James Beckford
8.62+0.7
Orlando, FL (USA) · Apr 5, 1997
Rankings
Long Jump Men1997
1997 season rankings — 400 athletes
As of July 1, 2026, the 1997 Long Jump Men season rankings are led by Iván Pedroso (Cuba) with 8.63. 400 athletes have a mark this season.
Top 3
1
Iván Pedroso
8.63+1.1
Padova (ITA) · Jun 8, 1997
3
Erick Walder
8.49+1.9
Villeneuve d'Ascq (FRA) · Jun 29, 1997
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Wind | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Joe Greene | | 8.46 | +1.6 | Apr 20, 1997 | Walnut, CA (USA) |
| 05 | Cheikh Tidiane Toure |  | 8.46 | +1.8 | Jun 15, 1997 | Bad Langensalza (GER) |
| 06 | Kirill Sosunov |  | 8.41 | Mar 8, 1997 | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris (FRA) (i) | |
| 07 | Jianfeng Lao |  | 8.40 | +0.0 | May 28, 1997 | Zhaoqing (CHN) |
| 08 | Gregor Cankar |  | 8.40 | +2.0 | May 18, 1997 | Celje (SLO) |
| 09 | Robert Howard | | 8.40 | +0.4 | May 17, 1997 | Auburn, AL (USA) |
| 10 | Carlos Calado |  | 8.36 | +1.2 | Jun 20, 1997 | Lisboa (POR) |
| 11 | Huang Geng | | 8.33 | +2.9 | Apr 29, 1997 | Shanghai (CHN) |
| 12 | Jaime Jefferson | | 8.32 | +0.7 | Feb 6, 1997 | La Habana (CUB) |
| 13 | Nélson Ferreira |  | 8.32 | +0.7 | May 4, 1997 | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) |
| 14 | Nelson Carlos Ferreira Junior | | 8.32 | +0.7 | May 4, 1997 | - |
| 15 | Pedro Pavel García | | 8.31 | +0.0 | Feb 14, 1997 | La Habana (CUB) |
| 16 | Aleksandr Glavatskiy |  | 8.29 | +2.5 | Jun 29, 1997 | Minsk (BLR) |
| 17 | Kevin Dilworth | | 8.29 | +0.8 | Jun 15, 1997 | Indianapolis, IN (USA) |
| 18 | Zhengzhe Tan | | 8.27 | +1.0 | May 29, 1997 | Zhaoqing (CHN) |
| 19 | Bogdan Ţăruş |  | 8.27 | +0.2 | Jul 20, 1997 | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 20 | Kader Klouchi |  | 8.28 | +1.8 | May 19, 1997 | Albi (FRA) |
| 21 | Konstantin Krause |  | 8.27 | +0.0 | Jun 15, 1997 | Bad Langensalza (GER) |
| 22 | Nicola Trentin |  | 8.26 | +5.7 | Jul 19, 1997 | Formia (ITA) |
| 23 | Emmanuel Bangué | | 8.25 | +0.4 | May 24, 1997 | La Chaux-de-Fonds (SUI) |
| 24 | Roland Mcghee | | 8.23 | +0.1 | Aug 22, 1997 | Bruxelles (BEL) |
| 25 | Richard Duncan |  | 8.23 | +2.1 | Apr 3, 1997 | Bloomington, IN (USA) |
| 26 | Bogdan Tudor | | 8.21 | Feb 28, 1997 | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) | |
| 27 | Konstantinos Koukodimos |  | 8.20 | +1.5 | May 9, 1997 | Pireaus (GRE) |
| 28 | Aleksey Zhukov | | 8.20 | +1.9 | Jun 13, 1997 | St. Petersburg (RUS) |
| 29 | Daisuke Watanabe |  | 8.19 | +2.8 | Jun 8, 1997 | Tokyo (JPN) |
| 30 | Mattias Sunneborn |  | 8.19 | Feb 20, 1997 | Stockholm (SWE) (i) | |
| 31 | Raúl Fernández |  | 8.18 | +8.6 | Jun 27, 1997 | Valladolid (ESP) |
| 32 | Nobuharu Asahara | | 8.18 | +3.0 | Apr 29, 1997 | Tokyo (JPN) |
| 33 | Krzysztof Łuczak |  | 8.16 | +0.7 | Jun 20, 1997 | Bydgoszcz (POL) |
| 34 | Yevgeniy Tretyak | | 8.16 | Feb 21, 1997 | Volgograd (RUS) (i) | |
| 35 | Shane Hair |  | 8.16 | +3.3 | Nov 8, 1997 | Melbourne (AUS) |
| 36 | Sean Robbins | | 8.15 | +0.0 | Apr 12, 1997 | El Paso, TX (USA) |
| 37 | Joe Laster | | 8.14 | +1.3 | May 17, 1997 | Waco, TX (USA) |
| 38 | Masaki Morinaga | | 8.13 | +1.1 | May 17, 1997 | Busan (KOR) |
| 39 | Erik Nys |  | 8.12 | +2.0 | Mar 27, 1997 | Pietersburg (RSA) |
| 40 | Andrey Ignatov | | 8.12 | +1.2 | Jul 9, 1997 | Tula (RUS) |
| 41 | Younés Moudrik |  | 8.11 | +2.5 | Jul 13, 1997 | Bari (ITA) |
| 42 | Spyridon Vasdekis | | 8.10 | Feb 22, 1997 | Pireaus (GRE) (i) | |
| 43 | Maurice Wignall | | 8.09 | -0.1 | Aug 3, 1997 | Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) |
| 44 | Tomas Bardauskas |  | 8.09 | +0.0 | Jul 19, 1997 | Kaunas (LTU) |
| 45 | Stanislav Tarasenko | | 8.09 | +1.2 | Jun 8, 1997 | Moskva (RUS) |
| 46 | Oleksiy Lukashevych |  | 8.09 | +2.5 | Jul 13, 1997 | Kyiv (UKR) |
| 47 | Milan Kovář |  | 8.08 | +5.1 | Jul 6, 1997 | Gladbeck (GER) |
| 48 | Eric Bowers | | 8.08 | +2.5 | Jun 15, 1997 | Atlanta, GA (USA) (i) |
| 49 | Kareem Streete-Thompson | | 8.08 | +2.5 | Apr 12, 1997 | Liévin (FRA) (i) |
| 50 | Darius Pemberton | | 8.07 | +0.0 | Mar 22, 1997 | Houston, TX (USA) |
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