| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8.25 | i | Henry Hines | USA | 21Feb1949 | 1 | ITA | New York | 6Jun1973 | 183/72 | PB | LJ |
| 2 | 2 | 8.24 | 1.7 | James McAlister | USA | 5Sep1951 | 1 | Westwood CA | 5May1973 | 185/91 | PB | LJ | |
| 3 | 3 | 8.16 | Randy Williams | USA | 23Aug1953 | -1 | Eugene OR | 18May1973 | 178/69 | LJ | |||
| 4 | 4 | 8.16A | i | Bob Beamon | USA | 29Aug1946 | 1 | ITA | Salt Lake City | 25May1973 | 189/75 | LJ | |
| 5 | 8.16A | i | Henry Hines | 2 | ITA | Salt Lake City | 25May1973 | LJ | |||||
| 5 | 6 | 8.15 | Valeriy Podluzhny | URS | 22Aug1952 | 1 | WUG | Moskva | 18Aug1973 | 175/62 | LJ | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8.14 | Hans Baumgartner | FRG | 30May1949 | 1 | vsUSA,SUI | München | 11Jul1973 | 190/74 | LJ | ||
| 8 | 8.13 | i | Randy Williams | 1 | AAU | New York | 23Feb1973 | LJ | |||||
| 9 | 8.12 | 1.4 | Hans Baumgartner | 2 | ECp | Edinburgh | 8Sep1973 | LJ | |||||
| 10 | 8.11A | i | Bob Beamon | 1 | ITA | Albuquerque NM | 6Apr1973 | LJ | |||||
| 11 | 8.11 | James McAlister | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 26May1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 7 | 12 | 8.11 | Jacques Rousseau | FRA | 10Mar1951 | 2 | Colombes | 21Jul1973 | 186/76 | LJ | |||
| 13 | 8.11 | Valeriy Podluzhny | 1 | ECp/sf | Oslo | 4Aug1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 14 | 8.09 | i | Henry Hines | 1 | ITA | Portland OR | 31Mar1973 | LJ | |||||
| 15 | 8.09 | Randy Williams | 2 | Westwood CA | 5May1973 | LJ | |||||||
| 16 | 8.08 | Jacques Rousseau | 1 | Paris (Jean Bouin) | 23Jun1973 | LJ | |||||||
| 17 | 8.07 | i | Henry Hines | 1 | ITA | Daly City | 1Apr1973 | LJ | |||||
| 8 | 18 | 8.06 | i | Norman Tate | USA | 2Dec1942 | 2 | AAU | New York | 23Feb1973 | 185/80 | LJ | |
| 19 | 8.06 | i | Bob Beamon | 1 | ITA | Los Angeles CA | 24Mar1973 | LJ | |||||
| 9 | 20 | 8.06 | Stan Whitley | USA | 17Dec1945 | 1 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 28Apr1973 | 180/75 | LJ | ||
| 21 | 8.06 | Valeriy Podluzhny | 1 | vsUSA | Minsk | 24Jul1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 22 | 8.06 | Valeriy Podluzhny | 1 | URS-GDR-FIN | Helsinki | 15Sep1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 23 | 8.05 | i | Valeriy Podluzhny | 1 | Donyetsk | 4Feb1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 24 | 8.05 | Randy Williams | 2 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 26May1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 25 | 8.03 | i | Randy Williams | 1 | Detroit MI | 9Mar1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 26 | 8.03 | Hans Baumgartner | 1 | vsKEN,FIN | Helsinki | 19Jun1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 10 | 27 | 8.03 | Jerzy Miedzialek | POL | 12Sep1951 | 1 | Warszawa | 21Jun1973 | 185/80 | PB | LJ | ||
