Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 and 18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 8.20 m and 8.05 m .
This event marked the first time that an American did not compete in the final phase in a non-boycotted Olympic competition. On the other hand, Panama achieved its first gold medal in its Olympic history.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Qualifying round
Qualifying Performance 8.15 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Remarks |
| 1 | A | Louis Tsatoumas | 8.27 ' | 8.27 | Q | |||
| 2 | A | Ibrahim Camejo | 8.23 ' | 8.23 | Q | |||
| 3 | A | Greg Rutherford | 8.16 ' | 8.16 | Q | |||
| 4 | A | Khotso Mokoena | 8.03 ' | 8.14 ' | 8.14 | q | ||
| 5 | B | Ngonidzashe Makusha | 8.14 ' | 7.94 ' | - | 8.14 | q | |
| 6 | B | Wilfredo Martínez | 7.92 ' | 7.80 ' | 8.07 ' | DSQ | ||
| 7 | B | Ndiss Kaba Badji | 7.65 ' | 7.79 ' | 8.07 ' | 8.07 | q, SB | |
| 8 | A | Hussein Taher Al-Sabee | 5.47 ' | 8.04 ' | 8.04 | q | ||
| 9 | B | Irving Saladino | 8.01 ' | 8.01 | q | |||
| 10 | A | Luis Felipe Méliz | 7.77 ' | 7.95 ' | 7.95 | q | ||
| 11 | A | Gable Garenamotse | 7.58 ' | 7.95 ' | 7.95 | q | ||
| 12 | B | Roman Novotný | 7.75 ' | 7.81 ' | 7.94 ' | 7.94 | q | |
| 13 | A | Stephan Louw | 7.73 ' | 7.93 ' | 7.93 | |||
| 14 | B | Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi | 7.93 ' | 7.93 | ||||
| 15 | B | Tyrone Smith | 6.95 ' | 7.63 ' | 7.91 ' | 7.91 | ||
| 16 | B | Fabrice Lapierre | 7.90 ' | 7.90 | ||||
| 17 | A | Yahya Berrabah | 7.88 ' | 7.88 | ||||
| 17 | A | Tommi Evilä | 7.88 ' | 7.88 | ||||
| 19 | B | Trevell Quinley | 7.87 ' | 7.87 | ||||
| 20 | B | Andrew Howe | 7.73 ' | 7.81 ' | 7.81 | |||
| 21 | A | Salim Sdiri | 7.81 ' | 7.81 | ||||
| 22 | B | Brian Johnson | 7.79 ' | 7.79 | ||||
| 23 | A | Sebastien Bayer | 7.43 ' | 7.77 ' | 7.77 | |||
| 24 | A | Hugo Chila | 7.77 ' | 7.77 | ||||
| 24 | B | Andriy Makarchev | 7.77 ' | 7.77 | ||||
| 26 | A | Mauro da Silva | 7.75 ' | 7.75 | ||||
| 27 | B | Chris Tomlinson | 7.52 ' | 7.62 ' | 7.70 ' | 7.70 | ||
| 28 | A | Li Runrun | 7.70 ' | 7.56 ' | 7.70 | SB | ||
| 29 | B | Tarik Bouguetaib | 7.69 ' | 7.69 | ||||
| 30 | B | Herbert McGregor | 7.64 ' | 7.46 ' | 7.36 ' | 7.64 | ||
| 31 | A | Morten Jensen | 7.58 ' | 7.63 ' | 7.63 | |||
| 32 | B | Louis Tristán | 7.58 ' | 7.62 ' | 7.62 | |||
| 33 | A | Marcin Starzak | 7.62 ' | 7.62 | ||||
| 34 | A | Henry Dagmil | 7.58 ' | 7.58 | ||||
| 35 | A | Nikolai Atanasov | 7.54 ' | 7.54 | ||||
| 36 | B | Julien Fivaz | 7.53 ' | 7.53 | ||||
| 37 | A | Vladimir Malyavin | 7.32 ' | 7.35 ' | 7.35 | |||
| 38 | B | Miguel Pate | 7.34 ' | 7.34 | ||||
| B | Zhou Can | - | - | - | ' | |||
| B | Arnaud Casquette | ' | ||||||
| A | Issam Nima |
Final
DNS — Did Not StartNM — No Mark