| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8.27 | 0.9 | Nenad Stekic | YUG | 7Mar1951 | q | NC | Nova Gorica | 9Jul1977 | 181/73 | LJ | |
| 2 | 2 | 8.25 | 0.5 | Jacques Rousseau | FRA | 10Mar1951 | 1 | Fürth | 11Sep1977 | 186/76 | LJ | ||
| 3 | 3 | 8.24 | 0.9 | Arnie Robinson | USA | 7Apr1948 | 1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 10Jun1977 | 188/74 | LJ | |
| 4 | 4 | 8.22 | Larry Doubley | USA | 15Mar1958 | 1 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 3Jun1977 | 203/86 | PB | LJ | |
| 5 | 8.22 | 0.0 | Arnie Robinson | 1 | WK | Zürich | 24Aug1977 | LJ | |||||
| 6 | 8.19 | 0.0 | Arnie Robinson | 1 | WCp | Düsseldorf | 2Sep1977 | LJ | |||||
| 5 | 7 | 8.18 | Charlton Ehizuelen | NGR | 30Nov1953 | 2 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 3Jun1977 | 180/68 | LJ | ||
| 6 | 8 | 8.15A | James Lofton | USA | 5Jul1956 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 27Mar1977 | 190/84 | LJ | |||
| 9 | 8.15 | 1.1 | Nenad Stekic | -1 | ECp/sf | London | 16Jul1977 | LJ | |||||
| 10 | 8.14 | Jacques Rousseau | 1 | vsROM | Bucuresti | 25Jun1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 11 | 8.14 | Nenad Stekic | 1 | NC | Nova Gorica | 9Jul1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 12 | 8.13 | Jacques Rousseau | -1 | ECCp | Wolverhampton | 2Jul1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 13 | 8.12 | James Lofton | 4 | AAU | Westwood CA | 10Jun1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 7 | 14 | 8.12 | 0.3 | David Giralt | CUB | 28Jun1959 | 1 | OD | Est Berlin | 15Jun1977 | 178/68 | LJ | |
| 15 | 8.11 | Charlton Ehizuelen | 1 | Carbondale IL | 16Apr1977 | LJ | |||||||
| 16 | 8.11 | 0.0 | Nenad Stekic | 1 | Mem. Zorko | Celje | 7Jun1977 | LJ | |||||
| 17 | 8.11 | David Giralt | 1 | Ros | Praha | 21Jun1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 8 | 18 | 8.10 | Randy Williams | USA | 23Aug1953 | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 21May1977 | 178/69 | LJ | ||
| 19 | 8.10 | James Lofton | 2 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 21May1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 9 | 20 | 8.10 | 1.8 | Erwin Plöger | GDR | 19Oct1956 | 1 | NC | Dresden | 3Jul1977 | PB | LJ | |
| 21 | 8.10 | Arnie Robinson | 1 | Nikaia | Nice | 21Aug1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 22 | 8.10 | David Giralt | 2 | WK | Zürich | 24Aug1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 10 | 23 | 8.09 | Philippe Deroche | FRA | 11Sep1954 | 1 | Narbonne | 2Jul1977 | 173/69 | PB | LJ | ||
| 24 | 8.09 | Philippe Deroche | 1 | Narbonne | 3Jul1977 | LJ | |||||||
| 25 | 8.08 | Charlton Ehizuelen | 1 | Champaign IL | 9Apr1977 | LJ | |||||||
| 26 | 8.08 | Nenad Stekic | 1 | Mem. Skok | Celje | 19Jul1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 11 | 27 | 8.08 | Uwe Lange | GDR | 13Dec1954 | 1 | Dresden | 7Aug1977 | 183/76 | LJ | |||
| 28 | 8.08 | Arnie Robinson | 2 | Fürth | 11Sep1977 | LJ | |||||||
