The men's long jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 24 August 2023.
The winning margin was 2 cm which is the narrowest winning margin in the men's long jump at these championships.
Summary
Only four athletes were able to make the 8.15m automatic qualifier in the preliminary round. Wayne Pinnock's world leader and teammate Carey McLeod were the only two to make a qualifier on the first attempt. Every other jumper had to take all three attempts. It took exactly 8 metres to qualify, 7.99m did not make it.
It took 8 attempts in the first round before Thobias Montler achieved the first 8 metre jump and that was exactly 8.00m. The next jumper was Olympic Champion and returning silver medalist Miltiadis Tentoglou, who jumped 8.50m. Now the competition got serious. Next on the runway, Pinnock jumped 8.40m. At the end of the round, defending champion Wang Jianan did an 8.05m to move into third. The next jumper starting the second round, 2019 champion Tajay Gayle displaced Wang with an 8.17m. That lasted three jumpers until McLeod displaced him with an 8.27m. When Pinnock took his second attempt, it was also measured at 8.50m--a tie. The tie is broken with the second best attempt, so Pinnock's 8.40m put him in the lead. In the third round, Tentoglou jumped 8.39m, just one cm short of Pinnock's second best. And that was the way it would remain until the final attempts when Gayle's last attempt also was measured at 8.27m, another tie broken by his 8.17m. Suddenly off the podium, next on the runway, McLeod was only able to muster a 7.19m. Next up, Tentoglou hit to take the lead. As the leader coming in to the final round, Pinnock got last licks, but his 8.38m wasn't enough for the win. Jamaica took 2-4 places.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record8.95 mTokyo, Japan30 August 1991Championship recordWorld Leading8.42 mBallari, India2 March 2023African 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 8.25 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
Date Time Round23 August 11:15 Qualification24 August 19:30 Final
Results
Qualification The qualification round took place on 23 August, in two groups, both starting at 11:15. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 8.15 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Wayne Pinnock 8.54 8.54Q, 2 A Wang Jianan 7.54 7.66 8.34 8.34Q, 3 A Miltiadis Tentoglou x 7.95 8.25 8.25Q 4 B Carey McLeod 8.19 8.19Q 5 B Alejandro Parada 7.91 8.13 – 8.13q 6 B Simon Ehammer 7.90 8.13 x 8.13q 7 B William Williams x 8.13 – 8.13q 8 B Tajay Gayle 7.84 7.68 8.12 8.12q 9 A Radek Juška x 8.10 – 8.10q 10 A Marquis Dendy x 7.89 8.08 8.08q 11 A Thobias Montler x 8.03 x 8.03q 12 B Jeswin Aldrin 8.00 x x 8.00q 13 A Christopher Mitrevski 7.82 7.99 6.72 7.99 14 B Liam Adcock x 7.68 7.99 7.99 15 B Zhang Mingkun x 7.97 7.75 7.97 16 A Jarrion Lawson 7.96 7.94 x 7.96 17 A Yuki Hashioka x 7.94 x 7.94 18 B Mattia Furlani 7.66 7.47 7.85 7.85 19 A Mátyás Németh 7.79 7.47 x 7.79 20 B Henry Frayne 7.51 7.78 x 7.78 21 A 7.59 7.74 7.73 7.74 22 A Murali Sreeshankar 7.74 7.66 6.70 7.74 23 A Filip Pravdica 7.25 7.74 x 7.74 24 A Emiliano Lasa 7.55 7.72 7.70 7.72 25 B Zhang Jingqiang 7.64 7.62 7.44 7.64 26 B Cheswill Johnson 7.61 x 6.24 7.61 27 A Chan Ming Tai 7.60 x 7.40 7.60 28 B Hiromichi Yoshida x 7.60 x 7.60 29 A Chenoult Lionel Coetzee 7.30 7.18 7.55 7.55 30 A José Luis Mandros x 7.53 – 7.53 31 B Ingar Bratseth-Kiplesund x 7.47 7.05 7.47 32 B Shoutarou Shiroyama x 7.22 7.46 7.46 33 A Mohammad Amin Alsalami 7.11 7.46 x 7.46 34 B Lin Yu-tang 7.41 7.45 7.42 7.45 35 A x 7.35 x 7.35 36 B Gabriel Bitan 7.32 – – 7.32 37 B Jules Pommery x 7.23 x 7.23 38 A Anvar Anvarov x x x 39BLaQuan Nairnxxx
Final The final was started on 24 August at 19:30.
RankAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Miltiadis Tentoglou 8.50 x 8.39 x 8.30 8.52 8.52 m Wayne Pinnock 8.40 8.50 6.39 8.03 7.96 8.38 8.50 m Tajay Gayle 6.50 8.17 x x 8.11 8.27 8.27 m 4 Carey McLeod 7.90 8.27 x 6.57 - 7.19 8.27 m 5 Wang Jianan 8.05 8.02 x 7.88 x 7.91 8.05 m 6 Thobias Montler 8.00 3.03 x 7.92 7.87 x 8.00 m 7 Radek Juška 7.98 x x 7.65 7.85 x 7.98 m 8 William Williams 7.94 7.53 x x x 7.60 7.94 m 9 Simon Ehammer x x 7.87 7.87 m 10 Alejandro Parada x 7.79 7.86 7.86 m 11 Jeswin Aldrin x x 7.77 7.77 m 12 Marquis Dendy 7.51 7.62 - 7.62 m
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