Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's long jump explained

The men's long jump event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 9 September 1979.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Valeriy Pidluzhnyy	Junichi Usui	LaMonte King

Results

Qualification

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Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			8.10	8.21	8.00	8.21
2	B						7.98
3	B						7.90
4	A						7.89
5	A						7.85
6	A						7.77
7	A						7.76
8	B						7.75
9	B						7.69
10	B						7.62
11	A						7.55	^[4]
12	A						7.55
13	A						7.53	^[5]
14	B						7.51
15	B						7.43
16	A						7.41
17	B						7.35
18	?						7.17
18	?						7.17
20	A						6.93
21	A						6.92
22	?						6.83
23	?						6.55
24	?						6.39
25	?						5.81
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Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
			8.16
			8.05
			7.99
			7.98
			7.97
			7.90
			7.74
			7.58
			7.48
10			7.38
11			7.28
12			7.27

Notes and References

1. Holzbach . Gerd . Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico . Leichtathletik . 25 September 1979 . 39/1979 . 1240–1245 . Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1979&CID=12981106 Results at Tilastopaja
3. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1980.pdf Year list
4. News: En 200 para Mennea; 400 para Hornillos; 110 para Moracho . . 12 September 1979 . 34 . Spanish.
5. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
6. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 10 September 1979 . 20.
7. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 11 September 1979 . 24.