Jamaican Wayne Pinnock took silver and Italy’s Mattia Furlani claimed bronze.

The world champion clinched the title with his second attempt of 8.48m in a sombre effort, as he only cracked a grin once he was able to embrace his team in the stands.

Tentoglou became only the second man to retain his long jump title after American great Carl Lewis, who won four straight from 1984 to 1996.