These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Tuesday August 5, 1997.
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Iván PedrosoCuba (CUB) |
| Silver |  Erick WalderUnited States (USA) |
| Bronze |  Kirill SosunovRussia (RUS) |
Qualifying round edit
- Held on Sunday 1997-08-03
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Maurice Wignall (JAM)
|
8.09 m |
| 2. | Erick Walder (USA)
|
8.05 m |
| 3. |  Nelson Ferreira (BRA)
|
8.00 m |
| 4. |  Lao Jianfeng (CHN)
|
7.99 m |
| 5. |  Bogdan Tudor (ROM)
|
7.98 m |
| 6. | Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
|
7.96 m |
| 7. |  Masaki Morinaga (JPN)
|
7.93 m |
| 8. |  Carlos Calado (POR)
|
7.92 m |
| 9. |  Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR)
|
7.90 m |
| 10. |  Konstantinos Koukodimos (GRE)
|
7.87 m |
| 11. |  Tomas Bardauskas (LTU)
|
7.75 m |
| 12. |  Grzegorz Marciniszyn (POL)
|
7.69 m |
| 13. |  Raúl Fernández (ESP)
|
7.62 m |
| 14. |  Elston Shaw (BLZ)
|
7.21 m |
| 15. |  Victor Shabangu (SWZ)
|
7.18 m |
| 16. |  Richard Duncan (CAN)
|
7.17 m |
| 17. | Joe Greene (USA)
|
7.15 m |
| — |  Gregor Cankar (SLO)
|
NM |
 Kader Klouchi (FRA)
|
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Iván Pedroso (CUB)
|
8.11 m |
| 2. |  Cheikh Tidiane Touré (SEN)
|
8.09 m |
| 3. | James Beckford (JAM)
|
8.03 m |
| 4. | Kevin Dilworth (USA)
|
7.96 m |
| 5. |  Aleksandr Glavatskiy (BLR)
|
7.94 m |
| 6. | Emmanuel Bangué (FRA)
|
7.93 m |
| 7. | Tan Zhengze (CHN)
|
7.92 m |
| 8. | Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)
|
7.88 m |
| 9. | Bogdan Tarus (ROM)
|
7.87 m |
| 10. |  Mattias Sunneborn (SWE)
|
7.72 m |
| 11. |  Marko Rajić (YUG)
|
7.70 m |
| 12. |  Younes Moudrik (MAR)
|
7.66 m |
| 13. |  Robert Emmiyan (ARM)
|
7.65 m |
| 14. | Andrey Ignatov (RUS)
|
7.64 m |
| 15. | Dimitris Filindras (GRE)
|
7.63 m |
| 16. |  Hee-Jun SUNG (KOR)
|
7.63 m |
| 17. |  Keita Cline (IVB)
|
7.23 m |
| 18. |  Hui-Fang Nai (TPE)
|
7.05 m |
| — | Dimitrios Chatzopoulos (GRE)
|
NM |
| Krzysztof Łuczak (POL)
|
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
Iván Pedroso (CUB)
|
8.42 | X | X | X | X | 7.60 | 8.42 m | SB |
|
Erick Walder (USA)
|
8.29 | 8.15 | 8.29 | 8.36 | 8.30 | 8.38 | 8.38 m | SB |
|
Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
|
8.04 | 7.89 | 8.05 | 8.12 | 7.83 | 8.18 | 8.18 m | SB |
| 4 | James Beckford (JAM)
|
X | 8.07 | 7.92 | 8.14 | 6.62 | 7.85 | 8.14 m | SB |
| 5 | Nelson Ferreira (BRA)
|
7.97 | X | 8.04 | X | 6.63 | X | 8.04 m | SB |
| 6 | Aleksandr Glavatskiy (BLR)
|
7.98 | 6.99 | 7.90 | 8.03 | X | X | 8.03 m | SB |
| 7 | Cheikh Tidiane Touré (SEN)
|
7.81 | 7.98 | 7.92 | 7.98 | 7.98 | 7.91 | 7.98 m | |
| 8 | Kevin Dilworth (USA)
|
7.88 | X | X | X | X | X | 7.88 m | |
| 9 | Masaki Morinaga (JPN)
|
7.70 | 7.72 | 7.86 | 7.86 m | ||||
| 10 | Lao Jianfeng (CHN)
|
7.76 | X | 7.59 | 7.76 m | ||||
| 11 | Bogdan Tudor (ROM)
|
7.66 | 7.51 | 7.65 | 7.66 m | ||||
| — | Maurice Wignall (JAM)
|
X | X | X | NM | ||||