| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 2022 Men Long Jump | Wang Jianan |  CHN | 8.36m+0.5 | Miltiadis Tentoglou |  GRE | 8.32m+0.5 | Simon Ehammer |  SUI | 8.16m+0.5 |
| Olympic 2020 Men Long Jump | Miltiadis Tentoglou | GRE | 8.41m | Juan Miguel Echevarría |  CUB | 8.41m | Maykel Massó | CUB | 8.21m |
| 2019 Men Long Jump | Tajay Gayle |  JAM | 8.69m | Jeff Henderson |  USA | 8.39m | Juan Miguel Echevarría | CUB | 8.34m |
| 2017 Men Long Jump | Luvo Manyonga |  RSA | 8.48m | Jarrion Lawson | USA | 8.43m | Ruswahl Samaai | RSA | 8.27m |
| Olympic 2016 Men Long Jump | Jeff Henderson | USA | 8.38m | Luvo Manyonga | RSA | 8.37m | Greg Rutherford |  GBR | 8.29m |
| 2015 Men Long Jump | Greg Rutherford | GBR | 8.41m | Fabrice Lapierre |  AUS | 8.24m | Jianan Wang | CHN | 8.18m |
| 2013 Men Long Jump | Aleksandr Menkov |  RUS | 8.56m | Ignisious Gaisah |  NED | 8.29m | Luis Rivera |  MEX | 8.27m |
| Olympic 2012 Men Long Jump | Greg Rutherford | GBR | 8.31m | Mitchell Watt | AUS | 8.16m | Will Claye | USA | 8.12m |
| 2011 Men Long Jump | Dwight Phillips | USA | -.--m | Mitchell Watt | AUS | AUS | Ngonidzashe Makusha |  ZIM | |
| 2009 Men Long Jump | Dwight Phillips | USA | -.--m | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | RSA | Mitchell Watt | AUS | AUS | |
| Olympic 2008 Men Long Jump | Irving Saladino |  PAN | -.--m | Khotso Mokoena | RSA | Ibrahim Camejo | CUB | ||
| 2007 Men Long Jump | Irving Saladino | PAN | -.--m | Andrew Howe |  ITA | ITA | Dwight Phillips | USA | USA |
| 2005 Men Long Jump | Dwight Phillips | USA | -.--m | Ignisious Gaisah |  GHA | Tommi Evila |  FIN | FIN | |
| Olympic 2004 Men Long Jump | Dwight Phillips | USA | -.--m | John Moffitt | USA | USA | Joan Lino Martinez |  ESP | ESP |
| 2003 Men Long Jump | Dwight Phillips | USA | -.--m | James Beckford | JAM | JAM | Yago Lamela | ESP | ESP |
| 2001 Men Long Jump | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | -.--m | Savante Stringfellow | USA | USA | Carlos Calado |  POR | POR |
| Olympic 2000 Men Long Jump | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | -.--m | Jai Taurima | AUS | AUS | Roman Shchurenko |  UKR | UKR |
| 1999 Men Long Jump | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | -.--m | Yago Lamela | ESP | ESP | Gregor Cankar |  SLO | SLO |
| 1997 Men Long Jump | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | -.--m | Erick Walder | USA | USA | Kirill Sosunov | RUS | RUS |
| Olympic 1996 Men Long Jump | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.50m | James Beckford | JAM | 8.29m | Joe Greene | USA | 8.24m |
| 1995 Men Long Jump | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | -.--m | James Beckford | JAM | JAM | Mike Powell | USA | USA |
| 1993 Men Long Jump | Mike Powell | USA | -.--m | Stanislav Tarasenko | RUS | RUS | Vitaliy Kirilenko | UKR | UKR |
| Olympic 1992 Men Long Jump | Carl Lewis | USA | -.--m | Mike Powell | USA | USA | Joe Greene | USA | USA |
| 1991 Men Long Jump | Mike Powell | USA | 8.95m | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.91m | Larry Myricks | USA | 8.42m |
| Olympic 1988 Men Long Jump | Carl Lewis | USA | -.--m | Mike Powell | USA | USA | Larry Myricks | USA | USA |
| 1987 Men Long Jump | Carl Lewis | USA | -.--m | Robert Emmiyan |  URS | URS | Larry Myricks | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1984 Men Long Jump | Carl Lewis | USA | -.--m | Gary Honey | AUS | AUS | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | ITA |
| 1983 Men Long Jump | Carl Lewis | USA | -.--m | Jason Grimes | USA | USA | Mike Conley | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1980 Men Long Jump | Lutz Dombrowski |  GDR | -.--m | Frank Paschek | GDR | GDR | Valeri Podluzhnyi | URS | URS |
| Olympic 1976 Men Long Jump | Arnie Robinson | USA | -.--m | Randy Williams | USA | USA | Frank Wartenberg | GDR | GDR |
| Olympic 1972 Men Long Jump | Randy Williams | USA | -.--m | Hans Baumgartner |  FRG | FRG | Arnie Robinson | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1968 Men Long Jump | Bob Beamon | USA | 8.90m | Klaus Beer | GDR | 8.19m | Ralph Boston | USA | 8.16m |
| Olympic 1964 Men Long Jump | Lynn Davies | GBR | 8.07m | Ralph Boston | USA | 8.03m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | 7.99m |
| Olympic 1960 Men Long Jump | Ralph Boston | USA | -.--m | Irvin Roberson | USA | USA | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | URS |
| Olympic 1956 Men Long Jump | Gregory Bell | USA | -.--m | John Bennett | USA | USA | Jorma Valkama | FIN | FIN |
| Olympic 1952 Men Long Jump | Jerome Biffle | USA | -.--m | Meredith Gourdine | USA | USA | Odon Foldesi |  HUN | HUN |
| Olympic 1948 Men Long Jump | William Steele | USA | -.--m | Theodore Bruce | AUS | AUS | Herbert Douglas | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1936 Men Long Jump | Jesse Owens | USA | -.--m | Ludwig Long |  GER | GER | Naoto Tajima |  JPN | JPN |
| Olympic 1932 Men Long Jump | Edward Gordon | USA | -.--m | Lambert Redd | USA | USA | Chuhei Nambu | JPN | JPN |
| Olympic 1928 Men Long Jump | Edward Hamm | USA | -.--m | Silvio Cator |  HAI | Alfred Bates | USA | USA | |
| Olympic 1924 Men Long Jump | William DeHart Hubbard | USA | -.--m | Edward Gourdin | USA | USA | Sverre Hansen |  NOR | NOR |
| Olympic 1920 Men Long Jump | William Pettersson |  SWE | 7.60m | Carl Johnson | USA | 7.21m | Eric Abrahamsson | SWE | 7.18m |
| Olympic 1912 Men Long Jump | Albert Gutterson | USA | -.--m | Calvin Bricker |  CAN | CAN | Georg AAberg | SWE | SWE |
| Olympic 1908 Men Long Jump | Frank Irons | USA | -.--m | Daniel Kelly | USA | USA | Calvin Bricker | CAN | CAN |
| Olympic 1904 Men Long Jump | Myer Prinstein | USA | -.--m | Daniel Frank | USA | USA | Robert Stangland | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1900 Men Long Jump | Alvin Kraenzlein | USA | -.--m | Myer Prinstein | USA | USA | Patrick Leahy | GBR | GBR |
| Olympic 1896 Men Long Jump | Ellery Clark | USA | 6.35m | Robert Garrett | USA | 6.18m | James Brendan Connolly | USA | 6.11m |
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