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Former world champion Dwight Phillips became the joint fifth-best long jump performer of all time when he leaped 8.74 metres at the Prefontaine Classic grand prix.

Phillips, the 2005 world title winner, outdistanced Panamanian Olympic champion Irving Saladino by matching the longest jump in the world since 1994. Fellow American Mike Powell set the world record of 8.95 metres in 1991.

Saladino was second at 8.63 metres.

Only Powell, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis and Robert Emmiyan have jumped farther than Phillips. Americans Larry Myricks and Erick Walder have equalled the distance.

In other events, US Olympic champions Angelo Taylor and Dawn Harper both suffered defeat.

Beijing bronze medallist Bershawn Jackson relegated Taylor to fourth in the men's 400 metres hurdles.

American Jackson clocked 48.38 seconds with Taylor running 48.79 to place behind Jamaican Isa Phillips and US Olympic silver medallist Kerron Clement.

Harper failed to finish the women's 100 metres hurdles which US world champion Michelle Perry won in 12.74 seconds.

American runner-up Damu Cherry was given the same time.

Olympic bronze medallist Sanya Richard became the first of the year to dip under 50 seconds in the women's 400 metres.

She won in 49.86 seconds.

Prefontaine Classic results:

Men's 100m

1. Michael Rodgers (U.S.) 9.94

2. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 10.07

3. Walter Dix (U.S.) 10.07

Men's 300m

1. LaShawn Merritt (U.S.) 31.30

2. Xavier Carter (U.S.) 31.93

3. Wallace Spearmon (U.S.) 32.14

Men's 800m

1. Nick Symmonds (U.S.) 1:45.86

2. Alfred Kirwa (Kenya) 1:46.21

3. Christian Smith (U.S.) 1:46.36

Men's Mile

1. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:48.50

2. Haron Keitany (Kenya) 3:48.78

3. Nathan Brannen (Canada) 3:52.63

Men's 3000m

1. Bernard Lagat (U.S.) 7:35.92

2. Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Qatar) 7:36.87

3. Chris Solinsky (U.S.) 7:37.05

Men's 400m Hurdles

1. Bershawn Jackson (U.S.) 48.38

2. Isa Phillips (Jamaica) 48.55

3. Kerron Clement (U.S.) 48.73

Men's 3000m Steeplechase

1. Paul Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) 8:13.44

2. Roba Gary (Ethiopia) 8:21.22

3. Joshua McAdams (U.S.) 8:26.55

Men's High Jump

1. Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 2.34

2. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 2.31

3. Raul Spank (Germany) 2.26

3=. Jesse Williams (U.S.) 2.26

Men's Long Jump

1. Dwight Phillips (U.S.) 8.74

2. Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda (Panama) 8.63

3. Fabrice Lapierre (Australia) 8.02

Men's Pole Vault

1. Alhaji Jeng (Sweden) 5.51

2. Tim Mack (U.S.) 5.41

2=. Jeremy Scott (U.S.) 5.41

Men's Shot Put

1. Reese Hoffa (U.S.) 21.89

2. Daniel Taylor (U.S.) 21.29

3. Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 21.26

Women's 100m

1. Carmelita Jeter (U.S.) 10.85

2. Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 10.90

3. Muna Lee (U.S.) 11.02

Women's 400m

1. Sanya Richards (U.S.) 49.86

2. Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 50.72

3. Yuliya Gushchina (Russia) 51.17

Women's 800m

1. Maggie Vessey (U.S.) 2:00.18

2. Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 2:01.02

3. Jemma Simpson (Britain) 2:01.10

Women's 1500m

1. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 3:59.89

2. Jenny Barringer (U.S.) 3:59.90

3. Anna Alminova (Russia) 4:01.44

Women's 2000m

1. Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 5:31.52

2. Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain) 5:31.88

3. Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (Kenya) 5:33.43

Women's 100m Hurdles

1. Michelle Perry (U.S.) 12.74

2. Damu Cherry (U.S.) 12.74

3. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada) 12.75

Women's Long Jump

1. Funmi Jimoh (U.S.) 6.69

2. Ksenja Balta (Estonia) 6.68

3. Yelena Sokolova (Russia) 6.68

Women's Discus Throw

1. Stephanie Brown (U.S.) 63.98

2. Summer Pierson (U.S.) 60.53

3. Becky Breisch (U.S.) 60.06

Women's Hammer Throw

1. Betty Heidler (Germany) 72.81

2. Sultana Frizell (Canada) 72.07

3. Jessica Cosby (U.S.) 70.68

Reuters