1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.
Medalists[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Iván Pedroso Cuba
|
Kirill Sosunov Russia
|
Joe Greene United States
|
Results[]
Qualification[]
Qualification: 7.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[1]
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Kirill Sosunov | Russia |
7.38 | 7.78 | 8.30 | 8.30 | Q, PB |
| 2 | B | Joe Greene | United States |
x | 7.78 | 8.17 | 8.17 | Q, SB |
| 3 | B | Russia |
7.57 | 7.80 | 8.13 | 8.13 | Q | |
| 4 | B | Iván Pedroso | Cuba |
8.12 | 8.12 | Q | ||
| 5 | B | Gregor Cankar |  Slovenia |
x | x | 8.04 | 8.04 | Q |
| 6 | A |  France |
x | 7.98 | x | 7.98 | Q, PB | |
| 7 | B | Bogdan Tudor |  Romania |
7.71 | 7.87 | 7.95 | 7.95 | Q |
| 8 | B | Aleksandr Glavatskiy |  Belarus |
7.85 | 7.95 | 7.95 | Q | |
| 9 | B | James Beckford |  Jamaica |
7.95 | 7.95 | Q | ||
| 10 | B | Spyros Vasdekis |  Greece |
7.75 | 7.68 | 7.92 | 7.92 | q |
| 11 | A | Erick Walder | United States |
7.88 | 7.92 | x | 7.92 | q |
| 12 | B | Carlos Calado |  Portugal |
7.47 | 7.80 | 7.85 | 7.85 | q, NR |
| 13 | A | Cheikh Touré |  Senegal |
7.54 | 7.73 | 7.84 | 7.84 | |
| 14 | A | Nobuharu Asahara |  Japan |
7.41 | 7.83 | 7.80 | 7.83 | |
| 15 | A | Mattias Sunneborn |  Sweden |
7.62 | 7.81 | 7.81 | 7.81 | |
| 16 | A | Bogdan Țăruș | Romania |
7.63 | 7.75 | 7.70 | 7.75 | |
| 17 | A | Dimitrios Chatzopoulos | Greece |
7.71 | x | 7.71 | 7.71 | |
| 18 | A |  Ukraine |
7.41 | 7.69 | 7.54 | 7.69 | ||
| 19 | A | Krzysztof Łuczak |  Poland |
7.60 | x | 7.64 | 7.64 | |
| 20 | B | Huang Geng |  China |
7.35 | 7.59 | x | 7.59 | |
| 21 | A | Nélson Carlos Ferreira |  Brazil |
7.48 | x | 7.58 | 7.58 | |
| 22 | A | China |
7.57 | 7.57 | x | 7.57 | ||
| 23 | A | Konstantin Krause |  Germany |
7.27 | 7.56 | x | 7.56 | |
| 24 | B | Younès Moudrik |  Morocco |
5.21 | 7.49 | x | 7.49 | NR |
| 25 | A | Franck Zio |  Burkina Faso |
x | 7.49 | x | 7.49 | |
| 25 | B | France |
x | x | 7.49 | 7.49 | ||
| 27 | B | Robert Emmiyan |  Armenia |
7.42 | x | 7.44 | 7.44 | |
| 28 | A | Cuba |
7.34 | x | x | 7.34 | ||
| 29 | A | Hatem Mersal |  Egypt |
6.70 | 6.95 | 7.26 | 7.26 | |
| 30 | A | Shirak Poghosyan | Armenia |
7.21 | x | x | 7.21 | |
| 31 | B | Raúl Fernández |  Spain |
7.14 | 7.18 | x | 7.18 | |
| 32 | A | Pa Modou Gai |  Gambia |
6.94 | 7.16 | 6.83 | 7.16 | |
| 33 | B |  Republic of the Congo |
6.98 | 6.96 | 6.97 | 6.98 | ||
| 34 | A | Ellsworth Manuel |  Netherlands Antilles |
6.67 | x | 6.94 | 6.94 | |
| 35 | B |  Andorra |
6.85 | x | x | 6.85 | ||
| 36 | B | Nai Hui-fang |  Chinese Taipei |
6.83 | x | x | 6.83 | |
| 37 | B |  Equatorial Guinea |
x | x | 5.77 | 5.77 | ||
| 38 | B | Ukraine |
5.29 | – | – | 5.29 |
Final[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Iván Pedroso | Cuba |
8.48 | – | – | – | 8.51 | 8.46 | 8.51 | =CR |
 |
Kirill Sosunov | Russia |
8.23 | – | – | 8.00 | – | 8.41 | 8.41 | PB |
 |
Joe Greene | United States |
7.95 | – | 7.99 | 8.13 | 8.22 | 8.41 | 8.41 | PB |
| 4 | Erick Walder | United States |
7.97 | 8.01 | 8.16 | 8.17 | 8.24 | 8.14 | 8.24 | SB |
| 5 | James Beckford | Jamaica |
8.17 | – | 8.13 | – | – | 8.11 | 8.17 | SB |
| 6 | Russia |
8.12 | – | 7.98 | 8.10 | – | 8.11 | 8.12 | ||
| 7 | Gregor Cankar | Slovenia |
– | 8.02 | – | 7.83 | 7.90 | – | 8.02 | |
| 8 | Spyros Vasdekis | Greece |
– | 7.99 | 7.79 | – | 7.88 | 7.95 | 7.99 | |
| 9 | Aleksandr Glavatskiy | Belarus |
– | 7.89 | 7.98 | 7.98 | ||||
| 10 | Bogdan Tudor | Romania |
7.91 | – | 7.94 | 7.94 | ||||
| 11 | Carlos Calado | Portugal |
7.50 | – | 7.45 | 7.50 | ||||
| 12 | France |
7.31 | – | – | 7.31 |
References[]
Categories:
- 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
- Long jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships