Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 19–20 September in Kuala Lumpur.

Men's long jump at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Peter Burge Australia	Jai Taurima Australia	Wendell Williams Trinidad and Tobago

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 7.90 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Peter Burge	Australia	x	8.05		8.05	Q
2	B	Jai Taurima	Australia	7.80			7.80	q
3	B	Chris Wright	Bahamas	7.74	7.76		7.76	q
4	A	Mark Anthony Awere	Ghana				7.65	q
5	A	Wendell Williams	Trinidad and Tobago				7.64	q
6	A	Shane Hair	Australia				7.62	q
7	A	Richard Duncan	Canada				7.62	q
8	A	Keita Cline	British Virgin Islands				7.62	q
9	B	Steve Phillips	England	7.38	7.60		7.60	q
10	A	Stephan Louw	Namibia				7.56	q
11	A	Chris Davidson	England	7.33	7.31	7.53	7.53	q
12	B	Mohd Zaki Sadri	Malaysia	7.26	7.32	7.52	7.52	q
13	B	Aaron Langdon	New Zealand				7.50
14	A	Danny Beauchamp	Seychelles				7.36
15	B	Remmy Limo	Kenya				7.30
16	B	Ralston Varlack	British Virgin Islands				7.26
17	B	Brian Thomas	Canada				7.25
18	B	Dwane Magloire	Saint Lucia				7.21	SB
19	A	Chai Song Lip	Malaysia				6.82
20	B	Joseph Rodan	Fiji				6.81
	A	Gable Garenamotse	Botswana				DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Peter Burge	Australia	8.22	=GR
	Jai Taurima	Australia	8.22	=GR
	Wendell Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	7.95
4	Shane Hair	Australia	7.82
5	Mark Anthony Awere	Ghana	7.73
6	Chris Wright	Bahamas	7.70
7	Steve Phillips	England	7.64
8	Chris Davidson	England	7.62
9	Stephan Louw	Namibia	7.46
10	Mohd Zaki Sadri	Malaysia	7.23
11	Richard Duncan	Canada	7.19
12	Keita Cline	British Virgin Islands	7.10