2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
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The medalists in the event
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates23 March
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning distance8.30
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2024
2026  

The men's long jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 23 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Contents

The final took place on 23 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's long jump was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Distance (m)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Powell  (USA)8.95 Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991
Championship record [2] Flag of Cuba.svg  Iván Pedroso  (CUB)8.62 Maebashi, Japan7 March 1999
World leading [3] Flag of Italy.svg  Mattia Furlani  (ITA)8.37 Toruń, Poland16 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's long jump, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 2.34 m. [5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 16 athletes. [5]

Results

Final

The final was held on 23 March, starting at 19:40 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6] [7]

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mattia Furlani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy x8.30x8.28x8.218.30
Silver medal icon.svg Wayne Pinnock Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 8.208.28x8.29x8.208.29 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Liam Adcock Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8.288.288.17x8.118.188.28
4 Shunsuke Izumiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7.598.217.72r8.21 PB
5 Miltiadis Tentoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7.817.91x8.148.09x8.14 SB
6 Shu Heng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.778.14xxxx8.14 SB
7 Cameron Crump Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7.718.13xxx8.13 SB
8 Gerson Baldé Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 8.03x7.95xx8.03
9 Simon Ehammer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland x7.927.99x7.99
10 Tajay Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.837.547.527.707.83
11 William Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States xx7.767.76
12 Cheswill Johnson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7.647.50x7.64
13 Hibiki Tsuha Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6.30x7.137.13

References

  1. "All time Top lists - Senior - Long Jump". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. "1999 World Athletics Indoor Championships - Long Jump Men - Final results". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Long Jump men". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. "Long Jump Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.