| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8.54 | 0.85 | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 25Jun1959 | 1 | OG | Moskva | 28Jul1980 | 187/87 | NR | LJ |
| 2 | 8.45 | 1.9 | Lutz Dombrowski | 1 | Dresden | 5Jul1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 8.38 | i | Larry Myricks | USA | 10Mar1956 | 1 | Johnson City TN | 12Jan1980 | 186/75 | LJ | ||
| 4 | 8.38 | i | Larry Myricks | 1 | San Diego CA | 22Feb1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 8.36 | 1.6 | Frank Paschek | GDR | 25Jun1956 | 1 | OD | Est Berlin | 28May1980 | 183/72 | PB | LJ |
| 6 | 8.31 | 0.0 | Larry Myricks | 1 | WK | Zürich | 13Aug1980 | LJ | |||||
| 7 | 8.28 | 1.7 | Larry Myricks | 1 | FOT | Eugene OR | 25Jun1980 | LJ | |||||
| 8 | 8.23 | Larry Myricks | -1 | Hiroshima | 29Apr1980 | LJ | |||||||
| 4 | 9 | 8.23 | 0.2 | Antonio Corgos | ESP | 10Mar1960 | 1 | NC | Madrid | 24Aug1980 | 183/76 | PB | LJ |
| 10 | 8.22 | Larry Myricks | 1 | ASV | Köln | 10Aug1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 11 | 8.21 | i | Larry Myricks | 1 | TAC | New York | 29Feb1980 | LJ | |||||
| 12 | 8.21 | -0.05 | Frank Paschek | 2 | OG | Moskva | 28Jul1980 | LJ | |||||
| 13 | 8.20 | Frank Paschek | 1 | OT | Potsdam | 10May1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 5 | 14 | 8.20 | 1.9 | Andrzej Klimaszewski | POL | 14May1960 | 1 | Sopot | 5Jul1980 | 185/80 | PB | LJ | |
| 15 | 8.20 | Larry Myricks | 1 | Stuttgart | 11Jul1980 | LJ | |||||||
| 16 | 8.20 | 0.1 | Larry Myricks | 1 | LB | Philadelphia PA | 17Jul1980 | LJ | |||||
| 17 | 8.18 | Larry Myricks | 1 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 19Apr1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 6 | 18 | 8.18 | 1.20 | Valeriy Podluzhny | URS | 22Aug1952 | 3 | OG | Moskva | 28Jul1980 | 175/62 | PB | LJ |
| 19 | 8.18 | -1.3 | Lutz Dombrowski | 1 | Jena | 9Aug1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 20 | 8.17 | 0.2 | Frank Paschek | 1 | Est Berlin | 9Jul1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 21 | 8.17 | 1.7 | Frank Paschek | 1q1 | OG | Moskva | 27Jul1980 | LJ | |||||
| 22 | 8.17 | -0.7 | Lutz Dombrowski | 2q1 | OG | Moskva | 27Jul1980 | LJ | |||||
| 7 | 23 | 8.14 | Charlton Ehizuelen | NGR | 30Nov1953 | -1 | San José CA | 26Apr1980 | 180/68 | LJ | |||
| 8 | 24 | 8.14 | 1.4 | Jens Knipphals | FRG | 19May1958 | 2 | OD | Est Berlin | 28May1980 | 189/74 | PB | LJ |
| 25 | 8.14 | 0.6 | Valeriy Podluzhny | 1 | Prav | Moskva | 12Jun1980 | LJ | |||||
| 26 | 8.13 | i | Lutz Dombrowski | 1 | NC-i | Senftenberg | 27Jan1980 | LJ | |||||
