Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's long jump explained

Event:	Men's long jump
Win Label:	Winning distance

The men's long jump event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 14 and 16 August.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Carl Lewis	Larry Myricks	Jaime Jefferson

Results

Qualification

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1						8.07
2						8.06
3						7.90
4						7.73
5						7.65
6						7.57w
7						7.46w
8						7.40
9						7.28
10						7.11w
11						7.01
12						6.94
13			6.46	6.75	x	6.75
14			6.37	6.11	x	6.37
15			x	5.40	x	5.40
			x	–	–

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			6.89	8.75w	8.53	8.75	8.68w	8.68	8.75	GR
			8.12	x	7.95	8.28	8.58w	8.43	8.58w
			8.11	8.16w	8.40	8.48w	8.31	8.51	8.51	NR
			x	7.68	x	x	8.01w	x	8.01w
			7.76w	7.40	7.34	x	x	7.11	7.76w
			7.34	7.46	6.90	x	7.54w	7.41	7.54w
			7.45	x	x	x	7.52w	x	7.52w
			7.30	7.35	x	7.32	x	7.46w	7.46w
			7.35	7.20	x				7.35
10			7.10	x	7.10				7.10
11			x	6.86	6.96				6.96
			x	x	x

Notes and References

1. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Tournaments.asp?TourCode=P&Year=1987&Gender=M&TF=F&P=F Results
2. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1987.pdf Full results
3. News: Qualifying results . 29 December 2019 . . 16 Aug 1987 . 46.
4. News: Saturday's Pan American results. 15 August 1987. United Press International. 20 July 2018.
5. News: Lewis em ação: o atleta e o "showman". Máximo. João. 17 August 1987. Jornal do Brasil. Portuguese. 22 July 2018.
6. News: Final results . . 17 Aug 1987 . 42.