2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022.Timetable 34 athletes from 21 nations entered to the competition.

Summary

The first round ended with nobody jumping over 8 metres. Indian record holder Murali Sreeshankar, using the mononymous "Sreeshankar", held the lead at 7.96m. In the second round, Steffin McCarter was the first over 8 metres with an 8.04m to open the floodgate. After a Sreeshankar foul, Olympic Champion Miltiadis Tentoglou blasted an 8.30m to take the lead as three more competitors achieved jumps over 8 metres – Marquis Dendy with 8.02m, Maykel Massó with 8.15m, and Simon Ehammer with 8.16m. Halfway through the third round, Wang Jianan joined the group with an 8.03m. Tentoglou jumped farther than all competitors in every round, improving to 8.32m in the fifth round, but the order of the top 8 remained unchanged. On his final attempt, Wang jumped to leapfrog from fifth to first.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record8.95 mTokyo, Japan30 August 1991Championship recordWorld Leading8.45 mGötzis, Austria28 May 2022African Record8.65 mPotchefstroom, South Africa22 April 2017Asian Record8.48 mSotteville-lès-Rouen, France2 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean record8.95 mTokyo, Japan30 August 1991South American Record8.73 mHengelo, Netherlands24 May 2008European Record8.86 mTsaghkadzor, Soviet Union22 May 1987Oceanian record8.54 mStockholm, Sweden29 July 2011

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.22 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round15 July 18:00 Qualification16 July 18:20 Final

Results

Qualification The qualification round took place on 15 July, in two groups, both starting at 18:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 8.15 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 Yuki Hashioka 8.18 8.18 2 A Marquis Dendy 7.80 8.02 8.16 8.16 3 A Thobias Montler 7.83 8.10 8.10 4 A Simon Ehammer 7.90 8.09 8.09 5 B Miltiadis Tentoglou 8.03 8.03 5 A Eusebio Cáceres 8.03 8.03 7 B Murali Sreeshankar 7.86 8.00 8.00 8 A Henry Frayne 7.99 7.99 9 A Wayne Pinnock 7.74 7.98 7.98 10 B Wang Jianan 7.98 7.69 7.98 11 B Steffin McCarter 7.94 7.93 7.94 12 B Maykel Massó 7.93 7.60 7.93 13 B Emiliano Lasa 7.89 7.82 7.89 14 B Radek Juška 7.87 7.87 15 A Ruswahl Samaai 6.34 7.86 7.86 16 B Christopher Mitrevski 7.79 7.57 7.83 7.83 17 B William Williams 7.83 7.53 7.74 7.83 18 B LaQuan Nairn 7.80 7.80 7.80 19 B Jovan van Vuuren 7.80 7.50 7.80 20 A Jeswin Aldrin Johnson 7.79 7.79 21 B Natsuki Yamakawa 7.50 7.72 7.75 7.75 22 A Huang Changzhou 7.59 7.75 7.68 7.75 23 A Muhammed Anees Yahiya 7.19 7.73 7.58 7.73 24 B Tristan James 7.72 7.59 7.72 25 A José Luis Mandros 7.71 7.71 26 A Kristian Pulli 7.55 7.56 7.31 7.56 27 A Samory Fraga 7.51 6.77 7.51 28 A Salim Saleh Mus Al Yarabi 7.43 7.29 7.43 29 B Benjamin Gföhler 7.41 7.39 7.40 7.41 A Cheswill Johnson B Héctor Santos B Tajay Gayle

Final The final took place on 16 July and started at 18:20. The results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wang Jianan 7.94 8.03 8.03 8.36 8.36 Miltiadis Tentoglou 8.30 8.29 8.24 8.32 8.20 8.32 Simon Ehammer 6.42 8.16 7.78 7.94 8.16 4 Maykel Massó 8.15 7.79 8.02 7.88 8.15 5 Steffin McCarter 7.87 8.04 7.88 7.87 8.04 6 Marquis Dendy 8.02 7.98 8.02 7 Sreeshankar 7.96 7.89 7.83 7.96 8 Eusebio Cáceres 7.91 7.93 7.93 9 Wayne Pinnock 7.33 7.88 7.84 7.88 10 Yuki Hashioka 7.86 7.86 11 Thobias Montler 6.12 7.74 7.81 7.81 12 Henry Frayne 7.80 7.80

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