2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's long jump explained

Event:	Men's long jump
Competition:	2019 World Championships
Venue:	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:	27 September (qualification) 28 September (final)
Competitors:	27
Nations:	17
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Tajay Gayle
Goldnoc:	JAM
Silver:	Jeff Henderson
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Juan Miguel Echevarría
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The men's long jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 28 September 2019.^[1]

Summary

The last qualifier to the final was Tajay Gayle with a 7.89m. In the final, as the third jumper on the runway, Gayle jumped a personal best 8.46m to take the lead. No other jumper would beat that mark. World leader Juan Miguel Echevarría jumped 8.25m while giving up the entire 20cm width of the board. His jump was bettered by Jeff Henderson with an 8.28m three jumpers later. In the third round, Echevarría improved to 8.34m. And three jumpers later, Henderson improved to 8.39m. That decided the other medalists. In the fourth round, Gayle improved to +0.5. Not only did it win the competition, it leapfrogged him into the #11 position of all time. Just two months earlier in the season, Gayle had made a huge improvement in his personal best to 8.32m, which put him into a tie for #15 of all time.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[5]

World record		8.95 m	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
Championship record
World Leading		8.65 m	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2019
African Record		8.65 m	Potchefstroom, South Africa	22 April 2017
Asian Record		8.48 m	Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France	2 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record		8.95 m	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
South American Record		8.73 m	Hengelo, Netherlands	24 May 2008
European Record		8.86 m	Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union	22 May 1987
Oceanian record		8.54 m	Stockholm, Sweden	29 July 2011

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.17 m.^[6]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[7]

Date	Time	Round
27 September	16:30	Qualification
28 September	20:40	Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round will take place on 27 September, in two groups, both starting at 16:30. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 8.15 metres ( 

Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) will qualify for the final.^{[8] [9]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			8.40			8.40
2	B			7.78	7.78	8.12	8.12
3	A			7.64	8.07		8.07
4	A			7.84	8.04		8.04
5	B			6.49	7.93	8.01	8.01
6	B			7.79	8.01		8.01
7	A			7.62	7.67	8.00	8.00
8	B			7.94	7.62		7.94
9	B			7.92	7.84		7.92
10	A			7.87	7.91	7.90	7.91
11	B			7.73	7.89	7.81	7.89
12	B			7.81		7.89	7.89
13	A				7.76	7.86	7.86
14	B			7.82	7.77	7.64	7.82
15	B			7.76	7.82	7.73	7.82
16	A			7.81	7.72	7.68	7.81
17	A				7.76	7.76	7.76
18	B			7.56	7.56	7.72	7.72
19	A			7.69	7.69	7.54	7.69
20	B			7.64	7.61	7.66	7.66
21	A				7.54	7.63	7.63
22	B			7.52	7.62		7.62
23	A			7.35	7.40	7.56	7.56
24	A			7.37	7.48	7.50	7.50
25	B			7.45	7.40	7.49	7.49
26	B				7.37	7.29	7.37
	A

Final

The final was started on 28 September at 20:40.^[10]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			8.46			8.69			8.69	,
			8.28	8.18	8.39	7.03	8.13	8.17	8.39
			8.25	8.14	8.34	8.30	7.91		8.34
4			8.16	8.05	8.18	8.10	8.24	8.28	8.28
5			8.11	8.15	8.23			8.06	8.23
6				7.89	8.05			8.20	8.20
7			8.01	6.31			7.95		8.01
8			7.88	7.89	7.97	7.82		7.70	7.97
9			7.88		7.96				7.96
10			7.77		7.79				7.79
11			7.77	7.61	7.61				7.77

Notes and References

1. Web site: Start list.
2. Web site: Tajay Gayle finds personal best for second in London . 2019-09-28 . 2019-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190928210838/https://www.sportsmax.tv/index.php/athletics/athletics-international/item/42901-tajay-gayle-finds-personal-best-for-second-in-london . dead .
3. Web site: Error 200 | World Athletics.
4. Web site: Long Jump - men - senior - outdoor.
5. Web site: Long Jump Men − Records. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
6. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
7. Web site: Long Jump Men − Timetable. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
8. Web site: Long Jump Men − Qualification − Results. IAAF. 26 Sep 2019.
9. Web site: Long Jump Men − Qualification − Summary. IAAF. 27 September 2019. 29 September 2019.
10. Web site: Long Jump Men − Final − Results. IAAF. 28 September 2019. 29 September 2019.