The men's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 22 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Irving Saladino. The other athlete to jump that distance was Dwight Phillips, who is the world leader with a jump of 8.74 meters. Dwight Phillips took bronze in 2007 and is looking for his first win over Irving Saladino at an international level. Italy's Andrew Howe, the 2007 world silver medalist, withdrew from the Championships. Other expected to medal content are Olympic silver medalist Godfrey Khotso Mokoena and Olympic Bronze Medalist Ibrahim Camejo.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991Championship record8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991World leading8.74Eugene, United States7 June 2009African record8.50Madrid, Spain4 July 2009Asian Record8.48Sotteville, France2 July 2006North American record8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991South American record8.73Hengelo, Netherlands24 May 2008European record8.86Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union22 May 1987Oceanian record8.49Sydney, Australia28 September 2000

No new records was set during this competition.

Qualification standards A standardB standard 8.15m 8.05m

Schedule Date Time Round20 August 2009 18:10 Qualification22 August 2009 18:05 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes A Dwight Phillips 8.44 8.44 Q B Greg Rutherford 8.30 8.30 Q, NR B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena 8.29 8.29 Q B Irving Saladino 8.00 8.16 8.16 Q A Mitchell Watt 8.14 8.14 q B Fabrice Lapierre 8.14 8.14 q B Brian Johnson 7.94 8.09 8.09 q B Yahya Berrabah 8.08 8.08 q A Chris Tomlinson 8.06 8.02 8.00 8.06 q 10 B Salim Sdiri 7.88 8.04 8.04 q 11 B Gable Garenamotse 7.81 8.03 8.01 8.03 q 12 A Louis Tsatoumas 8.01 7.98 7.86 8.01 q 13 A Li Jinzhe 8.01 7.92 7.90 8.01 14 A Tommi Evilä 7.84 8.01 8.01 15 A Kim Deok-Hyeon 7.62 7.89 7.99 7.99 16 B Hussein Taher Al-Sabee 7.89 7.99 7.99 17 A Viktor Kuznyetsov 7.98 7.87 7.95 7.98 18 B Ndiss Kaba Badji 7.95 7.98 7.61 7.98 19 A Sebastian Bayer 7.98 7.98 20 B Nicholas Gordon 7.72 7.92 7.92 21 A Kafétien Gomis 7.82 7.90 7.68 7.90 22 A Alain Bailey 7.63 7.70 7.88 7.88 23 A Andriy Makarchev 7.68 7.87 7.87 24 B Olexiy Lukashevych 7.87 6.18 7.87 25 A Luis Méliz 7.87 7.87 SB 26 B Roman Novotný 7.86 7.86 27 B Stanley Gbagbeke 7.82 7.82 28 B Michel Tornéus 7.78 7.63 7.78 7.78 29 B Morten Jensen 7.69 7.75 7.71 7.75 30 A Stephan Louw 7.74 7.69 7.74 31 B Tyrone Smith 7.62 7.72 7.71 7.72 32 A Aleksandr Menkov 7.72 7.72 33 A Ibrahim Camejo 7.69 7.71 7.57 7.71 34 B Nils Winter 7.69 7.69 35 A Štepán Wagner 7.52 7.68 7.49 7.68 36 A Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi 7.37 7.66 7.66 SB 37 A Nikolay Atanasov 7.63 7.63 38 B Miguel Pate 7.61 7.61 39 A Hugo Chila 7.29 7.54 7.54 39 A Konstantin Safronov 7.54 7.29 7.54 41 A Daisuke Arakawa 7.39 7.50 7.53 7.53 42 B Yochai Halevi 7.42 7.39 7.42 SB A Henry Dagmil B Carlos Jorge B Clayton Latham

Key: NR = National record, NM = No mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Dwight Phillips 8.40 8.54 8.37 8.25 - 8.54 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena 8.47 8.31 8.19 8.47 Mitchell Watt 8.28 8.37 8.37 Fabrice Lapierre 8.21 7.77 8.19 8.21 8.20 8.21 Greg Rutherford 7.83 7.96 8.05 8.15 8.17 8.17 Salim Sdiri 7.78 7.99 8.07 7.92 7.83 8.07 Gable Garenamotse 8.06 8.04 7.77 7.83 7.69 8.06 Chris Tomlinson 8.02 7.93 7.93 7.66 8.06 8.02 8.06 Brian Johnson 6.30 7.86 7.86 10 Yahya Berrabah 5.91 7.83 7.83 11 Louis Tsatoumas 7.59 7.59 12 Irving Saladino

Key: NM = No mark

References Long jump qualification from IAAF. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-26. Long jump final results from IAAF. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-26.