Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	2 August (qualifying round) 4 August (final)
Competitors	20 from 16 nations
Winning distance	8.08 m
Medalists
LaQuan Nairn    Bahamas   Murali Sreeshankar    India   Jovan van Vuuren    South Africa

The men's long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 4 August 2022.

For the third time, the gold and silver medallists achieved the same distance in this competition. The previous two occasions occurred in 1958 and 1998.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 m	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
Commonwealth record	Tajay Gayle (JAM)	8.69 m	Doha, Qatar	28 September 2019
Games record	Luvo Manyonga (RSA)	8.41 m	Gold Coast, Australia	11 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	10:00	Qualification
Thursday 4 August 2022	19:42	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who jumped ≥8.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	A	Murali Sreeshankar (IND)	8.05 +2.7 m/s			8.05 +2.7 m/s		Q
2	A	LaQuan Nairn (BAH)	7.80 +0.8 m/s	7.30 -4.0 m/s	7.90 -1.2 m/s	7.90 -1.2 m/s		q
3	A	Jovan van Vuuren (RSA)	7.87 -3.1 m/s	7.41 -0.8 m/s	× +0.8 m/s	7.87 -3.1 m/s		q
4	A	Shawn-D Thompson (JAM)	7.85 -0.6 m/s	× +2.0 m/s	7.77 +0.5 m/s	7.85 -0.6 m/s		q
5	A	Henry Frayne (AUS)	7.85 +2.2 m/s	―	―	7.85 +2.2 m/s		q
6	B	Emanuel Archibald (GUY)	7.59 +0.7 m/s	7.63 -2.0 m/s	7.83 +0.4 m/s	7.83 +0.4 m/s		q
7	B	Christopher Mitrevski (AUS)	7.10 -3.2 m/s	7.41 -1.0 m/s	7.76 -1.0 m/s	7.76 -1.0 m/s		q
8	B	Muhammed Yahiya (IND)	7.49 0 m/s	7.68 -0.2 m/s	7.49 -3.8 m/s	7.68 -0.2 m/s		q
9	A	Tristan James (DMA)	7.65 +0.3 m/s	7.62 +1.8 m/s	7.44 -1.7 m/s	7.65 +0.3 m/s		q
10	A	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye (TCA)	7.53 +0.5 m/s	7.49 -1.1 m/s	7.65 +0.6 m/s	7.65 +0.6 m/s	SB	q
11	B	Thapelo Monaiwa (BOT)	7.47 -1.8 m/s	7.65 -0.9 m/s	7.31 -1.3 m/s	7.65 -0.9 m/s		q
12	A	Andwuelle Wright (TTO)	7.58 -1.8 m/s	7.22 -2.4 m/s	7.41 0.0 m/s	7.58 -1.8 m/s		q
13	B	Kelsey Daniel (TTO)	× +0.4 m/s	7.49 -2.1 m/s	× -1.0 m/s	7.49 -2.1 m/s	SB
14	B	Appolinaire Yinra (CMR)	× -0.1 m/s	7.26 +1.3 m/s	7.45 -0.6 m/s	7.45 -0.6 m/s
15	A	Louis Gordon (CAY)	7.43 -0.5 m/s	7.30 -0.5 m/s	7.36 -1.2 m/s	7.43 -0.5 m/s
16	B	Kizan David (SKN)	7.00 -2.1 m/s	× -2.0 m/s	5.35 +0.4 m/s	7.00 -2.1 m/s
17	B	Kelvin Masoe (SAM)	5.39 -4.3 m/s	6.62 +1.1 m/s	6.75 +0.2 m/s	6.75 +0.2 m/s	SB
	A	Brandon Jones (BIZ)	× -1.1 m/s	× -2.5 m/s	× -0.1 m/s	NM
	B	Cheswell Johnson (RSA)	DNS
	B	Elstrom Wanemut (VAN)	DNS

Final

The medals were determined in the final.

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	LaQuan Nairn (BAH)	7.94	8.08	x	x	7.84	7.98	8.08
	Murali Sreeshankar (IND)	7.60 w	7.84	7.84	x	8.08	x	8.08
	Jovan van Vuuren (RSA)	7.92	8.06	7.83	7.49	7.75	x	8.06
4	Shawn-D Thompson (JAM)	7.62	x	8.05	7.75	7.73	7.70	8.05	SB
5	Muhammed Yahiya (IND)	x	7.65	7.72	7.74	7.58	7.97	7.97
6	Henry Frayne (AUS)	7.89	x	x	x	7.94	x	7.94
7	Tristan James (DMA)	7.85	7.79	x	x	7.80	7.69	7.85
8	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye (TCA)	7.53	7.80	x	7.65	7.52	7.67	7.80	SB
9	Christopher Mitrevski (AUS)	6.25 w	7.57	7.70				7.70
10	Andwuelle Wright (TTO)	7.57 w	x	6.86				7.57
11	Emanuel Archibald (GUY)	7.54	7.24	7.41				7.54
12	Thapelo Monaiwa (BOT)	x	7.37	x				7.37