1987 IAAF World Championships - Men's Long Jump

Here are the results of these championships in Rome. 1. Carl Lewis, United States - 8.67m CR 2. Robert Emmiyan, Soviet Union - 8.53m 3. Larry Myricks, United States - 8.33m 4. Giovanni Evangelisti, Italy - 8.19m (8.38 IRM) 5. Jens-Uwe Hirschberg, East Germany - 8.16m 6. Jaime Jefferson, Cuba - 8.14m 7. Vladimir Amidzhinov, Bulgaria - 8.11m 8. Mike Conley, United States - 8.10m 9. Sergey Layevskiy, Soviet Union - 8.08m 10. Heiko Reski, West Germany - 8.03m 11. Yusuf Alli, Nigeria - 8.00m 12. Usui Junichi, Japan - 8.00m 13. Vladimir Bobylyov, Soviet Union - 7.90m w 14. Jarmo Kärnä, Finland - 7.83m 15. Norbert Brige, France - 7.82m 16. Paul Emordi, Nigeria - 7.80m 17. Ivo Krsek, Czechoslovakia - 7.72m Carl Lewis would win the gold medal with his first jump of 8.67m, a new Championship Record. European Record Holder (8.86m) Robert Emmiyan of Soviet Armenia would take the silver with his fourth attempt of 8.53m. Third spot would ultimately go to Larry Myricks of the US with 8.33m, but the original result shows Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy taking bronze with 8.38m. According to the Wikipedia page, " Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze medal with 8.38m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a pre-arranged fake result for a jump of 7.85m. While Evangelisti had no involvement in or knowledge of the fraud, Italian head coach Sandro Donati, who revealed it, was fired. Larry Myricks would receive the bronze medal nine months later."