The men's long jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Iván Pedroso | Kirill Sosunov | Joe Greene |
Qualification: 7.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[1]
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality |
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| Result | Notes | |
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| 1 | A | 7.38 | 7.78 | 8.30 | 8.30 | Q, PB | |||
| 2 | B | x | 7.78 | 8.17 | 8.17 | Q, SB | |||
| 3 | B | 7.57 | 7.80 | 8.13 | 8.13 | Q | |||
| 4 | B | 8.12 | 8.12 | Q | |||||
| 5 | B | x | x | 8.04 | 8.04 | Q | |||
| 6 | A | x | 7.98 | x | 7.98 | Q, PB | |||
| 7 | B | 7.71 | 7.87 | 7.95 | 7.95 | Q | |||
| 8 | B | 7.85 | 7.95 | 7.95 | Q | ||||
| 9 | B | 7.95 | 7.95 | Q | |||||
| 10 | B | 7.75 | 7.68 | 7.92 | 7.92 | q | |||
| 11 | A | 7.88 | 7.92 | x | 7.92 | q | |||
| 12 | B | 7.47 | 7.80 | 7.85 | 7.85 | q, NR | |||
| 13 | A | 7.54 | 7.73 | 7.84 | 7.84 | ||||
| 14 | A | 7.41 | 7.83 | 7.80 | 7.83 | ||||
| 15 | A | 7.62 | 7.81 | 7.81 | 7.81 | ||||
| 16 | A | 7.63 | 7.75 | 7.70 | 7.75 | ||||
| 17 | A | 7.71 | x | 7.71 | 7.71 | ||||
| 18 | A | 7.41 | 7.69 | 7.54 | 7.69 | ||||
| 19 | A | 7.60 | x | 7.64 | 7.64 | ||||
| 20 | B | 7.35 | 7.59 | x | 7.59 | ||||
| 21 | A | 7.48 | x | 7.58 | 7.58 | ||||
| 22 | A | 7.57 | 7.57 | x | 7.57 | ||||
| 23 | A | 7.27 | 7.56 | x | 7.56 | ||||
| 24 | B | 5.21 | 7.49 | x | 7.49 | NR | |||
| 25 | A | x | 7.49 | x | 7.49 | ||||
| 25 | B | x | x | 7.49 | 7.49 | ||||
| 27 | B | 7.42 | x | 7.44 | 7.44 | ||||
| 28 | A | 7.34 | x | x | 7.34 | ||||
| 29 | A | 6.70 | 6.95 | 7.26 | 7.26 | ||||
| 30 | A | 7.21 | x | x | 7.21 | ||||
| 31 | B | 7.14 | 7.18 | x | 7.18 | ||||
| 32 | A | 6.94 | 7.16 | 6.83 | 7.16 | ||||
| 33 | B | 6.98 | 6.96 | 6.97 | 6.98 | ||||
| 34 | A | 6.67 | x | 6.94 | 6.94 | ||||
| 35 | B | 6.85 | x | x | 6.85 | ||||
| 36 | B | 6.83 | x | x | 6.83 | ||||
| 37 | B | x | x | 5.77 | 5.77 | NR | |||
| 38 | B | 5.29 | – | – | 5.29 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality |
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| Result | Notes | |
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| 8.48 | – | – | – | 8.51 | 8.46 | 8.51 | =CR | ||||
| 8.23 | – | – | 8.00 | – | 8.41 | 8.41 | PB | ||||
| 7.95 | – | 7.99 | 8.13 | 8.22 | 8.41 | 8.41 | PB | ||||
| 7.97 | 8.01 | 8.16 | 8.17 | 8.24 | 8.14 | 8.24 | SB | ||||
| 8.17 | – | 8.13 | – | – | 8.11 | 8.17 | SB | ||||
| 8.12 | – | 7.98 | 8.10 | – | 8.11 | 8.12 | |||||
| – | 8.02 | – | 7.83 | 7.90 | – | 8.02 | |||||
| – | 7.99 | 7.79 | – | 7.88 | 7.95 | 7.99 | |||||
| – | 7.89 | 7.98 | 7.98 | ||||||||
| 10 | 7.91 | – | 7.94 | 7.94 | |||||||
| 11 | 7.50 | – | 7.45 | 7.50 | |||||||
| 12 | 7.31 | – | – | 7.31 |