| 29 | 8.07 | Arnie Robinson | 3 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 21May1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 30 | 8.07 | 1.0 | Nenad Stekic | -2 | ECCp | Wolverhampton | 2Jul1977 | LJ | |||||
| 12 | 31 | 8.07 | Rolf Bernhard | SUI | 13Dec1949 | 3 | WK | Zürich | 24Aug1977 | 180/72 | LJ | ||
| 13 | 8.05 | Valeriy Podluzhny | URS | 22Aug1952 | 1 | vsUSA | Sochi | 1Jul1977 | 175/62 | LJ | |||
| 14 | 8.04 | 1.2 | Roy Mitchell | GBR | 1Jan1955 | 1 | Deb | London (CP) | 25Jun1977 | 190/85 | LJ | ||
| 15 | 8.03 | Frank Wartenberg | GDR | 29May1955 | 2 | Dresden | 7Aug1977 | 184/71 | LJ | ||||
| 16 | 8.02A | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 28May1954 | 1 | WPT | Guadalajara | 10Aug1977 | 186/76 | LJ | |||
| 17 | 8.01 | i | Grzegorz Cybulski | POL | 23Nov1951 | 1 | Warszawa | 12Feb1977 | 178/69 | LJ | |||
| 18 | 8.00 | i | Lutz Franke | GDR | 3Jul1957 | 1 | Est Berlin | 6Mar1977 | 183/78 | LJ | |||
| 19 | 8.00 | Günther Meuche | GDR | 5Jul1954 | 3 | Dresden | 7Aug1977 | 186/78 | PB | LJ | |||
| 20 | 7.99 | Donald Dykes | USA | 24Aug1954 | 1 | Hammond | 1Mar1977 | 180/84 | PB | LJ | |||
| 21 | 7.98 | i | Tommy Haynes | USA | 14Jul1952 | 1 | Toronto | 3Mar1977 | 177/75 | LJ | |||
| 22 | 7.98 | Steve Cobb | USA | 17Nov1953 | 2 | Champaign IL | 23Apr1977 | 180/75 | PB | LJ | |||
| 23 | 7.98 | Hans Baumgartner | FRG | 30May1949 | 1 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 26Aug1977 | 190/74 | LJ | |||
| 24 | 7.97 | László Szalma | HUN | 21Oct1957 | 1 | Budapest | 19Jun1977 | 190/80 | LJ | ||||
| 25 | 7.96 | Tim Pinnick | USA | 16Dec1957 | 3 | Champaign IL | 23Apr1977 | 183/69 | PB | LJ | |||
| 26 | 7.95 | Jan Leitner | CZE | 14Sep1953 | 1 | Pravda Televizia Slovnaft | Bratislava | 10Jun1977 | 185/82 | LJ | |||
| 27 | 7.95 | Jochen Verschl | FRG | 18Jun1956 | -1 | Bremen | 11Sep1977 | 174/64 | LJ | ||||
| 28 | 7.94 | Michael Halim | NGR | 1Jun1954 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 16Apr1977 | PB | LJ | ||||
| 29 | 7.94 | Anthony Carter | USA | 28May1954 | 4 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 21May1977 | 185/77 | LJ | |||
| 30 | 7.94 | Dannie Jackson | USA | 11May1958 | 4 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 3Jun1977 | 188/82 | LJ | |||
| 31 | 7.93 | Joachim Busse | FRG | 10Mar1954 | 2 | NC | Hamburg | 7Aug1977 | 189/91 | LJ | |||
| 32 | 7.93 | Winfried Klepsch | FRG | 22May1956 | 4 | WK | Zürich | 24Aug1977 | 190/74 | LJ | |||
| 33 | 7.92 | Junichi Usui | JPN | 6Oct1957 | 1 | Tokyo | 21May1977 | 178/68 | LJ | ||||
| 34 | 7.92 | Jerzy Miedzialek | POL | 12Sep1951 | 2 | La Habana | 21May1977 | 185/80 | LJ | ||||
| 35 | 7.92 | Aleksey Pereverzyev | URS | 20Jul1949 | 1 | Prav | Sochi | 28May1977 | 191/78 | LJ | |||
| 36 | 7.92 | Peter Rieger | GDR | 10Apr1953 | 4 | Dresden | 7Aug1977 | 185/78 | LJ | ||||
| 37 | 7.90 | Anatoliy Kosikh | URS | 3Jun1955 | 1 | Almaty | 28Jun1977 | 175/72 | PB | LJ | |||
