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Host City: Seoul, South Korea

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 8.00 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: September 25, 1988

Date Finished: September 26, 1988

(Competitors: 41; Countries: 31; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul

Overview by IAAF

Lewis and Myricks had produced a stirring duel in the US Trials, with Lewis emerging the victor 8.76 to 8.74. Seoul was expected to be similarly close. Just five men reached the automatic qualifying mark of 8.00, with 7.77 taken as the 12th finalist. Lewis opened the final with 8.41, followed by teammates Powell (8.23) and Myricks (8.14). Noone else reached 8.10 so the medals were already settled. Lewis improved to 8.56w in the second round, and Myricks passed Powell with 8.27. Lewis continued with 8.52, and Powell psyched himself up to jump a personal best of 8.49. Myricks, who never performed to his capabilities in the Olympics, fouled three of his last four jumps, one of them over 8.50, but would have had to defer to Lewis. The greatest long jumper in history sealed the event in the fourth round with a monster jump. Barely reaching the board he landed 8.72 from the front end of the board – 8.90 from where he took off! Biomechanical analysis of the event gave toe to heel measurements of 8.57 for Powell and 8.44 for Myricks on their best jumps.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The 1988 US Olympic Trials featured the greatest long jump dual ever to that date. Carl Lewis and Larry Myricks finished 1-2 with the two longest non-Beamon marks ever – 8.76 (28-9) and 8.74 (28-8¼). The Seoul long jump was eagerly awaited, and the third American, Mike Powell, was also considered a challenger. Lewis opened with 8.41 (27-7¼) in the final. He jumped last in the order, although he had been drawn for first. But the long jump final began within an hour of his 200 round and he petitioned to jump last, which was granted. In rounds two and three, he improved with 8.56 (28-1) and 8.52 (27-11½), the second round 8.56 (28-1) wind-aided. Those were good enough for the gold medal. But getting ready for the fourth round, a new official told Lewis he now had to jump first, not last. He argued that he should be given extra time to recover from his third-round jump, but was rebuffed. A long jump clock malfunction gave him some extra time and he responded with 8.72 (28-7½), winning the event easily with a dominant series. Powell won silver and Myricks bronze as the Americans swept the medals.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico
Olympic Record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

			Results

*Long jump*	Men		Final	26 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	8.72	-0.2	Carl Lewis	United States	USA	1 Jul 61
2	8.49	1.8	Mike Powell	United States	USA	10 Nov 63
3	8.27	1.2	Larry Myricks	United States	USA	10 Mar 56
4	8.08w	2.2	Giovanni Evangelisti	Italy	ITA	11 Sep 61
5	8.03	0.5	Antonio Corgos	Spain	ESP	10 Mar 60
6	8.00	1.8	László Szálma	Hungary	HUN	21 Oct 57
7	7.97	0.4	Norbert Brige	France	FRA	9 Jan 64
8	7.89	-0.2	Leonid Voloshin	Soviet Union	URS	30 Mar 66
9	7.86	0.9	Pang Yan	China	CHN	15 Jan 63
10	7.82	0.2	Jarmo Kärnä	Finland	FIN	4 Aug 58
11	7.71	0.1	Emiel Mellaard	Netherlands	NED	21 Mar 66
12	7.54	1.1	Mark Forsythe	Great Britain	GBR	10 Aug 65
*Long jump*	Men		Qualification	25 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	8.34w	2.3	Mike Powell	United States	USA	10 Nov 63
2	8.19	-0.4	Larry Myricks	United States	USA	10 Mar 56
3	8.08	1.2	Carl Lewis	United States	USA	1 Jul 61
4	8.05	0.8	Norbert Brige	France	FRA	9 Jan 64
5	8.02	1.8	Emiel Mellaard	Netherlands	NED	21 Mar 66
6	7.92	1.0	László Szálma	Hungary	HUN	21 Oct 57
7	7.91	1.2	Antonio Corgos	Spain	ESP	10 Mar 60
8	7.90	0.0	Jarmo Kärnä	Finland	FIN	4 Aug 58
9	7.89	0.0	Leonid Voloshin	Soviet Union	URS	30 Mar 66
10	7.81	-1.1	Giovanni Evangelisti	Italy	ITA	11 Sep 61
11	7.79	-1.6	Pang Yan	China	CHN	15 Jan 63
12	7.77	-1.9	Mark Forsythe	Great Britain	GBR	10 Aug 65
13	7.74	0.8	Stewart Faulkner	Great Britain	GBR	19 Feb 69
14	7.73	1.6	Yusuf Alli	Nigeria	NGR	28 Jul 60
15	7.73	0.5	Bruny Surin	Canada	CAN	12 Jul 67
16	7.70	1.2	Kim Jong-Il	South Korea	KOR	11 Sep 62
17	7.68	-0.9	Chen Zunrong	China	CHN	25 Aug 62
18	7.67	-0.1	James Browne	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	15 Sep 66
19	7.65	-1.0	Fred Salle	Cameroon	CMR	10 Sep 64
20	7.64	0.3	David Culbert	Australia	AUS	17 Mar 67
21	7.61	-0.1	Andreas Steiner	Austria	AUT	21 Feb 64
22	7.61	1.8	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	CAN	31 Aug 68
23	7.57	1.0	John King	Great Britain	GBR	13 Feb 63
24	7.54	-1.1	Steve Hanna	Bahamas	BAH	30 Oct 58
25	7.52	0.0	Ian James	Canada	CAN	17 Jul 63
26	7.48	-1.2	Hiroyuki Shibata	Japan	JPN	29 Apr 63
27	7.45	-0.7	Nai Hui-Fang	Chinese Taipei	TPE	26 Feb 69
28	7.36	1.8	Teddy Steinmayr	Austria	AUT	4 Feb 64
29	7.10	-0.7	Lotfi Khaïda	Algeria	ALG	20 Dec 68
30	7.09	-0.5	Muhammed ur Faq	Pakistan	PAK	62
31	6.99	0.0	José Leitão	Portugal	POR	6 Apr 65
32	6.92	-1.2	Ricardo Valiente	Peru	PER	22 Aug 68
33	6.87	-0.3	Francis Keita	Sierra Leone	SLE	23 Jul 70
	NM		David Lamai	Kenya	KEN	22 Apr 64
	NM		Sizwe Mdluli	Swaziland	SWZ	17 May 69
	NM		Shahanuddin Chowdhury	Bahamas	BAN	15 Jun 67
	NM		Junichi Usui	Japan	JPN	5 Oct 57
	NM		Abdullah Al-Sheib	Qatar	QAT	29 Jun 65
	NM		Reynaldo Quinoñes	Puerto Rico	PUR	15 Jun 58
	NM		Orde Ballantyne	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	22 Jan 62
	NM		Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	URS	16 Feb 65

