Men Long Jump Athletics XXII Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2020 - Saturday, 31st July and Monday, 2nd August 2021 - Gold Medal: Miltiadis Tentoglou, Greece
Start 10:20 T 30°C H 65% Sunny. Finish 11:43 T 33°C H 60% Low-level Cloud.
World record: Mike Powell (USA) 8.95m Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Olympic record: Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
Injuries were to play a big role in the finals of this event. World leader Tajay Gayle showed up with his left knee taped, struggled down the runway to foul his first two attempts, finally getting a legal but non-qualifying jump on his third attempt. Maykel Massó took the lead as last jumper of the first round with an 8.21m, on his second attempt he seemed to tweak his left hamstring. He would not take another attempt. In the third round, Juan Miguel Echevarría put one together taking a big lead with 8.41m. A day after competing in the high jump final, JuVaughn Harrison struggled to qualify for the final three jumps in eighth. As the final jumper in the fourth round, Echevarría aborted his jump, coming out of the pit limping. He passed his fifth attempt. Leading off the fifth round, Harrison jumped 8.15m to move into bronze medal position. Later in the round, Thobias Montler jumped what looked like mid 8.30's, but it was a foul. Then Miltiadis Tentoglou matched Harrison with an 8.15m. Because Tentoglou had a previous jump of 8.11m as a tiebreaker, he took over bronze position. The final round proved the difference. Early on, Montler jumped well past the video estimated leading mark, but the jump again was a foul. Then Eusebio Cáceres came through with an 8.18m to take bronze position away from Tentoglou. Tentoglou answered being knocked off the podium by jumping 8.41m, matching Echevarría exactly. Again with the superior second best jump, Tentoglou took over the lead. It was time for the Cubans to answer, but Massó couldn't go, passing his final attempt, settling for bronze. Echevarría gave it a go, but as he ran down the runway it was clear he couldn't run. He stopped at the board, leaned down and pounded the foul marking plasticine in frustration.
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