| 27 | 8.13 | i | Larry Myricks | 1 | Daly City | 23Feb1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 9 | 28 | 8.13 | Larry Doubley | USA | 15Mar1958 | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 1Mar1980 | 203/86 | LJ | |||
| 10 | 29 | 8.13 | Randy Williams | USA | 23Aug1953 | 1 | Tempe AZ | 5Apr1980 | 178/69 | LJ | |||
| 11 | 30 | 8.13 | LaMonte King | USA | 18Dec1959 | 1 | Houston TX | 3May1980 | 175/68 | LJ | |||
| 31 | 8.13 | Larry Doubley | 2 | NCAA | Austin TX | 6Jun1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 12 | 32 | 8.13 | -1.03 | László Szalma | HUN | 21Oct1957 | 4 | OG | Moskva | 28Jul1980 | 190/80 | LJ | |
| 13 | 33 | 8.13 | -0.48 | Stanislaw Jaskulka | POL | 25Aug1958 | 5 | OG | Moskva | 28Jul1980 | 180/70 | PB | LJ |
| 34 | 8.12 | Charlton Ehizuelen | 2 | Tempe AZ | 5Apr1980 | LJ | |||||||
| 35 | 8.12 | Larry Doubley | 1 | San José CA | 12Apr1980 | LJ | |||||||
| 36 | 8.12 | Frank Paschek | 1 | Split | 29Apr1980 | LJ | |||||||
| 37 | 8.12 | László Szalma | 1 | VD | Bruxelles | 22Aug1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 14 | 38 | 8.11 | Carl Lewis | USA | 1Jul1961 | -1 | NCAA | Austin TX | 6Jun1980 | 188/80 | LJ | ||
| 15 | 39 | 8.11 | 1.4 | Nenad Stekic | YUG | 7Mar1951 | 1 | Balkan C | Sofia | 14Jun1980 | 181/73 | LJ | |
| 16 | 40 | 8.10 | William (Bill) Rea | USA | 3Feb1952 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 25May1980 | 180/77 | LJ | |||
| 17 | 41 | 8.10 | 1.9 | Peter Rieger | GDR | 10Apr1953 | 3 | OD | Est Berlin | 28May1980 | 185/78 | PB | LJ |
| 18 | 42 | 8.10 | 1.59 | Viktor Byelskiy | URS | 22Feb1955 | 6 | OG | Moskva | 28Jul1980 | 184/72 | LJ | |
| 19 | 43 | 8.10 | 1.5 | Rolf Bernhard | SUI | 13Dec1949 | 1 | NC | Lausanne | 23Aug1980 | 180/72 | LJ | |
| 20 | 44 | 8.09 | i | Lutz Franke | GDR | 3Jul1957 | 1 | Est Berlin | 20Jan1980 | 183/78 | LJ | ||
| 45 | 8.09 | 0.0 | Carl Lewis | 1 | TexR | Austin TX | 4Apr1980 | LJ | |||||
| 21 | 46 | 8.09 | 2.0 | Uwe Lange | GDR | 13Dec1954 | 4 | OD | Est Berlin | 28May1980 | 183/76 | LJ | |
| 47 | 8.09 | 0.12 | Antonio Corgos | 7 | OG | Moskva | 28Jul1980 | LJ | |||||
| 48 | 8.08 | Carl Lewis | 2 | San José CA | 12Apr1980 | LJ | |||||||
| 49 | 8.08 | Antonio Corgos | Granada | 26May1980 | LJ | ||||||||
| 50 | 8.08 | László Szalma | 1 | Budapest | 18Jun1980 | LJ | |||||||
| 51 | 8.08 | Larry Myricks | 1 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 8Aug1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 22 | 52 | 8.08 | 0.3 | Roy Mitchell | GBR | 1Jan1955 | 1 | 8-N2 | Beijing | 27Sep1980 | 190/85 | PB | LJ |
| 23 | 53 | 8.07 | David Giralt | CUB | 28Jun1959 | 1 | La Habana | 18May1980 | 178/68 | LJ | |||
| 54 | 8.07 | 1.3 | Lutz Franke | 5 | OD | Est Berlin | 28May1980 | LJ | |||||
