Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
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The men's long jump was an athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. There were 54 competitors from 41 nations, with one athlete not starting.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 21cm by Carl Lewis of the United States, the nation's fourth consecutive and 20th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. Lewis himself had won the four straight victories, becoming the third Olympian to win the same event four times in a row (after Al Oerter and Paul Elvstrøm, counting the latter's wins in the Firefly and Finn sailing classes as the same event) as well as the only man to win four long jump medals. It was the ninth and final Olympic gold of Lewis's career. James Beckford earned Jamaica's first medal in the event. Joe Greene matched his bronze from 1992, becoming the ninth two-medal winner in the event.
Men's long jump at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 28 July 1996 (qualifying) 29 July 1996 (finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 52 from 40 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 8.50 | |||||||||
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