Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Soviet postage stamp depicting long jumping at the 1980 Games
Venue	Central Lenin Stadium
Dates	27 July 1980 (qualifying) 28 July 1980 (final)
Competitors	32 from 23 nations
Winning distance	8.54
Medalists
Lutz Dombrowski  East Germany Frank Paschek  East Germany Valeriy Podluzhniy  Soviet Union
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Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's long jump at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union had a start list of 32 competitors from 23 countries, with two qualifying groups (32 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Monday July 28, 1980. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The top twelve and ties and all those reaching 7.90 metres advanced to the final.^[1] The event was won by 33cm by Lutz Dombrowski of East Germany, the first gold medal in the men's long jump by any German jumper. Frank Paschek made East Germany the only nation other than the United States to have two men on the podium in the same Games in the event. Valeriy Podluzhniy won the Soviet Union's first men's long jump medal since 1964. The American-led boycott ended the United States' three-Games gold medal streak and 18-Games streak of winning at least a silver medal in the event.

This was the 19th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1972 Games were fifth-place finisher João Carlos de Oliveira of Brazil, sixth-place finisher Nenad Stekić of Yugoslavia, seventh-place finisher Valeriy Podluzhniy of the Soviet Union, and ninth-place finisher Rolf Bernhard of Switzerland. Larry Myricks, who had broken his foot in warmups in 1976, would have been the favorite but was kept out of the Games by the American-led boycott; aside from Bob Beamon's incomparable 8.90 metre jump, Myricks had the best-ever jump (at 8.52 metres in 1979). Also kept out was the young Carl Lewis, who had not yet reached his potential in the event but would later dominate it for two decades. Stekić would have been a solid contender (particularly with Myricks out), but was injured. This left Lutz Dombrowski of East Germany the heavy favorite in a depleted field.^[2]

Benin, Ethiopia, Kuwait, and Mozambique each made their first appearance in the event. France appeared for the 16th time, most of any nation competing in 1980 but still two appearances behind the United States (missing the event for the first time).

The 1980 competition used the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 7.90 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top eight jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final).^[2][3]

The standing world and Olympic records prior to the event were as follows.

World record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90	Mexico City, Mexico	18 October 1968
Olympic record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90	Mexico City, Mexico	18 October 1968

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

The qualifying round was held on Sunday July 27, 1980.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Distance	Notes
1	Frank Paschek	East Germany	8.17	—	—	8.17	Q
	Lutz Dombrowski	East Germany	8.17	—	—	8.17	Q
3	Stanisław Jaskułka	Poland	7.46	8.07	—	8.07	Q
4	Valeriy Podluzhniy	Soviet Union	8.02	—	—	8.02	Q
5	Viktor Belsky	Soviet Union	X	7.64	8.01	8.01	Q
6	Rolf Bernhard	Switzerland	7.98	—	—	7.98	Q
7	Antonio Corgos	Spain	7.46	7.76	7.96	7.96	Q
8	László Szalma	Hungary	7.86	7.72	7.91	7.91	Q
9	Philippe Deroche	France	7.90	—	—	7.90	Q
10	Yordan Yanev	Bulgaria	7.63	7.68	7.84	7.84	q
11	Kayode Elegbede	Nigeria	7.76	7.82	7.50	7.82	q
12	João Carlos de Oliveira	Brazil	X	7.78	—	7.78	q
13	Joshua Kio	Nigeria	7.77	7.67	7.45	7.77
14	Andrzej Klimaszewski	Poland	7.76	X	6.56	7.76
15	Dimitrios Delifotis	Greece	7.74	7.63	7.14	7.74
16	William Rea	Austria	7.60	7.71	7.74	7.74
17	Alberto Solanas	Spain	7.36	7.73	7.71	7.73
18	Jan Leitner	Czechoslovakia	7.68	7.63	7.57	7.68
19	Doudou N'Diaye	Senegal	7.49	X	7.66	7.66
20	Peter Rieger	East Germany	X	7.59	—	7.59
21	David Giralt	Cuba	X	7.54	7.57	7.57
22	Ivan Tuparov	Bulgaria	7.46	X	X	7.46
23	Gary Honey	Australia	X	7.44	X	7.44
24	Yusuf Alli	Nigeria	7.45	7.40	X	7.43
25	Béla Bakosi	Hungary	7.29	X	X	7.29
26	Théophile Hounou	Benin	7.07	7.01	7.03	7.07
27	Stelio Craveirinha	Mozambique	6.78	6.94	X	6.94
28	Ronald Raborg	Peru	X	6.85	X	6.85
29	Abebe Gessese	Ethiopia	6.66	6.64	6.46	6.66
30	Nenad Stekić	Yugoslavia	5.75	—	—	5.75
—	Essa Hashem	Kuwait	X	X	X	No mark
	Fidelis Ndyabagye	Uganda	X	X	X	No mark
—	Oli Pousi	Finland	DNS
	Bogger Mushanga	Zambia	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
	Lutz Dombrowski	East Germany	8.15	8.32	—	8.21	8.54	8.34	8.54
	Frank Paschek	East Germany	7.81	8.21	X	X	7.85	7.94	8.21
	Valeriy Podluzhniy	Soviet Union	8.07	8.08	7.97	8.18	X	7.82	8.18
4	László Szalma	Hungary	8.13	7.99	X	7.95	X	X	8.13
5	Stanisław Jaskułka	Poland	7.73	7.76	7.97	7.87	7.97	8.13	8.13
6	Viktor Belskiy	Soviet Union	7.79	7.15	8.10	7.76	7.74	X	8.10
7	Antonio Corgos	Spain	8.02	8.09	X	—	X	7.97	8.09
8	Yordan Yanev	Bulgaria	7.91	X	7.88	X	8.02	X	8.02
9	Rolf Bernhard	Switzerland	7.88	X	7.71	Did not advance			7.88
10	Philippe Deroche	France	7.63	7.65	7.77	Did not advance			7.77
11	Kayode Elegbede	Nigeria	X	X	7.49	Did not advance			7.49
—	João Carlos de Oliveira	Brazil	DNS

• 1978 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Helsinki)

• (in English) Results