| 55 | 8.07 | Lutz Franke | 2 | Est Berlin | 9Jul1980 | LJ | |||||||
| 56 | 8.07 | Stanislaw Jaskulka | 3q1 | OG | Moskva | 27Jul1980 | LJ | ||||||
| 24 | 57 | 8.07 | Joachim Busse | FRG | 10Mar1954 | 1 | Rhede | 30Jul1980 | 189/91 | LJ | |||
| 25 | 8.06 | i | Arvidas Sabonis | URS | 19Dec1954 | 1 | Vilnius | 3Feb1980 | 180/80 | PB | LJ | ||
| 26 | 8.06A | 1.5 | Johan van der Merwe | RSA | 12Aug1958 | 1 | Krugersdorp | 15Nov1980 | 190/74 | PB | LJ | ||
| 27 | 8.04 | Junichi Usui | JPN | 6Oct1957 | 1 | Tokyo | 31May1980 | 178/68 | LJ | ||||
| 28 | 8.03 | i | Jason Grimes | USA | 10Sep1959 | 2 | Johnson City TN | 11Jan1980 | 179/76 | LJ | |||
| 29 | 8.03 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 28May1954 | 1 | São Paulo | 24May1980 | 186/76 | LJ | ||||
| 31 | 8.03 | Arnie Robinson | USA | 7Apr1948 | - | TAC | Walnut CA | 14Jun1980 | 188/74 | LJ | |||
| 30 | 8.03 | 1.4 | Ivan Tuparov | BUL | 15Nov1959 | 2 | Balkan C | Sofia | 14Jun1980 | 175/64 | LJ | ||
| 32 | 8.02 | 0.77 | Yordan Yanev | BUL | 29Jul1954 | 8 | OG | Moskva | 28Jul1980 | 180/74 | PB | LJ | |
| 33 | 8.00 | 1.9 | Alberto Solanas | ESP | 6Nov1955 | 1 | ECCp | Madrid | 25May1980 | 188/75 | PB | LJ | |
| 34 | 8.00 | 1.4 | Grzegorz Cybulski | POL | 23Nov1951 | 2 | vFRG | Warszawa | 10Jun1980 | 178/69 | LJ | ||
| 35 | 8.00 | -1.4 | Francis Morgan Daley Thompson | GBR | 30Jul1958 | 1dec | OG | Moskva | 25Jul1980 | 185/86 | LJ | ||
| 36 | 7.98 | 2.0 | Gary Honey | AUS | 26Jul1959 | -1 | Sydney | 19Jan1980 | 183/74 | LJ | |||
| 37 | 7.98 | i | Winfried Klepsch | FRG | 22May1956 | 1 | EC-i | Sindelfingen | 2Mar1980 | 190/74 | LJ | ||
| 38 | 7.98 | Toshihisa Yoshimoto | JPN | 18Jul1953 | 2 | Hiroshima | 29Apr1980 | 178/72 | PB | LJ | |||
| 39 | 7.97 | Shamil Abbyasov | URS | 16Apr1957 | 1 | NC | Donyetsk | 7Sep1980 | 185/74 | LJ | |||
| 40 | 7.96 | Stanley Holmes | USA | 3Aug1957 | 2 | Knoxville TN | 12Apr1980 | 191/77 | PB | LJ | |||
| 41 | 7.95 | Liu Yuhuang | CHN | 25Jul1959 | 2 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 19Apr1980 | 177/72 | LJ | |||
| 42 | 7.95 | Mario Lega | ITA | 10Jan1957 | 1 | Salsomaggiore Terme | 30Apr1980 | 183/74 | PB | LJ | |||
| 43 | 7.95 | Jarrot Handy | USA | 16May1958 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 3May1980 | 179/70 | PB | LJ | |||
| 44 | 7.95 | Jan Leitner | CZE | 14Sep1953 | 1 | Praha | 11May1980 | 185/82 | LJ | ||||
| 45 | 7.95 | 1.8 | Philippe Deroche | FRA | 11Sep1954 | -1 | NC | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 29Jun1980 | 173/69 | LJ | ||
| 46 | 7.94 | i | Greg Artis | USA | 24Sep1959 | 1 | Morehead KY | 15Feb1980 | 190/69 | LJ | |||
| 47 | 7.93 | 1.7 | Frank Wartenberg | GDR | 29May1955 | 6 | OD | Est Berlin | 28May1980 | 184/71 | LJ | ||
