2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
| Men's long jump at the 2017 World Championships |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 4 August (qualification) 5 August (final) |
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| Competitors | 32 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 8.48 m (27 ft 9 3⁄4 in) | |||||||||
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| Events at the 2017 World Championships 
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's long jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August.
In the final Jarrion Lawson took the lead with 8.37 metres on the fourth jump of the competition. Rushwahl Samaai jumped 8.25 metres on the next jump and the closest to Lawson was 2013 champion Aleksandr Menkov with 8.27 metres. But Menkov would not get in another legal jump. On the second jump of the second round Luvo Manyonga jumped 8.48 metres. Lawson jumped 8.43 metres two jumps later, 8.40 metres in the third round and 8.44 metres in the final round but couldn't reach Manyonga. Samaai jumped 8.27 metres in the fifth round to get the tiebreak edge on the bronze and solidified it with an 8.32 metres in the final round.
Before the competition, the records were as follows:
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.15 metres.
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
The qualification round took place on 4 August, in two groups, both starting at 19:30. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 8.05 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
The final took place on 5 August at 20:05. The results were as follows:
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