| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Calado |  POR | 8.25o | 7.85 | 
| 2 | James Beckford |  JAM | 8.52o | 8.14 | 
| 3 | Iván Pedroso |  CUB | 8.71o | 8.60 | 
| 4 | Joe Greene |  USA | 8.48o | 8.17 | 
| 5 | Romuald Ducros |  FRA | 7.98 | 7.98 | 
| 6 | SpirÃdon Vasdékis |  GRE | 8.10 | 8.10 | 
| 7 | Kirill Sosunov |  RUS | 8.30 | 8.30 | 
| 8 | Erick Walder |  USA | 8.74o | 8.18 | 
| 9 | Yevgeniy Tretyak |  RUS | 8.29o | 8.16 | 
| 10 | Bogdan Tudor |  ROU | 8.37o | 8.21 | 
| 11 | Aleksandr Glavatskiy |  BLR | 8.33o | 8.08 | 
| 12 | Gregor Cankar |  SLO | 8.30o | 8.04 |