Long jump

Athletics Long jump
A long jumper at the 2007 Military World Games
World records
Men	Mike Powell 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in) (1991)
Women	Galina Chistyakova 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) (1988)
Olympic records
Men	Bob Beamon 8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (1968)
Women	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7.40 m (24 ft 3+1⁄4 in) (1988)
World Championship records
Men	Mike Powell 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in) (1991)
Women	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7.36 m (24 ft 1+3⁄4 in) (1987)

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Women's Long Jump Final – 28th Summer Universiade 2015

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". This event has a history in the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the first Olympics in 1896 and for women since 1948.

Rules[]

An indicator of wind direction and a device for measuring wind speed (here +2.6 m/s) along a run-up track

At the elite level, competitors run down a runway (usually coated with the same rubberized surface as running tracks, crumb rubber also vulcanized rubber—known generally as an all-weather track) and jump as far as they can from a wooden board 20 cm or 8 inches wide that is built flush with the runway into a pit filled with finely ground gravel or sand. If the competitor starts the leap with any part of the foot past the foul line, the jump is declared a foul and no distance is recorded. A layer of plasticine is placed immediately after the board to detect this occurrence. An official (similar to a referee) will also watch the jump and make the determination. The competitor can initiate the jump from any point behind the foul line; however, the distance measured will always be perpendicular to the foul line to the nearest break in the sand caused by any part of the body or uniform. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the competitor to get as close to the foul line as possible. Competitors are allowed to place two marks along the side of the runway in order to assist them to jump accurately. At a lesser meet and facilities, the plasticine will likely not exist, the runway might be a different surface or jumpers may initiate their jump from a painted or taped mark on the runway. At a smaller meet, the number of attempts might also be limited to four or three.

Each competitor has a set number of attempts. That would normally be three trials, with three additional jumps being awarded to the best 8 or 9 (depending on the number of lanes on the track at that facility, so the event is equatable to track events) competitors. All legal marks will be recorded but only the longest legal jump counts towards the results. The competitor with the longest legal jump (from either the trial or final rounds) at the end of competition is declared the winner. In the event of an exact tie, then comparing the next best jumps of the tied competitors will be used to determine place. In a large, multi-day elite competition (like the Olympics or World Championships), a set number of competitors will advance to the final round, determined in advance by the meet management. A set of 3 trial round jumps will be held in order to select those finalists. It is standard practice to allow at a minimum, one more competitor than the number of scoring positions to return to the final round, though 12 plus ties and automatic qualifying distances are also potential factors. (For specific rules and regulations in United States Track & Field see Rule 185).^[1]

For record purposes, the maximum accepted wind assistance is two metres per second (m/s) (4.5 mph).

History[]

The jumper on the left performs a distinctive isometric press, primarily by applying downward pressure onto his bent rear leg. This acts as a means of preloading the muscles prior to engaging in a jump from standing. The jumper to the right of him is mid-flight.

An ancient long jumper comes in to land

The long jump is the only known jumping event of ancient Greece's original Olympics' pentathlon events. All events that occurred at the Olympic Games were initially supposed to act as a form of training for warfare. The long jump emerged probably because it mirrored the crossing of obstacles such as streams and ravines.^[2] After investigating the surviving depictions of the ancient event it is believed that unlike the modern event, athletes were only allowed a short running start.^[2] The athletes carried a weight in each hand, which were called halteres (between 1 and 4.5 kg). These weights were swung forward as the athlete jumped in order to increase momentum. It was commonly believed that the jumper would throw the weights behind him in midair to increase his forward momentum; however, halteres were held throughout the duration of the jump. Swinging them down and back at the end of the jump would change the athlete's center of gravity and allow the athlete to stretch his legs outward, increasing his distance. The jump itself was made from the bater ("that which is trod upon"). It was most likely a simple board placed on the stadium track which was removed after the event. The jumpers would land in what was called a skamma ("dug-up" area). The idea that this was a pit full of sand is wrong. Sand in the jumping pit is a modern invention.^[3] The skamma was simply a temporary area dug up for that occasion and not something that remained over time.

