| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | B | Carl Lewis |
USA |
8.36 | +0.5 |
| 2 | 2 | B | Larry Myricks |
USA |
8.20 | +0.4 |
| 3 | 1 | A | Robert Emmiyan |
URS |
8.19 | +0.8 |
| 4 | 2 | A | Paul Emordi |
NGR |
8.14 | +1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | B | Jens Hirschberg |
GDR |
8.10 | +0.7 |
| 6 | 3 | A | Vladimir Bobylev |
URS |
8.08 | +0.3 |
| 7 | 4 | B | Yusuf Alli |
NGR |
8.07 | +0.9 |
| 8 | 4 | A | Jarmo Kärnä |
FIN |
8.06 | +1.8 |
| 9 | 5 | B | Vladimir Amidzhinov |
BUL |
8.05 | +0.7 |
| 10 | 6 | B | Heiko Reski |
FRG |
8.03 | +1.2 |
| 11 | 5 | A | Junichi Usui |
JPN |
8.02 | +1.4 |
| 12 | 6 | A | Jaime Jefferson |
CUB |
8.00 | +1.1 |
| 13 | 7 | A | Mike Conley |
USA |
7.99 | -0.4 |
| 14 | 7 | B | Sergey Layevskiy |
URS |
7.98 | +1.4 |
| 15 | 8 | B | Giovanni Evangelisti |
ITA |
7.97 | -0.3 |
| 16 | 9 | B | Ivo Krsek |
TCH |
7.96 | +0.5 |
| 16 | 8 | A | Norbert Brige |
FRA |
7.96 | -0.3 |
| 18 | 10 | B | Emiel Mellaard |
NED |
7.93 | +1.1 |
| 19 | 11 | B | Zunrong Chen |
CHN |
7.90 | +0.9 |
| 20 | 12 | B | Andreas Steiner |
AUT |
7.87 | +1.3 |
| 21 | 9 | A | Frans Maas |
NED |
7.78 | +0.7 |
| 22 | 13 | B | Fred Salle |
CMR |
7.60 | +1.1 |
| 22 | 14 | B | Antonio Corgos |
ESP |
7.60 | +1.3 |
| 24 | 10 | A | Róbert Széli |
TCH |
7.59 | -0.3 |
| 25 | 15 | B | Ian James |
CAN |
7.54 | +1.2 |
| 26 | 11 | A | Dietmar Haaf |
FRG |
7.51 | +0.8 |
| 27 | 12 | A | Ray Quiñones |
PUR |
7.41 | -0.2 |
| 28 | 16 | B | Badara Mbengue |
SEN |
7.23 | -0.4 |
| 29 | 17 | B | Carlos Casar |
MEX |
7.21 | +0.8 |
| 30 | 13 | A | Jeffrey Neptune |
GRN |
7.11 | +2.2 |
| 31 | 14 | A | Marcus Barros |
BRA |
6.94 | +1.9 |
| 32 | 15 | A | Devon Hyde |
BIZ |
6.61 | +1.3 |
| 32 | 18 | B | Wilbert Lee |
MNT |
6.61 | +1.3 |
| A | António Santos |
ANG |
NM | |||
| A | Stanislaw Jaskulka |
POL |
NM | |||
| A | Bruny Surin |
CAN |
NM | |||
| A | DimÃtrios Hatzópoulos |
GRE |
NM | |||
| A | Lester Benjamin |
ANT |
NM | |||
| B | Jeroen Fischer |
BEL |
DNS | |||
| B | Won-Jin Kim |
KOR |
DNS |