| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8.30 | 0.9 | Arnie Robinson | USA | 7Apr1948 | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 25May1974 | 188/74 | LJ | |
| 2 | 2 | 8.24 | -0.5 | Nenad Stekic | YUG | 7Mar1951 | 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 27Oct1974 | 181/73 | LJ | ||
| 3 | 3 | 8.20 | 1.5 | James "Bouncy" Moore | USA | 4Jun1951 | 2 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 25May1974 | 188/81 | PB | LJ |
| 4 | 4 | 8.18 | 1.9 | Max Klauss | GDR | 27Jul1947 | 1 | Olympischer Tag | Est Berlin | 12Jun1974 | 185/85 | PB | LJ |
| 5 | 5 | 8.17 | i | Jean-François Bonhème | FRA | 12Jul1949 | 1 | EC-i | Göteborg | 9Mar1974 | 176/65 | PB | LJ |
| 6 | 6 | 8.17 | Valeriy Podluzhny | URS | 22Aug1952 | 1 | HB | München | 12Sep1974 | 175/62 | LJ | ||
| 7 | 7 | 8.15 | Grzegorz Cybulski | POL | 23Nov1951 | 1 | Warszawa | 26May1974 | 178/69 | LJ | |||
| 8 | 8.15 | 1.1 | Nenad Stekic | 1 | Mem. Hanzekovic | Zagreb | 2Jun1974 | LJ | |||||
| 8 | 9 | 8.14 | 1.0 | Tommy Haynes | USA | 14Jul1952 | 1 | Murray KY | 17May1974 | 177/75 | PB | LJ | |
| 9 | 10 | 8.11 | 1.3 | Jerry Herndon | USA | 1955 | 3 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 25May1974 | PB | LJ | |
| 10 | 11 | 8.10 | i | Hans Baumgartner | FRG | 30May1949 | 2 | EC-i | Göteborg | 9Mar1974 | 190/74 | LJ | |
| 12 | 8.10 | 0.4 | Grzegorz Cybulski | 2 | Mem. Hanzekovic | Zagreb | 2Jun1974 | LJ | |||||
| 13 | 8.10 | 1.32 | Valeriy Podluzhny | - | EC | Roma (SO) | 4Sep1974 | LJ | |||||
| 11 | 14 | 8.09 | Jerry Proctor | USA | 4May1949 | 1 | Westwood CA | 17Mar1974 | 177/66 | PB | LJ | ||
| 12 | 15 | 8.09 | Joshua Owusu | GHA | 2Oct1948 | 1 | NAIA | Arkadelphia | 24May1974 | 195/76 | PB | LJ | |
| 16 | 8.08 | Jerry Herndon | 1 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1974 | LJ | ||||||
| 17 | 8.07 | James "Bouncy" Moore | 1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 21Jun1974 | LJ | ||||||
| 13 | 18 | 8.07 | 0.3 | T. Chandrapillai Yohannan | IND | 19May1947 | 1 | Asian G | Teheran | 12Sep1974 | 174/62 | NR | LJ |
| 19 | 8.05 | Valeriy Podluzhny | 1 | vsUSA | Durham NC | 6Jul1974 | LJ | ||||||
| 20 | 8.05 | 1.43 | Nenad Stekic | 2 | EC | Roma (SO) | 4Sep1974 | LJ | |||||
| 21 | 8.04 | Valeriy Podluzhny | 1 | Donyetsk | 12Jul1974 | LJ | |||||||
| 22 | 8.03 | i | Max Klauss | 3 | EC-i | Göteborg | 9Mar1974 | LJ | |||||
| 23 | 8.03 | Arnie Robinson | 2 | AAU | Westwood CA | 21Jun1974 | LJ | ||||||
| 24 | 8.03 | Arnie Robinson | 2 | vsURS | Durham NC | 6Jul1974 | LJ | ||||||
| 14 | 25 | 8.02A | i | Henry Hines | USA | 21Feb1949 | 1 | ITA | Salt Lake City | 22Feb1974 | 183/72 | LJ | |
| 15 | 26 | 8.01 | i | Frank Wartenberg | GDR | 29May1955 | 1 | Est Berlin | 23Feb1974 | 184/71 | LJ | ||
| 27 | 8.01 | Nenad Stekic | 2 | HB | München | 12Sep1974 | LJ | ||||||
| 28 | 8.01 | Valeriy Podluzhny | 1 | vsFIN | Sochi | 22Sep1974 | LJ | ||||||
