Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entry list of 33 competitors from 25 nations, with two qualifying groups (33 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Thursday July 29, 1976. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 7.80 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Wednesday July 28, 1976.[1] The event was won by Arnie Robinson of the United States, the nation's third consecutive and 16th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. Randy Williams took silver, but the chance of an American sweep (which had happened twice long before in 1896 and 1904) was eliminated when Larry Myricks broke his foot warming up for the final. Robinson and Williams (bronze and gold, respectively in 1972) became the fifth and sixth men to earn two medals in the event. Frank Wartenberg of East Germany took bronze.

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Arnie Robinson (1972)
VenueLenin Central Stadium
Dates28 July 1976 (qualification)
29 July 1976 (final)
Competitors33 from 25 nations
Winning distance8.35
Medalists
Arnie Robinson
 United States
Randy Williams
 United States
Frank Wartenberg
 East Germany

Background

This was the 18th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1972 Games were the three medalists (Randy Williams of the United States, Hans Baumgartner of West Germany, and Arnie Robinson of the United States) as well as ninth-place finisher Valeriy Podluzhniy of the Soviet Union, tenth-place finisher Jacques Rousseau of France, and twelfth-place finisher Grzegorz Cybulski of Poland. The returning pair, along with new teammate Larry Myricks, were favored with a sweep considered a possibility.[2]

Antigua and Barbuda, Fiji, the Ivory Coast, Lebanon, and Trinidad and Tobago each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 18th time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

The 1976 competition used the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 7.80 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top eight jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final).[2][3]

Records

The standing world and Olympic records prior to the event were as follows.

World record Bob Beamon (USA)8.90Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968
Olympic record Bob Beamon (USA)8.90Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 28 July 197610:00Qualifying
Thursday, 29 July 197615:00Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1Randy Williams United States 7.68 7.97 7.97Q
2Arnie Robinson United States X 7.95 7.95Q
3Larry Myricks United States 7.55 7.67 7.92 7.92Q
4Valeriy Podluzhniy Soviet Union 7.71 7.90 7.90Q
5Frank Wartenberg East Germany 7.89 7.89Q
6João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil 7.87 7.87Q
7Nenad Stekić Yugoslavia 7.68 7.56 7.82 7.82Q
8Jacques Rousseau France 7.82 7.82Q
9Hans Baumgartner West Germany 7.81 7.81Q
10Rolf Bernhard Switzerland 7.56 7.79 7.75 7.79q
11Aleksey Pereverzev Soviet Union 7.78 X 7.75 7.78q
12Fletcher Lewis Bahamas 5.99 7.66 7.73 7.73q
13Grzegorz Cybulski Poland 7.60 7.71 7.66 7.71
14Hans-Jürgen Berger West Germany 7.53 7.46 7.70 7.70
15Roy Mitchell Great Britain 7.46 7.64 7.69 7.69
16T. C. Yohannan India 7.62 X 7.67 7.67
17Ronald Desruelles Belgium 7.60 7.11 X 7.60
18Milán Matos Cuba 7.23 7.56 7.57 7.57
19Richard Rock Canada 7.44 7.24 7.57 7.57
20Tõnu Lepik Soviet Union 7.41 7.49 X 7.49
21Jim Buchanan Canada 5.61 7.49 X 7.49
22Jim McAndrew Canada 7.45 7.45 7.48 7.48
23Roberto Veglia Italy 7.12 7.48 7.41 7.48
24Chris Commons Australia 7.46 X X 7.46
25George Swanston Trinidad and Tobago 7.31 7.40 7.29 7.40
26Philippe Deroche France 7.31 7.38 7.31 7.38
27Panagiotis Khatzistathis Greece 6.83 7.10 7.33 7.33
28Brou Kouakou Ivory Coast 7.12 7.20 5.61 7.20
29Calvin Greenaway Antigua and Barbuda 6.96 6.76 6.92 6.96
30Papa Ibrahima Ba Senegal 6.96 5.21 X 6.96
31Tony Moore Fiji X 6.81 X 6.81
32Rafael Blanquer Spain X X 6.19 6.19
Ghassan Faddoul Lebanon X X X No mark

Final

Larry Myricks was forced to scratch from the final after he injured his foot in the qualifying round.

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Arnie Robinson United States 8.35 8.26 X 8.04 8.16 7.91 8.35
Randy Williams United States 8.11 7.81 X X X 7.81 8.11
Frank Wartenberg East Germany 7.81 X 8.02 7.84 X 8.02
4Jacques Rousseau France 8.00 7.82 7.67 7.91 X 7.62 8.00
5João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil 8.00 X 7.76 7.85 8.00
6Nenad Stekić Yugoslavia 7.75 7.81 7.89 7.80 X 7.77 7.89
7Valeriy Podluzhniy Soviet Union 7.70 7.88 7.77 7.84 X 7.66 7.88
8Hans Baumgartner West Germany X X 7.84 X X X 7.84
9Rolf Bernhard Switzerland 7.707.717.74Did not advance7.74
10Aleksey Pereverzev Soviet Union 7.55 4.89 7.66Did not advance7.66
11Fletcher Lewis Bahamas 7.61 7.31 XDid not advance7.61
Larry Myricks United StatesDNS

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 71.
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