The men's long jump competition at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held on August 11th.
Winners
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ivan Pedroso Cuba | Savante Stringfellow USA | Carlos Calado Portugal |
Final
| A place | Name | Citizenship | #one | # 2 | # 3 | #four | #5 | # 6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Pedroso | Cuba | x | 8.23 | 8.35 | 6.18 | 8.40 | x | 8.40 | ||
| Savante Stringfellow | USA | x | x | 8.22 | 8.24 | x | x | 8.24 | ||
| Carlos Calado | Portugal | x | 8.21 | x | 7.92 | 8.18 | 8.01 | 8.21 | SB | |
| four | Miguel Payte | USA | x | 8.09 | 7.83 | 7.89 | 8.21 | 7.94 | 8.21 | |
| 5 | Karim Street Thompson | Cayman islands | 7.74 | 8.09 | 8.08 | 8.03 | 8.10 | 8.04 | 8.10 | |
| 6 | Alexey Lukashevich | Ukraine | x | 8.10 | 7.19 | x | 8.01 | 7.97 | 8.10 | |
| 7 | James Beckford | Jamaica | 7.94 | x | 7.97 | x | x | 8.08 | 8.08 | |
| 8 | Dwight Phillips | USA | 7.90 | x | 7.92 | - | 7.92 | |||
| 9 | Gregor Marsinizhin | Poland | 7.32 | 7.92 | 7.78 | 7.92 | ||||
| 10 | Hussein Tahir Al Sabi | Saudi Arabia | x | 7.90 | 7.73 | 7.90 | ||||
| eleven | Abdelrahman Al Nubi | Qatar | 7.63 | x | x | 7.63 | ||||
| 12 | Vitaly Shkurlatov | Russia | x | 7.35 | 7.61 | 7.61 | ||||