# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday 29 August 2003. The qualification standard was set at 8.15 metres (or at least the best twelve qualified).

## Medalists

| Gold | Dwight Phillips United States (USA) |
| Silver | James Beckford Jamaica (JAM) |
| Bronze | Yago Lamela Spain (ESP) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 27.08.2003 – 18:25h | 27.08.2003 – 18:25h |
| Final Round ||
| 29.08.2003 – 20:00h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Qualification

| RANK | FINAL | GROUP A |
| 1. | Yago Lamela (ESP) | 8.19 m |
| 2. | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 8.12 m |
| 3. | Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) | 8.01 m |
| 4. | Bogdan Tarus (ROU) | 7.98 m |
| 5. | Luis Felipe Méliz (CUB) | 7.97 m |
| 6. | Osbourne Moxey (BAH) | 7.97 m |
| 7. | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 7.97 m |
| 8. | Salim Sdiri (FRA) | 7.94 m |
| 9. | Siniša Ergotic (CRO) | 7.87 m |
| 10. | Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY) | 7.87 m |
| 11. | Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) | 7.85 m |
| 12. | Nathan Morgan (GBR) | 7.83 m |
| 13. | Nikolay Atanasov (BUL) | 7.79 m |
| 14. | Dimitrios Filindras (GRE) | 7.72 m |
| 15. | Gable Garenamotse (BOT) | 7.57 m |
| 16. | Danil Burkenya (RUS) | 7.52 m |
| 17. | Harmon Harmon (COK) | 6.40 m |
| — | Hatem Mohamed Mersal (EGY) | DNS |
| RANK | FINAL | GROUP B |
| 1. | Christopher Tomlinson (GBR) | 8.16 m |
| 2. | Walter Davis (USA) | 8.14 m |
| 3. | James Beckford (JAM) | 8.01 m |
| 4. | Volodymyr Zyuskov (UKR) | 8.01 m |
| 5. | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | 8.00 m |
| 6. | Nicola Trentin (ITA) | 7.85 m |
| 7. | Vitaliy Shkurlatov (RUS) | 7.85 m |
| 8. | Savante Stringfellow (USA) | 7.83 m |
| 9. | Nils Winter (GER) | 7.80 m |
| 10. | Dimitrios Serelis (GRE) | 7.75 m |
| 11. | Víctor Castillo (VEN) | 7.71 m |
| 12. | Abdulrahman Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT) | 7.70 m |
| 13. | Petar Dachev (BUL) | 7.69 m |
| 14. | Yahya Berrabah (MAR) | 7.62 m |
| 15. | Lao Jianfeng (CHN) | 7.43 m |
| 16. | Julien Fivaz (SUI) | 7.37 m |
| — | Jonathan Chimier (MRI) | NM |
| — | Iván Pedroso (CUB) | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 8.09 | X | 8.22 | X | 8.32 | X | 8.32 m | |
| | James Beckford (JAM) | X | 7.99 | 8.16 | 8.12 | 8.28 | 8.14 | 8.28 m | |
| | Yago Lamela (ESP) | 8.04 | X | 8.12 | 8.16 | 8.22 | X | 8.22 m | |
| 4 | Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) | 8.03 | 8.13 | 7.90 | 8.11 | 7.95 | 7.88 | 8.13 m | |
| 5 | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | X | 7.71 | 8.09 | 7.79 | 8.10 | 7.70 | 8.10 m | |
| 6 | Volodymyr Zyuskov (UKR) | 8.08 | 7.91 | 7.76 | 7.99 | 8.07 | 7.39 | 8.08 m | |
| 7 | Walter Davis (USA) | 7.96 | X | 7.90 | 7.89 | 7.94 | 8.02 | 8.02 m | |
| 8 | Osbourne Moxey (BAH) | 7.87 | 7.93 | 7.89 | 7.81 | 7.93 | X | 7.93 m | |
| 9 | Chris Tomlinson (GBR) | X | X | 7.93 | | | | 7.93 m | |
| 10 | Bogdan Tarus (ROM) | 7.84 | X | X | | | | 7.84 m | |
| 11 | Luis Méliz (CUB) | X | 7.51 | 7.73 | | | | 7.73 m | |
| 12 | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | X | X | 7.72 | | | | 7.72 m | |