Battle of Honey Springs

These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 50 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups. The final was held on Saturday, August 12, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 8.05 metres.

Medalists

Gold Cuba Iván Pedroso
Cuba (CUB)
Silver Jamaica James Beckford
Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze United States Mike Powell
United States (USA)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
11.08.1995 – 18:05h 11.08.1995 – 18:05h
Final Round
12.08.1995 – 17:40h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 m August 30, 1991 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Event Record

Qualifying round

RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Mike Powell (USA) 8.25 m
2.  Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL) 8.16 m
3.  Georg Ackermann (GER) 8.13 m
4.  Bogdan Tudor (ROM) 8.06 m
5.  Geng Huang (CHN) 7.98 m
6.  Galin Georgiev (BUL) 7.93 m
7.  Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR) 7.87 m
8.  Nelson Ferreira (BRA) 7.87 m
9.  Sinisa Ergotic (CRO) 7.85 m
10.  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 7.84 m
11.  Mattias Sunneborn (SWE) 7.67 m
12.  Roberto Coltri (ITA) 7.65 m
13.  Konstantin Sarnatskiy (UZB) 7.52 m
14.  Elmer Williams (PUR) 7.37 m
15.  Biliaminou Alao (BEN) 7.35 m (NR)
16.  Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS) 7.29 m
17.  Ellsworth Manuel (AHO) 2.38 m
 Andreja Marinković (YUG) NM
 Roland McGhee (USA)
 Roman Orlik (CZE)
 Musabbah Ali Saeed (UAE)
 Spyridon Vasdekis (GRE)
 Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
 Armen Martirosyan (ARM)
 Fred Salle (GBR)


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.45m
2.  James Beckford (JAM) 8.24m
3.  Nobuharu Asahara (JPN) 8.08 m
4.  Andrey Ignatov (RUS) 8.04 m
5.  Franck Zio (BUR) 7.92 m
6.  Robert Emmiyan (ARM) 7.91 m
7.  Konstandinos Koukodimos (GRE) 7.91 m
 Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA)
9.  Milan Gombala (CZE) 7.88 m
10.  Cheikh Tidiane Toure (SEN) 7.85 m
10.  Andrew Owusu (GHA) 7.85 m
12.  Aleksandr Glavatskiy (BLR) 7.81 m
13.  Bogdan Tarus (ROM) 7.79 m
14.  Konstantin Krause (GER) 7.68 m
15.  Douglas de Souza (BRA) 7.63 m
16.  Vladimir Malyavin (TKM) 7.38 m
17.  Nikolay Antonov (BUL) 7.36 m
18.  Ricardo Valiente (PER) 7.31 m
19.  Baoting Huang (CHN) 7.29 m
20.  Modou Gai Pa (GAM) 2.17 m
 Gregor Cankar (SLO) NM
 Chih-Kuo Chao (TPE)
 Rogelio Sainz (MEX)
 Keita Cline (IVB)
 Obinna Eregbu (NGR) DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 7.82 8.70 x x 8.28 8.23 8.70 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  James Beckford (JAM) 7.86 x 8.02 x 8.12 8.30 8.30 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mike Powell (USA) 8.18 x 8.29 8.18 x x 8.29 m
4  Georg Ackermann (GER) 7.91 7.95 x 8.14 x 8.14 m
5  Bogdan Tudor (ROM) 8.01 m
6  Konstandinos Koukodimos (GRE) x 8.00 x x 8.00 m
7  Huang Geng (CHN) 7.94 m
8  Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL) 7.93 m
9  Andrey Ignatov (RUS) x 7.93 7.93 m
10  Franck Zio (BUR) 7.87 m
11  Robert Emmiyan (ARM) 7.77 m
12  Nobuharu Asahara (JPN) 7.77 m
13  Galin Georgiev (BUL) 7.72 m
14  Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA) x x 7.43 7.43 m

See also

References