# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.
In the finals were the defending champion Aleksandr Menkov, Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford and world leader Jeff Henderson, however world #2-4 Zarck Visser, Rushwahl Samaai and Marquis Dendy were unable to get out of the rounds. Henderson was the top qualifier with an 8.36 automatic first attempt trial. Three Chinese jumpers made the final at home.
The Chinese made a statement in the first round as both Wang Jianan and Gao Xinglong jumped 8.14 to share the lead. Menkov jumped 8.02 to take the third spot while Rutherford, Henderson and four other jumpers were unable to land a legal jump. In the second round, Henderson got a legal jump of 7.95, two feet below his best of the year, but it put him in 5th place for a moment, then Wang improved to 8.18 and Rutherford popped 8.29 to assume the lead. In the third round Henderson again missed the board. Kafétien Gomis made 8.02 after two fouls, Fabrice Lapierre did 8.10 and Li Jinzhe did 8.09, suddenly the world leader was pushed into ninth place and had no more jumps left. In the fourth round Rutherford put an exclamation point on his lead with an 8.41, but only Gomis was able to make a legal jump in the round. Lapierre jumped 8.20 in the fifth round to move into second place and solidified that standing with an 8.24 in the final round. Having been hampered by injury in 2013, the victory completed the full set of outdoor titles for Rutherford, making him the reigning Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Champion.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| Championship record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| World leading | Jeff Henderson (USA) | 8.52 | Toronto, Canada | 22 July 2015 |
| African record | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) | 8.50 | Madrid, Spain | 4 July 2009 |
| Asian record | Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) | 8.48 | Sotteville, France | 2 July 2006 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| South American record | Irving Saladino (PAN) | 8.73 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 24 May 2008 |
| European record | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.86 | Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union | 22 May 1987 |
| Oceanian record | Mitchell Watt (AUS) | 8.54 | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 July 2011 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* 8.10

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 24 August 2015 | 10:00 | Qualification |
| 25 August 2015 | 19:25 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 8.15 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Jeff Henderson | United States (USA) | 8.36 | | | 8.36 | Q |
| 2 | B | Greg Rutherford | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 8.25 | | 8.25 | Q |
| 3 | B | Michael Hartfield | United States (USA) | x | 8.13 | – | 8.13 | q |
| 4 | A | Wang Jianan | China (CHN) | 8.12 | 8.02 | – | 8.12 | q |
| 5 | B | Gao Xinglong | China (CHN) | 7.00 | 8.11 | – | 8.11 | q |
| 6 | B | Li Jinzhe | China (CHN) | 8.07 | 8.10 | – | 8.10 | q |
| 7 | A | Kafétien Gomis | France (FRA) | x | 7.66 | 8.09 | 8.09 | q |
| 8 | A | Aleksandr Menkov | Russia (RUS) | x | 7.96 | 8.08 | 8.08 | q |
| 9 | B | Sergey Polyanskiy | Russia (RUS) | 7.87 | 8.06 | x | 8.06 | q |
| 10 | B | Tyrone Smith | Bermuda (BER) | 7.72 | 8.01 | 8.03 | 8.03 | q |
| 11 | B | Fabrice Lapierre | Australia (AUS) | 8.03 | x | x | 8.03 | q |
| 12 | A | Radek Juška | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 7.50 | 7.98 | 7.98 | q |
| 13 | B | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | South Africa (RSA) | x | 7.98 | x | 7.98 | |
| 14 | B | Fabian Heinle | Germany (GER) | x | x | 7.96 | 7.96 | |
| 15 | B | Emiliano Lasa | Uruguay (URU) | 7.95 | x | x | 7.95 | |
| 16 | A | Yohei Sugai | Japan (JPN) | 7.92 | 7.60 | 7.89 | 7.92 | |
| 17 | A | Kanstantsin Barycheuski | Belarus (BLR) | 7.89 | x | 7.76 | 7.89 | |
| 18 | A | Dan Bramble | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 7.83 | x | 7.83 | |
| 19 | A | Zarck Visser | South Africa (RSA) | x | 7.79 | 7.78 | 7.79 | |
| 20 | B | Rushwahl Samaai | South Africa (RSA) | 7.68 | 7.79 | 7.69 | 7.79 | |
| 21 | A | Marquis Dendy | United States (USA) | x | 7.78 | x | 7.78 | |
| 22 | B | Ignisious Gaisah | Netherlands (NED) | x | 7.77 | 7.71 | 7.77 | |
| 23 | A | Maykel Massó | Cuba (CUB) | 7.70 | 7.04 | 7.28 | 7.70 | |
| 24 | A | Alyn Camara | Germany (GER) | 7.45 | x | 7.66 | 7.66 | |
| 25 | A | Ahmed Fayez Al-Dosari | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 7.63 | 7.24 | 7.19 | 7.63 | |
| 26 | A | Damar Forbes | Jamaica (JAM) | 7.61 | 7.62 | 7.61 | 7.62 | |
| 27 | A | Higor Alves | Brazil (BRA) | 7.60 | x | x | 7.60 | |
| 28 | B | Waisale Dausoko | Fiji (FIJ) | x | 6.89 | x | 6.89 | |
| | B | Alexsandro de Melo | Brazil (BRA) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Ifeanye Otuonye | Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Michel Tornéus | Sweden (SWE) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Quincy Breell | Aruba (ARU) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final was started at 18:30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Greg Rutherford | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 8.29 | x | 8.41 | – | – | 8.41 | SB |
| | Fabrice Lapierre | Australia (AUS) | x | 7.85 | 8.10 | x | 8.20 | 8.24 | 8.24 | SB |
| | Wang Jianan | China (CHN) | 8.14 | 8.18 | 8.08 | x | x | 6.27 | 8.18 | |
| 4 | Gao Xinglong | China (CHN) | 8.14 | 7.87 | 7.85 | x | 7.95 | 8.02 | 8.14 | SB |
| 5 | Li Jinzhe | China (CHN) | 7.69 | x | 8.09 | x | 8.10 | x | 8.10 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Menkov | Russia (RUS) | 8.02 | x | 7.98 | x | x | x | 8.02 | |
| 7 | Kafétien Gomis | France (FRA) | x | x | 8.02 | 7.57 | x | 7.80 | 8.02 | |
| 8 | Sergey Polyanskiy | Russia (RUS) | 7.89 | 7.97 | x | x | x | x | 7.97 | |
| 9 | Jeff Henderson | United States (USA) | x | 7.95 | x | | | | 7.95 | |
| 10 | Tyrone Smith | Bermuda (BER) | x | 7.79 | x | | | | 7.79 | |
| 11 | Radek Juška | Czech Republic (CZE) | 7.55 | 7.57 | x | | | | 7.57 | |
| | Michael Hartfield | United States (USA) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |