| Men's long jump at the 2015 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 24 August (qualification) 25 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in) | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Themen'slong jump at the2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at theBeijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.[1][2]
In the finals were the defending championAleksandr Menkov, Olympic ChampionGreg Rutherford and world leaderJeff Henderson, however world #2-4Zarck Visser,Rushwahl Samaai andMarquis Dendy were unable to get out of the rounds. Henderson was the top qualifier with an 8.36 automatic first attempt trial. Three Chinese jumpers made the final at home.
The Chinese made a statement in the first round as bothWang Jianan andGao Xinglong jumped 8.14 to share the lead. Menkov jumped 8.02 to take the third spot while Rutherford, Henderson and four other jumpers were unable to land a legal jump. In the second round, Henderson got a legal jump of 7.95, two feet below his best of the year, but it put him in 5th place for a moment, then Wang improved to 8.18 and Rutherford popped 8.29 to assume the lead.[3]In the third round Henderson again missed the board.Kafétien Gomis made 8.02 after two fouls,Fabrice Lapierre did 8.10 andLi Jinzhe did 8.09, suddenly the world leader was pushed into ninth place and had no more jumps left. In the fourth round Rutherford put an exclamation point on his lead with an 8.41, but only Gomis was able to make a legal jump in the round. Lapierre jumped 8.20 in the fifth round to move into second place and solidified that standing with an 8.24 in the final round. Rutherford was able to pass on his final two attempts with a healthy lead. Having been hampered by injury in 2013, the victory completed the full set of outdoor championship titles for Rutherford, making him the reigning national (2015), Olympic (2012), World (2015), European (2014) and Commonwealth Games (2014) champion. A month later, he would add the year-long 2015Diamond League title to his trophy cabinet.[4]
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]
| World record |  Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| Championship record | ||||
| World leading | Jeff Henderson (USA) | 8.52 | Toronto, Canada | 22 July 2015 |
| African record |  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) | 8.50 | Madrid, Spain | 4 July 2009 |
| Asian record |  Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) | 8.48 | Sotteville, France | 2 July 2006 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| South American record |  Irving Saladino (PAN) | 8.73 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 24 May 2008 |
| European record |  Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.86 | Tsaghkadzor,Soviet Union | 22 May 1987 |
| Oceanian record |  Mitchell Watt (AUS) | 8.54 | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 July 2011 |
| Entry standards[6] |
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| 8.10 |
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2015 | 10:00 | Qualification |
| 25 August 2015 | 19:25 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Qualification: 8.15 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[7]
The final was started at 18:30[8]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Greg Rutherford |  Great Britain & N.I. | x | 8.29 | x | 8.41 | – | – | 8.41 | SB |
 | Fabrice Lapierre |  Australia | x | 7.85 | 8.10 | x | 8.20 | 8.24 | 8.24 | SB |
 | Wang Jianan |  China | 8.14 | 8.18 | 8.08 | x | x | 6.27 | 8.18 | |
| 4 | Gao Xinglong | China | 8.14 | 7.87 | 7.85 | x | 7.95 | 8.02 | 8.14 | SB |
| 5 | Li Jinzhe | China | 7.69 | x | 8.09 | x | 8.10 | x | 8.10 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Menkov |  Russia | 8.02 | x | 7.98 | x | x | x | 8.02 | |
| 7 | Kafétien Gomis |  France | x | x | 8.02 | 7.57 | x | 7.80 | 8.02 | |
| 8 | Sergey Polyanskiy | Russia | 7.89 | 7.97 | x | x | x | x | 7.97 | |
| 9 | Jeff Henderson | United States | x | 7.95 | x | 7.95 | ||||
| 10 | Tyrone Smith |  Bermuda | x | 7.79 | x | 7.79 | ||||
| 11 | Radek Juška |  Czech Republic | 7.55 | 7.57 | x | 7.57 | ||||
| Michael Hartfield | United States | x | x | x | NM |
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