| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 5) | ||||
| 1. | Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Portugal) | 59-0 | 17.98 | ||
| 2. | Yaming Zhu (China) | 57-7¾ | 17.57 | ||
| 3. | Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso) | 57-3¾ | 17.47 | ||
| 4. | Will Claye (USA) | 57-2¾ | 17.44 | ||
| 5. | Yasser Triki (Algeria) | 57-2¼ | 17.43 | ||
| 6. | Necati Er (Turkey) | 56-7¼ | 17.25 | ||
| 7. | Donald Scott (USA) | 56-4½ | 17.18 | ||
| 8. | Yaoqing Fang (China) | 55-9¾ | 17.01 | ||
| [Chris Benard (USA) nq] | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 16) | ||||
| 1 | Christian Taylor (USA) | 58-7¼ | 17.86 | ||
| 2 | Will Claye (USA) | 58-3¼ | 17.76 | ||
| 3 | Bin Dong (China) | 57-8¼ | 17.58 | ||
| 4 | Shuo Cao (China) | 56-2½ | 17.13 | ||
| 5 | Jhon Murillo (Colombia) | 56-1 | 17.09 | ||
| 6 | Nelson Évora (Portugal) | 55-10½ | 17.03 | ||
| 7 | Troy Doris (Guyana) | 55-5½ | 16.90 | ||
| 8 | Lázaro Martínez (Cuba) | 54-8¾ | 16.68 | ||
| [Chris Benard (USA) dnq(54-3¾/16.55)] | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 9) | ||||
| 1 | Christian Taylor (USA) | 58-5¼ | 17.81 | ||
| 2 | Will Claye (USA) | 57-9¾ | 17.62 | ||
| 3 | Fabrizio Donato (Italy) | 57-4¼ | 17.48 | ||
| 4 | Daniele Greco (Italy) | 56-10¾ | 17.34 | ||
| 5 | Leevan Sands (Bahamas) | 56-4¾ | 17.19 | ||
| 6 | Benjamin Compaoré (France) | 56-1/2 | 17.08 | ||
| 7 | Tosin Oke (Nigeria) | 55-7½ | 16.95 | ||
| 8 | Alexis Copello (Cuba) | 55-6¼ | 16.92 | ||
| [no third USA competitor] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Nelson Évora (Portugal) | 57-11¾ | 17.67 | ||
| 2 | Phillips Idowu (Great Britain) | 57-9¾ | 17.62 | ||
| 3 | Leevan Sands (Bahamas) | 57-8½ | 17.59 | ||
| 4 | David Giralt (Cuba) | 57-5¾ | 17.52 | ||
| 5 | Marian Oprea (Romania) | 56-6 | 17.22 | ||
| 6 | Jadel Gregório (Brazil) | 56-5¼ | 17.20 | ||
| 7 | Larry Achike (Great Britain) | 56-4 | 17.17 | ||
| 8 | Viktor Kuznyetsov (Ukraine) | 55-4¼ | 16.87 | ||
| [DNQ—Rafeeq Curry (USA), Kenta Bell (USA), Aarik Wilson | ||||
| (USA)] | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Christian Olsson (Sweden) | 58-4½ | 17.79 | ||
| 2 | Marian Oprea (Romania) | 57-7 | 17.55 | ||
| 3 | Danila Burkenya (Russia) | 57-4¼ | 17.48 | ||
| 4 | Yoandri Betanzos (Cuba) | 57-3¾ | 17.47 | ||
| 5 | Jadel Gregório (Brazil) | 56-9½ | 17.31 | ||
| 6 | Hristos Melétoglou (Greece) | 56-2½ | 17.13 | ||
| 7 | Viktor Gushchinskiy (Russia) | 56-1¾ | 17.11 | ||
| 8 | Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) | 55-7¾ | 16.96 | ||
