2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Men's Long Jump
Encyclopedia

Medalists

Gold
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:...

 
Silver
Christopher Tomlinson 
Bronze
Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi 

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standar 7.95m or at least best 8 qualified
Pos |Athlete |Country |Mark |Q |Attempts
1 2 3
1 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:...

 
8.01 SB Q 7.81 7.52 8.01
2 Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi  8.00 Q 8.00
3 Christopher Tomlinson  7.95 Q 7.95
4 Marcin Starzak
Marcin Starzak
Marcin Starzak is a Polish long jumper.He finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic...

 
7.92 q X 7.92 6.13
5 James Beckford  7.91 SB q 7.75 7.56 7.91
6 Wilfredo Martínez
Wilfredo Martínez
Wilfredo Martínez is an Cuban long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Cali. He won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, finished eighth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:...

 
7.82 q 7.48 7.82 7.76
7 Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....

 
7.82 SB q 7.66 7.82 7.74
8 Nikolay Atanasov
Nikolay Atanasov
Nikolay Atanasov is a Bulgarian long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Pirgos.He competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2007, the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships....

 
7.82 q 7.73 7.82 X
9 Salim Sdiri
Salim Sdiri
Salim Sdiri is a French long jumper of Tunisian descent. His personal best jump is 8.42 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Pierre-Bénite, which is the current French national record...

 
7.78 7.74 5.72 7.78
10 Louis Tsatoumas
Louis Tsatoumas
Louis Tsatoumas is a Greek long jumper.He won his first major senior medal in 2007 at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, where he claimed the silver medal behind an Italian record-breaking Andrew Howe. On 2 June 2007 in Kalamata Tsatoumas jumped 8.66 metres, achieving a personal...

 
7.77 7.64 7.77 7.73
11 Rogério Bispo
Rogério Bispo
Rogério Bispo is a Brazilian long jumper.He finished eleventh at the 2004 World Junior Championships and at the 2007 Pan American Games...

 
7.77 7.41 7.77 7.35
12 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee  7.74 SB 7.61 7.59 7.74
13 Trevell Quinley
Trevell Quinley
Trevell Quinley is an American long jumper and competitor in the 2008 Summer Olympics.He won the bronze medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships...

 
7.60 7.53 7.37 7.60
14 Peter Rapp
Peter Rapp (athlete)
Peter Rapp is a German long jumper.He finished eighth at the 2002 World Junior Championships and twelfth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....

 
7.59 7.50 7.59 7.49
15 Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad  7.52 X 7.52 7.51
16 Issam Nima
Issam Nima
Issam Nima is an Algerian long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Zaragoza.-Achievements:-References:...

 
7.45 SB 7.34 7.45 7.33
17 Li Runrun
Li Runrun
Li Runrun is a Chinese long jumper.He won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

 
7.43 SB 7.30 7.43 X
18 Tyrone Smith
Tyrone Smith (athlete)
Tyrone Smith is a professional Bermudian born long jumper.Tyrone grew up in the Chicago suburb of North Chicago where he attended NCCHS and Novak-King Middle School. At NCCHS he was a member of the Track and Field team as well as the Football team...

 
7.38 X X 7.38
19 Arnaud Casquette
Arnaud Casquette
Arnaud Casquette is a Mauritian long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fifth at the 2006 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000...

 
7.36 SB X 7.31 7.36
20 John Moffitt
John Moffitt
John Moffitt is an American long jumper. His breakthrough came in 2004 when he became NCAA indoor and outdoor champion, improved his personal best by 45 centimeters and won the silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics behind countryfellow Dwight Phillips...

 
7.17 7.17 X 7.09

Final

Pos |Athlete |Country |Mark |Attempts
1 2 3 4 5 6
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:...

 
8.08 SB 8.05 8.01 8.03 8.03 8.08 X
Christopher Tomlinson  8.06 8.06 8.04 8.01 X 7.90 7.95
Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi  8.01 7.79 7.23 X 8.01 X 7.96
4 Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....

 
7.93 SB 7.85 7.93 7.85 7.66 7.63 X
5 Nikolay Atanasov
Nikolay Atanasov
Nikolay Atanasov is a Bulgarian long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Pirgos.He competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2007, the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships....

 
7.90 X 7.72 7.85 X 7.90 X
6 James Beckford  7.85 7.81 X 7.81 X 7.78 7.85
7 Marcin Starzak
Marcin Starzak
Marcin Starzak is a Polish long jumper.He finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic...

 
7.74 7.72 X X 7.69 7.74 7.57
8 Wilfredo Martínez
Wilfredo Martínez
Wilfredo Martínez is an Cuban long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Cali. He won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, finished eighth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:...

7.72 X X 7.72 7.71 X X
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK