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

Men's long jump
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Venue

Alexander Stadium

Dates

2 August (qualifying round)
4 August (final)

Competitors

20 from 16 nations

Winning distance

8.08 m

Medalists

	LaQuan Nairn	Bahamas
	Murali Sreeshankar	India
	Jovan van Vuuren	South Africa

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Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Qualification
Track / road events
100 m	men	women
100 m T12	men
100 m T34		women
100 m T38	men	women
100 m T47	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
1500 m T54	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Marathon	men	women
Marathon T54	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Shot put F57		women
Discus throw	men	women
Discus throw F44/64	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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 record	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 m	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
Commonwealth record	Tajay Gayle (JAM)	8.69 m	Doha, Qatar	28 September 2019
Games record	Luvo Manyonga (RSA)	8.41 m	Gold Coast, Australia	11 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	10:00	Qualification
Thursday 4 August 2022	19:42	Final

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.

Rank	Group	Name	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	A	Murali Sreeshankar (IND)	8.05 +2.7 m/s			8.05 +2.7 m/s		Q
2	A	LaQuan Nairn (BAH)	7.80 +0.8 m/s	7.30 -4.0 m/s	7.90 -1.2 m/s	7.90 -1.2 m/s		q
3	A	Jovan van Vuuren (RSA)	7.87 -3.1 m/s	7.41 -0.8 m/s	× +0.8 m/s	7.87 -3.1 m/s		q
4	A	Shawn-D Thompson (JAM)	7.85 -0.6 m/s	× +2.0 m/s	7.77 +0.5 m/s	7.85 -0.6 m/s		q
5	A	Henry Frayne (AUS)	7.85 +2.2 m/s	―	―	7.85 +2.2 m/s		q
6	B	Emanuel Archibald (GUY)	7.59 +0.7 m/s	7.63 -2.0 m/s	7.83 +0.4 m/s	7.83 +0.4 m/s		q
7	B	Christopher Mitrevski (AUS)	7.10 -3.2 m/s	7.41 -1.0 m/s	7.76 -1.0 m/s	7.76 -1.0 m/s		q
8	B	Muhammed Yahiya (IND)	7.49 0 m/s	7.68 -0.2 m/s	7.49 -3.8 m/s	7.68 -0.2 m/s		q
9	A	Tristan James (DMA)	7.65 +0.3 m/s	7.62 +1.8 m/s	7.44 -1.7 m/s	7.65 +0.3 m/s		q
10	A	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye (TCA)	7.53 +0.5 m/s	7.49 -1.1 m/s	7.65 +0.6 m/s	7.65 +0.6 m/s	SB	q
11	B	Thapelo Monaiwa (BOT)	7.47 -1.8 m/s	7.65 -0.9 m/s	7.31 -1.3 m/s	7.65 -0.9 m/s		q
12	A	Andwuelle Wright (TTO)	7.58 -1.8 m/s	7.22 -2.4 m/s	7.41 0.0 m/s	7.58 -1.8 m/s		q
13	B	Kelsey Daniel (TTO)	× +0.4 m/s	7.49 -2.1 m/s	× -1.0 m/s	7.49 -2.1 m/s	SB
14	B	Appolinaire Yinra (CMR)	× -0.1 m/s	7.26 +1.3 m/s	7.45 -0.6 m/s	7.45 -0.6 m/s
15	A	Louis Gordon (CAY)	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	Kizan David (SKN)	7.00 -2.1 m/s	× -2.0 m/s	5.35 +0.4 m/s	7.00 -2.1 m/s
17	B	Kelvin Masoe (SAM)	5.39 -4.3 m/s	6.62 +1.1 m/s	6.75 +0.2 m/s	6.75 +0.2 m/s	SB
	A	Brandon Jones (BIZ)	× -1.1 m/s	× -2.5 m/s	× -0.1 m/s	NM
	B	Cheswell Johnson (RSA)	DNS
	B	Elstrom Wanemut (VAN)	DNS

Final

The medals were determined in the final.

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	LaQuan Nairn (BAH)	7.94	8.08	x	x	7.84	7.98	8.08
	Murali Sreeshankar (IND)	7.60 w	7.84	7.84	x	8.08	x	8.08
	Jovan van Vuuren (RSA)	7.92	8.06	7.83	7.49	7.75	x	8.06
4	Shawn-D Thompson (JAM)	7.62	x	8.05	7.75	7.73	7.70	8.05	SB
5	Muhammed Yahiya (IND)	x	7.65	7.72	7.74	7.58	7.97	7.97
6	Henry Frayne (AUS)	7.89	x	x	x	7.94	x	7.94
7	Tristan James (DMA)	7.85	7.79	x	x	7.80	7.69	7.85
8	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye (TCA)	7.53	7.80	x	7.65	7.52	7.67	7.80	SB
9	Christopher Mitrevski (AUS)	6.25 w	7.57	7.70				7.70
10	Andwuelle Wright (TTO)	7.57 w	x	6.86				7.57
11	Emanuel Archibald (GUY)	7.54	7.24	7.41				7.54
12	Thapelo Monaiwa (BOT)	x	7.37	x				7.37

References

"Men's Long Jump". Birmingham 2022. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
"Start List" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
Final results

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in men's long jump
1930: Len Hutton (CAN) 1934: Sam Richardson (CAN) 1938: Harold Brown (CAN) 1950: Neville Price (SAF) 1954: Ken Wilmshurst (ENG) 1958: Paul Foreman (JAM) 1962: Michael Ahey (GHA) 1966: Lynn Davies (WAL) 1970: Lynn Davies (WAL) 1974: Alan Lerwill (ENG) 1978: Roy Mitchell (ENG) 1982: Gary Honey (AUS) 1986: Gary Honey (AUS) 1990: Yusuf Alli (NGR) 1994: Obinna Eregbu (NGR) 1998: Peter Burge (AUS) 2002: Nathan Morgan (ENG) 2006: Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) 2010: Fabrice Lapierre (AUS) 2014: Greg Rutherford (ENG) 2018: Luvo Manyonga (RSA) 2022: LaQuan Nairn (BAH)

Commonwealth Games champions in men's long jump

v t e Long jump at the Commonwealth Games
Men's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Women's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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