| 11 | 28 | 8.03 | Al Lanier | USA | 20Jul1950 | 1 | Usa-Afr | Dakar | 4Aug1973 | 185/75 | LJ | ||
| 12 | 29 | 8.03 | 1.2 | Max Klauss | GDR | 27Jul1947 | 3 | ECp | Edinburgh | 8Sep1973 | 185/85 | LJ | |
| 13 | 30 | 8.02 | Christopher Commons | AUS | 9Dec1950 | 1 | NC | Sydney | 24Mar1973 | 178/65 | LJ | ||
| 14 | 31 | 8.02 | 1.7 | Kristen Fløgstad | NOR | 11Apr1947 | 2 | ECp/sf | Oslo | 4Aug1973 | 181/70 | NR | LJ |
| 32 | 8.01 | i | Al Lanier | 2 | Detroit MI | 9Mar1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 33 | 8.01 | i | Bob Beamon | 2 | ITA | Daly City | 1Apr1973 | LJ | |||||
| 34 | 8.01 | Randy Williams | 1 | WCR | Fresno CA | 12May1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 35 | 8.01 | Max Klauss | 2 | URS-GDR-FIN | Helsinki | 15Sep1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 36 | 8.00 | Max Klauss | 1 | Est Berlin | 31Jul1973 | LJ | |||||||
| 37 | 7.99 | i | Henry Hines | 1 | ITA | Detroit MI | 13Apr1973 | LJ | |||||
| 38 | 7.99 | Randy Williams | 2 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 28Apr1973 | LJ | ||||||
| 15 | 39 | 7.99 | Jean-François Bonhème | FRA | 12Jul1949 | - | Colombes | 21Jul1973 | 176/65 | LJ | |||
| 16 | 7.98 | William (Bill) Rea | USA | 3Feb1952 | -1 | Des Moines IA | 27Apr1973 | 180/77 | LJ | ||||
| 17 | 7.97 | Danny Brabham | USA | 3Apr1951 | 2 | Des Moines IA | 27Apr1973 | 183/71 | LJ | ||||
| 18 | 7.96 | Grzegorz Cybulski | POL | 23Nov1951 | 2 | Warszawa | 21Jun1973 | 178/69 | LJ | ||||
| 19 | 7.96 | Nenad Stekic | YUG | 7Mar1951 | 1 | Zagreb | 21Jul1973 | 181/73 | LJ | ||||
| 20 | 7.95 | Stefan Lazarescu | ROM | 19Aug1949 | 1 | Bucuresti | 6May1973 | 185/77 | PB | LJ | |||
| 21 | 7.95 | Jaroslav Broz | CZE | 8Nov1950 | 1 | Pardubice | 2Jun1973 | 182/76 | PB | LJ | |||
| 22 | 7.93 | Alan Lerwill | GBR | 15Nov1946 | 1 | Warley | 27May1973 | 188/81 | LJ | ||||
| 23 | 7.92 | Kingsley Adams | GHA | 26Jun1952 | 5 | Des Moines IA | 27Apr1973 | 180/63 | LJ | ||||
| 24 | 7.92A | i | Henry Jackson | JAM | 25Oct1947 | 3 | ITA | Salt Lake City | 25May1973 | 188/81 | PB | LJ | |
| 25 | 7.92 | Ari Väänänen | FIN | 26Aug1947 | 2 | Est Berlin | 31Jul1973 | 180/76 | PB | LJ | |||
