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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
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The men's long jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 31 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through time or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016). 31 athletes from 20 nations competed. Miltiadis Tentoglou won the gold medal, Greece's first medal in the men's long jump. Cuban athletes Juan Miguel Echevarría and Maykel Massó earned silver and bronze, respectively, the nation's first medals in the event since 2008.

For the first time in the men's Olympic long jump, the silver medallist achieved exactly the same distance as the winner so the result was decided on countback, similar to the procedures for the high jump and pole vault.