1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

None These are the official results of the men's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday 5 September 1987. Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze with a jump of 8.38 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m.Peronaci Fabrizio 2019-11-25 Giovanni Evangelisti and his medal for rigged long jump https://www.corriere.it/english/19_novembre_25/giovanni-evangelisti-and-his-medal-for-rigged-long-jump-81bbc83c-0fb3-11ea-bd6b-b9b6fa42a1a4.shtml 2020-10-15 Corriere della Sera itLongman, Jere (1995-08-04). TRACK AND FIELD; Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-07-18. Larry Myricks of the United States received the bronze medal nine months later.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-19-sp-7816-story.html Archives Los Angeles Times Medalists GoldUSA Carl LewisUnited States (USA)SilverURS Robert EmmiyanSoviet Union (URS)BronzeUSA Larry MyricksUnited States (USA) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B04.09.1987 – ??:??h04.09.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round05.09.1987 – ??:??h Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordBob Beamon USA8.90Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968Championship RecordCarl Lewis USA8.55Helsinki, Finland10 August 1983 Qualifying round Held on Friday 1987-09-04 RANKGROUP ADISTANCE1.Robert Emmiyan URS8.19 m2.Paul Emordi NGR8.14 m3.Vladimir Bobylyov URS8.08 m4.Jarmo Kärnä FIN8.06 m5.Junichi Usui JPN8.02 m6.Jaime Jefferson CUB8.00 m7.Mike Conley USA7.99 m8.Norbert Brige FRA7.96 m9.Frans Maas NED7.78 m10.Róbert Széli TCH7.59 m11.Dietmar Haaf GER7.51 m12.Ray Quiñones PUR7.41 m13.Jeffrey Neptune GRN7.11 m14.Marcus César Barros BRA 19686.94 m15.Devon Hyde BIZ6.61 m—António Santos ANGNM —Stanisław Jaskułka POLNM —Bruny Surin CANNM —Dimitrios Chatzopoulos GRENM —Lester Benjamin ATGNM RANKGROUP BDISTANCE1.Carl Lewis USA8.36 m2.Larry Myricks USA8.20 m3.Jens Hirschberg GDR8.10 m4.Yusuf Alli NGR8.07 m5.Vladimir Amidzhinov BUL 19718.05 m6.Heiko Reski FRG8.03 m7.Sergey Layevskiy URS7.98 m8.Giovanni Evangelisti ITA7.97 m9.Ivo Krsek TCH7.96 m10.Emiel Mellaard NED7.93 m11.Chen Zunrong CHN7.90 m12.Andreas Steiner AUT7.87 m13.Fred Salle CMR7.60 m14.Antonio Corgos ESP7.60 m15.Ian James CAN7.54 m16.Badara Mbengue SEN7.23 m17.Carlos Casar MEX7.21 m18.Wilbert Lee MNT6.61 m—Jeroen Fischer BELDNS—Kim Won-jin KORDNS Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Carl Lewis USA 8.67 8.65 8.67 8.43 X 8.608.67 m CR Robert Emmiyan URS 8.30 X X 8.53 X X8.53 m Larry Myricks USA X 8.04w 8.23 8.13 8.33 8.208.33 m 4 Giovanni Evangelisti ITA X 8.09 8.19 7.59 X 8.388.19 m 5 Jens Hirschberg GDR 8.16 8.04 7.97 7.85 X 7.958.16 m 6 Jaime Jefferson CUB 7.78 7.85 8.09 8.04 7.84 8.148.14 m 7 Vladimir Amidzhinov BUL 1971 8.11 7.80 8.05 7.86 7.99 8.018.11 m 8 Mike Conley USA X 8.10 X X X X8.10 m 9 Sergey Layevskiy URS 8.08 m 10 Heiko Reski FRG 8.03 m 11 Yusuf Alli NGR 8.00 m 12 Junichi Usui JPN 8.00 m 13 Vladimir Bobylyov URS 7.90 m 14 Jarmo Kärnä FIN 7.83 m 15 Norbert Brige FRA 7.82 m 16 Paul Emordi NGR 7.80 m 17 Ivo Krsek TCH 7.72 m See also 1983 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Helsinki) 1984 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart) 1988 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Split) Notes References Results L Category:Long jump at the World Athletics Championships