Greg Rutherford flies through the London evening air to win Britain's
first men's long jump gold medal for fourty eight years - Lynn Davis Tokyo 1964.
On that same night Mo Farah won the 10,000 metres and Jessica Ennis the
women's heptathlon. All within the one hour of one another.
A Saturday night made of memories for British athletics at London 2012.
As the result below shows Greg was a comfortable winner, whereas 3rd,
4th & 5th places were decided by very narrow margins.
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Men's Long Jump Final.
2012 Olympic Games
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| 1. Greg RUTHERFORD |
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GBR |
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8.31m |
| 2. Mitchel WATT |
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AUS |
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8.16m |
3. Will CLAYE
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USA |
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8.12m |
4. Michel TORNEUS
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SWE |
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8.11m |
5. Sebastian BAYER
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GER |
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8.10m |
6. Chris TOMLINSON
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GBR |
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8.07m |
7. Mauro Vinicius DA SILVA
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BRA |
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8.01m |
8. Geoffrey Khotso MOKOENA
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RSA |
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7.93m |
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