The long jump was considered one of the most difficult of the events held at the Games since a great deal of skill was required. Music was often played during the jump and Philostratus says that pipes at times would accompany the jump so as to provide a rhythm for the complex movements of the halteres by the athlete.^[2] Philostratus is quoted as saying, "The rules regard jumping as the most difficult of the competitions, and they allow the jumper to be given advantages in rhythm by the use of the flute, and in weight by the use of the halter."^[4] Most notable in the ancient sport was a man called Chionis, who in the 656 BC Olympics staged a jump of 7.05 m (23 ft 1+1⁄2 in).^[5]

There has been some argument by modern scholars over the long jump. Some have attempted to recreate it as a triple jump. The images provide the only evidence for the action so it is more well received that it was much like today's long jump. The main reason some want to call it a triple jump is the presence of a source that claims there once was a fifty-five ancient foot jump done by a man named Phayllos.^[6]

The long jump has been part of modern Olympic competition since the inception of the Games in 1896. In 1914, Dr. Harry Eaton Stewart recommended the "running broad jump" as a standardized track and field event for women.^[7] However, it was not until 1948 that the women's long jump was added to the Olympic athletics programme.

Technique[]

An athlete during the women's heptathlon long jump at the 2013 French Athletics Championships in Stade Charléty, Paris

There are five main components of the long jump: the approach run, the last two strides, takeoff, action in the air, and landing. Speed in the run-up, or approach, and a high leap off the board are the fundamentals of success. Because speed is such an important factor of the approach, it is not surprising that many long jumpers also compete successfully in sprints. A classic example of this long jump / sprint doubling are performances by Carl Lewis.

Approach[]

The objective of the approach is to gradually accelerate to a maximum controlled speed at takeoff. The most important factor for the distance travelled by an object is its velocity at takeoff – both the speed and angle. Elite jumpers usually leave the ground at an angle of twenty^{[citation needed]} degrees or less; therefore, it is more beneficial for a jumper to focus on the speed component of the jump. The greater the speed at takeoff, the longer the trajectory of the center of mass will be. The importance of a takeoff speed is a factor in the success of sprinters in this event.

The length of the approach is usually consistent distance for an athlete. Approaches can vary between 12 and 19 strides on the novice and intermediate levels, while at the elite level they are closer to between 20 and 22 strides. The exact distance and number of strides in an approach depends on the jumper's experience, sprinting technique, and conditioning level. Consistency in the approach is important as it is the competitor's objective to get as close to the front of the takeoff board as possible without crossing the line with any part of the foot.

Last two strides[]

The objective of the last two strides is to prepare the body for takeoff while conserving as much speed as possible.

The penultimate stride is longer than the last stride. The competitor begins to lower his or her center of gravity to prepare the body for the vertical impulse. The final stride is shorter because the body is beginning to raise the center of gravity in preparation for takeoff.

The last two strides are extremely important because they determine the velocity with which the competitor will enter the jump.

Takeoff[]

Takeoff board

The objective of the takeoff is to create a vertical impulse through the athlete's center of gravity while maintaining balance and control.

This phase is one of the most technical parts of the long jump. Jumpers must be conscious to place the foot flat on the ground, because jumping off either the heels or the toes negatively affects the jump. Taking off from the board heel-first has a braking effect, which decreases velocity and strains the joints. Jumping off the toes decreases stability, putting the leg at risk of buckling or collapsing from underneath the jumper. While concentrating on foot placement, the athlete must also work to maintain proper body position, keeping the torso upright and moving the hips forward and up to achieve the maximum distance from board contact to foot release.

There are four main styles of takeoff: the kick style, double-arm style, sprint takeoff, and the power sprint or bounding takeoff.

Kick[]

The kick style takeoff is where the athlete actively cycles the leg before a full impulse has been directed into the board then landing into the pit. This requires great strength in the hamstrings. This causes the jumper to jump to large distances.

Double-arm[]

The double-arm style of takeoff works by moving both arms in a vertical direction as the competitor takes off. This produces a high hip height and a large vertical impulse.

Sprint[]

The sprint takeoff is the style most widely instructed by coaching staff. This is a classic single-arm action that resembles a jumper in full stride. It is an efficient takeoff style for maintaining velocity through takeoff.

Power sprint or bounding[]

The power sprint takeoff, or bounding takeoff, is one of the more common elite styles. Very similar to the sprint style, the body resembles a sprinter in full stride. However, there is one major difference. The arm that pushes back on takeoff (the arm on the side of the takeoff leg) fully extends backward, rather than remaining at a bent position. This additional extension increases the impulse at takeoff.

The "correct" style of takeoff will vary from athlete to athlete.

