| Final 16:10 | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Jerome Biffle |  USA | 7.57m | 7.21 | X | 7.57 | X | X | X | | 2. Meredith Gourdine | USA | 7.53m | 7.38 | 6.58 | 7.53 | 7.49 | 7.36 | 7.51 | | 3. Odon Földesi |  HUN | 7.30m | 7.04 | 7.23 | X | 7.17 | 7.30 | 7.12 | | 4. Ary Façanha de Sá |  BRA | 7.23m | 7.15 | 6.77 | 7.06 | 7.22 | 7.20 | 7.23 | | 5. Jorma Valtonen |  FIN | 7.16m | X | 7.06 | 7.16 | X | X | 6.97 | | 6. Leonid Grigorjev |  URS | 7.14m | X | 7.14 | 6.92 | 5.55 | X | 6.67 | | 7. Karl-Erik Israelsson |  SWE | 7.10m | X | X | 7.10 | | 8. Paul Faucher |  FRA | 7.02m | X | 6.96 | 7.02 | | 9. Pentti Snellman | FIN | 7.02m | X | 6.88 | 7.02 | | 10.Masaji Tajima |  JPN | 7.00m | X | 7.00 | X | | 11.Neville Price |  SAF | 6.40m | 6.40 | X | X | | -. George Brown | USA | NM | X | X | X | | -. Henk Visser |  NED | NM | X | X | X |
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| Qualification | mark 7.20m 7+6 Athletes | | Monday 21.07 | 10:00 |
| Athelte | Distance | | 1. Meredith Gourdine | USA | 7.41m | | 2. Jerome Biffle | USA | 7.40m | | 3. Neville Price | SAF | 7.36m | | 4. George Brown | USA | 7.32m | | 5. Odon Földesi | HUN | 7.25m | | 6. Ary Façanha de Sá | BRA | 7.24m | | 7. Henk Visser | NED | 7.21m | | 8. Masaji Tajima | JPN | 7.13m | | 9. Karl-Erik Israelsson | SWE | 7.10m | | 10.Paul Faucher | FRA | 7.10m | | 11.Pentti Snellman | FIN | 7.09m | | 12.Jorma Valtonen | FIN | 7.09m | | 13.Leonid Grigorjev | URS | 7.09m | | 14.Carlos Vera |  CHI | 7.07m | | 15.Felix Würth |  AUT | 6.99m | | 16.Sylvanus Williams |  NGR | 6.98m | | 17.Jorma Valkama | FIN | 6.97m | | 18.Karimu Babalola Olowu | NGR | 6.96m | | 19.Toni Breder |  SAA | 6.88m | | 20.Brigido Iriarte |  VEN | 6.82m | | 21.Henryk Grabowski |  POL | 6.77m | | 22.Nikolay Andrushenko | URS | 6.74m | | 23.Geraldo de Oliveira | BRA | 6.71m | | 24.Patrick Leane |  AUS | 6.40m | | 25.Kamtorn Snidvongs |  THA | 5.31m | | -. Avni Akgün |  TUR | NM | | -. Baladash Madatov | URS | NM |
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| | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. | | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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