Olympian Database
Men's Long jump - Athletics |   | ||||
 Men's Long jump 1968
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| Final | |||||
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Bob Beamon |  |
USA | 8,90 | WR |
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Klaus Beer |  |
GDR | 8,19 | |
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Ralph Boston | |
USA | 8,16 | |
| 4. | Igor Ter-Ovanesian |  |
URS | 8,12 | |
| 5. | Tönu Lepik | |
URS | 8,09 | |
| 6. | Allen Crawley |  |
AUS | 8,02 | |
| 7. | Jacques Pani |  |
FRA | 7,97 | |
| 8. | Andrzej Stalmach |  |
POL | 7,94 | |
| 9. | Lynn Davies |  |
GBR | 7,94 | |
| 10. | Hiroomi Yamada |  |
JPN | 7,93 | |
| 11. | Leonid Barkovski | |
URS | 7,90 | |
| 12. | Reinholdt Boschert |  |
FRG | 7,89 | |
| 13. | Michael Ahey |  |
GHA | 7,71 | |
| 14. | Lars-Olof Höök |  |
SWE | 7,66 | |
| 15. | Victor Brooks |  |
JAM | 7,51 | |
| 16. | Gerard Ugolini | |
FRA | 7,44 | |
| Charles Mays | |
USA | dns | ||
| Qualifying Round - Group 1 | |||||
| 1. | Ralph Boston | |
USA | 8,27 | OR |
| 2. | Bob Beamon | |
USA | 8,19 | q |
| 3. | Jacques Pani | |
FRA | 7,91 | q |
| 4. | Tönu Lepik | |
URS | 7,91 | q |
| 5. | Michael Ahey | |
GHA | 7,77 | q |
| 6. | Victor Brooks | |
JAM | 7,72 | q |
| 7. | Andrzej Stalmach | |
POL | 7,70 | q |
| 8. | Leonid Barkovski | |
URS | 7,70 | q |
| 9. | Hiroomi Yamada | |
JPN | 7,67 | q |
| 10. | Alan Lerwill | |
GBR | 7,62 | |
| 11. | Shinji Ogura | |
JPN | 7,57 | |
| 12. | Philippe Housiaux |  |
BEL | 7,44 | |
| 13. | Clement Sagna |  |
SEN | 7,31 | |
| 14. | Gerald Wisdom |  |
BAH | 6,99 | |
| 15. | Chen Ming-chi |  |
TPE | 6,71 | |
| 16. | Owen Meighan |  |
BIZ | 6,06 | |
| Peter Reed | |
GBR | nm | ||
| Qualifying Round - Group 2 | |||||
| 1. | Lynn Davies | |
GBR | 7,94 | q |
| 2. | Charles Mays | |
USA | 7,85 | q |
| 3. | Reinholdt Boschert | |
FRG | 7,79 | q |
| 4. | Klaus Beer | |
GDR | 7,77 | q |
| - | Lars-Olof Höök | |
SWE | 7,77 | q |
| 6. | Gerard Ugolini | |
FRA | 7,75 | q |
| 7. | Igor Ter-Ovanesian | |
URS | 7,74 | q |
| 8. | Allen Crawley | |
AUS | 7,71 | q |
| 9. | Pertti Pousi |  |
FIN | 7,63 | |
| 10. | Laurent Sarr | |
SEN | 7,61 | |
| 11. | Galdino Flores |  |
MEX | 7,59 | |
| 12. | Naoki Abe | |
JPN | 7,58 | |
| 13. | Wellesley Clayton | |
JAM | 7,57 | |
| 14. | Michel Charland |  |
CAN | 7,35 | |
| 15. | Soo Wen-ho | |
TPE | 7,30 | |
| 16. | Nyak Voon Chong |  |
MAS | 7,29 | |
| 17. | Donald Velez Espinoza |  |
NCA | 6,63 | |
| 18. | Jean Cochard | |
FRA | 6,11 | |
| Men's Long jump - Athletics - Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics
Event Format:
Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more. Event facts: Men's Long jump competition was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario and 35 athletes participated in the event. |
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| These results for Men's Long jump - Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics - are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