| 29 | 8.00 | i | Grzegorz Cybulski | 1 | Berlin | 3Feb1974 | LJ | ||||||
| 30 | 8.00 | 1.80 | Hans Baumgartner | 1 | NC | Hannover | 28Jul1974 | LJ | |||||
| 31 | 8.00 | 0.0 | Jean-François Bonhème | 1 | NC | Nice | 28Jul1974 | LJ | |||||
| 16 | 7.98 | Jacques Rousseau | FRA | 10Mar1951 | 1 | Fontainebleau | 8Jun1974 | 186/76 | LJ | ||||
| 17 | 7.98 | Alan Lerwill | GBR | 15Nov1946 | 1 | vsPOL,CAN | Warszawa | 29Jun1974 | 188/81 | PB | LJ | ||
| 18 | 7.98 | 1.82 | Yevgeniy Shubin | URS | 5Aug1947 | 3 | EC | Roma (SO) | 4Sep1974 | 187/73 | PB | LJ | |
| 19 | 7.97 | Anthony Carter | USA | 28May1954 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 13Apr1974 | 185/77 | LJ | ||||
| 20 | 7.97 | Kingsley Adams | GHA | 26Jun1952 | 1 | Drake R | Des Moines IA | 26Apr1974 | 180/63 | PB | LJ | ||
| 21 | 7.97 | Aleksey Pereverzyev | URS | 20Jul1949 | 2 | vsFIN | Sochi | 22Sep1974 | 191/78 | LJ | |||
| 22 | 7.96 | Al Lanier | USA | 20Jul1950 | 4 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 25May1974 | 185/75 | LJ | |||
| 23 | 7.96 | 1.2 | Wolfram Lauterbach | GDR | 18Jan1952 | 2 | Olympischer Tag | Est Berlin | 12Jun1974 | 180/71 | LJ | ||
| 24 | 7.95 | Ross Blackman | AUS | 7Apr1951 | 1 | Eugene OR | 4May1974 | 185/77 | PB | LJ | |||
| 25 | 7.94 | William (Bill) Rea | USA | 3Feb1952 | 5 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1974 | 180/77 | LJ | |||
| 26 | 7.94 | Randy Williams | USA | 23Aug1953 | 6 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1974 | 178/69 | LJ | |||
| 27 | 7.92 | Christopher Commons | AUS | 9Dec1950 | 2 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 178/65 | LJ | |||
| 28 | 7.92 | David Boyd | USA | 19May1952 | 2 | Knoxville TN | 13Apr1974 | 185/72 | LJ | ||||
| 29 | 7.92 | John Berry | USA | 23Feb1952 | 1 | Houston TX | 18May1974 | 183/72 | PB | LJ | |||
| 30 | 7.92 | Danny Seay | USA | 8Feb1953 | 4 | AAU | Westwood CA | 21Jun1974 | 183/77 | LJ | |||
| 31 | 7.92 | Harald Beck | GDR | 10Nov1952 | 1 | Potsdam | 17Aug1974 | 185/73 | LJ | ||||
| 32 | 7.91 | Theo Hamilton | USA | 23Jan1952 | 1 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 31May1974 | 190/77 | LJ | |||
| 33 | 7.91 | Rolf Bernhard | SUI | 13Dec1949 | 1 | Genève | 25Aug1974 | 180/72 | LJ | ||||
| 34 | 7.90 | Jeff Bolin | USA | 10Jul1950 | 7 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1974 | 185/69 | LJ | |||
| 35 | 7.89 | Ulrich Köwring | FRG | 5Nov1949 | 1 | Lüdenscheid | 26May1974 | 179/69 | LJ | ||||
| 36 | 7.89 | Rafael Blanquer | ESP | 14Oct1945 | 1 | Bétera Val. | 30Jul1974 | 178/69 | LJ | ||||
| 37 | 7.88 | Stan Whitley | USA | 17Dec1945 | 4 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 27Apr1974 | 180/75 | LJ | |||
| 38 | 7.88 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 28May1954 | 1 | NC | São Paulo | 23Nov1974 | 186/76 | LJ | |||
| 39 | 7.86 | i | Charlton Ehizuelen | NGR | 30Nov1953 | 1 | Champaign IL | 26Jan1974 | 180/68 | LJ | |||