Action in the air and landing[]

Multi-eventer Jessica Ennis during a long jump, preparing to land

There are three major flight techniques for the long jump: the hang, the sail, and the hitch-kick. Each technique is to combat the forward rotation experienced from take-off but is basically down to preference from the athlete. It is important to note that once the body is airborne, there is nothing that the athlete can do to change the direction they are traveling and consequently where they are going to land in the pit. However, it can be argued that certain techniques influence an athlete's landing, which can affect the distance measured. For example, if an athlete lands feet first but falls back because they are not correctly balanced, a lower distance will be measured.

In the 1970s, some jumpers used a forward somersault, including Tuariki Delamere who used it at the 1974 NCAA Championships, and who matched the jump of the then Olympic champion Randy Williams. The somersault jump has potential to produce longer jumps than other techniques because in the flip, no power is lost countering forward momentum, and it reduces wind resistance in the air.^[8] The front flip jump was subsequently banned due to fear of it being unsafe.

Culture[]

Long Jump commemorative coin

Track and field events have been selected as a main motif in numerous collectors' coins. One of the recent samples is the €10 Greek Long Jump commemorative coin, minted in 2003 to commemorate the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The obverse of the coin portrays a modern athlete at the moment he is touching the ground, while the ancient athlete in the background is shown while starting off his jump, as he is seen on a black-figure vase of the 5th century BC.

Records[]

Sand pit in which Bob Beamon set the 8.90 m record in Mexico City

The men's long jump world record has been held by just four individuals for the majority of time since the IAAF started to ratify records. The first mark recognized by the IAAF in 1912, the 1901 performance by Peter O'Connor, stood just short of 20 years (nine years as an IAAF record). After it was broken in 1921, the record changed hands five times until Jesse Owens set the record of 8.13 m (26 ft 8 in) at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a record that was not broken for over 25 years, until 1960, by Ralph Boston. Boston improved upon it and exchanged records with Igor Ter-Ovanesyan three times over the next seven years. At the 1968 Summer Olympics Bob Beamon jumped 8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in), a jump not exceeded for almost 23 years, which remains the second longest legal jump of all time; it has stood as the Olympic record for over 52 years. On 30 August 1991, Mike Powell of the United States set the current men's world record at the World Championships in Tokyo. It was in a dramatic showdown against Carl Lewis who also surpassed Beamon's record that day, but his jump was wind-assisted (and thus not legal for record purposes). Powell's record of 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in) has now stood for over 30 years.

Some jumps over 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in) have been officially recorded. 8.99 m (29 ft 5+3⁄4 in) was recorded by Powell (wind-assisted +4.4) set at high altitude in Sestriere in 1992. A potential world record of 8.96 m (29 ft 4+3⁄4 in) was recorded by Iván Pedroso,^[9] with a "legal" wind reading also in Sestriere, but the jump was not validated because videotape revealed a person stood in front of the wind gauge, invalidating the reading (and costing Pedroso a Ferrari valued at $130,000—the prize for breaking the record at that meet).^[10] As mentioned above, Lewis jumped 8.91 m (29 ft 2+3⁄4 in) moments before Powell's record-breaking jump with the wind exceeding the maximum allowed. This jump remains the longest ever not to win an Olympic or World Championship gold medal, or any competition in general.

The women's world record has seen more consistent improvement, though the current record has stood longer than any other long jump record by men or women. The longest to hold the record prior was by Fanny Blankers-Koen during World War II. who held it for over 10 years. There have been four occasions when the record was tied and three when it was improved upon twice in the same competition. The current women's world record is held by Galina Chistyakova of the former Soviet Union who leapt 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) in Leningrad on 11 June 1988, a mark that has now stood for over 33 years.

Continental records[]

Outdoor[]

• Updated 30 May 2021^[11][12]

Area	Men				Women
	Mark (m)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Mark (m)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	8.65[A]	+1.3	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	7.17	+1.1	Ese Brume	Nigeria
Asia (records)	8.48	+0.6	Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi	Saudi Arabia	7.01	+1.4	Weili Yao	China
Europe (records)	8.86[A]	+1.9	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	7.52 WR	+1.4	Galina Chistyakova	Soviet Union
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	8.95 WR	+0.3	Mike Powell	United States	7.49	+1.3	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States
Oceania (records)	8.54	+1.7	Mitchell Watt	Australia	7.05	+2.0	Brooke Stratton	Australia
South America (records)	8.73	+1.2	Irving Saladino	Panama	7.26[A]	+1.8	Maurren Maggi	Brazil