| [9 | Kenta Bell (USA) 55-5½/16.90] | |||
| [11 | Walter Davis (USA) 55-¾/16.78] | |||
| [DNQ—Melvin Lister (USA)] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain) | 58-1¼ | 17.71 | ||
| 2 | Yoel García (Cuba) | 57-3¾ | 17.47 | ||
| 3 | Denis Kapustin (Russia) | 57-3½ | 17.46 | ||
| 4 | Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) | 57-0 | 17.37 | ||
| 5 | Larry Achike (Great Britain) | 56-8¾ | 17.29 | ||
| 6 | Phillips Idowu (Great Britain) | 56-½ | 17.08 | ||
| 7 | Robert Howard (USA) | 55-11¼ | 17.05 | ||
| 8 | Paolo Camossi (Italy) | 55-7¾ | 16.96 | ||
| [11 | Walter Davis (USA) 54-6/16.61] | |||
| [DNQ—LaMark Carter (USA)] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Kenny Harrison (USA) | 59-4¼ | 18.09 | ||
| 2 | Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain) | 58-8 | 17.88 | ||
| 3 | Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) | 57-2¾ | 17.44 | ||
| 4 | Mike Conley (USA) | 57-1 | 17.40 | ||
| 5 | Armen Martirosyan (Armenia) | 55-8¼ | 16.97 | ||
| 6 | Brian Wellman (Bermuda) | 55-7½ | 16.95 | ||
| 7 | Galin Georgiev (Bulgaria) | 55-6¼ | 16.92 | ||
| 8 | Robert Howard (USA) | 55-5½ | 16.90 | ||
| [Harrison 59-¼/17.99 OR, 18.09 OR] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Mike Conley (USA) | 59-7½w | 18.17 | ||
| 2 | Charlie Simpkins (USA) | 57-9 | 17.60 | ||
| 3 | Frank Rutherford (Bahamas) | 56-11½ | 17.36 | ||
| 4 | Leonid Voloshin (Soviet Union) | 56-10 | 17.32 | ||
| 5 | Brian Wellman (Bermuda) | 56-6¾ | 17.24 | ||
| 6 | Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) | 56-4½ | 17.18 | ||
| 7 | Aleksandr Kovalenko (Russia) | 55-11¾ | 17.06 | ||
| 8 | Sixin Zou (China) | 55-9¼ | 17.00 | ||
| [DNQ—John Tillman (USA)] | ||||
| [Conley 57-10¼/17.63 OR, 18.17w] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Khristo Markov (Bulgaria) | 57-9½ | 17.61 | ||
| 2 | Igor Lapshin (Soviet Union) | 57-5¾ | 17.52 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Kovalenko (Soviet Union) | 57-2 | 17.42 | ||
| 4 | Oleg Protsenko (Soviet Union) | 57-¼ | 17.38 | ||
| 5 | Charlie Simpkins (USA) | 56-8¾ | 17.29 | ||
| 6 | Willie Banks (USA) | 55-10½ | 17.03 | ||
| 7 | Ivan Slanar (Czechoslovakia) | 54-11½ | 16.75 | ||
| 8 | Jacek Pastusinski (Poland) | 54-10¼ | 16.72 | ||
| [DNQ—Robert Cannon (USA)] | ||||
| [Kovalenko 17.42 OR; Markov 17.61 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Al Joyner (USA) | 56-7½w | 17.26 | ||
| 2 | Mike Conley (USA) | 56-4½ | 17.18 | ||
| 3 | Keith Connor (Great Britain) | 55-4¼ | 16.87 | ||
| 4 | Zhenxian Zou (China) | 55-2¾ | 16.83 | ||