| 40 | 7.86 | i | Stan Royster | USA | 17Aug1946 | 2 | AAU | New York | 22Feb1974 | 180/77 | LJ | ||
| 41 | 7.86 | Wesley Smith | USA | 6Jul1952 | 1 | Lake Charles LA | 26Apr1974 | 185/70 | LJ | ||||
| 42 | 7.86 | Vitaliy Teplyakov | URS | 1948 | 1 | Kaunas | 5May1974 | PB | LJ | ||||
| 43 | 7.86 | Dumitru Iordache | ROM | 20Jul1951 | 1 | Ita-Bul | Sofia | 9Jun1974 | 183/75 | LJ | |||
| 44 | 7.85 | Stanislaw Szudrowicz | POL | 4Feb1947 | 2 | Warszawa | 26May1974 | 180/74 | LJ | ||||
| 45 | 7.85 | Stefan Lazarescu | ROM | 19Aug1949 | 1 | Bucuresti | 30May1974 | 185/77 | LJ | ||||
| 46 | 7.85 | Gilbert Zante | FRA | 13Apr1953 | 3 | Paris (Jean Bouin) | 22Jun1974 | 181/76 | LJ | ||||
| 47 | 7.85 | Siegfried Dähne | GDR | 17Mar1946 | 2 | Est Berlin | 24Aug1974 | 174/62 | LJ | ||||
| 48 | 7.84 | Fred Batiste | USA | 1952 | 1 | Long Beach CA | 6Apr1974 | PB | LJ | ||||
| 49 | 7.84 | Sergey Shcherbina | URS | 19Feb1952 | 2 | Donyetsk | 12Jul1974 | 188/75 | PB | LJ | |||
| 50 | 7.84 | Yves Le Roy | FRA | 23Feb1951 | dec | Colombes | 13Jul1974 | 191/88 | PB | LJ | |||
| 51 | 7.84 | Gábor Katona | HUN | 1Oct1952 | 2 | Budapest | 20Jul1974 | 186/81 | LJ | ||||
| 52 | 7.84 | 0.0 | Hans-Jürgen Berger | FRG | 21Sep1951 | 1 | Leverkusen | 17Sep1974 | 182/63 | LJ | |||
| 53 | 7.83 | Tönü Lepik | URS | 1May1946 | 1 | Imatra | 9Jul1974 | 193/85 | LJ | ||||
| 54 | 7.83 | Philippe Deroche | FRA | 11Sep1954 | -3 | Paris | 20Aug1974 | 173/69 | LJ | ||||
| 55 | 7.83 | Carlos Amador | CUB | 28Mar1955 | 1 | La Habana | 20Sep1974 | LJ | |||||
| 56 | 7.82 | Gyula Németh | HUN | 13Nov1950 | 1 | Budapest | 25May1974 | 184/71 | LJ | ||||
| 57 | 7.82 | Valeriy Vereskun | URS | 9Jun1947 | 1 | Dnyepropetrovsk | 9Aug1974 | 186/76 | PB | LJ | |||
| 58 | 7.82 | 0.0 | Andreas Gloerfeld | FRG | 10Aug1948 | 1 | Uerdingen | 24Aug1974 | 180/70 | LJ | |||
| 59 | 7.81 | i | Vladimir Skibyenko | URS | 25Jul1947 | 1 | Moskva | 30Jan1974 | 182/72 | LJ | |||
| 60 | 7.81 | 2.0 | Joachim Busse | FRG | 10Mar1954 | 2 | vsPOL,FIN | Kassel | 8Jun1974 | 189/91 | LJ | ||
| 61 | 7.81 | 1.9 | Peter Rieger | GDR | 10Apr1953 | 3 | Olympischer Tag | Est Berlin | 12Jun1974 | 185/78 | LJ | ||
| 62 | 7.81 | Milan Matos | CUB | 12Feb1949 | 1 | Ros | Praha | 19Jun1974 | 174/65 | LJ | |||
| 63 | 7.80A | David Langley | RSA | 27Jul1943 | 1 | Pretoria | 9Feb1974 | LJ | |||||
| 64 | 7.80 | i | Norman Tate | USA | 2Dec1942 | ITA | 1974 | 185/80 | LJ | ||||
| 65 | 7.80 | Louie Wright | USA | 31Jan1953 | 3 | Westwood CA | 31May1974 | 188/91 | PB | LJ | |||
| 66 | 7.79 | i | Bob Beamon | USA | 29Aug1946 | 2 | ITA | Uniondale NY | 15Feb1974 | 189/75 | LJ | ||
| 67 | 7.79 | John Delamare | NZL | 9Dec1951 | 2 | Los Angeles CA | 17May1974 | 188/70 | LJ | ||||
| 68 | 7.79 | Pavel Tolnay | CZE | 30Apr1948 | 1 | Praha | 25May1974 | 184/72 | LJ | ||||
