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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