2019 World Championships Statistics - Men’s LJ by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Doha: 1) Will we see the longest jump in Doha? Summary: All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Dist wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8.95WR 0.3 Mike Powell USA 1 Tokyo 1991 2 2 8.87 -0.2 Carl Lewis USA 2 Tokyo 1991 3 3 8.70 1.6 Ivan Pedroso CUB 1 Göteborg 1995 4 8.67 0.4 Carl Lewis 1 Roma 1987 5 4 8.60 1.6 Dwight Phillips USA 1 Helsinki 2005 6 8.59 0.4 Mike Powell 1 Stuttgart 1993 7 5 8.57 0.0 Irving Saladino PAN 1 Osaka 2007 8 8.56 0.8 Carl Lewis 1qA Tokyo 1991 8 8.56 1.1 Ivan Pedroso 1 Sevilla 1999 8 6 8.56 0.2 Aleksandr Menkov RUS 1 Moskva 2013 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 43cm 8.59m Mike Powell USA Stuttgart 1993 40cm 8.70m Ivan Pedroso CUB Göteborg 1995 Min 4cm 8.48m Luvo Manyonga RSA London 2017 8.95m Mike Powell USA Tokyo 1991 8.42m Ivan Pedroso CUB Athinai 1997 7cm 8.32m Dwight Phillips USA Paris 2003 8.54m Dwight Phillips USA Berlin 2009 Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Dist wind Name Nat Venue Year 1 8.95 0.3 Mike Powell USA Tokyo 1991 2 8.91w 2.9 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo 1991 8.87 -0.2 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo 1991 3 8.42 0.8 Larry Myricks USA Tokyo 1991 4 8.35 0.7 Jai Taurima AUS Sevilla 1999 5 8.26 0.8 Maykel Masso CUB London 2017 8.24 1.9 Shane Hair AUS Sevilla 1999 0.6 Mauro Vinicius Da Silva BRA Moskva 2013 Multiple Gold Medalists: Dwight Phillips (USA): 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011 Ivan Pedroso (CUB): 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 Mike Powell (USA): 1991, 1993 Carl Lewis (USA): 1983, 1987 Longest Jump in Doha: Performance Performer Dist Wind Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 8.41 1.8 James Beckford JAM 1 13 May 1999 All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Dist wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8.95WR 0.3 Mike Powell USA 1 Tokyo 1991 2 2 8.87 -0.2 Carl Lewis USA 2 Tokyo 1991 3 3 8.70 1.6 Ivan Pedroso CUB 1 Göteborg 1995 4 8.67 0.4 Carl Lewis 1 Roma 1987 5 4 8.60 1.6 Dwight Phillips USA 1 Helsinki 2005 6 8.59 0.4 Mike Powell 1 Stuttgart 1993 7 5 8.57 0.0 Irving Saladino PAN 1 Osaka 2007 8 8.56 0.8 Carl Lewis 1qA Tokyo 1991 8 8.56 1.1 Ivan Pedroso 1 Sevilla 1999 8 6 8.56 0.2 Aleksandr Menkov RUS 1 Moskva 2013 11 8.55 1.2 Carl Lewis 1 Helsinki 1983 12 8.54 0.1 Dwight Phillips 1 Berlin 2009 13 7 8.53 -0.2 Robert Emmiyan URS 2 Roma 1987 14 8 8.48 0.4 Luvo Manyonga RSA 1 London 2017 15 9 8.47 -0.2 Andrew Howe ITA 2 Osaka 2007 15 9 8.47 0.1 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 2 Berlin 2009 17 8.45 1.9 Ivan Pedroso 1qB Göteborg 1995 17 8.45 0.0 Dwight Phillips 1 Daegu 2011 19 8.44 0.5 Dwight Phillips 1qA