Giovanni Evangelisti

Giovanni Evangelisti (born 11 September 1961 in Rimini) is a retired long jumper from Italy.

In the long jump final, home officials gave a forged measurement for one of Evangelisti's jumps - recording it as 8.37m instead of 7.85m - which resulted in him winning the bronze medal.

Though initially successful, the scam was eventually exposed by Sandro Donati[1] and others, resulting in Evangelisti relinquishing his medal.

Larry Myricks of the United States was instated as the rightful bronze medalist nine months later.

[5] His personal best jump was 8.43 metres, achieved in San Giovanni Valdarno on 16 May 1987.