The men's long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.

The Chinese made a statement in the first round as both Wang Jianan and Gao Xinglong jumped 8.14 to share the lead.

In the second round, Henderson got a legal jump of 7.95, two feet below his best of the year, but it put him in 5th place for a moment, then Wang improved to 8.18 and Rutherford popped 8.29 to assume the lead.

Kafétien Gomis made 8.02 after two fouls, Fabrice Lapierre did 8.10 and Li Jinzhe did 8.09, suddenly the world leader was pushed into ninth place and had no more jumps left.

Having been hampered by injury in 2013, the victory completed the full set of outdoor titles for Rutherford, making him the reigning Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Champion.