Detailed View

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.41	8.56	8.52	8.72	8.52	X	8.72 m
	Mike Powell (USA)	8.23	8.11	8.49	X	—	X	8.49 m
	Larry Myricks (USA)	8.14	8.27	X	8.17	X	X	8.27 m
4	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)	7.84	8.08	7.63	—	—	—	8.08 m
5	Antonio Corgos (ESP)	8.03	X	X	7.86	X	7.99	8.03 m
6	László Szalma (HUN)	X	X	8.00	X	X	X	8.00 m
7	Norbert Brige (FRA)	7.87	X	X	7.97	X	X	7.97 m
8	Leonid Volochine (URS)	7.87	7.78	X	X	X	7.89	7.89 m

9	Pang Yan (CHN)	X	7.72	7.86				7.86 m
10	Jarmo Kärnä (FIN)	X	7.81	7.82				7.82 m
11	Emiel Mellaard (NED)	7.71	X	7.51				7.71 m
12	Mark Forsythe (GBR)	X	X	7.54				7.54 m

Qualification - Sunday 25.09

mark 8.00m 5+7 Athletes

Group A	Team	Distm	1.	2.	3.
1. Larry Myricks	USA	8.19m	8.19
2. Norbert Brige	FRA	8.05m	X	8.05
3. Emiel Mellaard	HOL	8.02m	7.84	8.02
4. Laszlo Szalma	HUN	7.91m	7.92	7.89	X
5. Antonio Corgos	ESP	7.88m	7.91	7.88	-
6. Stewart Faulkner	GBR	7.74m	7.72	7.74	7.74
7. Bruny Surin	CAN	7.73m	7.69	7.73	7.39
8. James Browne	ANT	7.67m	7.06	7.67	7.33
9. David Culbert	AUS	7.64m	X	X	7.64
10.Andreas Steiner	AUT	7.61m	7.40	7.61	7.48
11.Glenroy Gilbert	CAN	7.61m	7.46	7.61	7.27
12.John King	GBR	7.57m	7.57	X	X
13.Ian James	CAN	7.52m	X	X	7.52
14.Hui-Fang Nai	TPE	7.45m	X	7.45	7.16
15.Jose Leitao	POR	6.99m	X	6.99	6.81
16.Ricardo Valiente	PER	6.92m	6.91	X	6.92
-. David Lamai	KEN	NM	X	X	X

Group B	Team	Distm	1.	2.	3.
1. Mike Powell	USA	8.34m	7.83	X	8.34
2. Carl Lewis	USA	8.08m	8.08
3. Jarmo Karna	FIN	7.90m	7.71	7.89	7.90
4. Leonid Volochine	URS	7.89m	X	X	7.89
5. Giovanni Evangelisti	ITA	7.81m	X	7.81	7.60
6. Yan Pang	CHN	7.79m	7.64	X	7.79
7. Mark Forsythe	GBR	7.77m	7.77	7.77	7.45
8. Yusuf Ali	NGR	7.73m	7.72	7.73	7.67
9. Jong-ll Kim	KOR	7.70m	7.36	7.68	7.70
10.Zunrong Chen	CHN	7.66m	X	7.61	7.66
11.Frederic Ebong-Salle	CMR	7.65m	7.34	7.65	X
12.Stephen Hanna	BAH	7.54m	7.54	X	X
13.Hiroyuki Shibata	JPN	7.48m	X	7.48	X
14.Teddy Steinmayr	AUT	7.36m	X	7.31	7.36
15.Lotfi Kaida	ALG	7.10m	7.10	X	X
16.Muhammad Urfaq	PAK	7.09m	X	X	7.09
17.Francis Keita	SLE	6.87m	6.52	6.87	6.14
-. Junichi Usui	JPN	NM	X	X	X
-. Ray J. Quinones	PUR	NM	X	X	X
-. Robert Emmiiane	URS	DNF
-. Vladimir Otchkan	URS	DNS