| 48 | 7.92 | Zbigniew Matoga | POL | 12Feb1957 | 1 | Zabrze | 24May1980 | 185/75 | LJ | ||||
| 49 | 7.91 | Ken Hays | USA | 5Oct1956 | 1 | Westwood CA | 3May1980 | 198/84 | LJ | ||||
| 50 | 7.91 | Viktor Ruban | URS | 1959 | 1 | Tashkent | 6May1980 | LJ | |||||
| 51 | 7.91 | Ulrich Meier | FRG | 13Jan1958 | 2 | Stuttgart | 5Jun1980 | 188/76 | PB | LJ | |||
| 52 | 7.90 | Gordon Laine | USA | 24Feb1958 | 3 | Knoxville TN | 24May1980 | 183/69 | LJ | ||||
| 53 | 7.90 | Gilbert Smith | USA | 3Jan1960 | 6 | NCAA | Austin TX | 6Jun1980 | 180/77 | LJ | |||
| 54 | 7.90 | 0.0 | Frédéric Charles | FRA | 10Feb1957 | 2 | Nikaia | Nice | 17Aug1980 | 181/75 | PB | LJ | |
| 55 | 7.89 | Yuriy Morkovkin | URS | 20May1957 | 3 | Znam | Moskva | 5Jul1980 | 185/80 | LJ | |||
| 56 | 7.89 | Vladimir Potapenko | URS | 7Mar1961 | 1 | Kaunas | 18Jul1980 | 190/78 | LJ | ||||
| 57 | 7.89 | 0.0 | Claude Morinière | FRA | 10Jan1960 | 3 | Nikaia | Nice | 17Aug1980 | 175/70 | LJ | ||
| 58 | 7.89 | Yuriy Samarin | URS | 27Dec1960 | 2 | NC | Donyetsk | 7Sep1980 | 179/74 | LJ | |||
| 59 | 7.89 | 1.8 | Gábor Katona | HUN | 1Oct1952 | 1 | Budapest | 7Oct1980 | 186/81 | PB | LJ | ||
| 60 | 7.88 | Andre Kirnes | USA | 1Feb1961 | 8 | NCAA | Austin TX | 6Jun1980 | 179/66 | LJ | |||
| 61 | 7.88 | Willie Banks | USA | 11Mar1956 | 4 | WK | Zürich | 13Aug1980 | 190/77 | LJ | |||
| 62 | 7.87 | Essodina Atchade | TOG | 11Feb1958 | 1 | San José CA | 5Apr1980 | 180/80 | LJ | ||||
| 63 | 7.87 | Kayode Elegbede | NGR | 19Sep1955 | Ibadáan | 24May1980 | 178/71 | LJ | |||||
| 64 | 7.87 | Gheorghe Lina | ROM | 13Apr1959 | 1 | NC | Pitesti | 21Aug1980 | 184/69 | LJ | |||
| 65 | 7.86A | 0.3 | Henthie Botha | RSA | 2Jan1953 | 1 | Bloemfontein | 26Apr1980 | PB | LJ | |||
| 66 | 7.85 | László Szenczi | HUN | 3Feb1959 | 1 | Budapest | 22Jun1980 | 173/63 | LJ | ||||
| 67 | 7.84A | Steve Hanna | BAH | 30Oct1958 | 3 | El Paso TX | 19Apr1980 | 180/68 | LJ | ||||
| 68 | 7.84 | David Forcey | USA | 1 | San Angelo TX | 17May1980 | PB | LJ | |||||
| 69 | 7.84 | Wolfgang Kolmsee | FRG | 25Sep1954 | 1 | Ansbach | 17Jun1980 | 193/76 | PB | LJ | |||
| 70 | 7.84 | Marco Piochi | ITA | 1Jan1957 | 1 | Roma | 19Jun1980 | 172/64 | LJ | ||||
| 71 | 7.84 | Viktor Savinykh | URS | 25Aug1951 | 1 | Kishinyov | 28Jun1980 | 177/71 | LJ | ||||
| 72 | 7.84 | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | 11Sep1961 | 1 | vsGBR-j | Perugia | 20Aug1980 | 179/60 | LJ | |||
| 73 | 7.83 | Mike Pleasant | USA | 16Aug1955 | 1 | Fayetteville AR | 29Mar1980 | 185/86 | PB | LJ | |||
| 74 | 7.83 | i | Greg Turner | USA | 1958 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 29Mar1980 | 180/59 | PB | LJ | ||
