Mike Powell World record 8.95m Long Jump & Carl Lewis Tokyo 1991 World Championships USA coverage.

1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump Final: Held on the 30th August 1991 – 17:30h 1st place, gold medalist Mike Powell 7.85 8.54 8.29 X 8.95 X 8.95 m WR 2nd place, silver medalist Carl Lewis 8.68 X 8.83w 8.91w 8.87 8.84 8.91 m PB (8.87) 3rd place, bronze medalist Larry Myricks X 8.20 X 8.41 8.42 X 8.42 m 4th Dietmar Haaf (GER) 8.01 X 8.22w 8.05w X X 8.22 m 5th Bogdan Tudor (ROM) 7.85 8.00 X X 8.06 X 8.06 m 6th Dave Culbert (AUS) X 7.53 8.02 7.27 X 7.60 8.02 m 7th Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) 7.97 7.96 X X 8.01 7.99 8.01 m 8th Vladimir Ochkan (URS) 7.99w X X X 5.89 X 7.99 m 9th Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 7.94 m 10th André Müller (GER) 7.94 m 11th Chen Zunrong (CHN) 7.92 m 12th Konstandinos Koukodimos (GRE) 7.92 m 13th George Ogbeide (NGR) 7.78 m I was freelancing at the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo for New Zealand Athlete Magazine and was lucky to witness the greatest Long Jump competition of all time between Carl Lewis and Mike Powell. I filmed a sequence of Carl's windy 8.91m ( wind 2.9 m/s) immediately followed by Mike's World record 8.95m leap with my trusty 400 2.8 lense and a borrowed Nikon Camera from up in the grandstands with the supporters. Unfortunately I only had 2 rolls of Fuji film and managed to only take 3 photos of Mike's momentous leap but managed to get a good jubilation shot as he ran past the scoreboard and wind meter. Photos: www.duanehart.com Thank to Kerry Hill for the accreditation. Qualifying round Held on Thursday 29th August 1991 Group A: 1. Carl Lewis 8.56 m 2. Chen Zunrong (CHN) 8.05 m 3. André Müller (GER) 8.04 m 4. Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 8.04 m 5. Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) 8.03 m 6. George Ogbeide (NGR) 8.02 m 7. Vladimir Ochkan (URS) 8.01 m 8. Dave Culbert (AUS) 8.01 m 9. Edrick Floreal (CAN) 7.95 m 10. Mark Forsythe (GBR) 7.95 m 11. Jesús Oliván (ESP) 7.94 m 12. Milan Gombala (TCH) 7.89 m 13. James Sabulei (KEN) 7.86 m 14. Paulo de Oliveira (BRA) 7.78 m 15. Badara Mbengue (SEN) 7.75 m 16. Ivan Stoyanov (BUL) 7.73 m 17. Frans Maas (NED) 7.71 m 18. Lotfi Khaida (ALG) 7.68 m 19. Jonathan Moyle (NZL) 7.52 m 20. François Reteno (GAB) 7.15 m 21. Khalid Ahmed Mousa (SUD) 6.58 m — Hitoshi Shimo (JPN) NM Group B: 1. Dietmar Haaf (GER) 8.21 m 2. Larry Myricks 8.20 m 3. Mike Powell 8.19 m 4. Konstandinos Koukodimos (GRE) 8.12 m 5. Bogdan Tudor (ROM) 8.05 m 6. Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.00 m 7. Ian James (CAN) 7.94 m 8. Fausto Frigerio (ITA) 7.88 m 9. Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) 7.79 m 10. Ángel Hernández (ESP) 7.75 m 11. Huang Geng (CHN) 7.69 m 12. Krasimir Minchev (BUL) 7.62 m 13. Csaba Almási (HUN) 7.62 m 14. Mattias Sunneborn (SWE) 7.61 m 15. Murat Ayaydin (TUR) 7.57 m 16. Franck Zio (BUR) 7.50 m 17. Saeed Musabbah Ali (UAE) 7.05 m 18. Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY) 6.99 m — Dmitriy Bagryanov (URS) NM — Borut Bilač (YUG) NM — Craig Hepburn (BAH) NM