Notes[]

Indoor[]

• Updated 17 September 2020^[13][14]

Area	Men			Women
	Mark (m)	Athlete	Nation	Mark (m)	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	8.44	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	6.97	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria
Asia (records)	8.27	Su Xiongfeng	China	6.82	Yang Juan	China
Europe (records)	8.71	Sebastian Bayer	Germany	7.37 WR	Heike Drechsler	East Germany
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	8.79 WR	Carl Lewis	United States	7.23	Brittney Reese	United States
Oceania (records)	8.25	Fabrice Lapierre	Australia	6.81	Nicole Boegman	Australia
South America (records)	8.42	Irving Saladino	Panama	6.89	Maurren Maggi	Brazil

All-time top 25[]

Men (outdoor)[]

• As of July 2021^[15]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1	8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	+0.3	Mike Powell	United States	30 AUG 1991	Tokyo
2	2	8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in) A	+2.0	Bob Beamon	United States	18 OCT 1968	Mexico City
3	3	8.87 m (29 ft 1 in)	−0.2	Carl Lewis	United States	30 AUG 1991	Tokyo
4	4	8.86 m (29 ft 3⁄4 in) A	+1.9	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	22 MAY 1987	Tsakhkadzor
	5	8.84 m (29 ft 0 in)	+1.7	Lewis #2		30 AUG 1991	Tokyo
	6	8.79 m (28 ft 10 in)	+1.9	Lewis #3		19 JUN 1983	Indianapolis
	7	8.76 m (28 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	+1.0	Lewis #4		24 JUL 1982	Indianapolis
			+0.8	Lewis #5		18 JUL 1988	Indianapolis
5	9	8.74 m (28 ft 8 in)	+1.4	Larry Myricks	United States	18 JUL 1988	Indianapolis
		8.74 m (28 ft 8 in) A	+2.0	Erick Walder	United States	02 APR 1994	El Paso
		8.74 m (28 ft 8 in)	−1.2	Dwight Phillips	United States	07 JUN 2009	Eugene
8	12	8.73 m (28 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	+1.2	Irving Saladino	Panama	24 MAY 2008	Hengelo
	13	8.72 m (28 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	−0.2	Lewis #6		26 SEP 1988	Seoul
	14	8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	−0.4	Lewis #7		13 MAY 1984	Westwood
			+0.1	Lewis #8		19 JUN 1984	Los Angeles
9	14	8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	+1.9	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	18 JUL 1995	Salamanca
	17	8.70 m (28 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	+0.9	Myricks #2		17 JUN 1989	Houston
			+0.7	Powell #2		27 JUL 1993	Salamanca
			+1.6	Pedroso #2		12 AUG 1995	Gothenburg
10	20	8.69 m (28 ft 6 in)	+0.5	Tajay Gayle	Jamaica	28 SEP 2019	Doha
	21	8.68 m (28 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	+1.0	Lewis #9		05 AUG 1992	Barcelona
			+1.6	Pedroso #3		17 JUN 1995	Lisbon
11	21	8.68 m (28 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	+1.7	Juan Miguel Echevarría	Cuba	30 JUN 2018	Bad Langensalza	[16]
	24	8.67 m (28 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	+0.4	Lewis #10		05 SEP 1987	Rome
			−0.7	Lewis #11		06 AUG 1992	Barcelona
12		8.66 m (28 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	+1.6	Louis Tsatoumas	Greece	02 JUN 2007	Kalamata
13		8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A	+1.3	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	22 APR 2017	Potchefstroom	[17]
14		8.63 m (28 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	+0.5	Kareem Streete-Thompson	United States	04 JUL 1994	Linz
15		8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	+0.7	James Beckford	Jamaica	05 APR 1997	Orlando
16		8.60 m (28 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	+0.7	Miltiadis Tentoglou	Greece	26 MAY 2021	Kallithea	[18]
17		8.58 m (28 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	+1.8	Jarrion Lawson	United States	03 JUL 2016	Eugene	[19]
18		8.56 m (28 ft 1 in)	+1.3	Yago Lamela	Spain	24 JUN 1999	Turin
			+0.2	Aleksandr Menkov	Russia	16 AUG 2013	Moscow
20		8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)	+0.9	Lutz Dombrowski	East Germany	28 JUL 1980	Moscow
			+1.7	Mitchell Watt	Australia	29 JUL 2011	Stockholm
22		8.53 m (27 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	+1.2	Jaime Jefferson	Cuba	12 MAY 1990	Havana
23		8.52 m (27 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	+0.7	Savanté Stringfellow	United States	21 JUN 2002	Palo Alto
			+1.8	Jeff Henderson	United States	22 JUL 2015	Toronto
25		8.51 m (27 ft 11 in)	+1.7	Roland McGhee	United States	14 MAY 1995	São Paulo
			+1.7	Greg Rutherford	United Kingdom	24 APR 2014	Chula Vista

