Qualifying performance 8.10 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q)
| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | B | 114 | Yago Lamela |
 ESP |
8.12 Q |
| 2 | 1 | A | 49 | Petâr Dachev |
 BUL |
7.98 q |
| 3 | 2 | B | 426 | Volodymyr Zyuskov |
 UKR |
7.97 q |
| 4 | 3 | B | 450 | Miguel Pate |
 USA |
7.96 q |
| 5 | 4 | B | 452 | Dwight Phillips |
USA |
7.95 q |
| 6 | 5 | B | 148 | Salim Sdiri |
 FRA |
7.93 q |
| 7 | B | 334 | Bogdan Tarus |
 ROU |
DQ q | |
| 8 | 2 | A | 82 | Luis Felipe Méliz |
 CUB |
7.84 q SB |
| 9 | 3 | A | 77 | Siniša Ergotic |
 CRO |
7.83 |
| 10 | 4 | A | 110 | Raúl Fernández |
ESP |
7.80 |
| 11 | 6 | B | 236 | James Beckford |
 JAM |
7.74 |
| 12 | 5 | A | 177 | Christopher Tomlinson |
 GBR |
7.73 |
| 13 | 6 | A | 83 | Yoelmis Pacheco |
CUB |
7.71 PB |
| 14 | 7 | A | 64 | Dalong Li |
 CHN |
7.57 |
| 15 | 7 | B | 425 | Valeriy Vasylyev |
UKR |
7.55 |
| 16 | 8 | A | 63 | Jianfeng Lao |
CHN |
7.46 |