# 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.
Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze with a jump of 8.38 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m. Larry Myricks of the United States received the bronze medal nine months later.

## Medalists

| Gold | Carl Lewis United States (USA) |
| Silver | Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Larry Myricks United States (USA) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.09.1987 – ??:??h | 04.09.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 05.09.1987 – ??:??h ||

## Records

Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record | Bob Beamon (USA) | 8.90 | Mexico City, Mexico | 18 October 1968 |
| Championship Record | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.55 | Helsinki, Finland | 10 August 1983 |

## Qualifying round

* Held on Friday 1987-09-04
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.19 m |
| 2. | Paul Emordi (NGR) | 8.14 m |
| 3. | Vladimir Bobylyov (URS) | 8.08 m |
| 4. | Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) | 8.06 m |
| 5. | Junichi Usui (JPN) | 8.02 m |
| 6. | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 8.00 m |
| 7. | Mike Conley (USA) | 7.99 m |
| 8. | Norbert Brige (FRA) | 7.96 m |
| 9. | Frans Maas (NED) | 7.78 m |
| 10. | Róbert Széli (TCH) | 7.59 m |
| 11. | Dietmar Haaf (GER) | 7.51 m |
| 12. | Ray Quiñones (PUR) | 7.41 m |
| 13. | Jeffrey Neptune (GRN) | 7.11 m |
| 14. | Marcus César Barros (BRA) | 6.94 m |
| 15. | Devon Hyde (BIZ) | 6.61 m |
| — | António Santos (ANG) | NM |
| — | Stanisław Jaskułka (POL) | NM |
| — | Bruny Surin (CAN) | NM |
| — | Dimitrios Chatzopoulos (GRE) | NM |
| — | Lester Benjamin (ATG) | NM |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.36 m |
| 2. | Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.20 m |
| 3. | Jens Hirschberg (GDR) | 8.10 m |
| 4. | Yusuf Alli (NGR) | 8.07 m |
| 5. | Vladimir Amidzhinov (BUL) | 8.05 m |
| 6. | Heiko Reski (FRG) | 8.03 m |
| 7. | Sergey Layevskiy (URS) | 7.98 m |
| 8. | Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) | 7.97 m |
| 9. | Ivo Krsek (TCH) | 7.96 m |
| 10. | Emiel Mellaard (NED) | 7.93 m |
| 11. | Chen Zunrong (CHN) | 7.90 m |
| 12. | Andreas Steiner (AUT) | 7.87 m |
| 13. | Fred Salle (CMR) | 7.60 m |
| 14. | Antonio Corgos (ESP) | 7.60 m |
| 15. | Ian James (CAN) | 7.54 m |
| 16. | Badara Mbengue (SEN) | 7.23 m |
| 17. | Carlos Casar (MEX) | 7.21 m |
| 18. | Wilbert Lee (MNT) | 6.61 m |
| — | Jeroen Fischer (BEL) | DNS |
| — | Kim Won-jin (KOR) | DNS |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.67 | 8.65 | 8.67 | 8.43 | X | 8.60 | 8.67 m | CR |
| | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.30 | X | X | 8.53 | X | X | 8.53 m | |
| | Larry Myricks (USA) | X | 8.04w | 8.23 | 8.13 | 8.33 | 8.20 | 8.33 m | |
| 4 | Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) | X | 8.09 | 8.19 | 7.59 | X | 8.38 | 8.19 m | |
| 5 | Jens Hirschberg (GDR) | 8.16 | 8.04 | 7.97 | 7.85 | X | 7.95 | 8.16 m | |
| 6 | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 7.78 | 7.85 | 8.09 | 8.04 | 7.84 | 8.14 | 8.14 m | |
| 7 | Vladimir Amidzhinov (BUL) | 8.11 | 7.80 | 8.05 | 7.86 | 7.99 | 8.01 | 8.11 m | |
| 8 | Mike Conley (USA) | X | 8.10 | X | X | X | X | 8.10 m | |
| 9 | Sergey Layevskiy (URS) | | | | | | | 8.08 m | |
| 10 | Heiko Reski (FRG) | | | | | | | 8.03 m | |
| 11 | Yusuf Alli (NGR) | | | | | | | 8.00 m | |
| 12 | Junichi Usui (JPN) | | | | | | | 8.00 m | |
| 13 | Vladimir Bobylyov (URS) | | | | | | | 7.90 m | |
| 14 | Jarmo Kärnä (FIN) | | | | | | | 7.83 m | |
| 15 | Norbert Brige (FRA) | | | | | | | 7.82 m | |
| 16 | Paul Emordi (NGR) | | | | | | | 7.80 m | |
| 17 | Ivo Krsek (TCH) | | | | | | | 7.72 m | |