The men's long jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 28 September 2019.

In the final, as the third jumper on the runway, Gayle jumped a personal best 8.46m to take the lead.

World leader Juan Miguel Echevarría jumped 8.25m while giving up the entire 20cm width of the board.

Just two months earlier in the season, Gayle had made a huge improvement in his personal best to 8.32m, which put him into a tie for #15 of all time.

[2][3][4] Before the competition records were as follows:[5] The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.17 m.[6] The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[7] The qualification round will take place on 27 September, in two groups, both starting at 16:30.