The Men's Long Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13.
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Dwight PhillipsUnited States (USA) |
| Silver |  Ignisious GaisahGhana (GHA) |
| Bronze |  Tommi EviläFinland (FIN) |
Qualification edit
Heat 1 edit
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, South Africa 8.22m Q
Salim Sdiri, France 8.18m Q
Vitaliy Shkurlatov, Russia 7.95m q
Christopher Tomlinson, Great Britain 7.83m
Ibrahim Camejo, Cuba 7.78m
Miguel Pate, United States 7.70m
Jonathan Chimier, Mauritius 7.65m
Povilas Mykolaitis, Lithuania 7.64m- Walter Davis, United States 7.42m
Yahya Berrabah, Morocco 7.33m
Morten Jensen, Denmark NM
Leevan Sands, Bahamas NM
Jadel Gregório, Brazil DNS
Heat 2 edit
- Dwight Phillips, United States 8.59m Q
Tommi Evilä, Finland 8.18m Q (NR)
James Beckford, Jamaica 8.13m Q
Issam Nima, Algeria 8.13m Q (NR)
Ignisious Gaisah, Ghana 8.11m Q
Joan Lino Martínez, Spain 8.10m Q
Irving Saladino, Panama 7.98m q
Volodymyr Zyuskov, Ukraine 7.97m q
Nils Winter, Germany 7.91m q- Brian Johnson, United States 7.91m
Shinichi Terano, Japan 7.27m
Eroni Tuivanuavou, Fiji 7.17m (SB)
- Iván Pedroso, Cuba NM
Bogdan Tarus, Romania NM
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
Dwight Phillips (USA) |
8.60 | X | X | X | X | X | 8.60 m | SB |
 |
Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) |
7.76 | 8.11 | 8.34 | 8.17 | 8.05 | — | 8.34 m | NR |
 |
Tommi Evilä (FIN) |
X | X | 8.16 | 8.12 | 8.25 | X | 8.25 m | |
| 4 |  Joan Lino Martínez (ESP) |
7.85 | 8.13 | 8.04 | 8.24 | X | 7.98 | 8.24 m | |
| 5 |  Salim Sdiri (FRA) |
8.20 | 8.07 | 7.96 | 7.97 | X | 8.21 | 8.21 m | |
| 6 |  Irving Saladino (PAN) |
8.00 | 7.91 | 8.06 | 8.00 | 8.20 | 8.12 | 8.20 m | |
| 7 |  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) |
8.01 | 8.06 | 8.11 | 8.06 | 6.79 | X | 8.11 m | |
| 8 |  Volodymyr Zyuskov (UKR) |
7.56 | 8.06 | X | 8.01 | X | X | 8.06 m | |
| 9 |  James Beckford (JAM) |
X | 8.02 | 7.93 | 8.02 m | ||||
| 10 |  Vitaliy Shkurlatov (RUS) |
X | 7.88 | 7.66 | 7.88 m | ||||
| 11 |  Issam Nima (ALG) |
7.61 | 7.73 | 7.42 | 7.73 m | ||||
| 12 |  Nils Winter (GER) |
X | X | 7.72 | 7.72 m | ||||