2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump explained

The Men's Long Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13.

Medalists

Gold	Dwight Phillips United States (USA)
Silver	Ignisious Gaisah Ghana (GHA)
Bronze	Tommi Evilä Finland (FIN)

Qualification

Heat 1

1. Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, South Africa 8.22m Q
2. Salim Sdiri, France 8.18m Q
3. Vitaliy Shkurlatov, Russia 7.95m q
4. Christopher Tomlinson, Great Britain 7.83m
5. Ibrahim Camejo, Cuba 7.78m
6. Miguel Pate, United States 7.70m
7. Jonathan Chimier, Mauritius 7.65m
8. Povilas Mykolaitis, Lithuania 7.64m
9. Walter Davis, United States 7.42m
10. Yahya Berrabah, Morocco 7.33m

• Morten Jensen, Denmark NM
• Leevan Sands, Bahamas NM
• Jadel Gregório, Brazil DNS

Heat 2

1. Dwight Phillips, United States 8.59m Q
2. Tommi Evilä, Finland 8.18m Q (NR)
3. James Beckford, Jamaica 8.13m Q
4. Issam Nima, Algeria 8.13m Q (NR)
5. Ignisious Gaisah, Ghana 8.11m Q
6. Joan Lino Martínez, Spain 8.10m Q
7. Irving Saladino, Panama 7.98m q
8. Volodymyr Zyuskov, Ukraine 7.97m q
9. Nils Winter, Germany 7.91m q
10. Brian Johnson, United States 7.91m
11. Shinichi Terano, Japan 7.27m
12. Eroni Tuivanuavou, Fiji 7.17m (SB)

• Iván Pedroso, Cuba NM
• Bogdan Tarus, Romania NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		8.60	X	X	X	X	X	8.60 m	SB
		7.76	8.11	8.34	8.17	8.05	-	8.34 m	NR
		X	X	8.16	8.12	8.25	X	8.25 m
4		7.85	8.13	8.04	8.24	X	7.98	8.24 m
5		8.20	8.07	7.96	7.97	X	8.21	8.21 m
6		8.00	7.91	8.06	8.00	8.20	8.12	8.20 m
7		8.01	8.06	8.11	8.06	6.79	X	8.11 m
8		7.56	8.06	X	8.01	X	X	8.06 m
9		X	8.02	7.93				8.02 m
10		X	7.88	7.66				7.88 m
11		7.61	7.73	7.42				7.73 m
12		X	X	7.72				7.72 m

External links

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final