| 5 | Peter Bouschen (West Germany) | 55-¼ | 16.77 | ||
| 6 | Willie Banks (USA) | 54-11½ | 16.75 | ||
| 7 | Ajayi Agbebaku (Nigeria) | 54-8¼ | 16.67 | ||
| 8 | Eric McCalla (Great Britain) | 54-8 | 16.66 | ||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Jaak Uudmäe (Soviet Union) | 56-11 | 17.35 | ||
| 2 | Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union) | 56-6¾ | 17.24 | ||
| 3 | João Oliveira (Brazil) | 56-6 | 17.22 | ||
| 4 | Keith Connor (Great Britain) | 55-¼ | 16.87 | ||
| 5 | Ian Campbell (Australia) | 54-10¼ | 16.72 | ||
| 6 | Atanas Chochev (Bulgaria) | 54-4 | 16.56 | ||
| 7 | Béla Bakosi (Hungary) | 54-½ | 16.47 | ||
| 8 | Ken Lorraway (Australia) | 53-11¼ | 16.44 | ||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union) | 56-8¾ | 17.29 | ||
| 2 | James Butts (USA) | 56-4½ | 17.18 | ||
| 3 | João Oliveira (Brazil) | 55-5½ | 16.90 | ||
| 4 | Pedro Perez (Cuba) | 55-2 | 16.81 | ||
| 5 | Tommy Haynes (USA) | 55-¾ | 16.78 | ||
| 6 | Wolfgang Kolmsee (West Germany) | 54-8¾ | 16.68 | ||
| 7 | Eugeniusz Biskupski (Poland) | 54-1¼ | 16.49 | ||
| 8 | Carol Corbu (Romania) | 53-11 | 16.43 | ||
| [12 | Rayfield Dupree (USA) 53-3/16.23] | |||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union) | 56-11¼w | 17.35 | ||
| 2 | Jörg Drehmel (East Germany) | 56-9½ | 17.31 | ||
| 3 | Nelson Prudencio (Brazil) | 55-11¼ | 17.05 | ||
| 4 | Carol Corbu (Romania) | 55-3½w | 16.85 | ||
| 5 | John Craft (USA) | 55-2¾ | 16.83 | ||
| 6 | Mansour Dia (Senegal) | 55-2¾w | 16.83 | ||
| 7 | Michal Joachimowski (Poland) | 54-9¼ | 16.69 | ||
| 8 | Kristen Fløgstad (Norway) | 53-11¾ | 16.44 | ||
| [DNQ—Dave Smith (USA), Art Walker (USA)] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| (high altitude) | ||||
| 1 | Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union) | 57-¾ | 17.39 | ||
| 2 | Nelson Prudencio (Brazil) | 56-8 | 17.27 | ||
| 3 | Giuseppe Gentile (Italy) | 56-6 | 17.22 | ||
| 4 | Art Walker (USA) | 56-2w | 17.12 | ||
| 5 | Nikolay Dudkin (Soviet Union) | 56-1w | 17.09 | ||
| 6 | Phil May (Australia) | 55-10¼ | 17.02 | ||
| 7 | Józef Schmidt (Poland) | 55-3½ | 16.85 | ||
| 8 | Mansour-Dia (Senegal) | 54-10¾ | 16.73 | ||
| [DNQ—Dave Smith (USA), Norm Tate (USA)] | ||||
| [Gentile 56-1¼/17.10 WR, OR {qual}; Gentile 17.22 WR, | ||||
| OR; Saneyev 56-6½/17.23 WR, OR; Prudencio 17.27 WR, OR; | ||||
| Saneyev 17.39 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Józef Schmidt (Poland) | 55-3½ | 16.85 | ||
| 2 | Oleg Fyedoseyev (Soviet Union) | 54-4¾ | 16.58 | ||
