1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump


These are the official results of the men's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday 5 September 1987.
Italian Giovanni Evangelisti originally won the bronze with a jump of 8.37 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m. Larry Myricks received the bronze medal 9 months later.

Medalists

Schedule

Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record8.90Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968
Championship Record8.55Helsinki, Finland10 August 1983

Qualifying round

RANKGROUP ADISTANCE
1.8.19 m
2.8.14 m
3.8.08 m
4.8.06 m
5.8.02 m
6.8.00 m
7.7.99 m
8.7.96 m
9.7.78 m
10.7.59 m
11.7.51 m
12.7.41 m
13.7.11 m
14.6.94 m
15.6.61 m
—NM
—NM
—NM
—NM
—NM

RANKGROUP BDISTANCE
1.8.36 m
2.8.20 m
3.8.10 m
4.8.07 m
5.8.05 m
6.8.03 m
7.7.98 m
8.7.97 m
9.7.96 m
10.7.93 m
11.7.90 m
12.7.87 m
13.7.60 m
14.7.60 m
15.7.54 m
16.7.23 m
17.7.21 m
18.6.61 m
—DNS
—DNS

Final