Assisted marks[]

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the best wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 8.51 m). Only best assisted mark that is superior to legal best is shown:

• Mike Powell jumped 8.99 (+4.4) at high altitude in Sestriere, Italy on 21 July 1992.
• Juan Miguel Echevarría jumped 8.92 (+3.3) in Havana, Cuba on 10 March 2019.
• Carl Lewis jumped 8.91 (+3.0) in Tokyo, Japan on 30 August 1991.
• Fabrice Lapierre jumped 8.78 (+3.1) in Perth, Australia on 18 April 2010.
• James Beckford jumped 8.68 (+4.9) in Odessa, Ukraine on 20 May 1995.
• Joe Greene jumped 8.68 (+4.0) at high altitude in Sestriere, Italy on 21 July 1995.
• Marquis Dendy jumped 8.68 (+3.7) in Eugene, Oregon on 25 June 2015.
• Kareem Streete-Thompson jumped 8.64 (+3.5) in Knoxville, Tennessee on 18 June 1995.
• Mike Conley jumped 8.63 (+3.9) in Eugene, Oregon on 20 June 1986.
• Jeff Henderson jumped 8.59 (+2.9) in Eugene, Oregon on 3 July 2016.
• Jason Grimes jumped 8.57 (+5.2) in Durham, North Carolina on 27 June 1982.
• Kevin Dilworth jumped 8.53 (+4.9) in Fort-de-France, Martinique on 27 April 2002.
• Ignisious Gaisah jumped 8.51 (+3.7) in Bambous, Mauritius on 9 August 2006.

Women (outdoor)[]

