| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
| Final Ranking | Dist. | Y | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Willie Steele |  USA | 7.82m | 25 | 7.825 | 7.680 | - | - | - | - | | 2. Bill Bruce |  AUS | 7.55m | 24 | | 3. Herb Douglas | USA | 7.54m | 26 | | 4. Lorenzo Wright | USA | 7.45m | 21 | | 5. Adegboyega, Prince Adedoyin |  GBR | 7.27m | 25 | | 6. Georges Damitio |  FRA | 7.07m | 24 | | 7. Harry Whittle | GBR | 7.03m | 26 | | 8. Felix Würth |  AUT | 7.00m | 24 | | 9. Harry Askew | GBR | 6.93m | 30 | | 10.Enrique Kistenmacher |  ARG | 6.80m | 25 | | 11.Edward Adamczyk |  POL | 6.73m | 26 | | -. Baldev Singh |  IND | 7.00m | |
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Qualification - Saturday 31.07 | | mark - 7.20m. 5 athletes reached the mark. 7 best were added. |
| Group A | Dist. | Y | Rk. | | 1. Herb Douglas | USA | 7.24m | 26 | 3. | | 2. Bill Bruce | AUS | 7.20m | 24 | 4. | | 3. Enrique Kistenmacher | ARG | 7.18m | 25 | 5. | | 4. Harry Askew | GBR | 7.14m | 30 | 6. | | 5. Adegboyega, Prince Adedoyin | GBR | 7.13m | 25 | 7. | | 6. Edward Adamczyk | POL | 7.03m | 26 | 9. | | 7. Georges Damitio | FRA | 6.98m | 24 | 12. | | 8. Jaroslav Fikejz |  TCH | 6.86m | 21 | 15. | | 9. Kyros Marinis |  GRE | 6.75m | | 17. | | 10.Kim Won-Gwon |  KOR | 6.71m | 29 | 18. | | 11.Jorge Aguirre |  MEX | 5.91m | | 20. |
| Group A | Dist. | Y | Rk. | | 1. Willie Steele | USA | 7.78m | 25 | 1. | | 2. Lorenzo Wright | USA | 7.53m | 21 | 2. | | 3. Felix Würth | AUT | 7.08m | 24 | 8. | | 4. Harry Whittle | GBR | 7.03m | 26 | 10. | | 5. Baldev Singh | IND | 7.00m | | 11. | | 6. Jean Studer |  SUI | 6.94m | 33 | 13. | | 7. Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson |  ISL | 6.89m | 24 | 14. | | 8. Dias Álvaro |  POR | 6.86m | 25 | 16. | | 9. Charles Thompson |  GUY | 6.58m | | 19. | | -. Peiris G. D. |  SRI | NM | | -. |
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