2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 22 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Irving Saladino. The other athlete to jump that distance was Dwight Phillips, who is the world leader with a jump of 8.74 meters. Dwight Phillips took bronze in 2007 and is looking for his first win over Irving Saladino at an international level. Italy's Andrew Howe, the 2007 world silver medalist, withdrew from the Championships. Other expected to medal content are Olympic silver medalist Godfrey Khotso Mokoena and Olympic Bronze Medalist Ibrahim Camejo.
Medalists
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.| World record | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 | |
| Championship record | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 | |
| World leading | 8.74 | Eugene, United States | 7 June 2009 | |
| African record | 8.50 | Madrid, Spain | 4 July 2009 | |
| Asian Record | 8.48 | Sotteville, France | 2 July 2006 | |
| North American record | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 | |
| South American record | 8.73 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 24 May 2008 | |
| European record | 8.86 | Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union | 22 May 1987 | |
| Oceanian record | 8.49 | Sydney, Australia | 28 September 2000 |
No new records was set during this competition.
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 8.15 or at least 12 best performers advance to the [|final].| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| A | Dwight Phillips | 8.44 | 8.44 | Q | ||||
| B | Greg Rutherford | 8.30 | 8.30 | Q, NR | ||||
| B | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | 8.29 | 8.29 | Q | ||||
| B | Irving Saladino | 8.00 | 8.16 | 8.16 | Q | |||
| A | Mitchell Watt | 8.14 | 8.14 | q | ||||
| B | Fabrice Lapierre | 8.14 | 8.14 | q | ||||
| B | Brian Johnson | 7.94 | 8.09 | 8.09 | q | |||
| B | Yahya Berrabah | 8.08 | 8.08 | q | ||||
| A | Chris Tomlinson | 8.06 | 8.02 | 8.00 | 8.06 | q | ||
| 10 | B | Salim Sdiri | 7.88 | 8.04 | 8.04 | q | ||
| 11 | B | Gable Garenamotse | 7.81 | 8.03 | 8.01 | 8.03 | q | |
| 12 | A | Louis Tsatoumas | 8.01 | 7.98 | 7.86 | 8.01 | q | |
| 13 | A | Li Jinzhe | 8.01 | 7.92 | 7.90 | 8.01 | ||
| 14 | A | Tommi Evilä | 7.84 | 8.01 | 8.01 | |||
| 15 | A | Kim Deok-Hyeon | 7.62 | 7.89 | 7.99 | 7.99 | ||
| 16 | B | Hussein Taher Al-Sabee | 7.89 | 7.99 | 7.99 | |||
| 17 | A | Viktor Kuznyetsov | 7.98 | 7.87 | 7.95 | 7.98 | ||
| 18 | B | Ndiss Kaba Badji | 7.95 | 7.98 | 7.61 | 7.98 | ||
| 19 | A | Sebastian Bayer | 7.98 | 7.98 | ||||
| 20 | B | Nicholas Gordon | 7.72 | 7.92 | 7.92 | |||
| 21 | A | Kafétien Gomis | 7.82 | 7.90 | 7.68 | 7.90 | ||
| 22 | A | Alain Bailey | 7.63 | 7.70 | 7.88 | 7.88 | ||
| 23 | A | Andriy Makarchev | 7.68 | 7.87 | 7.87 | |||
| 24 | B | Olexiy Lukashevych | 7.87 | 6.18 | 7.87 | |||
| 25 | A | Luis Méliz | 7.87 | 7.87 | SB | |||
| 26 | B | Roman Novotný | 7.86 | 7.86 | ||||
| 27 | B | Stanley Gbagbeke | 7.82 | 7.82 | ||||
| 28 | B | Michel Tornéus | 7.78 | 7.63 | 7.78 | 7.78 | ||
| 29 | B | Morten Jensen | 7.69 | 7.75 | 7.71 | 7.75 | ||
| 30 | A | Stephan Louw | 7.74 | 7.69 | 7.74 | |||
| 31 | B | Tyrone Smith | 7.62 | 7.72 | 7.71 | 7.72 | ||
| 32 | A | Aleksandr Menkov | 7.72 | 7.72 | ||||
| 33 | A | Ibrahim Camejo | 7.69 | 7.71 | 7.57 | 7.71 | ||
| 34 | B | Nils Winter | 7.69 | 7.69 | ||||
| 35 | A | Štepán Wagner | 7.52 | 7.68 | 7.49 | 7.68 | ||
| 36 | A | Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi | 7.37 | 7.66 | 7.66 | SB | ||
| 37 | A | Nikolay Atanasov | 7.63 | 7.63 | ||||
| 38 | B | Miguel Pate | 7.61 | 7.61 | ||||
| 39 | A | Hugo Chila | 7.29 | 7.54 | 7.54 | |||
| 39 | A | Konstantin Safronov | 7.54 | 7.29 | 7.54 | |||
| 41 | A | Daisuke Arakawa | 7.39 | 7.50 | 7.53 | 7.53 | ||
| 42 | B | Yochai Halevi | 7.42 | 7.39 | 7.42 | SB | ||
| A | Henry Dagmil | ' | ||||||
| B | Carlos Jorge | ' | ||||||
| B | Clayton Latham |
Key: NR = National record, NM = No mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best