• As of July 2021^[20]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1	7.52 m (24 ft 8 in)	+1.4	Galina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	11 JUN 1988	Leningrad
2	2	7.49 m (24 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	+1.3	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	22 MAY 1994	New York City
	2	7.49 m (24 ft 6+3⁄4 in) A	+1.7	Joyner-Kersee #2		31 JUL 1994	Sestriere
3	4	7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+1.2	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	09 JUL 1988	Neubrandenburg
	4	7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+0.4	Drechsler #2		08 JUL 1992	Lausanne
	6	7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	+0.9	Drechsler #3		21 JUN 1986	Tallinn
			+1.1	Drechsler #4		03 JUL 1986	Dresden
			+0.6	Joyner-Kersee #3		13 AUG 1987	Indianapolis
			+1.0	Chistyakova #2		11 JUN 1988	Leningrad
			+1.6	Chistyakova #3		12 AUG 1988	Budapest
	11	7.44 m (24 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	+2.0	Drechsler #5		22 SEP 1985	Berlin
4	12	7.43 m (24 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	+1.4	Anişoara Cuşmir	Romania	04 JUN 1983	Bucharest
5	13	7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)	+2.0	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	23 JUN 2002	Annecy
	14	7.40 m (24 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	+1.8	Drechsler #6		26 JUL 1984	Dresden
			+0.7	Drechsler #7		21 AUG 1987	Potsdam
			+0.9	Joyner-Kersee #4		29 SEP 1988	Seoul
	17	7.39 m (24 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	+0.3	Drechsler #8		21 AUG 1985	Zürich
6	17	7.39 m (24 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	+0.5	Yelena Belevskaya	Soviet Union	18 JUL 1987	Bryansk
	17	7.39 m (24 ft 2+3⁄4 in)		Joyner-Kersee #5		25 JUN 1988	San Diego
	20	7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) A	+1.8	Drechsler #9		31 JUL 1991	Sestriere
7	20	7.37 m (24 ft 2 in)		Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	13 JUN 1992	Kyiv
	22	7.36 m (24 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	+0.4	Joyner-Kersee #6		04 SEP 1987	Rome
			+1.8	Belevskaya #2		11 JUN 1988	Leningrad
			+1.8	Drechsler #10		28 MAY 1992	Jena
	25	7.35 m (24 ft 1+1⁄4 in)	+1.9	Chistyakova #4		20 JUN 1990	Bratislava
8		7.33 m (24 ft 1⁄2 in)	+0.4	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	31 JUL 2004	Tula
9		7.31 m (23 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	+1.5	Olena Khlopotnova	Soviet Union	12 SEP 1985	Alma Ata
			+1.9	Marion Jones	United States	31 MAY 1998	Eugene
			+1.7	Brittney Reese	United States	02 JUL 2016	Eugene	[21]
12		7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	−0.8	Malaika Mihambo	Germany	06 OCT 2019	Doha	[22]
13		7.27 m (23 ft 10 in)	−0.4	Irina Simagina	Russia	31 JUL 2004	Tula
14		7.26 m (23 ft 9+3⁄4 in) A	+1.8	Maurren Maggi	Brazil	25 JUN 1999	Bogotá
15		7.24 m (23 ft 9 in)	+1.0	Larysa Berezhna	Soviet Union	25 MAY 1991	Granada
16		7.21 m (23 ft 7+3⁄4 in)	+1.6	Helga Radtke	East Germany	26 JUL 1984	Dresden
			+1.9	Lyudmila Kolchanova	Russia	27 MAY 2007	Sochi
18		7.20 m (23 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	−0.3	Vali Ionescu	Romania	01 AUG 1982	Bucharest
			+2.0	Irena Ozenko	Soviet Union	12 SEP 1986	Budapest
			+0.8	Yelena Sinchukova	Soviet Union	20 JUN 1991	Budapest
			+0.7	Irina Mushailova	Russia	14 JUL 1994	Saint Petersburg
22		7.17 m (23 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+1.8	Irina Valyukevich	Soviet Union	18 JUL 1987	Bryansk
			+0.6	Tianna Bartoletta	United States	17 AUG 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[23]
			+1.1	Ese Brume	Nigeria	29 MAY 2021	Chula Vista	[24]
25		7.16 m (23 ft 5+3⁄4 in)		Yolanda Chen	Soviet Union	30 JUL 1988	Moscow
			−0.1	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	22 MAY 2004	Mexico City
			+1.6	Sosthene Moguenara	Germany	29 MAY 2016	Weinheim

Assisted marks[]

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the best wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 7.16 m). Only best assisted mark that is superior to legal best is shown:

• Heike Drechsler jumped 7.63 (+2.1) at high altitude in Sestriere, Italy on 21 July 1992.
• Yulimar Rojas jumped 7.27 (+2.7) in La Nucia, Spain on 13 June 2021.
• Fiona May jumped 7.23 (+4.3) at high altitude in Sestriere, Italy on 29 July 1995.
• Susen Tiedtke jumped 7.22 (+3.7) at high altitude in Sestriere, Italy on 28 July 1993.
• Anastassia Mirochuk-Ivanova jumped 7.22 (+4.3) in Grodno, Belarus on 6 July 2012.
• Eva Murková jumped 7.17 (+3.6) in Nitra, Czechoslovakia on 26 August 1984.

Olympic medalists[]