| 75 | 7.83 | Jürgen Hingsen | FRG | 25Jan1958 | dec | Götzis | 17May1980 | 200/97 | LJ | ||||
| 76 | 7.82A | Larry Sutton | USA | 6Dec1958 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 10Mar1980 | 183/77 | LJ | ||||
| 77 | 7.82 | Mike McRae | USA | 9Jul1955 | 3 | Tempe AZ | 5Apr1980 | 185/79 | LJ | ||||
| 78 | 7.82 | Jubobosaye [Joshua] Kio | NGR | 7Sep1957 | Lagos | 24Apr1980 | 176/72 | LJ | |||||
| 79 | 7.82 | Yusuf Alli | NGR | 28Jul1960 | Lagos | 24Apr1980 | 185/80 | LJ | |||||
| 80 | 7.82 | Dannie Jackson | USA | 11May1958 | 3 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | 188/82 | LJ | |||
| 81 | 7.81 | Guido Kratschmer | FRG | 10Jan1953 | dec | Götzis | 17May1980 | 186/94 | LJ | ||||
| 82 | 7.81 | James Ross | USA | 9May1960 | 2 | Champaign IL | 23May1980 | 180/73 | LJ | ||||
| 83 | 7.81 | Oganes Stepanyan | URS | 1Jan1956 | 1 | Yerevan | 25May1980 | 184/74 | LJ | ||||
| 84 | 7.81 | Dimitrios Delifotis | GRE | 20Feb1957 | 4 | Balkan C | Sofia | 14Jun1980 | 180/77 | LJ | |||
| 85 | 7.81 | 1.0 | René Gloor | SUI | 3Nov1956 | 1 | Nicosia | 20Sep1980 | 179/70 | LJ | |||
| 86 | 7.80 | i | Eugene McCain | USA | 10Aug1960 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 1Mar1980 | 196/82 | LJ | |||
| 87 | 7.80 | Kevin Sloan | USA | 8Dec1957 | 1 | DrakeR | Des Moines IA | 25Apr1980 | 178/73 | PB | LJ | ||
| 88 | 7.80 | Don DuVall | USA | 9Oct1956 | 4 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | 188/77 | LJ | |||
| 89 | 7.80 | Warren Wilhoite | USA | 30Jun1961 | 1 | Tempe AZ | 31May1980 | 183/75 | LJ | ||||
| 90 | 7.80 | Jochen Verschl | FRG | 18Jun1956 | 1 | London | 13Jul1980 | 174/64 | LJ | ||||
| 91 | 7.80 | Wlodzimierz Wlodarczyk | POL | 23Aug1957 | 1 | Poznan | 13Aug1980 | 179/74 | LJ | ||||
| 92 | 7.79 | i | Jörg Klocke | FRG | 25Jan1960 | 2 | NC-i | Dortmund | 9Feb1980 | 189/85 | LJ | ||
| 93 | 7.79 | Jake Ford | USA | 14Jul1959 | 1 | Lake Charles LA | 22Mar1980 | 180/72 | LJ | ||||
| 94 | 7.79 | Bernd Heiland | GDR | 9Sep1956 | 5 | OT | Potsdam | 10May1980 | 178/67 | LJ | |||
| 95 | 7.78 | 2.0 | Rainer Pottel | GDR | 29Aug1953 | dec | OT | Halle | 3May1980 | 185/80 | LJ | ||
| 96 | 7.78 | Augustin Neuland | CUB | 28Aug1960 | 1 | Santiago de Cuba | 6Jun1980 | LJ | |||||
| 97 | 7.78 | Richard Rock | CAN | 6Nov1957 | 1 | NC | Sherbrooke | 14Jun1980 | 180/65 | LJ | |||
| 98 | 7.78 | Valeriy Pasechnikov | URS | 16Aug1959 | 1 | Almaty | 15Jun1980 | 179/73 | LJ | ||||
| 99 | 7.78 | Larry Clemons | USA | 26Feb1961 | 1 | TAC-j | Knoxville TN | 16Jun1980 | 188/82 | LJ | |||
| 100 | 7.78 | 1.8 | Tibor Kövesi | HUN | 2May1954 | 2 | Budapest | 7Oct1980 | 186/75 | LJ |