| 26 | 7.90 | i | Wesley Smith | USA | 6Jul1952 | 1 | Montgomery | 9Feb1973 | 185/70 | LJ | |||
| 27 | 7.90 | Helmut Klöck | FRG | 16Mar1951 | 1 | Leverkusen | 8Aug1973 | 180/68 | LJ | ||||
| 28 | 7.88 | Finn Bendixen | NOR | 27Jun1949 | 1 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 8Jun1973 | 185/77 | LJ | |||
| 29 | 7.88 | Valentin Kuzmenko | URS | 10Jun1944 | 1 | Minsk | 29Jun1973 | PB | LJ | ||||
| 30 | 7.87 | Rafael Blanquer | ESP | 14Oct1945 | 1 | Barcelona | 13Jul1973 | 178/69 | LJ | ||||
| 31 | 7.86 | David Boyd | USA | 19May1952 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 14Apr1973 | 185/72 | LJ | ||||
| 32 | 7.86 | 1.2 | Jean-Hervé Stiévenart | FRA | 15Oct1954 | 1 | Paris (Charléty) | 10Jun1973 | 180/79 | PB | LJ | ||
| 33 | 7.85 | Adonis Jautakis | URS | 21Sep1951 | 1 | Kaunas | 12Jun1973 | 181/68 | PB | LJ | |||
| 34 | 7.85 | Stanislaw Cabaj | POL | 28Aug1946 | 3 | Warszawa | 21Jun1973 | 178/73 | LJ | ||||
| 35 | 7.85 | Viktor Zubkov | URS | 31Aug1949 | 3 | vsUSA | Minsk | 24Jul1973 | 181/70 | PB | LJ | ||
| 36 | 7.85 | Wolfram Lauterbach | GDR | 18Jan1952 | 3 | Est Berlin | 31Jul1973 | 180/71 | LJ | ||||
| 37 | 7.85 | Gennadiy Yelsakov | URS | 6May1945 | 1 | Podolsk | 18Aug1973 | 183/85 | PB | LJ | |||
| 38 | 7.85 | Frank Wartenberg | GDR | 29May1955 | 1 | EC-j | Duisburg | 26Aug1973 | 184/71 | LJ | |||
| 39 | 7.84 | i | Preston Carrington | USA | 12Jun1949 | 2 | Houston TX | 10Feb1973 | 183/70 | LJ | |||
| 40 | 7.84 | Milan Matos | CUB | 12Feb1949 | 1 | La Habana | 4May1973 | 174/65 | LJ | ||||
| 41 | 7.84 | Stanislaw Szudrowicz | POL | 4Feb1947 | -2 | Warszawa | 12Aug1973 | 180/74 | LJ | ||||
| 42 | 7.83 | John Okoro | NGR | 21Jul1948 | 2 | AfCh | Lagos | 13Jan1973 | LJ | ||||
| 43 | 7.83 | Andreas Gloerfeld | FRG | 10Aug1948 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 24Jun1973 | 180/70 | LJ | ||||
| 44 | 7.82 | Murray Tolbert | AUS | 7Apr1946 | 1 | Sydney | 4Feb1973 | LJ | |||||
| 45 | 7.82 | Josef Schwarz | FRG | 20May1941 | 1 | Deggendorf | 1Jul1973 | 182/70 | LJ | ||||
| 46 | 7.82 | Francisco Gómez | CUB | 7Feb1957 | 4 | Est Berlin | 31Jul1973 | 169/60 | LJ | ||||
| 47 | 7.81 | Anthony Carter | USA | 28May1954 | 1 | Clarksville | 22Mar1973 | 185/77 | LJ | ||||
| 48 | 7.81 | Joshua Owusu | GHA | 2Oct1948 | 1 | TexasR | Austin TX | 13Apr1973 | 195/76 | LJ | |||
| 49 | 7.81 | Waldemar Stepien | POL | 10Mar1946 | 1 | Lódz | 6May1973 | 179/69 | LJ | ||||
