The men's long jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeIván PedrosoKirill SosunovJoe Greene

Results Qualification Qualification: 7.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.Qualification results

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Kirill Sosunov 7.38 7.78 8.30 8.30 Q, PB 2 B Joe Greene x 7.78 8.17 8.17 Q, SB 3 B Yevgeniy Tretyak 7.57 7.80 8.13 8.13 Q 4 B Iván Pedroso 8.12 8.12 Q 5 B Gregor Cankar x x 8.04 8.04 Q 6 A Romuald Ducros x 7.98 x 7.98 Q, PB 7 B Bogdan Tudor 7.71 7.87 7.95 7.95 Q 8 B Aleksandr Glavatskiy 7.85 7.95 7.95 Q 9 B James Beckford 7.95 7.95 Q 10 B Spyros Vasdekis 7.75 7.68 7.92 7.92 q 11 A Erick Walder 7.88 7.92 x 7.92 q 12 B Carlos Calado 7.47 7.80 7.85 7.85 q, NR 13 A Cheikh Touré 7.54 7.73 7.84 7.84 14 A Nobuharu Asahara 7.41 7.83 7.80 7.83 15 A Mattias Sunneborn 7.62 7.81 7.81 7.81 16 A Bogdan Țăruș 7.63 7.75 7.70 7.75 17 A Dimitrios Chatzopoulos 7.71 x 7.71 7.71 18 A Yevgeniy Semenyuk 7.41 7.69 7.54 7.69 19 A Krzysztof Łuczak 7.60 x 7.64 7.64 20 B Huang Geng 7.35 7.59 x 7.59 21 A Nélson Carlos Ferreira 7.48 x 7.58 7.58 22 A Yang Chao 7.57 7.57 x 7.57 23 A Konstantin Krause 7.27 7.56 x 7.56 24 B Younès Moudrik 5.21 7.49 x 7.49 NR 25 A Franck Zio x 7.49 x 7.49 25 B Olivier Borderan x x 7.49 7.49 27 B Robert Emmiyan 7.42 x 7.44 7.44 28 A Pedro García 7.34 x x 7.34 29 A Hatem Mersal 6.70 6.95 7.26 7.26 30 A Shirak Poghosyan 7.21 x x 7.21 31 B Raúl Fernández 7.14 7.18 x 7.18 32 A Pa Modou Gai 6.94 7.16 6.83 7.16 33 B Josue M'Bon 6.98 6.96 6.97 6.98 34 A Ellsworth Manuel 6.67 x 6.94 6.94 35 B Esteve Martín 6.85 x x 6.85 36 B Nai Hui-fang 6.83 x x 6.83 37 B Norberto Nsue Ondo x x 5.77 5.77 NR 38 B Igor Streltsov 5.29 – – 5.29

Final Final results Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Iván Pedroso 8.48 – – – 8.51 8.46 8.51 =CR Kirill Sosunov 8.23 – – 8.00 – 8.41 8.41 PB Joe Greene 7.95 – 7.99 8.13 8.22 8.41 8.41 PB Erick Walder 7.97 8.01 8.16 8.17 8.24 8.14 8.24 SB James Beckford 8.17 – 8.13 – – 8.11 8.17 SB Yevgeniy Tretyak 8.12 – 7.98 8.10 – 8.11 8.12 Gregor Cankar – 8.02 – 7.83 7.90 – 8.02 Spyros Vasdekis – 7.99 7.79 – 7.88 7.95 7.99 Aleksandr Glavatskiy – 7.89 7.98 7.98 10 Bogdan Tudor 7.91 – 7.94 7.94 11 Carlos Calado 7.50 – 7.45 7.50 12 Romuald Ducros 7.31 – – 7.31

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