2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.

Men's long jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Dates	March 20
Competitors	14 from 12 nations
Winning distance	8.26
Medalists
Marquis Dendy   Vereinigte Staaten   Fabrice Lapierre   Australien   Huang Changzhou   China

The first round leader was Rushwal Samaai with an 8.14. He improved that on his second jump to a National Record equalling 8.18. Still in the same round, Americans Marquis Dendy and Jeff Henderson improved to the top two places, Dendy with a 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) and Henderson edging into second with an 8.19. Neither improved after that. In the third round, Fabrice Lapierre jumped a continental record 8.25 to break up the duo, his 8.25 just 1 cm behind Dendy. Huang Changzhou also equalled Henderson with a personal best 8.19, but Henderson held the tiebreaker. Over the next two round, Henderson improved his tiebreaker advantage but could not improve his best. On his final jump, Huang improved his personal best again to 8.21 to take the bronze medal. The top 5 competitors were only separated by 8 cm. So close was the competition, minus their best jumps, Dendy would have finished in 5th position and Lapierre 11th, not even making the final.

Results

The final was started at 13:05.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Marquis Dendy	Vereinigte Staaten	8.05	8.26	x	8.06	x	x	8.26
	Fabrice Lapierre	Australien	7.29	7.78	8.25	x	7.79	x	8.25	AR
	Huang Changzhou	China	7.76	7.82	8.19	7.91	7.95	8.21	8.21	PB
4	Jeff Henderson	Vereinigte Staaten	7.99	8.19	7.98	8.14	8.17	8.00	8.19	SB
5	Rushwal Samaai	Südafrika	8.14	8.18	8.03	x	x		8.18	NR
6	Daniel Bramble	Great Britain	x	7.84	8.12	7.93	8.14		8.14	SB
7	Emiliano Lasa	Uruguay	7.94	x	7.70	x	7.86		7.94	NR
8	Wang Jianan	China	7.82	7.85	7.88	7.88	7.93		7.93
9	Kafétien Gomis	Frankreich	7.73	7.73	7.88				7.88
10	Radek Juška	Tschechische Republik	7.88	x	x				7.88
11	Ifeanyi Otuonye	Turks- und Caicosinseln	x	7.38	7.40				7.40
12	Yohei Sugai	Japan	7.25	6.95	7.35				7.35	SB
13	Quincy Breell	Aruba	7.21	7.25	7.20				7.25	NR
	Ted Hooper	Chinese Taipei	x	x	x				NM