| 3 | Viktor Kravchenko (Soviet Union) | 54-4½ | 16.57 | ||
| 4 | Fred Alsop (Great Britain) | 54-0 | 16.46 | ||
| 5 | Serban Ciochina (Romania) | 53-3 | 16.23 | ||
| 6 | Manfred Hinze (East Germany) | 53-0 | 16.15 | ||
| 7 | Georgi Stoykovski (Bulgaria) | 52-10 | 16.10 | ||
| 8 | Hans-Jürgen Ruckborn (East Germany) | 52-9½ | 16.09 | ||
| [9 | Ira Davis (USA) 52-6/16.00] | |||
| [11 | Bill Sharpe (USA) 51-11¾/15.84] | |||
| [DNQ—Kent Floerke (USA)] | ||||
| [Schmidt 16.85 OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Józef Schmidt (Poland) | 55-1½ | 16.81 | ||
| 2 | Vladimir Goryayev (Soviet Union) | 54-6¾ | 16.63 | ||
| 3 | Vitold Kreyer (Soviet Union) | 53-11 | 16.43 | ||
| 4 | Ira Davis (USA) | 53-10¼ | 16.41 | ||
| 5 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson (Iceland) | 53-8½ | 16.37 | ||
| 6 | Ryszard Malcherczyk (Poland) | 52-6½ | 16.01 | ||
| 7 | Manfred Hinze (East Germany) | 52-3¼ | 15.93 | ||
| 8 | Kari Rahkamo (Finland) | 51-11¾ | 15.84 | ||
| [DNQ—Bill Sharpe (USA), Herman Stokes (USA)] | ||||
| [Schmidt 53-11¼/16.44 OR, 55-¾/16.78 OR, 16.81 OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Adhemar da Silva (Brazil) | 53-7¾ | 16.35 | ||
| 2 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson (Iceland) | 53-4¼ | 16.26 | ||
| 3 | Vitold Kreyer (Soviet Union) | 52-6¾ | 16.02 | ||
| 4 | Bill Sharpe (USA) | 52-1¼ | 15.88 | ||
| 5 | Martin Rehák (Czechoslovakia) | 52-0 | 15.85 | ||
| 6 | Leonid Shcherbakov (Soviet Union) | 51-10 | 15.80 | ||
| 7 | Koji Sakurai (Japan) | 51-7¼ | 15.73 | ||
| 8 | Teruji Kogake (Japan) | 51-3¾ | 15.64 | ||
| [11 | Ira Davis (USA) 50-6¼/15.40] | |||
| [12 | George Shaw (USA) 50-3½/15.33] | |||
| [Einarsson 16.26 OR; da Silva 16.35 OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Adhemar da Silva (Brazil) | 53-2¾ | 16.22 | ||
| 2 | Leonid Shcherbakov (Soviet Union) | 52-5¼ | 15.98 | ||
| 3 | Arnoldo Devonish (Venezuela) | 50-11 | 15.52 | ||
| 4 | Walt Ashbaugh (USA) | 50-6 | 15.39 | ||
| 5 | Rune Nilsen (Norway) | 49-7¾ | 15.13 | ||
| 6 | Yoshio Iimuro (Japan) | 49-2¼ | 14.99 | ||
| 7 | Geraldo de Oliveira (Brazil) | 49-¾ | 14.95 | ||
| 8 | Roger Norman (Sweden) | 48-10¼ | 14.89 | ||
| [11 | Jim Gerhardt (USA) 48-2½/14.69] | |||
| [DNQ—George Shaw (USA)] | ||||
| [da Silva 52-10¾/16.12 OR, 16.22 WR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | Arne Åhman (Sweden) | 50-6¼ | 15.40 | ||
| 2 | George Avery (Australia) | 50-4¾ | 15.36 | ||
| 3 | Ruhi Sarialp (Turkey) | 49-3½ | 15.02 | ||
| 4 | Preben Larsen (Denmark) | 48-8 | 14.83 | ||
