Olympic Mens Long Jump Final.

[white lightning]

Here are the guys that have advanced. We are lookin good with the greek jumper having the top result of the meet so far. Also Greg Rutherford is an absolute stud making the olympic lj final in his first try. This kid is amazing. I think that Luis of Greece will win it. He is one of the two top long jumpers in the world along with salidino.
<DIV ="title">Long Jump - MQualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 8.15m or at least best 12 qualified.
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<DIV id=t>Group A
<DIV id=tdate>16 August 2008 - 20:00
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<TH id=r_pos><ABBR title=""></ABBR>Position</TH>
<TH id=r_ath>Athlete</TH>
<TH id=r_cou>Country</TH>
<TH id=r_mark>Mark</TH>
<TH id=r_wind>Wind</TH>
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<TD id=r_pos>1</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Loúis Tsátoumas</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

GRE</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>8.27 Q</TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.1)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>2</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Ibrahim Camejo</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

CUB</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>8.23 Q</TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.5)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR =" on">
<TD id=r_pos>3</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Greg Rutherford</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

GBR</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>8.16 Q</TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(-0.1)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR ="off">
<TD id=r_pos>4</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Godfrey Khotso Mokoena</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

RSA</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>8.14 q</TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.3)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>5</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Hussein Taher Al-Sabee</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

KSA</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>8.04 q</TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(-0.4)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR ="off">
<TD id=r_pos>6</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Luis Felipe Méliz</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

ESP</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.95 q</TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.1)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR =" on">
<TD id=r_pos>7</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Gable Garenamotse</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

BOT</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.95 q</TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.4)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR ="off">
<TD id=r_pos>8</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Stephan Louw</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

NAM</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.93 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.6)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR =" on">
<TD id=r_pos>9</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Yahya Berrabah</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

MAR</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.88 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.1)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR ="off">
<TD id=r_pos>9</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Tommi Evilä</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

FIN</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.88 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.2)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>11</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Salim Sdiri</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

FRA</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.81 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.3)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>12</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Sebastian Bayer</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

GER</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.77 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.0)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR =" on">
<TD id=r_pos>13</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Hugo Chila</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

ECU</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.77 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.2)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR ="off">
<TD id=r_pos>14</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Mauro Vinicius da Silva</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

BRA</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.75 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(-0.1)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR =" on">
<TD id=r_pos>15</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Runrun Li</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

CHN</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.70 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.2)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">(SB)</TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>16</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Morten Jensen</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

DEN</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.63 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(-0.1)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>17</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Marcin Starzak</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

POL</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.62 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(-0.2)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>18</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Henry Dagmil</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

PHI</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.58 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(0.0)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>19</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Nikolay Atanasov</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

BUL</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.54 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(-0.5)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
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<TD id=r_pos>20</TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Vladimir Malyavin</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

RUS</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>7.35 </TD>
<TD id=r_wind>(-0.1)</TD>
<TD ="t10 r">. </TD></TR>
<TR =" on">
<TD id=r_pos>. </TD>
<TD id=r_ath>Issam Nima</TD>
<TD id=r_cou>

ALG</TD>
<TD id=r_mark>DNS</TD>
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[waterbed]

if the greece guy wins that will be great.When was the last time that a white guy won? and where is Saladino?

 

[white is right]

Here are the results of the long jump. The Greek fouled out, the favourite Saldino won the gold.....Long Jump - MFinal
18 August 2008 - 20:10
Position Athlete Country Mark Wind .
1 Irving Saladino PAN 8.34 (-0.3) .
2 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 8.24 (0.0) .
3 Ibrahim Camejo CUB 8.20 (0.2) .
4 Ngonidzashe Makusha ZIM 8.19 (0.6) .
5 Wilfredo Martínez CUB 8.19 (-0.4) .
6 Ndiss Kaba Badji SEN 8.16 (0.2) (SB)
7 Luis Felipe Méliz ESP 8.07 (-0.1) .
8 Roman Novotný CZE 8.00 (-0.3) .
9 Gable Garenamotse BOT 7.85 (0.1) .
10 Greg Rutherford GBR 7.84 (-0.4) .
11 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee KSA 7.80 (0.0) .
. Loúis Tsátoumas GRE NM... Ps the last time a white guy won the gold at the Olympics was in 80' Lutz Dombrowski. The last time a white guy won the gold in a non-boycotted games it was Lynn Davies in 64'.

 

[Observer]

How many non-USA winners have there been? I wonder what the stats look like if the USA were to be excluded?

Boycott or no boycott, Dombrowski was the man in 1980, making the first non-altitude jump of 28'