| Men's long jump at the 2023 World Championships | ||||||||||
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.jpg) Miltiadis Tentoglou jumping in the final. | ||||||||||
| Venue | National Athletics Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 August (qualification) 24 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 28 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 8.52 m | |||||||||
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Themen'slong jump at the2023 World Athletics Championships was held at theNational Athletics Centre inBudapest 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.
Only four athletes were able to make the 8.15m automatic qualifier in the preliminary round.Wayne Pinnock's world leader 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in) and teammateCarey 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 beforeThobias Montler achieved the first 8 metre jump and that was exactly 8.00m. The next jumper wasOlympic Champion and returning silver medalistMiltiadis 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 championWang Jianan did an 8.05m to move into third. The next jumper starting the second round, 2019 championTajay 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 8.52 m (27 ft11+1⁄4 in) 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.
Before the competition records were as follows:[1]
| Record | Athlete &Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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| World record |  Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 m | Tokyo,Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| Championship record | ||||
| World Leading |  Jeswin Aldrin (IND) | 8.42 m | Ballari,India | 2 March 2023 |
| African Record |  Luvo Manyonga (RSA) | 8.65 m | Potchefstroom,South Africa | 22 April 2017 |
| Asian Record |  Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) | 8.48 m | Sotteville-lès-Rouen,France | 2 July 2006 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 m | Tokyo,Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| South American Record |  Irving Saladino (PAN) | 8.73 m | Hengelo,Netherlands | 24 May 2008 |
| European Record |  Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.86 m | Tsaghkadzor,Soviet Union | 22 May 1987 |
| Oceanian record |  Mitchell Watt (AUS) | 8.54 m | Stockholm,Sweden | 29 July 2011 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.25 m.[2]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 23 August | 11:15 | Qualification |
| 24 August | 19:30 | Final |
The qualification round took place on 23 August, in two groups, both starting at 11:15.[3] Athletes attaining a mark of at least 8.15 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[4]
The final was started on 24 August at 19:30.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
 | Miltiadis Tentoglou |  Greece | 8.50 (+0.6 m/s) | x | 8.39 (−0.5 m/s) | x | 8.30 (−0.5 m/s) | 8.52 (−0.3 m/s) | 8.52 m (−0.3 m/s) | SB |
 | Wayne Pinnock |  Jamaica | 8.40 (+0.5 m/s) | 8.50 (−0.1 m/s) | 6.39 (−0.6 m/s) | 8.03 (−0.6 m/s) | 7.96 (−0.6 m/s) | 8.38 (+0.1 m/s) | 8.50 m (−0.1 m/s) | |
 | Tajay Gayle | Jamaica | 6.50 (+0.2 m/s) | 8.17 (+0.4 m/s) | x | x | 8.11 (−0.7 m/s) | 8.27 (−0.3 m/s) | 8.27 m (−0.3 m/s) | SB |
| 4 | Carey McLeod | Jamaica | 7.90 (+0.2 m/s) | 8.27 (+0.8 m/s) | x | 6.57 (−0.4 m/s) | - | 7.19 (−0.3 m/s) | 8.27 m (+0.8 m/s) | |
| 5 | Wang Jianan |  China | 8.05 (+0.2 m/s) | 8.02 (+0.4 m/s) | x | 7.88 (±0.0 m/s) | x | 7.91 (+0.1 m/s) | 8.05 m (+0.2 m/s) | |
| 6 | Thobias Montler |  Sweden | 8.00 (+0.1 m/s) | 3.03 (−0.7 m/s) | x | 7.92 (−0.4 m/s) | 7.87 (−0.5 m/s) | x | 8.00 m (+0.1 m/s) | |
| 7 | Radek Juška |  Czech Republic | 7.98 (−0.3 m/s) | x | x | 7.65 (−0.2 m/s) | 7.85 (−0.5 m/s) | x | 7.98 m (−0.3 m/s) | |
| 8 | William Williams | United States | 7.94 (−0.4 m/s) | 7.53 (±0.0 m/s) | x | x | x | 7.60 (−0.3 m/s) | 7.94 m (−0.4 m/s) | |
| 9 | Simon Ehammer |  Switzerland | x | x | 7.87 (+0.1 m/s) | 7.87 m (+0.1 m/s) | ||||
| 10 | Alejandro Parada |  Cuba | x | 7.79 (+0.2 m/s) | 7.86 (−0.3 m/s) | 7.86 m (−0.3 m/s) | ||||
| 11 | Jeswin Aldrin | India | x | x | 7.77 (−0.6 m/s) | 7.77 m (−0.6 m/s) | ||||
| 12 | Marquis Dendy | United States | 7.51 (−0.2 m/s) | 7.62 (+0.4 m/s) | - | 7.62 m (+0.4 m/s) | ||||
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