| 5 | Geraldo de Oliveira (Brazil) | 48-7½ | 14.82 | ||
| 6 | Valdemar Rautio (Finland) | 48-2¾ | 14.70 | ||
| 7 | Les McKeand (Australia) | 47-8 | 14.53 | ||
| 8 | Adhemar da Silva (Brazil) | 47-6½ | 14.49 | ||
| [10 | Bill Albans (USA) 47-¼/14.33] | |||
| [DNQ—Bob Beckus (USA), Erik Koutonen (USA)] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| 1 | Naoto Tajima (Japan) | 52-6 | 16.00 | ||
| 2 | Masao Harada (Japan) | 51-4½ | 15.66 | ||
| 3 | Jack Metcalfe (Australia) | 50-10¼ | 15.50 | ||
| 4 | Heinz Wöllner (Germany) | 49-5¾ | 15.27 | ||
| 5 | Rolland Romero (USA) | 49-5¾ | 15.08 | ||
| 6 | Kenkichi Oshima (Japan) | 49-5½ | 15.07 | ||
| 7 | Erich Joch (Germany) | 48-10 | 14.88 | ||
| 8 | Dudley Wilkins (USA) | 48-8 | 14.83 | ||
| [17 | Billy Brown (USA) 47-1½/14.36] | |||
| [Tajima 51-8½/15.76 OR, 16.00 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | Chuhei Nambu (Japan) | 51-7 | 15.72 | ||
| 2 | Eric Svensson (Sweden) | 50-3¼ | 15.32 | ||
| 3 | Kenkichi Oshima (Japan) | 49-7¼ | 15.12 | ||
| 4 | Eamonn Fitzgerald (Ireland) | 49-3 | 15.01 | ||
| 5 | Willem Peters (Holland) | 48-11¾ | 14.93 | ||
| 6 | Sol Furth (USA) | 48-10 | 14.88 | ||
| 7 | Sid Bowman (USA) | 48-9½ | 14.87 | ||
| 8 | Rolland Romero (USA) | 48-8¾ | 14.85 | ||
| [Nambu 15.72 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| 1 | Mikio Oda (Japan) | 49-11 | 15.21 | ||
| 2 | Levi Casey (USA) | 49-9¼ | 15.17 | ||
| 3 | Vilho Tuulos (Finland) | 49-7 | 15.11 | ||
| 4 | Chuhei Nambu (Japan) | 49-3 | 15.01 | ||
| 5 | Toimi Tulikoura (Finland) | 48-2¾ | 14.70 | ||
| 6 | Erkki Järvinen (Finland) | 48-¾ | 14.65 | ||
| 7 | Willem Peters (Holland) | 47-9 | 14.55 | ||
| 8 | Väinö Rainio (Finland) | 47-3½ | 14.41 | ||
| [=9 | Sid Bowman (USA) 47-1/14.35] | |||
| [11 | Lloyd Bourgeois (USA) 46-10¼/14/28] | |||
| 1924 | ||||
| 1 | Nick Winter (Australia) | 50-11 | 15.52 | ||
| 2 | Luis Brunetto (Argentina) | 50-7¼ | 15.42 | ||
| 3 | Vilho Tuulos (Finland) | 50-5¼ | 15.37 | ||
| 4 | Väinö Rainio (Finland) | 49-3 | 15.01 | ||
| 5 | Folke Jansson (Sweden) | 49-1½ | 14.97 | ||
| 6 | Mikio Oda (Japan) | 47-11 | 4.35 | ||
| 7 | Earle Wilson (USA) | 46-8¼ | 14.23 | ||
| 8 | Ivar Sahlin (Sweden) | 46-5½ | 14.16 | ||
| [9 | Merwin Graham (USA) 45-111/5/14.00] | |||
| [Brunetto 15.42 OR; Winter 15.52 WR] | ||||
| 1920 | ||||
| 1 | Vilho Tuulos (Finland) | 47-7 | 14.50 | ||
| 2 | Folke Jansson (Sweden) | 47-6¼ | 14.48 | ||
| 3 | Eric Almlöf (Sweden) | 46-10 | 14.27 | ||
| 4 | Ivar Sahlin (Sweden) | 46-6 | 14.17 | ||
| 5 | Sherman Landers (USA) | 46-6 | 14.17 | ||
