2020 Olympic Games Statistics – Men’s LJ by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Tokyo: 1) Can Tentoglou become first GRE LJ to win a medal at the Olympics? 2) Can Masso, Hashioka or Wang become first World Junior Champ to win an Olympic medal? 3) Asian has not won Olympic LJ medal since 1936. Can Wang or Hashioka change that? Summary Page: All time performance list at the Olympics Performance Performer Dist Wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8.90 2.0 Bob Beamon USA 1 Mexico City 1968 2 2 8.72 -0.2 Carl Lewis USA 1 Seoul 1988 3 8.68 1.0 Carl Lewis 1qB Barcelona 1992 4 8.67 -0.7 Carl Lewis 1 Barcelona 1992 5 3 8.64 -0.5 Mike Powell USA 2 Barcelona 1992 6 4 8.59 1.0 Dwi ght Phillips USA 1 At hinai 2004 7 5 8.55 0.4 Ivan Pedroso CUB 1 Sydney 2000 Shortest winning distance since 1980: 8.31m by Rutherford in 2012; 8.34 by Irving Saladino in 2008 Margin of Victory Difference Winning Dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 71cm 8.90 Bob Beamon USA Me xico City 1968 Min 1c m 8.38 Jeff Henderson USA Rio de Janeiro 2016 1cm 8.12 Ralph Boston USA Roma 1960 1cm 7.185 Alvin Kraenzlein USA Paris 1900 Longest jump in each round Round Time Wind Name Nat Venue Year Final 8.90 2.0 Bob Beamon USA Mexico City 1968 First round 8.68 1.0 Carl Lewis USA Barcelona 1992 Longest non-qualifier for the final Time Wind Position Name Nat Venue Year 8.05 0.4 7qB Petar Dachev BUL Athinai 2004 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Dist Wind Name Nat Venue Year 1 8.90 2.0 Bob Beamon USA Mexico City 1968 2 8.64 -0.5 Mike Powell USA Barcelona 1992 3 8.34 0.4 Jo e Greene USA Barcelona 1992 4 8.31 0.8 James Beckford JAM Athinai 2004 Last eight Olympics: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2016 Jeff Henderson USA 8.38 Luvo Manyonga RSA 8.37 Greg Rutherford GBR 8.29 2012 Greg Rutherford GBR 8.31 Mitchell Watt AUS 8.16 Will Claye USA 8.12 2008 Irving Saladino PAN 8.34 G Khotso Mokoena RSA 8.24 Ibrahim Camejo CUB 8.20 2004 Dwight Phillips USA 8.59 John Moffitt USA 8.47 Joan Lino Martinez ESP 8.32 2000 Ivan Pedroso CUB 8.55 Jai Taurima AUS 8.49 Roman Shchurenko UKR 8.31 1996 Carl Lewis USA 8.50 James Beckford JAM 8.29 Joe Greene USA 8.24 1992 Carl Lewis USA 8.67 Mike Powell USA 8.64 Joe Greene USA 8.34 1988 Carl Lewis USA 8.72 Mike Powell USA 8.49 Larry Myricks USA 8.27 All time performance list at the Olympics Performance Performer Dist Wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8.90 2.0 Bob Beamon USA 1 Mexico City 1968 2 2 8.72 -0.2 Carl Lewis USA 1 Seoul 1988 3 8.68 1.0 Carl Lewis 1qB Barcelona 1992 4 8.67 -0.7 Carl Lewis 1 Barcelona 1992 5 3 8.64 -0.5 Mike Powel l USA 2 Barcelona 1992 6 4 8.59 1.0 Dwi ght Phillips USA 1 Athinai 2004 7 5 8.55 0.4 Ivan Pedroso CUB 1 Sydney 2000 8 6 8.54 0.9 Lutz Dombrowski GDR 1 Moskva 1980 8 8.54 -1.6 Carl Lewis 1 Los Angeles 1984 10 8.50 -1.3 Carl Lewis 1 Atlanta 199 6 11 8.49 1.8 Mike Powell 2 Seoul 1988 11 7 8.49 0.6 Jai Taurima AUS 2 Sydney 2000 13 8 8.47 0.9 John Moffitt USA 2 Athinai 2004 14 9 8.38 