| 38 | 7.90 | Hans-Jürgen Berger | FRG | 21Sep1951 | 1 | Leverkusen | 15Jul1977 | 182/63 | LJ | ||||
| 39 | 7.89 | Stefan Lazarescu | ROM | 19Aug1949 | 1 | Poiana Brašov | 14Jul1977 | 185/77 | LJ | ||||
| 40 | 7.88 | Willie Banks | USA | 11Mar1956 | 1 | Westwood CA | 13Mar1977 | 190/77 | LJ | ||||
| 41 | 7.88 | Thomas Asare | GHA | 25Mar1955 | 1 | Tex R | Austin TX | 1Apr1977 | 173/68 | PB | LJ | ||
| 42 | 7.88 | Bernd Heiland | GDR | 9Sep1956 | 4 | NC | Dresden | 3Jul1977 | 178/67 | PB | LJ | ||
| 43 | 7.88 | Vladimir Tsepelyov | URS | 10Oct1956 | 2 | La Habana | 13Sep1977 | 194/84 | LJ | ||||
| 44 | 7.87 | Harvey Glance | USA | 28Mar1957 | 1 | Auburn AL | 16Apr1977 | 173/67 | PB | LJ | |||
| 45 | 7.87 | Ned Armour | USA | 6Mar1957 | 1 | Costa Mesa | 29Apr1977 | 185/80 | LJ | ||||
| 46 | 7.87 | LaMonte King | USA | 18Dec1959 | 1 | vsURS-j | Richmond KY | 3Jul1977 | 175/68 | LJ | |||
| 47 | 7.87 | Andrzej Korniak | POL | 19Apr1953 | 1 | Mich | Warszawa | 13Jul1977 | 177/74 | LJ | |||
| 48 | 7.87 | Yuriy Morkovkin | URS | 20May1957 | 1 | Nikolayev | 5Sep1977 | 185/80 | LJ | ||||
| 49 | 7.87 | Milan Matos | CUB | 12Feb1949 | 3 | La Habana | 13Sep1977 | 174/65 | LJ | ||||
| 50 | 7.86 | Carl Williams | USA | 9Jan1957 | 1 | Houston TX | 7May1977 | 183/83 | LJ | ||||
| 51 | 7.86 | Steve Hanna | BAH | 30Oct1958 | 1 | Nassau | 11Jul1977 | 180/68 | PB | LJ | |||
| 52 | 7.85 | Marcus Jennings | USA | 1957 | 1 | Bakersfield CA | 28May1977 | PB | LJ | ||||
| 53 | 7.85 | Krzysztof Baran | POL | 24Feb1954 | 1 | Rzeszów | 11Jun1977 | 182/84 | LJ | ||||
| 54 | 7.85 | Rafael Blanquer | ESP | 14Oct1945 | 1 | NC | Granollers, ESP | 25Jul1977 | 178/69 | LJ | |||
| 55 | 7.84 | Frédéric Charles | FRA | 10Feb1957 | 1 | Paris | 29May1977 | 181/75 | LJ | ||||
| 56 | 7.84 | Dumitru Iordache | ROM | 20Jul1951 | 1 | Bucuresti | 5Jun1977 | 183/75 | LJ | ||||
| 57 | 7.84 | Ronald Desruelles | BEL | 14Feb1955 | 1 | vsNOR | Oslo | 6Jul1977 | 186/80 | LJ | |||
| 58 | 7.83 | Stanislaw Jaskulka | POL | 25Aug1958 | 1 | vsURS | Spala | 9Jul1977 | 180/70 | LJ | |||
| 59 | 7.83 | Vladimir Timofeyev | URS | 10Sep1945 | Poznan | 27Aug1977 | LJ | ||||||
| 60 | 7.83 | Yuriy Kharitonov | URS | 23Jul1959 | 1 | Baku | 18Sep1977 | 173/63 | LJ | ||||
| 61 | 7.82 | Christopher Commons | AUS | 9Dec1950 | 1 | Canberra | 31Oct1977 | 178/65 | LJ | ||||
| 62 | 7.81 | i | Sheikh Tidiane Faye | GAM | 19Feb1948 | 1 | Bloomington IN | 5Feb1977 | 195/84 | LJ | |||
| 63 | 7.81 | i | Dennis Trott | BER | 20Jul1955 | 1 | Montgomery | 11Feb1977 | 173/72 | LJ | |||
| 64 | 7.81 | Tudorel Vasile | ROM | 19Jun1956 | 1 | Bucuresti | 22May1977 | 191/73 | LJ | ||||
| 65 | 7.81 | Susresh Babu | IND | 10Feb1953 | 1 | Patiala | 23May1977 | 187/72 | LJ | ||||
| 66 | 7.81 | Tadeusz Narozny | POL | 17Feb1956 | 2 | Kusoc | Bydgoszcz | 19Jun1977 | 177/68 | PB | LJ | ||
| 67 | 7.81 | Zou Zhenxian | CHN | 10Nov1955 | 1 | Guangzhou | 31Oct1977 | 184/72 | PB | LJ | |||
| 68 | 7.80 | i | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 25Jun1959 | 1 | Berlin | 13Feb1977 | 187/87 | LJ | |||
