See main article: Athletics at the 2010 South American Games. The Men's Long Jump event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 17:30.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
Jorge McFarlane Perú | Javier McFarlane Perú | Lourival de Almeida Neto |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  | 8.95m | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 | ||
| World Leading |  | 8.20m | Havana, Cuba | 5 February 2010 | ||
| South American record |  Panamá | 8.73m | Hengelo, Netherlands | 24 May 2008 | ||
| South American U23 record | Panamá | 8.29m | Sevilla, Spain | 4 June 2005 | ||
Results were published.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Attempt | Best Result | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Perú | 7.98 | x | x | – | x | 8.09 | 8.09 | |||
| (wind: +2.8 m/s) | (wind: +3.5 m/s) | (wind: -0.3 m/s) | (wind: +0.9 m/s) | (wind: +1.8 m/s) | (wind: +1.8 m/s) | |||||
| – | Panamá | Series not known | 7.97 | AJR, SB, =PB, † | ||||||
| (wind: +1.5 m/s) | ||||||||||
| Perú | x | x | 7.16 | 7.62 | 7.39 | 7.44 | 7.62 | |||
| (wind: +3.2 m/s) | (wind: +1.1 m/s) | (wind: +0.2 m/s) | (wind: +1.0 m/s) | (wind: +2.8 m/s) | (wind: +0.6 m/s) | (wind: +1.0 m/s) | ||||
 | x | 7.31 | x | 7.45 | 7.41 | x | 7.45 | |||
| (wind: +1.1 m/s) | (wind: +2.6 m/s) | (wind: +1.2 m/s) | (wind: +0.0 m/s) | (wind: +2.1 m/s) | (wind: +1.4 m/s) | (wind: +0.0 m/s) | ||||
| 4 | 6.93 | 7.26 | 7.03 | 7.33 | 6.78 | 7.04 | 7.33 | |||
| (wind: +1.4 m/s) | (wind: +1.7 m/s) | (wind: +1.0 m/s) | (wind: +0.0 m/s) | (wind: -0.4 m/s) | (wind: +1.8 m/s) | (wind: +0.0 m/s) | ||||
| 5 |  | 7.10 | 7.07 | 7.09 | 7.32 | 6.97 | 6.80 | 7.32 | ||
| (wind: +1.1 m/s) | (wind: -0.1 m/s) | (wind: +1.7 m/s) | (wind: +1.3 m/s) | (wind: +1.3 m/s) | (wind: +0.6 m/s) | (wind: +1.3 m/s) | ||||
| 6 |  | x | 7.20 | 7.16 | – | – | – | 7.20 | w | |
| (wind: +3.1 m/s) | (wind: +3.2 m/s) | (wind: +0.9 m/s) | (wind: +3.2 m/s) | |||||||
| 7 |  | 6.99 | 7.11 | 6.99 | 7.02 | – | – | 7.11 | ||
| (wind: +2.5 m/s) | (wind: +1.6 m/s) | (wind: +1.1 m/s) | (wind: +0.6 m/s) | (wind: +1.6 m/s) | ||||||
| 8 | | 7.05 | 7.04 | 6.90 | 7.05 | w | ||||
| (wind: +4.1 m/s) | (wind: +1.9 m/s) | (wind: +1.5 m/s) | (wind: +4.1 m/s) | |||||||
| 9 | 6.99 | 3.10 | 6.57 | 6.99 | ||||||
| (wind: +1.4 m/s) | (wind: +0.2 m/s) | (wind: +1.4 m/s) | (wind: +1.4 m/s) | |||||||
| 10 |  | 6.25 | 6.45 | 6.32 | 6.45 | |||||
| (wind: +0.8 m/s) | (wind: +1.8 m/s) | (wind: +0.3 m/s) | (wind: +1.8 m/s) | |||||||
| – | | x | x | x | NM | |||||
| (wind: +2.0 m/s) | (wind: +0.9 m/s) | (wind: +0.5 m/s) | ||||||||