The men's long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.Start list
In the finals were the defending champion Aleksandr Menkov, Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford and world leader Jeff Henderson, however world #2-4 Zarck Visser, Rushwahl Samaai and Marquis Dendy were unable to get out of the rounds. Henderson was the top qualifier with an 8.36 automatic first attempt trial. Three Chinese jumpers made the final at home.
The Chinese made a statement in the first round as both Wang Jianan and Gao Xinglong jumped 8.14 to share the lead. Menkov jumped 8.02 to take the third spot while Rutherford, Henderson and four other jumpers were unable to land a legal jump. In the second round, Henderson got a legal jump of 7.95, two feet below his best of the year, but it put him in 5th place for a moment, then Wang improved to 8.18 and Rutherford popped 8.29 to assume the lead. In the third round Henderson again missed the board. Kafétien Gomis made 8.02 after two fouls, Fabrice Lapierre did 8.10 and Li Jinzhe did 8.09, suddenly the world leader was pushed into ninth place and had no more jumps left. In the fourth round Rutherford put an exclamation point on his lead with an 8.41, but only Gomis was able to make a legal jump in the round. Lapierre jumped 8.20 in the fifth round to move into second place and solidified that standing with an 8.24 in the final round. Rutherford was able to pass on his final two attempts with a healthy lead. Having been hampered by injury in 2013, the victory completed the full set of outdoor championship titles for Rutherford, making him the reigning national (2015), Olympic (2012), World (2015), European (2014) and Commonwealth Games (2014) champion. A month later, he would add the year-long 2015 Diamond League title to his trophy cabinet.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991Championship recordWorld leading8.52Toronto, Canada22 July 2015African record8.50Madrid, Spain4 July 2009Asian record8.48Sotteville, France2 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean record8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991South American record8.73Hengelo, Netherlands24 May 2008European record8.86Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union22 May 1987Oceanian record8.54Stockholm, Sweden29 July 2011
Qualification standards Entry standards 8.10
Schedule Date Time Round24 August 2015 10:00 Qualification25 August 2015 19:25 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: 8.15 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification results
Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes 1 B Jeff Henderson 8.36 8.36 2 B Greg Rutherford 8.25 8.25 3 B Michael Hartfield 8.13 8.13 4 A Wang Jianan 8.12 8.02 8.12 5 B Gao Xinglong 7.00 8.11 8.11 6 B Li Jinzhe 8.07 8.10 8.10 7 A Kafétien Gomis 7.66 8.09 8.09 8 A Aleksandr Menkov 7.968.08 8.08 9 B Sergey Polyanskiy 7.87 8.06 8.06 10 B Tyrone Smith 7.72 8.01 8.03 8.03 11 B Fabrice Lapierre 8.03 8.03 12 A Radek Juška 7.50 7.98 7.98 13 B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena 7.98 7.98 14 B Fabian Heinle 7.96 7.96 15 B Emiliano Lasa 7.95 7.95 16 A Yohei Sugai 7.92 7.60 7.89 7.92 17 A Kanstantsin Barycheuski 7.89 7.76 7.89 18 A Dan Bramble 7.83 7.83 19 A Zarck Visser 7.79 7.787.79 20 B Rushwahl Samaai 7.68 7.79 7.69 7.79 21 A Marquis Dendy 7.78 7.78 22 B Ignisious Gaisah 7.77 7.71 7.77 23 A Maykel Massó 7.70 7.04 7.28 7.70 24 A Alyn Camara 7.45 7.66 7.66 25 A Ahmed Fayez Al-Dosari 7.63 7.24 7.197.63 26 A Damar Forbes 7.61 7.62 7.61 7.62 27 A Higor Alves 7.60 7.60 28 B Waisale Dausoko 6.89 6.89 B Alexsandro de Melo B Ifeanye Otuonye A Michel Tornéus A Quincy Breell
Final The final was started at 18:30Final results
Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mark Notes Greg Rutherford 8.29 8.41 8.41 Fabrice Lapierre 7.85 8.10 8.20 8.24 8.24 Wang Jianan 8.14 8.18 8.08 6.27 8.18 Gao Xinglong 8.14 7.87 7.85 7.95 8.02 8.14 Li Jinzhe 7.69 8.09 8.10 8.10 Aleksandr Menkov 8.02 7.98 8.02 Kafétien Gomis 8.02 7.57 7.80 8.02 Sergey Polyanskiy 7.89 7.97 7.97 Jeff Henderson 7.95 7.95 10 Tyrone Smith 7.79 7.79 11 Radek Juška 7.55 7.57 7.57 Michael Hartfield
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