Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump explained

Event:	Men's long jump
Games:	2018
Venue:	Carrara Stadium
Dates:	10 April (qualifying round) 11 April (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	8.41 m GR
Gold:	Luvo Manyonga
Goldcga:	RSA
Silver:	Henry Frayne
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Ruswahl Samaai
Bronzecga:	RSA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's long jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 10 and 11 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record		8.95 m	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
Games record		8.30 m	New Delhi, India	9 October 2010

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 10 April 2018	11:30	Qualification
style=background:lemonchiffon	Wednesday 11 April 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	20:32	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who jumped ≥7.90 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Group	Name	1	2	3	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	B		8.34 +1.1 m/s			8.34	,
2	A		8.06 +1.2 m/s			8.06
3	A		8.03 +0.1 m/s			8.03
4	A		7.60 +1.0 m/s	8.02 +1.3 m/s		8.02	=
5	B		7.93 +0.5 m/s			7.93
6	B		7.91 -0.7 m/s			7.91
7	A		7.52 0.0 m/s	7.89 -0.2 m/s		7.89
8	B		5.68 w +2.9 m/s	7.06 +0.6 m/s	7.88 +1.1 m/s	7.88
9	A		7.73 +0.8 m/s	7.70 +0.7 m/s	7.84 +1.0 m/s	7.84
10	B		7.56 +0.5 m/s	7.70 +1.5 m/s	7.84 +0.8 m/s	7.84
11	B		7.75 +1.8 m/s	7.82 +2.0 m/s	7.73 +0.7 m/s	7.82
12	A		7.54 -0.1 m/s	+0.9 m/s	7.76 +1.4 m/s	7.76
13	A		7.55 +0.4 m/s	7.69 +1.1 m/s	7.30 +1.2 m/s	7.69
14	A		7.66 +0.7 m/s	7.43 +0.8 m/s	+0.9 m/s	7.66
15	A		7.40 +0.2 m/s	7.25 +1.3 m/s	7.59 +1.8 m/s	7.59
16	A		7.49 +0.7 m/s	7.45 +0.1 m/s	7.58 -0.4 m/s	7.58
17	A		7.51 +0.7 m/s	7.21 +0.3 m/s	+1.4 m/s	7.51
18	A		7.22 +0.5 m/s	+0.6 m/s	7.43 +0.7 m/s	7.43
19	B		7.33 +0.9 m/s	7.37 +0.8 m/s	7.22 +1.1 m/s	7.37	=
20	B		-0.5 m/s	7.29 +0.4 m/s	7.07 +0.8 m/s	7.29
21	B		0.0 m/s	7.24 +1.4 m/s	7.24 -0.9 m/s	7.24
22	A		7.20 +1.8 m/s	6.83 +1.1 m/s	6.83 +0.7 m/s	7.20
23	A		6.79 +0.6 m/s	6.84 +1.6 m/s	6.98 +0.6 m/s	6.98
24	B		+0.5 m/s	6.65 -0.1 m/s	6.87 +1.2 m/s	6.87
25	B		6.85 +0.8 m/s	6.67 0.0 m/s	6.62 -0.1 m/s	6.85
	B		+1.3 m/s
	B		+1.2 m/s	+0.7 m/s	+0.2 m/s
	B		+0.9 m/s	+1.2 m/s

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
		8.24 +1.2 m/s	8.21 +0.4 m/s	+0.7 m/s	8.35 +0.5 m/s	+0.9 m/s	8.41 +0.6 m/s	8.41
		8.00 0.0 m/s	8.33 +0.8 m/s	+0.5 m/s	8.08 +0.2 m/s	+1.2 m/s	+1.1 m/s	8.33
		8.06 +0.6 m/s	8.22 +0.2 m/s	8.17 +0.9 m/s	7.89 +1.0 m/s	8.18 +0.7 m/s	8.08 +0.7 m/s	8.22
		7.92 +0.6 m/s	7.98 +0.4 m/s	8.12 -0.1 m/s	+0.3 m/s	7.94 +0.3 m/s	8.00 +0.6 m/s	8.12
		7.58 +0.9 m/s	7.56 +0.4 m/s	7.94 +0.1 m/s	7.72 +0.9 m/s	7.76 +0.6 m/s	7.41 +0.9 m/s	7.94
		7.50 +0.9 m/s	7.66 +0.8 m/s	7.81 +0.7 m/s	7.43 +0.6 m/s	7.81 +0.5 m/s	7.90 +0.8 m/s	7.90
		+0.6 m/s	7.52 +0.9 m/s	7.89 +0.5 m/s	7.50 +0.3 m/s	+0.4 m/s	+0.2 m/s	7.89
		+0.4 m/s	7.88 +0.9 m/s	7.86 +0.2 m/s	7.60 +0.3 m/s	+0.4 m/s	7.69 +0.7 m/s	7.88
		7.45 +0.2 m/s	7.70 +1.0 m/s	7.80 +0.7 m/s	rowspan=4 colspan=3	7.80
10		+0.8 m/s	7.79 +0.3 m/s	+0.1 m/s	7.79
11		7.36 +0.8 m/s	7.61 +0.9 m/s	7.70 +0.5 m/s	7.70
12		+0.5 m/s	7.56 +0.7 m/s	+0.2 m/s	7.56

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's long jump . 30 March 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.
2. Book: Athletics Men's Long Jump - Final. Gold Coast 2018. 73. 23 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.
3. Book: Athletics Men's Long Jump - Qualification. Gold Coast 2018. 74–76. 23 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.