Wayne Pinnock competing in the final of the men's long jump in Paris.
Having finished second in 2023 at the World Championship, behind
Miltiadia Tentoglou, he was probably expecting no better than second place.
None the less he was hard pressed by nineteen year old Mattia Furlani who
had set a World under 20 record in Rome a few weeks earlier with 8.38m
Final men's long jump
2024 Paris Olympic Games.
1. Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece), 8.27m, 8.48m, 8.24m, 8.36m, 8.31m, x. 8.48m.
2. Wayne Pinnock (Jamaica), 7.84m, 8.36m, 7.99m, 8.05m, 8.24m, 8.12m. 8.36m.
3. Mattia Furlani (Italy). 8.34m, 8.25m, x, x, 8.34m, 8.27m. 8.34m
4. Simon Ehammer (Switzerland). x, 8.20m, 8.11m, 7.92m, x, x. 8.20m. (8.41m in Rome)
5. Jacob Fincham-Dukes (Great Britain). 7.95m, 8.14m, x, x, x, 7.64m. 8.14m.
6. Simon Batz (Germany). 7.58m, 8.07m, 7.79m, 7.71m, 7.95m, 7.94. 8.07m.
7. Zhang Mingkun (China). 7.81m, x, 8.07m, x, 7.93m, x. 8.07m.
8. Wang Jianan (China). 7.96m, x, 7.92m, x, - 8.03m. 8.03m.