ( Botswana ) | 8.03 m |
| 9. | Hussein Taher Al Sabi ( Saudi Arabia ) | 7.99 m |
| ten. | Ndiss Kaba Badji ( Senegal ) | 7.98 m |
| eleven. | Nicholas Gordon ( Jamaica ) | 7.92 m |
| 12. | Alexey Lukashevich ( Ukraine ) | 7.87 m |
| 13. | Roman Novotny ( Czech Republic ) | 7.86 m |
| 14. | Stanley Gbagbeke ( Nigeria ) | 7.82 m |
| 15. | Michel Thorneus ( Sweden ) | 7.78 m |
| sixteen. | Morten Jensen ( Denmark ) | 7.75 m |
| 17. | Tyrone Smith ( Bermuda ) | 7.72 m |
| 18. | Niels Winter ( Germany ) | 7.69 m |
| nineteen. | Miguel Pate ( USA ) | 7.61 m |
| 20. | Yochai Halevi ( Israel ) | 7.42 m |
| - | Carlos Jorge ( Dominican Republic ) | NM |
| - | Clayton Latham ( Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ) | NM |
Sources
- ↑ Mark Butler. World athletics predictions (inaccessible link) . BBC Sport (August 13, 2009). Date of treatment August 21, 2009. Archived August 18, 2009.
- ↑ Joe Battaglia. World Championships: Men's medal predictions (inaccessible link - history ) . Universal Sports (August 10, 2009). Date of treatment August 21, 2009.
- ↑ Pippa Davis. Berlin 2009 - Top Five: World athletics records . Eurosport; Yahoo! Sport (August 14, 2009). Date of treatment August 21, 2009. Archived August 19, 2009.