Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 14 and 16 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Carl Lewis  United States	Larry Myricks  United States	Jaime Jefferson  Cuba

Results

Qualification

[3][4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Time	Notes
1	Larry Myricks	United States				8.07
2	Carl Lewis	United States				8.06
3	Jaime Jefferson	Cuba				7.90
4	Lester Benjamin	Antigua and Barbuda				7.73
5	Olivier Cadier	Brazil				7.65
6	Carlos Casar	Mexico				7.57w
7	Ian James	Canada				7.46w
8	Ray Quiñones	Puerto Rico				7.40
9	Norbett Elliot	Bahamas				7.28
10	Mark Mason	Guyana				7.11w
11	Fernando Valiente	Peru				7.01
12	Ricardo Valiente	Peru				6.94
13	Devon Hyde	Belize	6.46	6.75	x	6.75
14	Mauricio Carranza	El Salvador	6.37	6.11	x	6.37
15	Bruny Surin	Canada	x	5.40	x	5.40
	Elmer Williams	Puerto Rico	x	–	–	NM
	Fidel Solorzano	Ecuador				DNS

Final

[5][6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Carl Lewis	United States	6.89	8.75w	8.53	8.75	8.68w	8.68	8.75	GR
	Larry Myricks	United States	8.12	x	7.95	8.28	8.58w	8.43	8.58w
	Jaime Jefferson	Cuba	8.11	8.16w	8.40	8.48w	8.31	8.51	8.51	NR
4	Lester Benjamin	Antigua and Barbuda	x	7.68	x	x	8.01w	x	8.01w
5	Carlos Casar	Mexico	7.76w	7.40	7.34	x	x	7.11	7.76w
6	Olivier Cadier	Brazil	7.34	7.46	6.90	x	7.54w	7.41	7.54w
7	Ian James	Canada	7.45	x	x	x	7.52w	x	7.52w
8	Ray Quiñones	Puerto Rico	7.30	7.35	x	7.32	x	7.46w	7.46w
9	Norbett Elliot	Bahamas	7.35	7.20	x				7.35
10	Fernando Valiente	Peru	7.10	x	7.10				7.10
11	Ricardo Valiente	Peru	x	6.86	6.96				6.96
	Mark Mason	Guyana	x	x	x				NM

References

1. Results
2. Full results
3. "Qualifying results". The Tampa Tribune. 16 Aug 1987. p. 46. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
4. "Saturday's Pan American results". United Press International. 15 August 1987. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
5. Máximo, João (17 August 1987). "Lewis em ação: o atleta e o "showman"". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2018.
6. "Final results". Tampa Bay Times. 17 Aug 1987. p. 42.