| 6 | Dan Ahearn (USA) | 46-2½ | 14.08 | ||
| 7 | Ossian Nylund (Finland) | 45-1 | 13.74 | ||
| 8 | Howard Baker (Great Britain) | 44-10¼ | 13.67 | ||
| [12 | Kaufman Geist (USA) 44-4¼/13.52] | |||
| [15 | Clarence Jaquith (USA) 42-9½/13.04] | |||
| 1912 | ||||
| 1 | Gustaf Lindblom (Sweden) | 48-5 | 14.76 | ||
| 2 | Georg Åberg (Sweden) | 47-7¼ | 14.51 | ||
| 3 | Eric Almlöf (Sweden) | 46-6 | 14.17 | ||
| 4 | Erling Vinne (Norway) | 46-4¼ | 14.14 | ||
| 5 | Platt Adams (USA) | 46-2¾ | 14.09 | ||
| 6 | Edvard Larsen (Norway) | 46-1½ | 14.06 | ||
| 7 | Hjalmar Olsson (Sweden) | 45-11¾ | 14.01 | ||
| 8 | Nils Fiksdal (Norway) | 45-9¾ | 13.96 | ||
| [9 | Charles Brickley (USA) 45-6½/13.88] | |||
| [13 | Edward Farrell (USA) 44-6¼/13.57] | |||
| 1908 | ||||
| 1 | Timothy Ahearne ((GB/Ireland) | 48-11½ | 14.92 | ||
| 2 | Garfield MacDonald (Canada) | 48-5¼ | 14.76 | ||
| 3 | Edvard Larsen (Norway) | 47-2½ | 14.39 | ||
| 4 | Calvin Bricker (Canada) | 46-2¾ | 14.09 | ||
| 5 | Platt Adams (USA) | 46-2 | 14.07 | ||
| 6 | Frank Mountpleasant (USA) | 45-10 | 13.97 | ||
| 7 | Karl Fryksdahl (Sweden) | 44-9½ | 13.65 | ||
| 8 | John Brennan (USA) | 44-7 | 13.59 | ||
| [9 | Martin Sheridan (USA) 44-0/13.41] | |||
| [DNQ—Sam Bellah (USA), Frank Irons (USA), Nathaniel | ||||
| Sherman (USA)] | ||||
| [Ahearne 48-4/14.73 OR; MacDonald 14.76 OR; Ahearne 14.92 WR, | ||||
| OR] | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| 1 | Meyer Prinstein (USA) | 47-1 | 14.35 | ||
| 2 | Fred Englehardt (USA) | 45-7¼ | 13.90 | ||
| 3 | Robert Stangland (USA) | 43-10 | 13.36 | ||
| 4 | John Fuhler (USA) | 42-4½ | 12.91 | ||
| 5 | George Van Cleaf (USA) | unknown | ||
| 6 | John Hagerman (USA) | unknown | ||
| 7 | Samuel Jones (USA) | unknown | ||
| 1900 | ||||
| 1 | Meyer Prinstein (USA) | 47-5¾ | 14.47 | ||
| 2 | James Connolly (USA) | 45-10 | 13.97 | ||
| 3 | Lewis P. Sheldon (USA) | 44-9 | 13.64 | ||
| 4 | Patrick Leahy (GB/Ire) | unknown | ||
| 5 | Albert Delannoy (France) | unknown | ||
| 6 | Alexandre Tuffère (France) | unknown | ||
| [Also jumped: Daniel Horton, Frank Jarvis & John McLean | ||||
| (all US)] | ||||
| [Prinstein 14.47 OR] | ||||
| 1896 | ||||
| 1 | James Connolly (USA) | 44-11¾ | 13.71 | ||
| 2 | Alexandre Tuffère (France) | 41-8 | 12.70 | ||
| 3 | Ioannis Persakis (Greece) | 41-1 | 12.52 | ||
| 4 | Alajos Szokolyi (Hungary) | 40-4¼ | 12.30 | ||
| 5 | Christos Zoumis (Greece) | unknown | ||
| 6 | Alexandros Chalkokondilis (Greece) | unknown | ||
| 7 | Alphonse Grisel (France) | unknown | ||
| [Connolly 13.71 OR] | ||||