| 50 | 7.81 | Vasile Sarucan | ROM | 23Aug1945 | 1 | Bucuresti | 20May1973 | 177/64 | LJ | ||||
| 51 | 7.81 | Rolf Bernhard | SUI | 13Dec1949 | 4 | vsUSA,FRG | München | 11Jul1973 | 180/72 | LJ | |||
| 52 | 7.81 | Václav Fiser | CZE | 9Jul1947 | 2 | Banská Býstrica | 1Sep1973 | 180/81 | PB | LJ | |||
| 53 | 7.81 | Vladimir Skibyenko | URS | 25Jul1947 | 3 | Praha | 4Sep1973 | 182/72 | LJ | ||||
| 54 | 7.80 | Sergey Shcherbina | URS | 19Feb1952 | 1 | Krasnodar | 22Jul1973 | 188/75 | LJ | ||||
| 55 | 7.80 | Petr Cech | CZE | 6Jan1944 | 4 | Praha | 25Aug1973 | 183/73 | PB | LJ | |||
| 56 | 7.78 | Arnie Robinson | USA | 7Apr1948 | 3 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 28Apr1973 | 188/74 | LJ | |||
| 57 | 7.78 | Ted Hammond | USA | 1Apr1955 | 1 | Lakewood CO | 11May1973 | LJ | |||||
| 58 | 7.78 | Lutz Gawlik | GDR | 15May1951 | 1 | Potsdam | 28Jun1973 | 186/77 | LJ | ||||
| 59 | 7.78 | Philippe Deroche | FRA | 11Sep1954 | 1 | Colombes | 30Jun1973 | 173/69 | LJ | ||||
| 60 | 7.78 | Apostolos Kathiniotis | GRE | 16Mar1952 | 4 | Balkan G | Athína | 25Aug1973 | 177/66 | LJ | |||
| 61 | 7.78 | Valeriy Vyereskun | URS | 9Jun1947 | 4 | Praha | 4Sep1973 | 186/76 | LJ | ||||
| 62 | 7.78 | Venyamin Chukanov | URS | 7Oct1948 | 1 | Tbilisi | 7Oct1973 | LJ | |||||
| 63 | 7.78 | T. Chandrapillai Yohannan | IND | 19May1947 | 1Nov1973 | 174/62 | LJ | ||||||
| 64 | 7.77 | Denny Rogers | USA | 4Feb1948 | 2 | College Station TX | 12May1973 | 177/72 | LJ | ||||
| 65 | 7.77 | Christian Tourret | FRA | 20Sep1946 | -3 | Colombes | 21Jul1973 | 180/70 | LJ | ||||
| 66 | 7.76 | i | Jeff Bolin | USA | 10Jul1950 | 3 | AAU | New York | 23Feb1973 | 185/69 | LJ | ||
| 67 | 7.76 | Valeriy Mikhailov | URS | 4May1954 | 1 | Vinnitsa | 28Apr1973 | LJ | |||||
| 68 | 7.76 | Alexandru Abagiu | ROM | 1951 | 2 | Bucuresti | 6May1973 | LJ | |||||
| 69 | 7.76 | Stefan Ciok | POL | 5Jan1950 | 1 | Kraków | 2Jun1973 | 174/74 | LJ | ||||
| 70 | 7.76 | Olyeg Kanazinski | URS | 16Apr1951 | 1 | Armavir | 14Sep1973 | 174/70 | LJ | ||||
| 71 | 7.76A | Theodorus Maritz | RSA | 15Apr1954 | 1 | Johannesburg | 1Dec1973 | LJ | |||||
| 72 | 7.75 | i | Aleksey Pereverzyev | URS | 20Jul1949 | 2 | Moskva | 18Feb1973 | 191/78 | LJ | |||
| 73 | 7.75 | Phil May | AUS | 20Sep1945 | 2 | NC | Sydney | 24Mar1973 | 196/82 | LJ | |||
| 74 | 7.75 | Terje Haugland | NOR | 11Apr1944 | 1 | Oslo | 19Jun1973 | LJ | |||||
| 75 | 7.75 | Yves Le Roy | FRA | 23Feb1951 | 1 | Kassel | 18Aug1973 | 191/88 | LJ | ||||
