# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marquise Goodwin United States |
| Silver | Dzmitry Astrouski Belarus |
| Bronze | Eusebio Cáceres Spain |

## Results
### Final

9 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Marquise Goodwin | United States | 7.74 (w: -1.0 m/s) | x | 7.62 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 7.51 (w: -0.3 m/s) | x | 7.48 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 7.74 (w: -1.0 m/s) | |
| | Dzmitry Astrouski | Belarus | 7.64 (w: -1.4 m/s) | 5.50 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 5.55 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.27 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 7.27 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 6.98 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.64 (w: -1.4 m/s) | |
| | Eusebio Cáceres | Spain | 7.41 (w: -0.3 m/s) | x | 7.45 (w: -0.5 m/s) | x | 7.38 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 7.59 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 7.59 (w: -0.2 m/s) | |
| 4 | Mubarak Al-Jaseer | Saudi Arabia | 7.40 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 7.57 (w: -1.1 m/s) | 7.20 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 7.35 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 7.41 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 7.13 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 7.57 (w: -1.1 m/s) | |
| 5 | Roni Ollikainen | Finland | 7.43 (w: -1.2 m/s) | x | 7.46 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 7.24 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 7.31 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 7.43 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 7.46 (w: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 6 | Stefan Brits | South Africa | 7.29 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 7.24 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.42 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 7.17 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 7.18 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 7.07 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 7.42 (w: -0.5 m/s) | |
| 7 | Christian Taylor | United States | 7.37 (w: -0.7 m/s) | x | 7.41 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 7.22 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.02 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 7.22 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 7.41 (w: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 8 | Julian Howard | Germany | 6.99 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 7.40 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.38 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 7.27 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 7.38 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.30 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 7.40 (w: -0.3 m/s) | |
| 9 | Jhamal Bowen | Panama | x | 7.14 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 7.35 (w: -0.4 m/s) | | | | 7.35 (w: -0.4 m/s) | |
| 10 | Dániel Ecseki | Hungary | 7.16 (w: -1.1 m/s) | 7.21 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 7.08 (w: -0.4 m/s) | | | | 7.21 (w: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 11 | Tarik Batchelor | Jamaica | x | 6.93 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.02 (w: -0.4 m/s) | | | | 7.02 (w: -0.4 m/s) | |
| 12 | Marcos Chuva | Portugal | x | x | 6.73 (w: -0.5 m/s) | | | | 6.73 (w: -0.5 m/s) | |

### Qualifications

8 July

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Marquise Goodwin | United States | 7.60 (w: -1.8 m/s) | 7.07 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 7.59 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 7.60 (w: -1.8 m/s) | q |
| 2 | Roni Ollikainen | Finland | 7.38 (w: -2.6 m/s) | 6.85 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 7.12 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 7.38 (w: -2.6 m/s) | q |
| 3 | Tarik Batchelor | Jamaica | 7.14 (w: -0.5 m/s) | x | 7.36 (w: -2.2 m/s) | 7.36 (w: -2.2 m/s) | q |
| 4 | Stefan Brits | South Africa | 7.07 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 7.32 (w: -0.6 m/s) | x | 7.32 (w: -0.6 m/s) | q |
| 5 | Julian Howard | Germany | 6.99 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 7.25 (w: -2.4 m/s) | 7.30 (w: -1.5 m/s) | 7.30 (w: -1.5 m/s) | q |
| 6 | Youn Il | South Korea | 7.01 (w: -1.8 m/s) | 7.23 (w: -2.1 m/s) | 6.90 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 7.23 (w: -2.1 m/s) | |
| 7 | Eddy Florián | Dominican Republic | 7.18 (w: -0.4 m/s) | x | 7.22 (w: -1.5 m/s) | 7.22 (w: -1.5 m/s) | |
| 8 | Soshi Arita | Japan | 7.19 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 6.91 (w: -0.9 m/s) | x | 7.19 (w: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 9 | Álvaro Munguía | Spain | x | 5.41 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 7.17 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 7.17 (w: -0.5 m/s) | |
| 10 | Willian Barrionuevo | Brazil | 7.15 (w: -2.6 m/s) | 6.88 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 6.78 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 7.15 (w: -2.6 m/s) | |
| 11 | Guillaume Victorin | France | 7.01 (w: -0.9 m/s) | x | 7.08 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 7.08 (w: -0.8 m/s) | |
| 12 | Gregory Bianchi | Switzerland | 6.99 (w: -2.1 m/s) | 7.02 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 6.77 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 7.02 (w: -0.8 m/s) | |
| 13 | Gadi Ohayon | Israel | 6.93 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 6.43 (w: -2.1 m/s) | 6.90 (w: -1.1 m/s) | 6.93 (w: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 14 | Zachariasz Dereziński | Poland | x | x | 6.87 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 6.87 (w: -0.4 m/s) | |
| 15 | Wang Ming-En | Chinese Taipei | 6.74 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 6.85 (w: -1.3 m/s) | 6.57 (w: -1.2 m/s) | 6.85 (w: -1.3 m/s) | |
| | Lenyn Leonce | Saint Lucia | x | x | x | NM | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Eusebio Cáceres | Spain | 7.27 (w: -0.8 m/s) | x | 7.77 (w: -1.8 m/s) | 7.77 (w: -1.8 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Christian Taylor | United States | 7.53 (w: -1.9 m/s) | 6.97 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 7.68 (w: -1.8 m/s) | 7.68 (w: -1.8 m/s) | q |
| 3 | Dzmitry Astrouski | Belarus | 7.56 (w: -1.3 m/s) | - | - | 7.56 (w: -1.3 m/s) | q |
| 4 | Dániel Ecseki | Hungary | 7.27 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 7.55 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 7.32 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 7.55 (w: -1.6 m/s) | q |
| 5 | Jhamal Bowen | Panama | 7.48 (w: -1.7 m/s) | 7.44 (w: -2.2 m/s) | 7.33 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 7.48 (w: -1.7 m/s) | q |
| 6 | Mubarak Al-Jaseer | Saudi Arabia | 7.48 (w: -1.6 m/s) | x | 7.33 (w: -1.7 m/s) | 7.48 (w: -1.6 m/s) | q |
| 7 | Marcos Chuva | Portugal | 7.39 (w: -1.2 m/s) | x | x | 7.39 (w: -1.2 m/s) | q |
| 8 | Dino Pervan | Croatia | 6.96 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 7.25 (w: -1.8 m/s) | 7.13 (w: -1.2 m/s) | 7.25 (w: -1.8 m/s) | |
| 9 | Artak Hambardzumyan | Armenia | x | x | 7.15 (w: -2.2 m/s) | 7.15 (w: -2.2 m/s) | |
| 10 | Carlos de Moraes Jr. | Brazil | 7.11 (w: 0.0 m/s) | x | x | 7.11 (w: 0.0 m/s) | |
| 11 | Riaan Arends | South Africa | 6.89 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 6.99 (w: -1.5 m/s) | 6.80 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 6.99 (w: -1.5 m/s) | |
| 12 | Yinon Israeli | Israel | 6.60 (w: -2.4 m/s) | x | 6.99 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 6.99 (w: -0.4 m/s) | |
| 13 | Sheryf El-Sheryf | Ukraine | 6.94 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 6.81 (w: NWI) | 6.58 (w: -1.1 m/s) | 6.94 (w: -0.4 m/s) | |
| 14 | Tomasz Dula | Poland | 6.74 (w: -1.3 m/s) | 6.89 (w: -2.3 m/s) | 6.84 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 6.89 (w: -2.3 m/s) | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.
* Armenia (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Israel (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Panama (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (2)