0.2 Jeff Henderson USA 1 Rio de Janeiro 2016 15 10 8.37 09.3 Luvo Manyonga RSA 2 Rio de Janeiro 2016 16 11 8.35 -0.6 Arnie Robinson USA 1 Montreal 1976 17 12 8.34 0.0 Randy Williams USA 1q München 1972 17 13 8.34 0.4 Joe G reene USA 3 Barcelona 1992 17 14 8.34 -0.3 Irving Saladino PAN 1 Beijing 2008 20 8.32 0.1 Ivan Pedroso 1qA Sydney 2000 20 15 8.32 1.3 Joan Lino Martinez ESP 3 Athinai 2004 22 16 8.3 1 0.3 Roman Shchurenko UKR 3 Sydney 2000 22 8.31 -0.1 Dwight Phillips 1qA Athinai 2004 22 16 8.31 0.8 James Beckford JAM 4 Athinai 2004 22 16 8.31 -0.4 Greg Rutherford GBR 1 London 2012 26 8.29 1.0 Carl Lewis 1qB Atlanta 1996 26 8.29 -1.4 James Beckford 2 Atlanta 1996 26 8.29 0.3 Greg Rutherford 3 Rio de Janeiro 2016 29 8.28 1.3 Joe Greene 2qB Atlanta 1996 29 19 8.28 0.0 Jonathan Chimier MRI 1qB Athinai 2004 31 20 8.27 0.0 Ralph Boston USA 1q Mexico City 1968 31 20 8. 27 1.2 Larry Myricks USA 3 Seoul 1988 31 20 8.27 0.1 Louis Tsatoumas GRE 1qA Beijing 2008 33 23 8.26 -0.2 Aleksey Lukashevich UKR 4 Sydney 2000 34 24 8.25 1.6 Chris Tomlinson GBR 5 Athinai 2004 34 25 8. 25 -0.5 Jarrion Lawson USA 4 Rio de Janeiro 2016 35 8.24 0.0 Randy Williams 1 München 1972 35 26 8.24 -0.8 Gary Honey AUS 2 Los Angeles 1984 35 26 8.24 -0.7 Giovanni Evang elisti ITA 3 Los Angeles 1984 35 8.24 0.1 Joe Greene 3 Atlanta 1996 35 26 8.24 0.8 Ignisious Gaisah GHA 6 Athinai 2004 35 26 8.24 0.0 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 2 Beijing 2008 35 26 8.24 0.3 Wang Jia nan CHN 1qB Rio de Janeiro 2016 42 8.23 0.9 Chris Tomlinson 2qB Athinai 2004 42 8.23 0.7 Ivan Pedroso 7 Athinai 2004 42 31 8.23 0.5 Ibrahim Camejo CUB 2qA Beijing 2008 All time performance list at the Olympics - Wind-assisted marks Performance Performer Dist Wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8.34 2.3 Mike Powell USA 1qA Seoul 1988 2 2 8.30 2.2 Carl Lewis USA 1qA Los Angeles 1984 Shortest winning distance since 1980: 8.31m by Rutherford in 2012; 8.34 by Irving Saladino in 2008 Margin of Victory Difference Winning Dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 71cm 8.90 Bob Beamon USA Mexico City 1968 Min 1cm 8.38 Jeff Henderson USA Rio de Janeiro 2016 1cm 8.12 Ralph Boston USA Roma 1960 1cm 7.185 Alvin Kraenzlein USA Paris 1900 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 74cm 8.90 8.16 Bob Beamon USA Mexico City 1968 Min 8cm 8.12 8.04 Ralph Boston USA Roma 1960 8.07 7.99 Lynn Davies GBR Tokyo 1964 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 39cm 7.99m Igor Ter-Ovanesyan URS Tokyo 1964 Min 1cm 8.12m Will Claye USA London 2012 8.20m Ibrahim Camejo CUB Beijing 2008 8.32m Joan Lino Martinez ESP Athinai 2004 7.74m Naoto Tajima JPN Berlin 1936 7.40m Al Bates USA Amsterdam 1928 Longest jump in each round Round Time Wind Name Nat Venue Year Final 8.90 2.0 Bob Beamon USA Mexico City 1968 First round 8.68 1.0 Carl Lewis USA Barcelona 1992 Longest non-qualifier for the final Time Wind Position Name Nat Venue Year 8.05 0.4 7qB Petar Dachev BUL Athinai 2004 Average from nine Olympics Average 2016 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning distance 8.51 8.38 8.31 8.34 8.59 8.55 8.50 8.67 8.72 8.54 Winning Medal 8.26 8.29 8.12 8.20 8.32 8.31 8.24 8.34 8.27 8.24 Missing Medal (4 th ) 8.18 8.25 8.11 8.19 8.31 8.26 8.19 8.11 8.08 8.16 8th 7.99 8.05 7.93 8.00 8.21 8.06 8.06 7.87 7.89 7.81 Shortest to make Final 7.91 7.85 7.92 7.94 8.05 8.00 8.00 7.90 7.77 7.76 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Dist Wind Name Nat Venue Year 1 8.90 2.0 Bob Beamon USA Mexico City 1968 2 8.64 -0.5 Mike Powell USA Barcelona 1992 3 8.34 0.4 Joe Greene USA Barcelona 1992 4 8.31 0.8 James Beckford JAM Athinai 2004 5 8.25 1.6 Chris Tomlinson GBR Athinai 2004 6 8.24 0.8 Ignisious Gaisah GHA Athinai 2004 7 8.23 0.7 Ivan Pedroso CUB Athinai 2004 8 8.21 0.7 Bogdan Tarus ROU Athinai 2004 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 2 8.91w 2,9 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo 30 Aug 1991 8.87 -0.2 Carl Lewis USA Tok yo 30 Aug 1991 3 8.51 1.2 Jaime Jef ferson 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 Stut tgart 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: Carl Lewis (USA): 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Meyer Prinstein (USA): 1904, 1906 Multiple Medalists: Greg Rutherford (GBR): 2012 Gold; 2016 Bronze Joe Greene (USA): 1992 Bronze, 1996 Bronze Mike Powell (USA): 1988 Silver, 1992 Silver Carl Lewis (USA): 1984 Gold, 1988 Gold, 1992 Gold, 1996 Gold Arnie Robinson (USA): 1972 Bronze, 1976 Gold Randy Williams (USA): 1972 Gold, 1976 Silver Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS): 1960 Bronze, 1964 Bronze Ralph Boston (URS): 1960 Gold, 1964 Silver, 1968 Bronze Calvin Brikcer (CAN): 1908 Bronze, 1912 Silver Meyer Prinstein (USA): 1900 Silver, 1904 Gold, 1906 Gold Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze USA 2004 Dwight Phillips John Moffitt USA 1996 Carl Lewis Joe Greene USA 1992 Carl Lewis Mike Powell Joe Greene USA 1988 Carl Lewis Mike Powell Larry Myricks GDR 1980 Lutz Dombrowski Frank Paschek USA 1976 Arnie Robinson Randy Williams USA 1972 Randy Williams Arnie Robinson USA 1968 Bob Beamon Ralph Boston USA 1960 Ralph Boston Irvin Roberson USA 1956 Greg Bell John Bennett USA 1952 Jerome Biffle Meredith Gourdine USA 1948 Willie Steele Herb Douglas USA 1932 Ed Gordon Lambert Redd USA 1928 Ed Hamm Alfred Bates USA 1924 DeHart Hubbard Ned Gourdin SWE 1920 Wilhelm Björnemann Erik Abrahamsson USA 1908 Frank Irons Daniel Kelly USA 1906 Meyer Prinstein Hugo Friend USA 1904 Meyer Prinstein Daniel Frank Robert Stangland USA 1900 Alvin Kraenzlein Meyer Prinstein USA 1896 Ellery Clark Robert Garrett James Connolly Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event Nation Men Women Venue Year USA Jeff Henderson Tianna Bartoletta Rio de Janeiro 2016 USA Carl Lewis Jackie Joyner-Kersee Seoul 1988 GBR Lynn Davies Mary Rand Tokyo 1964 Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 23 15 11 GBR 2 1 2 GDR 1 2 1 SWE 1 2 CUB 1 1 PAN 1 AUS 4 RSA 2 CAN 1 1 HAI 1 GER 1 FRG 1 JAM 1 URS 3 JPN 2 NOR 1