# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Dietmar Haaf West Germany |
| Silver | Ivo Krsek Czechoslovakia |
| Bronze | Thomas Wolf East Germany |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Dietmar Haaf | West Germany | 7.93 |
| | Ivo Krsek | Czechoslovakia | 7.87 |
| | Thomas Wolf | East Germany | 7.77 |
| 4 | David Culbert | Australia | 7.71 |
| 5 | Lahor Marinović | Yugoslavia | 7.69 |
| 6 | Kim Won-Jin | South Korea | 7.64 |
| 7 | Li Tong | China | 7.59 |
| 8 | Kostas Koukodimos | Greece | 7.58 |
| 9 | Oleg Kurbatov | Soviet Union | 7.51 |
| 10 | Dimítrios Hatzopoulos | Greece | 7.49 |
| 11 | Lisandro Milhet | Cuba | 7.46 w |
| 12 | Rod Tolbert | United States | 7.42 |

### Qualifications

17 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas Wolf | East Germany | 7.73 | Q |
| 2 | Lahor Marinović | Yugoslavia | 7.71 | Q |
| 3 | Kostas Koukodimos | Greece | 7.47 | q |
| 4 | Kim Won-Jin | South Korea | 7.43 | q |
| 5 | Scott Sanders | United States | 7.34 | |
| 6 | Edward Manderson | Cayman Islands | 7.21 | |
| | Oleg Konovalenko | Soviet Union | 7.21 | |
| 8 | Jonathon Moyle | New Zealand | 7.19 | |
| 9 | René Zeman | Austria | 7.13 | |
| | Bernhard Kelm | West Germany | 7.13 | |
| 11 | Rami Lev-Ram | Israel | 7.08 | |
| 12 | Pascal Pierrot | France | 7.00 | |
| 13 | Milan Gombala | Czechoslovakia | 6.99 | |
| 14 | Roland Waibel | Switzerland | 6.81 | |
| 15 | Glenroy Gilbert | Canada | 6.78 | |
| 16 | Yousef Awad | Egypt | 6.47 | |
| 17 | William Akanoa | Cook Islands | 6.45 | |
| 18 | Allen Wheatley | British Virgin Islands | 6.22 | |
| 19 | Francisco Colorado | El Salvador | 5.91 | |
| 20 | Richard Dolmetsch | Colombia | 5.87 | |
| | Lotfi Khaïda | Algeria | NM | |
| | Javier San Adrian | Spain | NM | |
| | Andy St. Remy | U.S. Virgin Islands | NM | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Dietmar Haaf | West Germany | 7.91 | Q |
| 2 | Ivo Krsek | Czechoslovakia | 7.75 | Q |
| 3 | David Culbert | Australia | 7.67 | Q |
| 4 | Dimítrios Hatzopoulos | Greece | 7.63 | Q |
| 5 | Oleg Kurbatov | Soviet Union | 7.62 | Q |
| 6 | Lisandro Milhet | Cuba | 7.60 | Q |
| 7 | Li Tong | China | 7.45 | q |
| 8 | Rod Tolbert | United States | 7.43 | q |
| 9 | Jesús Oliván | Spain | 7.41 | |
| 10 | Babou Saine | Gambia | 7.33 | |
| 11 | Attila Szekeres | Hungary | 7.30 | |
| 12 | Paulo de Oliveira | Brazil | 7.25 | |
| 13 | Yoshimi Hirota | Japan | 7.24 | |
| 14 | Stoyan Stanchev | Bulgaria | 7.20 | |
| | Pär-Ola Gustafsson | Sweden | 7.20 | |
| 16 | J. Augustine | India | 7.06 | |
| 17 | Richard Duval | Mauritius | 6.95 | |
| 18 | Hugh Hamilton | Canada | 6.89 | |
| 19 | Toyi Simklima | Togo | 6.32 | |
| 20 | Mauricio Vel Domínguez | Colombia | 6.00 | |
| 21 | Ahmed Mohamed | Comoros | 5.67 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Brazil (1)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* China (1)
* Colombia (2)
* Comoros (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (1)
* Egypt (1)
* El Salvador (1)
* France (1)
* Gambia (1)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Israel (1)
* Japan (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Togo (1)
* United States (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)