2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The Men's Long Jump event at the 2007 World Championships took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 34 competing athletes from 25 countries.
Medallists
| Gold |  Irving Saladino (PAN)
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| Silver |  Andrew Howe (ITA)
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| Bronze |  Dwight Phillips (USA)
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Records
| World Record | Mike Powell (USA)
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8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| Championship Record |
Qualification
Group A
| Place | Athlete | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwight Phillips (USA) |
8.22 | Q |
| 2 |  Christian Reif (GER) |
8.19 | Q PB |
| 3 | Andrew Howe (ITA) |
8.17 | Q |
| 4 | Irving Saladino (PAN) |
8.13 | q |
| 5 |  Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) |
8.11 | q SB |
| 6 |  Hussein Taher Al-Sabee (KSA) |
8.01 | q SB |
| 7 | Trevell Quinley (USA) |
7.99 | q |
| 8 |  Arnaud Casquette (MRI) |
7.93 | |
| 9 |  Nikolay Atanasov (BUL) |
7.89 | |
| 10 |  Christopher Tomlinson (GBR) |
7.89 | |
| 11 | Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) |
7.85 | |
| 12 |  Rogério Bispo (BRA) |
7.74 | |
| 13 |  Li Runrun (CHN) |
7.66 | |
| 14 |  Daisuke Arakawa (JPN) |
7.62 | |
| 15 |  Morten Jensen (DEN) |
7.53 | |
| 16 |  Louis Tristán (PER) |
7.51 |
Group B
| Place | Athlete | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) |
8.28 | Q |
| 2 |  James Beckford (JAM) |
8.22 | Q |
| 3 | Ahmed Faiz Bin Marzouq (KSA) |
8.12 | q SB |
| 4 | Miguel Pate (USA) |
8.10 | q |
| 5 |  Ndiss Kaba Badji (SEN) |
8.04 | q |
| 6 |  Marcin Starzak (POL) |
7.92 | |
| 7 |  Issam Nima (ALG) |
7.88 | |
| 8 |  Ruslan Gataullin (RUS) |
7.83 | |
| 9 |  Gable Garenamotse (BOT) |
7.77 | |
| 10 | Greg Rutherford (GBR) |
7.77 | |
| 11 | Zhang Xiaoyi (CHN) |
7.74 | |
| 12 |  Yahya Berrabah (MAR) |
7.72 | SB |
| 13 |  Chris Noffke (AUS) |
7.54 | |
| 14 |  Hatem Mersal (EGY) |
7.42 | |
| Walter Davis (USA) |
NM | ||
 Nelson Évora (POR) |
DNS |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
Irving Saladino (PAN) |
X | 8.30 | 8.46 | X | X | 8.57 | 8.57 m | AR |
 |
Andrew Howe (ITA) |
X | 8.13 | X | 8.12 | 8.20 | 8.47 | 8.47 m | NR |
 |
Dwight Phillips (USA) |
8.30 | X | X | 8.02 | X | 8.22 | 8.30 m | |
| 4 | Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) |
X | 8.17 | X | 8.05 | 8.13 | 8.25 | 8.25 m | SB |
| 5 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) |
7.98 | 7.86 | 8.19 | 8.18 | 8.15 | 8.19 | 8.19 m | |
| 6 | James Beckford (JAM) |
8.09 | 8.03 | 8.00 | 8.17 | 8.17 | X | 8.17 m | |
| 7 | Ndiss Kaba Badji (SEN) |
7.90 | 8.01 | X | 7.90 | X | 7.64 | 8.01 m | |
| 8 | Ahmed Faiz (KSA) |
X | 7.98 | 7.70 | X | — | X | 7.98 m | |
| 9 | Christian Reif (GER) |
7.86 | 7.77 | 7.95 | 7.95 m | ||||
| 10 | Miguel Pate (USA) |
X | 7.73 | 7.94 | 7.94 m | ||||
| 11 | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) |
7.71 | 7.30 | 7.84 | 7.84 m | ||||
| — | Trevell Quinley (USA) |
X | X | X | NM | ||||
References
- Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
- Official results, final - IAAF.org
- Event report - IAAF.org