Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump explained

Event:Men's long jump
Games:2022
Venue:Alexander Stadium
Dates:2 August (qualifying round)
4 August (final)
Competitors:20
Nations:16
Win Label:Winning distance
Win Value:8.08 m
Gold:LaQuan Nairn
Goldcga:BAH
Silver:Murali Sreeshankar
Silvercga:IND
Bronze:Jovan van Vuuren
Bronzecga:RSA
Prev:2018
Next:2026

The men's long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 4 August 2022.

For the third time, the gold and silver medallists achieved the same distance in this competition. The previous two occasions occurred in 1958 and 1998.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record8.95 mTokyo, Japan30 August 1991
Commonwealth record8.69 mDoha, Qatar28 September 2019
Games record8.41 mGold Coast, Australia11 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday 2 August 2022 10:00 Qualification
style=background:lemonchiffonThursday 4 August 2022 style=background:lemonchiffon19:42 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who jumped ≥8.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[2]

Rank Group Name
  1. 1
  1. 2
  1. 3
Result Notes Qual.
1 A 8.05
+2.7 m/s
8.05
+2.7 m/s
2 A 7.80
+0.8 m/s
7.30
-4.0 m/s
7.90
-1.2 m/s
7.90
-1.2 m/s
3 A 7.87
-3.1 m/s
7.41
-0.8 m/s
×
+0.8 m/s
7.87
-3.1 m/s
4 A 7.85
-0.6 m/s
×
+2.0 m/s
7.77
+0.5 m/s
7.85
-0.6 m/s
5 A 7.85
+2.2 m/s
7.85
+2.2 m/s
6 B 7.59
+0.7 m/s
7.63
-2.0 m/s
7.83
+0.4 m/s
7.83
+0.4 m/s
7 B 7.10
-3.2 m/s
7.41
-1.0 m/s
7.76
-1.0 m/s
7.76
-1.0 m/s
8 B 7.49
0 m/s
7.68
-0.2 m/s
7.49
-3.8 m/s
7.68
-0.2 m/s
9 A 7.65
+0.3 m/s
7.62
+1.8 m/s
7.44
-1.7 m/s
7.65
+0.3 m/s
10 A 7.53
+0.5 m/s
7.49
-1.1 m/s
7.65
+0.6 m/s
7.65
+0.6 m/s
11 B 7.47
-1.8 m/s
7.65
-0.9 m/s
7.31
-1.3 m/s
7.65
-0.9 m/s
12 A 7.58
-1.8 m/s
7.22
-2.4 m/s
7.41
0.0 m/s
7.58
-1.8 m/s
13 B ×
+0.4 m/s
7.49
-2.1 m/s
×
-1.0 m/s
7.49
-2.1 m/s
14 B ×
-0.1 m/s
7.26
+1.3 m/s
7.45
-0.6 m/s
7.45
-0.6 m/s
15 A 7.43
-0.5 m/s
7.30
-0.5 m/s
7.36
-1.2 m/s
7.43
-0.5 m/s
16 B 7.00
-2.1 m/s
×
-2.0 m/s
5.35
+0.4 m/s
7.00
-2.1 m/s
17 B 5.39
-4.3 m/s
6.62
+1.1 m/s
6.75
+0.2 m/s
6.75
+0.2 m/s
A ×
-1.1 m/s
×
-2.5 m/s
×
-0.1 m/s
NM
B DNS
B DNS

Final

The medals were determined in the final.[3]

Rank Name
  1. 1
  1. 2
  1. 3
  1. 4
  1. 5
  1. 6
Result Notes
7.94 8.087.84 7.98 8.08
7.60 w 7.84 7.84 8.088.08
7.92 8.067.83 7.49 7.75 8.06
47.62 8.057.75 7.73 7.70 8.05
57.65 7.72 7.74 7.58 7.977.97
67.89 7.94 7.94
77.85 7.79 7.80 7.69 7.85
87.53 7.807.65 7.52 7.67 7.80
96.25 w 7.57 7.707.70
107.57 w6.86 7.57
117.547.24 7.41 7.54
127.377.37

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Long Jump. Birmingham 2022. 1 August 2022. 1 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Start List. Birmingham 2022. 1 August 2022. 1 August 2022.
  3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-04/ATHMLONGJUMP----------FNL-000100--__C73P_1.0.pdf Final results