2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on .Start list

Summary In the final Jarrion Lawson took the lead with 8.37 metres on the fourth jump of the competition. Rushwahl Samaai jumped 8.25 metres on the next jump and the closest to Lawson was 2013 champion Aleksandr Menkov with 8.27 metres. But Menkov would not get in another legal jump. On the second jump of the second round Luvo Manyonga jumped 8.48 metres. Lawson jumped 8.43 metres two jumps later, 8.40 metres in the third round and 8.44 metres in the final round but couldn't reach Manyonga. Samaai jumped 8.27 metres in the fifth round to get the tiebreak edge on the bronze and solidified it with an 8.32 metres in the final round.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld8.95Mike Powell30 Aug 1991Tokyo, JapanChampionshipWorld leading8.65Luvo Manyonga22 Apr 2017Potchefstroom, South AfricaAfricanAsian8.48Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi2 Jul 2006Sotteville, FranceNACAC8.95Mike Powell30 Aug 1991Tokyo, JapanSouth American8.73Irving SaladinoHengelo, NetherlandsEuropean8.86Robert Emmiyan22 May 1987Tsaghkadzor, Soviet UnionOceanian8.54Mitchell Watt9 Jul 2011Stockholm, Sweden

No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.15 metres.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: Date Time Round4 August 19:30 Qualification5 August 20:05 Final

Results Qualification The qualification round took place on 4 August, in two groups, both starting at 19:30. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 8.05 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Radek Juška 8.01 8.24 8.24 2 A Maykel Massó 8.15 8.15 3 B Rushwahl Samaai 7.95 8.04 8.14 8.14 4 A Luvo Manyonga 8.12 8.12 5 B Aleksandr Menkov 8.07 8.07 5 A Michel Tornéus 8.07 8.07 7 A Shi Yuhao 8.06 8.06 8 A Jarrion Lawson 8.02 8.05 8.05 9 A Emiliano Lasa 7.96 7.79 7.96 10 A Damar Forbes 7.82 7.86 7.93 7.93 11 B Wang Jianan 7.83 7.89 7.92 7.92 12 A Fabrice Lapierre 7.67 7.91 7.84 7.91 13 B Tyrone Smith 7.74 7.88 7.84 7.88 14 B Henry Frayne 7.68 7.88 6.61 7.88 15 B Juan Miguel Echevarría 7.86 7.72 7.02 7.86 16 A Kim Deok-hyeon 7.73 7.85 7.77 7.85 17 B Jeff Henderson 7.74 7.84 7.84 18 B Kevin Ojiaku 7.82 7.64 7.38 7.82 19 B Miltiadis Tentoglou 7.70 7.79 7.79 20 A Marquis Dendy 7.71 7.78 7.55 7.78 21 B Ramone Bailey 7.76 7.51 7.49 7.76 22 A Julian Howard 7.72 7.72 23 B Lazar Anić 7.34 7.71 7.71 24 A Huang Changzhou 7.60 7.51 7.70 7.70 25 A Zarck Visser 7.37 7.60 7.66 7.66 26 B Tomasz Jaszczuk 7.58 7.64 7.64 27 B Paulo Sérgio Oliveira 7.53 7.53 28 A Yahya Berrabah 7.49 7.33 7.33 7.49 29 A 7.49 7.49 30 B Serhiy Nykyforov 7.47 7.47 31 B Quincy Breell 6.90 6.90 B Eusebio Cáceres

Final The final took place on 5 August at 20:05. The results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Luvo Manyonga 8.48 8.32 8.29 8.17 8.48 Jarrion Lawson 8.37 8.43 8.40 8.11 8.31 8.44 8.44 Rushwahl Samaai 8.25 8.15 8.27 8.32 8.32 Aleksandr Menkov 8.27 8.27 Maykel Massó 8.11 8.22 8.26 7.98 8.26 Shi Yuhao 7.93 8.17 7.74 8.23 8.23 Wang Jianan 8.14 8.23 7.95 8.00 7.85 7.89 8.23 Michel Tornéus 8.18 7.92 8.05 8.18 Emiliano Lasa 8.06 8.11 8.11 10 Radek Juška 7.81 8.02 5.34 8.02 11 Fabrice Lapierre 7.89 7.93 7.91 7.93 12 Damar Forbes 7.61 7.91 7.85 7.91

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