1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1 Robert Emmiyan ( URS ) 8.19 m
2 Paul Emordi ( NGR ) 8.14 m
3 Vladimir Bobylyov ( URS ) 8.08 m
4 Jarmo Kärnä ( FIN ) 8.06 m
5 Junichi Usui ( JPN ) 8.02 m
6 Jaime Jefferson ( CUB ) 8.00 m
7 Mike Conley ( USA ) 7.99 m
8 Norbert Brige ( FRA ) 7.96 m
9 Frans Maas ( NED ) 7.78 m
10 Róbert Széli ( TCH ) 7.59 m
11 Dietmar Haaf ( GER ) 7.51 m
12 Ray Quiñones ( PUR ) 7.41 m
13 Jeffrey Neptune ( GRN ) 7.11 m
14 Marcus César Barros ( BRA ) 6.94 m
15 Devon Hyde ( BIZ ) 6.61 m
- António Santos ( ANG ) NM
- Stanisław Jaskułka ( POL ) NM
- Bruny Surin ( CAN ) NM
- Dimitrios Chatzopoulos ( GRE ) NM
- Lester Benjamin ( ATG ) NM
Qualifying round
Held on Friday 1987-09-04
These are the official results of the men's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday 5 September 1987. Italian Giovanni Evangelisti originally won the bronze with a jump of 8.37 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m. Larry Myricks received the bronze medal 9 months later.