2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The Men's Long Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13.

## Medalists

| Gold | Dwight Phillips United States (USA) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ignisious Gaisah Ghana (GHA) |
| Bronze | Tommi Evilä Finland (FIN) |

## Qualification

### Heat 1

* Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, South Africa 8.22m Q
* Salim Sdiri, France 8.18m Q
* Vitaliy Shkurlatov, Russia 7.95m q
* Christopher Tomlinson, Great Britain 7.83m
* Ibrahim Camejo, Cuba 7.78m
* Miguel Pate, United States 7.70m
* Jonathan Chimier, Mauritius 7.65m
* Povilas Mykolaitis, Lithuania 7.64m
* Walter Davis, United States 7.42m
* Yahya Berrabah, Morocco 7.33m
* Morten Jensen, Denmark NM
* Leevan Sands, Bahamas NM
* Jadel Gregório, Brazil DNS

### Heat 2

* Dwight Phillips, United States 8.59m Q
* Tommi Evilä, Finland 8.18m Q (NR)
* James Beckford, Jamaica 8.13m Q
* Issam Nima, Algeria 8.13m Q (NR)
* Ignisious Gaisah, Ghana 8.11m Q
* Joan Lino Martínez, Spain 8.10m Q
* Irving Saladino, Panama 7.98m q
* Volodymyr Zyuskov, Ukraine 7.97m q
* Nils Winter, Germany 7.91m q
* Brian Johnson, United States 7.91m
* Shinichi Terano, Japan 7.27m
* Eroni Tuivanuavou, Fiji 7.17m (SB)
* Iván Pedroso, Cuba NM
* Bogdan Tarus, Romania NM

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 8.60 | X | X | X | X | X | 8.60 m | SB |
| | Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) | 7.76 | 8.11 | 8.34 | 8.17 | 8.05 | — | 8.34 m | NR |
| | Tommi Evilä (FIN) | X | X | 8.16 | 8.12 | 8.25 | X | 8.25 m | |
| 4 | Joan Lino Martínez (ESP) | 7.85 | 8.13 | 8.04 | 8.24 | X | 7.98 | 8.24 m | |
| 5 | Salim Sdiri (FRA) | 8.20 | 8.07 | 7.96 | 7.97 | X | 8.21 | 8.21 m | |
| 6 | Irving Saladino (PAN) | 8.00 | 7.91 | 8.06 | 8.00 | 8.20 | 8.12 | 8.20 m | |
| 7 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) | 8.01 | 8.06 | 8.11 | 8.06 | 6.79 | X | 8.11 m | |
| 8 | Volodymyr Zyuskov (UKR) | 7.56 | 8.06 | X | 8.01 | X | X | 8.06 m | |
| 9 | James Beckford (JAM) | X | 8.02 | 7.93 | | | | 8.02 m | |
| 10 | Vitaliy Shkurlatov (RUS) | X | 7.88 | 7.66 | | | | 7.88 m | |
| 11 | Issam Nima (ALG) | 7.61 | 7.73 | 7.42 | | | | 7.73 m | |
| 12 | Nils Winter (GER) | X | X | 7.72 | | | | 7.72 m | |