| 69 | 7.80 | i | Kingsley Adams | GHA | 26Jun1952 | 2 | AAU | New York | 25Feb1977 | 180/63 | LJ | ||
| 70 | 7.80A | Henthie Botha | RSA | 2Jan1953 | 1 | Bloemfontein | 19Mar1977 | LJ | |||||
| 71 | 7.80 | Gilbert Zante | FRA | 13Apr1953 | 1 | Diourbel | 3Apr1977 | 181/76 | LJ | ||||
| 72 | 7.80 | Stanley Holmes | USA | 3Aug1957 | 8 | AAU | Westwood CA | 10Jun1977 | 191/77 | LJ | |||
| 73 | 7.80 | Jaroslav Priscák | CZE | 28Aug1956 | 1 | Banská Býstrica | 3Jul1977 | 177/65 | LJ | ||||
| 74 | 7.80 | Stanislaw Szydlowski | POL | 14Oct1950 | q | Poznan | 10Sep1977 | 182/72 | LJ | ||||
| 75 | 7.79 | Dennis Ivory | USA | 2Jul1956 | 1 | IC4A | Philadelphia PA | 20May1977 | 178/70 | LJ | |||
| 76 | 7.79A | Salomon Rowe | GUA | 5Sep1951 | 2 | CAC | Xalapa | 5Aug1977 | 178/62 | LJ | |||
| 77 | 7.78 | John DoDoo | GHA | 15Nov1954 | 2 | Bowling Green OH | 6May1977 | 185/75 | LJ | ||||
| 78 | 7.78 | Jens Knipphals | FRG | 19May1958 | 1 | Wolfsburg | 22May1977 | 189/74 | LJ | ||||
| 79 | 7.78 | T. Chandrapillai Yohannan | IND | 19May1947 | 1 | Patiala | 31May1977 | 174/62 | LJ | ||||
| 80 | 7.78 | Hans Schicker | FRG | 3Oct1947 | 1 | Regensburg | 9Jun1977 | 184/78 | LJ | ||||
| 81 | 7.78 | Aleksandr Syomin | URS | 1951 | 1 | Alushta | Oct1977 | LJ | |||||
| 82 | 7.78 | Kashira Machida | JPN | 30Jun1956 | 1 | Tokyo | 30Oct1977 | 183/70 | LJ | ||||
| 83 | 7.77 | James Buchanan | CAN | 22Jul1955 | 1 | Fla | Gainesville FL | 25Mar1977 | 181/72 | LJ | |||
| 84 | 7.77 | Johnny Haugen | NOR | 13Sep1951 | 1 | vsGRE | Oslo | 3Aug1977 | LJ | ||||
| 85 | 7.77 | Yuriy Zvyezdin | URS | 26Oct1955 | 2 | Nikolayev | 5Sep1977 | 181/78 | LJ | ||||
| 86 | 7.77 | Toshihisa Yoshimoto | JPN | 18Jul1953 | 1 | Aomori | 5Oct1977 | 178/72 | LJ | ||||
| 87 | 7.76 | i | Helmut Klöck | FRG | 16Mar1951 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 26Feb1977 | 180/68 | LJ | |||
| 88 | 7.76 | i | Jaroslav Krivka | CZE | 18Dec1956 | 1 | Ostrava | 27Feb1977 | 187/80 | LJ | |||
| 89 | 7.76 | Anatoliy Ilyin | URS | 16Mar1951 | 1 | Yalta | 9Apr1977 | LJ | |||||
| 90 | 7.76 | Pier Carlo Molinaris | ITA | 16Sep1951 | 1 | Rieti | 1May1977 | 174/65 | LJ | ||||
| 91 | 7.76 | Bobby Jones | USA | 1957 | 2 | Bakersfield CA | 28May1977 | LJ | |||||
| 92 | 7.76 | Pavel Tolnay | CZE | 30Apr1948 | 2 | Banská Býstrica | 3Jul1977 | 184/72 | LJ | ||||
| 93 | 7.76 | Vytautas Kuckovas | URS | 1950 | 1 | Vilnius | 6Jul1977 | LJ | |||||
| 94 | 7.76 | Vladimir Romashov | URS | 20Sep1951 | 1 | Donyetsk | 10Sep1977 | 163/56 | LJ | ||||
| 95 | 7.75 | i | Mike Pleasant | USA | 16Aug1955 | 1 | Oklahoma City OK | 21Jan1977 | 185/86 | LJ | |||
| 96 | 7.75 | i | James McAndrew | CAN | 30Dec1956 | 1 | Oklahoma City OK | 12Feb1977 | 180/66 | LJ | |||
| 97 | 7.75 | Guido Kratschmer | FRG | 10Jan1953 | dec | Bernhausen | 18Jun1977 | 186/94 | LJ | ||||
| 98 | 7.75 | Andrzej Kedzierski | POL | 4Dec1953 | 3 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 30Jul1977 | 176/64 | LJ |