| 69 | 7.79 | Pekka Suvitie | FIN | 28Jun1952 | 1 | Jyväskylä | 10Aug1974 | 183/81 | LJ | ||||
| 70 | 7.79 | Tapani Taavitsainen | FIN | 17Jun1944 | 2 | Jyväskylä | 10Aug1974 | LJ | |||||
| 71 | 7.78A | i | Henry Jackson | JAM | 25Oct1947 | 2 | ITA | Salt Lake City | 22Feb1974 | 188/81 | LJ | ||
| 72 | 7.78 | Gerald Hardeman | USA | 15Mar1955 | 5 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 25May1974 | 185/76 | LJ | |||
| 73 | 7.78 | Denis Fautse | FRA | 5Mar1949 | 1 | Colombes | 26May1974 | LJ | |||||
| 74 | 7.78 | Jean-Hervé Stiévenart | FRA | 15Oct1954 | 1 | Paris | 2Jun1974 | 180/79 | LJ | ||||
| 75 | 7.78 | Adonis Jautakis | URS | 21Sep1951 | 1 | Kaunas | 10Jul1974 | 181/68 | LJ | ||||
| 76 | 7.78 | Jaroslav Broz | CZE | 8Nov1950 | 1 | Hradoc KR | 17Aug1974 | 182/76 | LJ | ||||
| 77 | 7.78 | Jonas Sabas | URS | 1946 | 1 | Klaipeda | 18Aug1974 | LJ | |||||
| 78 | 7.78 | Kari Palmen | FIN | 10Mar1946 | 2 | Lohja | 25Aug1974 | 190/86 | LJ | ||||
| 79 | 7.77 | Darryl Hughes | USA | 8Sep1953 | 2 | Tempe AZ | 16Mar1974 | 185/74 | LJ | ||||
| 80 | 7.77 | Robert Joseph | USA | 13Apr1951 | 1 | Tempe AZ | 4May1974 | 185/68 | LJ | ||||
| 81 | 7.77 | Zbigniew Beta | POL | 2Jul1953 | 3 | Warszawa | 26May1974 | 194/88 | LJ | ||||
| 82 | 7.77 | 1.1 | Miljenko Rak | YUG | 20Sep1947 | 5 | Mem. Hanzekovic | Zagreb | 2Jun1974 | 179/66 | LJ | ||
| 83 | 7.77 | Francisco Gómez | CUB | 7Feb1957 | 2 | Ita-Bul | Sofia | 9Jun1974 | 169/60 | LJ | |||
| 84 | 7.77 | Joël Martin | FRA | 27Jul1947 | 4 | Paris (Jean Bouin) | 22Jun1974 | LJ | |||||
| 85 | 7.77 | Helmut Klöck | FRG | 16Mar1951 | 1 | Uerdingen | 18Jul1974 | 180/68 | LJ | ||||
| 86 | 7.77 | Takayoshi Kawagoe | JPN | 4Aug1949 | 2 | Asian G | Teheran | 12Sep1974 | 175/69 | LJ | |||
| 87 | 7.76 | Peter Halson | AUS | 23Feb1956 | 1 | Melbourne | 9Jan1974 | LJ | |||||
| 88 | 7.76 | i | Muhamed Chariyev | URS | 8Mar1951 | 1 | Bryansk | 24Mar1974 | 184/70 | LJ | |||
| 89 | 7.76 | James Godwin | USA | 1953 | 1 | Raleigh NC | 30Mar1974 | LJ | |||||
| 90 | 7.76 | Mike Grant | USA | 9Jan1953 | 1 | Tuscaloosa AL | 27Apr1974 | 190/75 | LJ | ||||
| 91 | 7.76 | Christian Tourret | FRA | 20Sep1946 | 5 | Paris (Jean Bouin) | 22Jun1974 | 180/70 | LJ | ||||
| 92 | 7.76 | Ivan Lobach | URS | 1Aug1950 | 1 | Minsk | 9Aug1974 | 170/74 | LJ | ||||
| 93 | 7.76 | Valentin Kuzmenko | URS | 10Jun1944 | 1 | Grodno | 23Sep1974 | LJ | |||||
| 94 | 7.75 | Bruce Field | AUS | 22Jan1947 | 1 | Melbourne | 23Feb1974 | 177/72 | LJ | ||||
| 95 | 7.75 | Ryszard Skowronek | POL | 1May1949 | 1 | Gliwice | 18May1974 | 183/82 | LJ | ||||
| 96 | 7.75 | Valeriu Jurca | ROM | 20Dec1946 | 2 | Bucuresti | 30May1974 | 183/77 | LJ | ||||
| 97 | 7.75 | Ulf Jarfelt | SWE | 16Jul1948 | 1 | Karlstad | 2Aug1974 | 193/85 | LJ | ||||
| 98 | 7.74 | Rory Kotinek | USA | 1Jan1953 | 4 | Westwood CA | 17Mar1974 | 185/79 | LJ | ||||
| 99 | 7.74 | Darrell Brown | USA | 1955 | 1 | Charleston IL | 16May1974 | LJ |