Qualifikationsweite: 7,70 m
| 1 | Mike Conley | USA | 8,02 | Q |
| 2 | Dietmar Haaf | FRG | 7,84 | Q |
| 3 | Larry Myricks | USA | 7,79 | Q |
| 4 | Laszlo Szalma | HUN | 7,77 | Q |
| 5 | Norbert Brige | FRA | 7,74 | Q |
| 6 | Jarmo Kärnä | FIN | 7,71 | Q |
| 7 | Frans Maas | NED | 7,71 | Q |
| 8 | Ubaldo Duany | CUB | 7,67 | q |
| 9 | Juha Kivi | FIN | 7,64 | q |
| 10 | Jaime Jefferson | CUB | 7,63 | q |
| 11 | Hiroyuki Shibata | JPN | 7,61 | q |
| 12 | Csaba Almasi | HUN | 7,59 | q |
| 13 | Bruny Surin | CAN | 7,57 | |
| 14 | Pang Yan | CHN | 7,56 | |
| 15 | Kim Weon-Jin | KOR | 7,53 | |
| 16 | Emiel Mellaard | NED | 7,42 | |
| 17 | Huei-fang Nai | TPE | 7,38 | |
| 18 | Glenroy Gilbert | CAN | 7,33 | |
| 19 | Fred Salle | CMR | 7,31 |