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Date: 17 October 1968 / 18 October 1968
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Robert Beamon | USA | 8.90m [29' 2 ½"] |
| 2 | Klaus Beer | GDR | 8.19m [26' 10 ½"] |
| 3 | Ralph Boston | USA | 8.16m [26' 9 ¼"] |
| 4 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | 8.12m [26' 7 ¾"] |
| 5 | Tynu Lepik | URS | 8.09m [26' 6 ½"] |
| 6 | Allen Crawley | AUS | 8.02m [26' 3 ¾"] |
| 7 | Jack Pani | FRA | 7.97m [26' 1 ¾"] |
| 8 | Andrzej Stalmach | POL | 7.94m [26' ½"] |
| 9 | Lynn Davies | GBR | 7.94m [26' ½"] |
| 10 | Hiroomi Yamada | JPN | 7.93m [26' ¼"] |
| 11 | Leonid Borkousky | URS | 7.90m [25' 11"] |
| 12 | Renhold Boschert | FRG | 7.89m [25' 10 ¾"] |
| 13 | Michael Kofi Ahey | GHA | 7.71m [25' 3 ½"] |
| 14 | Lars-Olof Hook | SWE | 7.66m [25' 1 ½"] |
| 15 | Victor Brooks | JAM | 7.51m [24' 7 ¾"] |
| 16 | Gerard Ugolini | FRA | 7.44m [24' 5"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 17 | Charles Mays | USA | 7.85m [25' 9"] |
| 18 | Pertti Pousi | FIN | 7.63m [25' ½"] |
| 19 | Alan Lerwill | GBR | 7.62m [25' 0"] |
| 20 | Laurent Sarr | SEN | 7.61m [24' 11 ½"] |
| 21 | Galdino Flores | MEX | 7.59m [24' 10 ¾"] |
| 22 | Naoki Abe | JPN | 7.58m [24' 10 ½"] |
| 23 | Wellesley Clayton | JAM | 7.57m [24' 10"] |
| 24 | Shinji Ogura | JPN | 7.57m [24' 10"] |
| 25 | Philippe Housiaux | BEL | 7.44m [24' 5"] |
| 26 | Michel Charland | CAN | 7.35m [24' 1 ¼"] |
| 27 | Clement Sagna | SEN | 7.31m [23' 11 ¾"] |
| 28 | Su Wen-Ho | TPE | 7.30m [23' 11 ½"] |
| 29 | A. Chong Nyak Voon | MAS | 7.29m [23' 11"] |
| 30 | Gerald Wisdom | BAH | 6.99m [22' 11 ¼"] |
| 31 | Chen Ming-Chih | TPE | 6.71m [22' ¼"] |
| 32 | Donald Velez | NCA | 6.63m [21' 9"] |
| 33 | Jean Cochard | FRA | 6.11m [20' ½"] |
| 34 | Owen Meighan | BIZ | 6.06m [19' 10 ½"] |
| 35 | Peter Reed | GBR | |
| Did not start | |||
| Chen Chuan-Show | TPE | ||
| Henrik Kalocsai | HUN | ||
| Philip May | AUS | ||
| Giuseppe Gentile | ITA | ||
| Johnson Amoah | GHA | ||
| Labh Singh | IND | ||
| Zoltan Cziffra | HUN | ||