Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's long jump
# Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 14 and 16 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Carl Lewis United States | Larry Myricks United States | Jaime Jefferson Cuba |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Larry Myricks | United States | | | | 8.07 |
| 2 | Carl Lewis | United States | | | | 8.06 |
| 3 | Jaime Jefferson | Cuba | | | | 7.90 |
| 4 | Lester Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda | | | | 7.73 |
| 5 | Olivier Cadier | Brazil | | | | 7.65 |
| 6 | Carlos Casar | Mexico | | | | 7.57w |
| 7 | Ian James | Canada | | | | 7.46w |
| 8 | Ray Quiñones | Puerto Rico | | | | 7.40 |
| 9 | Norbett Elliot | Bahamas | | | | 7.28 |
| 10 | Mark Mason | Guyana | | | | 7.11w |
| 11 | Fernando Valiente | Peru | | | | 7.01 |
| 12 | Ricardo Valiente | Peru | | | | 6.94 |
| 13 | Devon Hyde | Belize | 6.46 | 6.75 | x | 6.75 |
| 14 | Mauricio Carranza | El Salvador | 6.37 | 6.11 | x | 6.37 |
| 15 | Bruny Surin | Canada | x | 5.40 | x | 5.40 |
| | Elmer Williams | Puerto Rico | x | – | – | NM |
| | Fidel Solorzano | Ecuador | | | | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Carl Lewis | United States | 6.89 | 8.75w | 8.53 | 8.75 | 8.68w | 8.68 | 8.75 | GR |
| | Larry Myricks | United States | 8.12 | x | 7.95 | 8.28 | 8.58w | 8.43 | 8.58w | |
| | Jaime Jefferson | Cuba | 8.11 | 8.16w | 8.40 | 8.48w | 8.31 | 8.51 | 8.51 | NR |
| 4 | Lester Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda | x | 7.68 | x | x | 8.01w | x | 8.01w | |
| 5 | Carlos Casar | Mexico | 7.76w | 7.40 | 7.34 | x | x | 7.11 | 7.76w | |
| 6 | Olivier Cadier | Brazil | 7.34 | 7.46 | 6.90 | x | 7.54w | 7.41 | 7.54w | |
| 7 | Ian James | Canada | 7.45 | x | x | x | 7.52w | x | 7.52w | |
| 8 | Ray Quiñones | Puerto Rico | 7.30 | 7.35 | x | 7.32 | x | 7.46w | 7.46w | |
| 9 | Norbett Elliot | Bahamas | 7.35 | 7.20 | x | | | | 7.35 | |
| 10 | Fernando Valiente | Peru | 7.10 | x | 7.10 | | | | 7.10 | |
| 11 | Ricardo Valiente | Peru | x | 6.86 | 6.96 | | | | 6.96 | |
| | Mark Mason | Guyana | x | x | x | | | | NM | |
