2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The Men's long jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.
Defending champion Dwight Phillips had not done well early in the season, only finishing tenth in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. But as defending champion, he was given the automatic entry into the meet. On his qualifying jump he showed the first sign of life, jumping a season best 8.32 to lead qualifying. Of the rest of the field, only Mitchell Watt achieved an automatic qualifier. Will Claye achieved a rare feat by qualifying for [|final] in both the Long Jump and Triple Jump.
In the final, Phillips almost matched his qualifying jump with an 8.31 to take the early lead. Ngonidzashe Makusha came close with an 8.29 in the same round. Mitchell Watt bested the early leaders with an 8.33 in the second round, but not before Phillips had jumped an 8.45 to separate from the field. Nobody was able to improve after that.
After the event, Phillips celebrated by showing his assigned bib number 1111, significant for his first-place finish in four World Championships.
Medalists
Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.| World record | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 | |
| Championship record | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 | |
| World leading | 8.54 | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 July 2011 | |
| African record | 8.50 | Madrid, Spain | 4 July 2009 | |
| Asian Record | 8.48 | Sotteville, France | 2 July 2006 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean 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 | 8.54 | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 July 2011 |
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 |
| 1 | A | Dwight Phillips | 8.32 | 8.32 | Q, SB | |||
| 2 | A | Mitchell Watt | 6.43 | 8.15 | 8.15 | Q | ||
| 3 | A | Christian Reif | 8.13 | 8.13 | q | |||
| 4 | B | Ngonidzashe Makusha | 8.05 | 7.83 | 8.11 | 8.11 | q | |
| 5 | B | Sebastian Bayer | 8.11 | 8.11 | q | |||
| 6 | B | Marcos Chuva | 8.10 | 8.10 | q | |||
| 7 | B | Will Claye | 7.83 | 7.94 | 8.09 | 8.09 | q | |
| 8 | A | Aleksandr Menkov | 8.07 | 8.07 | q | |||
| 9 | A | Yahya Berrabah | 8.03 | 8.05 | 8.05 | q | ||
| 10 | B | Luvo Manyonga | 7.77 | 7.72 | 8.04 | 8.04 | q | |
| 11 | A | Kim Deok-hyeon | 7.86 | 7.99 | 8.02 | 8.02 | q, SB | |
| 12 | A | Chris Tomlinson | 7.95 | 7.84 | 8.02 | 8.02 | q | |
| 13 | A | Marquise Goodwin | 7.92 | 7.78 | 8.02 | 8.02 | ||
| 14 | B | Louis Tsatoumas | 8.01 | 7.89 | 8.01 | |||
| 15 | B | Greg Rutherford | 8.00 | 8.00 | ||||
| 15 | A | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | 8.00 | 8.00 | ||||
| 17 | A | Ignisious Gaisah | 7.92 | 7.78 | 7.92 | |||
| 18 | B | Eusebio Cáceres | 7.60 | 7.90 | 7.91 | 7.91 | ||
| 19 | B | Tyrone Smith | 7.79 | 7.91 | 7.91 | |||
| 20 | A | Damar Forbes | 7.91 | 7.91 | ||||
| 21 | B | Fabrice Lapierre | 7.80 | 7.89 | 7.76 | 7.89 | ||
| 22 | B | Irving Saladino | 7.84 | 7.84 | ||||
| 23 | A | Luis Felipe Méliz | 7.80 | 7.69 | 7.82 | 7.82 | ||
| 24 | A | Robert Crowther | 7.74 | 7.64 | 7.67 | 7.74 | ||
| 25 | B | Raymond Higgs | 7.72 | 7.72 | ||||
| 26 | A | Jorge McFarlane | 7.66 | 7.66 | ||||
| 27 | A | Michel Tornéus | 7.62 | 7.65 | 7.65 | |||
| 28 | A | Salim Sdiri | 7.49 | 7.58 | 7.48 | 7.58 | ||
| 29 | B | Lin Ching-hsuan | 7.30 | 7.30 | ||||
| 30 | B | Kristinn Torfason | 5.52 | 6.25 | 7.17 | 7.17 | ||
| 31 | B | Trevell Quinley | 7.09 | 7.09 | ||||
| 32 | B | Su Xiongfeng | 7.03 | 7.03 | ||||
| B | Henry Dagmil | ' | ||||||
| A | Mohamed Fathalla Difallah | ' | ||||||
| A | Povilas Mykolaitis | ' | ||||||
| B | Stanley Gbagbeke | ' |