The men's long jump at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 15 and 17 September 2025.
Summary Since 2020, defending champion Miltiadis Tentoglou has won almost every major championship. The one exception was Wang Jianan in 2022 and Wang isn't here. Tentoglou is also this year's world leader. The silver medalist behind Tentoglou at both the last championships and the Olympics, Wayne Pinnock is not here while changing allegiance to Turkey. The bronze medalists were Tajay Gayle, the 2019 champion, #11 all time and Mattia Furlani respectively.
Tentoglou was the only one to get through the qualification past 8.15m automatically in one attempt. Lester Lescay got it in two. Nikaoli Williams and Gayle took all three. It took 7.98m to make the final.
In the first round, Gayle put out a mark to beat; 8.33m. Furlani got into the mix with an 8.13m. Bozhidar Sarâboyukov then jumped into second with an 8.19m. Shi Yuhao then equalled Gayle's 8.33m. Because he had the superior second best jump, that took the lead. Tentoglou injured his calf on the second attempt and couldn't advance beyond his third. Gayle did regain the lead by improving his second best jump in the third. Simon Ehammer got over 8 meters in a big way going 8.30m to move into third place. In the fourth round, Gayle solidified the lead by improving one more cm. In the fifth round, Furlani exploded an to jump over the three leaders to the top of the podium.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record8.95 m Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991 Championship record World Leading 8.46 m Madrid, Spain 28 June 2025 African Record 8.65 m Potchefstroom, South Africa 22 April 2017 Asian Record 8.48 m Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France 2 July 2006 European Record 8.86 m Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union 22 May 1987 North, Central American and Caribbean record 8.95 m Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991 Oceanian record 8.54 m Stockholm, Sweden 29 July 2011 South American Record 8.73 m Hengelo, Netherlands 24 May 2008
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.27 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:
Date Time Round 15 September 09:00 Qualification 17 September 21:01 Final
Results Qualification All athletes over 8.15 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.
Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Miltiadis Tentoglou 8.17 8.17 m 2 Nikaoli Williams x 7.89 8.15 8.15 m 3 Jaime Guerra 7.48 x 8.13 8.13 m 4 Thobias Montler x 8.11 - 8.11 m 5 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov 8.04 8.10 x 8.10 m 6 Simon Ehammer 7.98 7.99 7.95 7.99 m 7 Liam Adcock 7.90 7.70 7.94 7.94 m 8 Gerson Baldé 5.71 7.91 7.93 7.93 m 9 Simon Batz 7.77 7.92 7.92 7.92 m 10 Roko Farkaš 7.71 7.92 7.71 7.92 m 11 Erwan Konaté x x 7.87 7.87 m 12 Carey McLeod x 7.86 5.74 7.86 m 13 Charles Edward Godfred x 7.35 7.79 7.79 m 14 Murali Sreeshankar 7.78 7.59 7.70 7.78 m 15 Raihau Maiau 7.56 7.75 7.71 7.75 m 16 Riku Ito x x 7.68 7.68 m 17 William Williams x x 7.63 7.63 m 18 Arnovis Dalmero x 7.59 x 7.59 m 19 Shu Heng x x 7.54 7.54 m
Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Tajay Gayle 7.82 8.07 8.28 8.28 m 2 Lester Lescay 7.87 8.21 8.21 m 3 Shi Yuhao 8.04 8.08 7.20 8.08 m 4 Mattia Furlani 8.07 6.52 x 8.07 m 5 Isaac Grimes 7.69 8.04 x 8.04 m 6 Zhang Mingkun 7.81 7.97 7.98 7.98 m 7 Yuki Hashioka 7.67 x 7.95 7.95 m 8 Radek Juška 7.93 7.85 7.67 7.93 m 9 Chris Mitrevski 7.40 7.83 x 7.83 m 10 Tom Campagne 7.82 x 7.73 7.82 m 11 Jeremiah Davis x x 7.81 7.81 m 12 Emiliano Lasa 7.67 7.65 4.09 7.67 m 13 Emanuel Archibald 7.54 7.43 7.62 7.62 m 14 Cheswill Johnson 7.55 x x 7.55 m 15 Jorge A. Hodelín x 7.49 7.50 7.50 m 16 Filip Pravdica x x 7.49 7.49 m 17 Hibiki Tsuha 7.42 4.87 x 7.42 m — Anvar Anvarov x x x
Final PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mattia Furlani x 8.13 x 8.22 8.39 8.07 8.39 m Tajay Gayle 8.33 x 8.07 8.34 6.38 8.07 8.34 m Shi Yuhao 7.84 8.33 8.06 x – x 8.33 m 4 Simon Ehammer 7.95 7.93 8.30 7.98 8.13 8.06 8.30 m 5 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov 7.88 8.19 7.89 x x 8.06 8.19 m 6 Zhang Mingkun x 7.83 8.18 – x – 8.18 m 7 Thobias Montler x 8.07 8.13 x 8.17 8.17 m 8 Lester Lescay x x 7.97 x 7.97 7.97 m 9 Nikaoli Williams 5.84 7.85 7.73 7.84 7.85 m 10 Isaac Grimes 7.77 7.85 x 7.58 7.85 m 11 Miltiadis Tentoglou 7.83 x 7.67 7.83 m 12 Jaime Guerra 7.76 7.81 x 7.81 m
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