# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 50 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups. The final was held on Saturday, August 12, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 8.05 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Iván Pedroso Cuba (CUB) |
| Silver | James Beckford Jamaica (JAM) |
| Bronze | Mike Powell United States (USA) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 11.08.1995 – 18:05h | 11.08.1995 – 18:05h |
| Final Round ||
| 12.08.1995 – 17:40h ||

## 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 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 m | August 30, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Event Record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 m | August 30, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan |

## Qualifying round

| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.25 m |
| 2. | Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL) | 8.16 m |
| 3. | Georg Ackermann (GER) | 8.13 m |
| 4. | Bogdan Tudor (ROM) | 8.06 m |
| 5. | Geng Huang (CHN) | 7.98 m |
| 6. | Galin Georgiev (BUL) | 7.93 m |
| 7. | Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR) | 7.87 m |
| 8. | Nelson Ferreira (BRA) | 7.87 m |
| 9. | Sinisa Ergotic (CRO) | 7.85 m |
| 10. | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 7.84 m |
| 11. | Mattias Sunneborn (SWE) | 7.67 m |
| 12. | Roberto Coltri (ITA) | 7.65 m |
| 13. | Konstantin Sarnatskiy (UZB) | 7.52 m |
| 14. | Elmer Williams (PUR) | 7.37 m |
| 15. | Biliaminou Alao (BEN) | 7.35 m (NR) |
| 16. | Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS) | 7.29 m |
| 17. | Ellsworth Manuel (AHO) | 2.38 m |
| — | Andreja Marinković (YUG) | NM |
| — | Roland McGhee (USA) | NM |
| — | Roman Orlik (CZE) | NM |
| — | Musabbah Ali Saeed (UAE) | NM |
| — | Spyridon Vasdekis (GRE) | NM |
| — | Kirill Sosunov (RUS) | NM |
| — | Armen Martirosyan (ARM) | NM |
| — | Fred Salle (GBR) | NM |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Iván Pedroso (CUB) | 8.45m |
| 2. | James Beckford (JAM) | 8.24m |
| 3. | Nobuharu Asahara (JPN) | 8.08 m |
| 4. | Andrey Ignatov (RUS) | 8.04 m |
| 5. | Franck Zio (BUR) | 7.92 m |
| 6. | Robert Emmiyan (ARM) | 7.91 m |
| 7. | Konstandinos Koukodimos (GRE) | 7.91 m |
| 7. | Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA) | 7.91 m |
| 9. | Milan Gombala (CZE) | 7.88 m |
| 10. | Cheikh Tidiane Toure (SEN) | 7.85 m |
| 10. | Andrew Owusu (GHA) | 7.85 m |
| 12. | Aleksandr Glavatskiy (BLR) | 7.81 m |
| 13. | Bogdan Tarus (ROM) | 7.79 m |
| 14. | Konstantin Krause (GER) | 7.68 m |
| 15. | Douglas de Souza (BRA) | 7.63 m |
| 16. | Vladimir Malyavin (TKM) | 7.38 m |
| 17. | Nikolay Antonov (BUL) | 7.36 m |
| 18. | Ricardo Valiente (PER) | 7.31 m |
| 19. | Baoting Huang (CHN) | 7.29 m |
| 20. | Modou Gai Pa (GAM) | 2.17 m |
| — | Gregor Cankar (SLO) | NM |
| — | Chih-Kuo Chao (TPE) | NM |
| — | Rogelio Sainz (MEX) | NM |
| — | Keita Cline (IVB) | NM |
| — | Obinna Eregbu (NGR) | DNS |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Iván Pedroso (CUB) | 7.82 | 8.70 | x | x | 8.28 | 8.23 | 8.70 m | |
| | James Beckford (JAM) | 7.86 | x | 8.02 | x | 8.12 | 8.30 | 8.30 m | |
| | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.18 | x | 8.29 | 8.18 | x | x | 8.29 m | |
| 4 | Georg Ackermann (GER) | 7.91 | 7.95 | x | 8.14 | x | | 8.14 m | |
| 5 | Bogdan Tudor (ROM) | | | | | | | 8.01 m | |
| 6 | Konstandinos Koukodimos (GRE) | x | 8.00 | x | x | | | 8.00 m | |
| 7 | Huang Geng (CHN) | | | | | | | 7.94 m | |
| 8 | Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL) | | | | | | | 7.93 m | |
| 9 | Andrey Ignatov (RUS) | x | 7.93 | | | | | 7.93 m | |
| 10 | Franck Zio (BUR) | | | | | | | 7.87 m | |
| 11 | Robert Emmiyan (ARM) | | | | | | | 7.77 m | |
| 12 | Nobuharu Asahara (JPN) | | | | | | | 7.77 m | |
| 13 | Galin Georgiev (BUL) | | | | | | | 7.72 m | |
| 14 | Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA) | x | x | 7.43 | | | | 7.43 m | |