Berlin 2009 19 11 8.44 0.6 Jarrion Lawson USA 2 London 2017 21 12 8.42 0.8 Larry Myricks USA 3 Tokyo 1991 21 8.42 0.1 Ivan Pedroso 1 Athinai 1997 23 13 8.41 0.3 Greg Rutherford GBR 1 Beijing 2015 24 14 8.40 0.6 Yago Lamela ESP 2 Sevilla 1999 24 8.40 1.2 Ivan Pedroso 1 Edmonton 2001 26 15 8.38 -0.2 Eric Walder USA 2 Athinai 1997 27 8.37 -1.3 Carl Lewis 1qB Helsinki 1983 27 16 8.37 -0.4 Mitchell Watt AUS 3 Berlin 2009 29 8.36 0.5 Carl Lewis 1qB Roma 1987 29 17 8.36 1.6 Gregor Cankar SLO 3 Sevilla 1999 31 18 8.35 0.7 Jai Taurima AUS 4 Sevilla 1999 32 19 8.34 0.2 Ignisious Gaisah GHA 2 Helsinki 2005 33 8.33 -0.9 Larry Myricks 3 Roma 1987 33 20 8.33 -0.1 Savante Stringfellow USA 1qB Edmonton 2001 33 8.33 0.4 Mitchell Watt 2 Daegu 2011 36 8.32 0.5 Dwight Phillips 1 Paris 2003 36 8.32 -0.2 Dwight Phillips Q Daegu 2011 36 21 8.32 -0.1 Ruswahl Samaai RSA 3 London 2017 39 8.30 0.6 Erick Walder 1qA Stuttgart 1993 39 22 8.30 0.0 James Beckford JAM 2 Göteborg 1995 39 8.30 0.4 Dwight Phillips 3 Osaka 2007 39 8.30 -0.5 Greg Rutherford 1qB Berlin 2009 Wind assisted marks Performance Performer Dist wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8.91w 2.9 Carl Lewis USA 2 Tokyo 1991 2 2 8.59w 3.3 Dwight Phillips USA 1qB Helsinki 2005 Second, third etc. best jumps (>8.50m) Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8.87 Carl Lewis USA 2 Tokyo 1991 2 8.84 Carl Lewis 2 Tokyo 1991 3 8.83w Carl Lewis 2 Tokyo 1991 4 8.68 Carl Lewis 2 Tokyo 1991 5 8.67 Carl Lewis 1 Roma 1987 6 8.65 Carl Lewis 1 Roma 1987 7 8.60 Carl Lewis 1 Roma 1987 8 2 8.54 Mike Powell USA 1 Tokyo 1991 9 3 8.52 Aleksandr Menkov RUS 1 Moskva 2013 Shortest winning distance: 8.32m by Dwight Phillips in 2003 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 43cm 8.59m Mike Powell USA Stuttgart 1993 40cm 8.70m Ivan Pedroso CUB Göteborg 1995 Min 4cm 8.48m Luvo Manyonga RSA London 2017 8.95m Mike Powell USA Tokyo 1991 8.42m Ivan Pedroso CUB Athinai 1997 7cm 8.32m Dwight Phillips USA Paris 2003 8.54m Dwight Phillips USA Berlin 2009 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 53cm 8.95m 8.42m Mike Powell USA Tokyo 1991 44cm 8.59m 8.15m Mike Powell USA Stuttgart 1993 Min 10cm 8.32m 8.22m Dwight Phillips USA Paris 2003 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 20cm 8.42m Larry Myricks USA Tokyo 1991 Min 0cm 8.12m Mike Conley USA Helsinki 1983 8.21m Carlos Calado POR Edmonton 2001 Longest mark in each round Round Distance Wind Name Nat Venue Year Final 8.95m 0.3 Mike Powell USA Tokyo 1991 Qualifying 8.56m 0.8 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo 1991 8.59m (w) 3.3 Dwight Phillips USA Helsinki 2005 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 8.02m 13q Marquise Goodwin USA Daegu 2011 8.01m 5qA Jinzhe Li CHN Berlin 2009 Average of last nine (21 st century) World Championships Average 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning Distance 8.48 8.48 8.41 8.56 8.45 8.54 8.57 8.60 8.32 8.40 Winning Medal 8.27 8.32 8.18 8.27 8.29 8.37 8.30 8.25w 8.22 8.21 8th place 8.03 8.18 7.97 8.02 8.17 8.06 7.98 8.06w 7.93 7.92 Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Dist wind Name Nat Venue Year 1 8.95 0.3 Mike Powell USA Tokyo 1991 2 8.91w 2.9 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo 1991 8.87 -0.2 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo 1991 3 8.42 0.8 Larry My ricks USA Tokyo 1991 4 8.35 0.7 Jai Taurima AUS Sevilla 1999 5 8.26 0.8 Maykel Masso CUB London 2017 8.24 1.9 Shane Hair AUS Sevilla 1999 0.6 Mauro Vinicius Da Silva BRA Moskva 2013 6 8.23 -0.3 Shi Yuhao CHN London 2017 8.22 0.1 Christian Reif GER Moskva 2013 8.20w 2.8 Irving Saladino PAN Helsinki 2005 8.19 0.0 Aleksandr Menkov RUS Daegu 2011 7 8.23 0.6 Wang Jianan CHN London 2017 8.19 0.6 Christian Reif GER Daegu 2011 8.11 -0.3 Vladimir Amidzhinov BUL Roma 1987 8 8.18 0.4 Michel Torneus SWE London 2017 8.17 0.3 Sebastian Bayer GER Daegu 2011 8.10 0.5 Mike Conley USA Roma 1987 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Wind Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 8.95 0.3 Mike Powell USA Tokyo 30 Aug 1991 8.90 2.0 Bob Beamon USA Mexico City 18 Oct 1968 2 8.91w 2.9 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo 30 Aug 1991 8.87 -0.2 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo 30 Aug 1991 8.74 1.4 Larry Myricks USA Indianapolis 18 July 1988 3 8.51 1.2 Jaime Jefferson CUB Indianapolis 16 Aug 1987 8.50 1.9 Larry Myricks USA New York 15 June 1991 4 8.42 1.6 Marquis Dendy USA Eugene 3 July 2016 8.40 1.1 Zarck Visser RSA Bad Langensalza 30 June 2018 8.35 0.7 Jai Taurima AUS Sevilla 28 Aug 1999 8.34 2.0 Llewellyn Starks USA New York 15 June 1991 5 8.28 2.0 Jeffrey Henderson USA Sacramento 25 June 2017 8.26 0.7 Sean Robbins USA Atlanta 19 June 1996 -0.6 Aleksandr Glavatskiy BLR Villeneuve d’Ascq 11 July 1998 0.2 Miguel Pate USA Stuttgart 10 Sept 2006 6 8.24 1.4 Kareem Streete-Thompson USA Sestriere 7 Aug 1996 0.8 Ignisious Gaisah GHA Athinai 26 Aug 2004 7 8.23 0.7 Ivan Pedroso CUB Athinai 26 Aug 2004 Multiple Gold Medalists: Dwight Phillips (USA): 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011 Ivan Pedroso (CUB): 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 Mike Powell (USA): 1991, 1993 Carl Lewis (USA): 1983, 1987 Multiple Medalists: Dwight Phillips (USA): 2003 Gold, 2005 Gold, 2007 Bronze, 2009 Gold, 2011 Gold Yago Lamela (ESP): 1999 Silver, 2003 Bronze James Beckford (JAM): 1995 Silver, 2003 Silver Ivan Pedroso (CUB): 1995 Gold, 1997 Gold, 1999 Gold, 2001 Gold Mike Powell (USA): 1991 Gold, 1993 Gold, 1995 Bronze Larry Myricks (USA): 1987 Bronze, 1991 Bronze Carl Lewis (USA): 1983 Gold, 1987 Gold.