| 76 | 7.74 | i | Phil Scott | GBR | 22Aug1948 | 1 | Cosford | 17Feb1973 | LJ | ||||
| 77 | 7.74 | i | Norbert Teipel | FRG | 1Mar1953 | 2 | NC-i | Berlin | 24Feb1973 | LJ | |||
| 78 | 7.74 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 3Oct1945 | 1 | Sofia | 6Oct1973 | 188/79 | LJ | ||||
| 79 | 7.73 | Axel Schaper | FRG | 1Oct1953 | 1 | Mainz | 27May1973 | 178/75 | LJ | ||||
| 80 | 7.73 | Pekka Suvitie | FIN | 28Jun1952 | 2 | Paimio | 28Jul1973 | 183/81 | LJ | ||||
| 81 | 7.73A | André Vix | FRA | 5Mar1946 | 1 | Font-Romeu | 14Aug1973 | 190/88 | LJ | ||||
| 82 | 7.73 | Bruce Field | AUS | 22Jan1947 | 2 | Sydney | 27Oct1973 | 177/72 | LJ | ||||
| 83 | 7.72 | i | Henry Orum | USA | 9May1952 | 2 | Montgomery | 9Feb1973 | 183/75 | LJ | |||
| 84 | 7.72 | Bill Goodman | USA | 1951 | 1 | Raleigh NC | 27Apr1973 | LJ | |||||
| 85 | 7.72 | Jerry Proctor | USA | 4May1949 | 4 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 28Apr1973 | 177/66 | LJ | |||
| 86 | 7.72 | Shinji Ogura | JPN | 28Aug1944 | -1 | Chiba | 3Jun1973 | 176/70 | LJ | ||||
| 87 | 7.72 | Pier Carlo Molinaris | ITA | 16Sep1951 | 1 | Rovereto | 21Jun1973 | 174/65 | LJ | ||||
| 88 | 7.72 | Hans-Jürgen Berger | FRG | 21Sep1951 | 1 | Bensberg | 9Jul1973 | 182/63 | LJ | ||||
| 89 | 7.72 | Henrik Kalocsai | HUN | 28Nov1940 | 1 | Budapest | 21Jul1973 | 191/84 | LJ | ||||
| 90 | 7.72 | Harald Beck | GDR | 10Nov1952 | 3 | NC | Dresden | 21Jul1973 | 185/73 | LJ | |||
| 91 | 7.72 | Gerald Hardeman | USA | 15Mar1955 | 1 | Warszawa | 22Jul1973 | 185/76 | LJ | ||||
| 92 | 7.71 | Mansour Dia | SEN | 27Dec1940 | 3 | AfCh | Lagos | 13Jan1973 | 192/85 | LJ | |||
| 93 | 7.71 | Charlton Ehizuelen | NGR | 30Nov1953 | 4 | AfCh | Lagos | 13Jan1973 | 180/68 | LJ | |||
| 94 | 7.71 | i | Jonas Sabas | URS | 1946 | 1 | Vilnius | 21Jan1973 | LJ | ||||
| 95 | 7.71 | i | Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 15Mar1950 | 1 | Sofia | 17Feb1973 | 183/74 | LJ | |||
| 96 | 7.71 | Tommy Haynes | USA | 14Jul1952 | 3 | Knoxville TN | 14Apr1973 | 177/75 | LJ | ||||
| 97 | 7.71 | Kazuaki Morioka | JPN | 19May1951 | 1 | Shizuoka | 22Apr1973 | 168/57 | LJ | ||||
| 98 | 7.71 | Ken Ford | USA | 1951 | 1 | Wayland | 28Apr1973 | LJ | |||||
| 99 | 7.71 | Steve Cobb | USA | 17Nov1953 | 2 | Minneapolis MN | 18May1973 | 180/75 | LJ | ||||
| 100 | 7.71 | Valeriu Jurca | ROM | 20Dec1946 | 2 | Bucuresti | 20May1973 | 183/77 | LJ | ||||
| 101 | 7.71 | Zdzislaw Kokot | POL | 20Jan1947 | 4 | Warszawa | 21Jun1973 | 173 | LJ |