Men[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens details	Ellery Clark  United States	Robert Garrett  United States	James Connolly  United States
1900 Paris details	Alvin Kraenzlein  United States	Myer Prinstein  United States	Patrick Leahy  Great Britain
1904 St. Louis details	Myer Prinstein  United States	Daniel Frank  United States	Robert Stangland  United States
1908 London details	Frank Irons  United States	Daniel Kelly  United States	Calvin Bricker  Canada
1912 Stockholm details	Albert Gutterson  United States	Calvin Bricker  Canada	Georg Åberg  Sweden
1920 Antwerp details	William Petersson  Sweden	Carl Johnson  United States	Erik Abrahamsson  Sweden
1924 Paris details	DeHart Hubbard  United States	Edward Gourdin  United States	Sverre Hansen  Norway
1928 Amsterdam details	Ed Hamm  United States	Silvio Cator  Haiti	Al Bates  United States
1932 Los Angeles details	Ed Gordon  United States	Lambert Redd  United States	Chūhei Nambu  Japan
1936 Berlin details	Jesse Owens  United States	Luz Long  Germany	Naoto Tajima  Japan
1948 London details	Willie Steele  United States	Bill Bruce  Australia	Herb Douglas  United States
1952 Helsinki details	Jerome Biffle  United States	Meredith Gourdine  United States	Ödön Földessy  Hungary
1956 Melbourne details	Gregory Bell  United States	John Bennett  United States	Jorma Valkama  Finland
1960 Rome details	Ralph Boston  United States	Bo Roberson  United States	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo details	Lynn Davies  Great Britain	Ralph Boston  United States	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City details	Bob Beamon  United States	Klaus Beer  East Germany	Ralph Boston  United States
1972 Munich details	Randy Williams  United States	Hans Baumgartner  West Germany	Arnie Robinson  United States
1976 Montreal details	Arnie Robinson  United States	Randy Williams  United States	Frank Wartenberg  East Germany
1980 Moscow details	Lutz Dombrowski  East Germany	Frank Paschek  East Germany	Valeriy Pidluzhnyy  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Carl Lewis  United States	Gary Honey  Australia	Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy
1988 Seoul details	Carl Lewis  United States	Mike Powell  United States	Larry Myricks  United States
1992 Barcelona details	Carl Lewis  United States	Mike Powell  United States	Joe Greene  United States
1996 Atlanta details	Carl Lewis  United States	James Beckford  Jamaica	Joe Greene  United States
2000 Sydney details	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	Jai Taurima  Australia	Roman Shchurenko  Ukraine
2004 Athens details	Dwight Phillips  United States	John Moffitt  United States	Joan Lino Martínez  Spain
2008 Beijing details	Irving Saladino  Panama	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	Ibrahim Camejo  Cuba
2012 London details	Greg Rutherford  Great Britain	Mitchell Watt  Australia	Will Claye  United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Jeff Henderson  United States	Luvo Manyonga  South Africa	Greg Rutherford  Great Britain
2020 Tokyo details	Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece	Juan Miguel Echevarría  Cuba	Maykel Massó  Cuba

Women[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London details	Olga Gyarmati  Hungary	Noemí Simonetto  Argentina	Ann-Britt Leyman  Sweden
1952 Helsinki details	Yvette Williams  New Zealand	Aleksandra Chudina  Soviet Union	Shirley Cawley  Great Britain
1956 Melbourne details	Elżbieta Krzesińska  Poland	Willye White  United States	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili  Soviet Union
1960 Rome details	Vera Krepkina  Soviet Union	Elżbieta Krzesińska  Poland	Hildrun Claus  United Team of Germany
1964 Tokyo details	Mary Rand  Great Britain	Irena Kirszenstein  Poland	Tatyana Shchelkanova  Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City details	Viorica Viscopoleanu  Romania	Sheila Sherwood  Great Britain	Tatyana Talysheva  Soviet Union
1972 Munich details	Heide Rosendahl  West Germany	Diana Yorgova  Bulgaria	Eva Šuranová  Czechoslovakia
1976 Montreal details	Angela Voigt  East Germany	Kathy McMillan  United States	Lidiya Alfeyeva  Soviet Union
1980 Moscow details	Tatyana Kolpakova  Soviet Union	Brigitte Wujak  East Germany	Tatyana Skachko  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu  Romania	Valy Ionescu  Romania	Sue Hearnshaw  Great Britain
1988 Seoul details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States	Heike Drechsler  East Germany	Galina Chistyakova  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona details	Heike Drechsler  Germany	Inessa Kravets  Unified Team	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States
1996 Atlanta details	Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria	Fiona May  Italy	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States
2000 Sydney details	Heike Drechsler  Germany	Fiona May  Italy	Tatyana Kotova  Russia
2004 Athens details	Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia	Irina Simagina  Russia	Tatyana Kotova  Russia
2008 Beijing details	Maurren Maggi  Brazil	Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria
2012 London details	Brittney Reese  United States	Elena Sokolova  Russia	Janay DeLoach  United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Tianna Bartoletta  United States	Britney Reese  United States	Ivana Španović  Serbia
2020 Tokyo details	Malaika Mihambo  Germany	Britney Reese  United States	Ese Brume  Nigeria

World Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Jason Grimes (USA)	Mike Conley (USA)
1987 Rome details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Robert Emmiyan (URS)	Larry Myricks (USA)
1991 Tokyo details	Mike Powell (USA)	Carl Lewis (USA)	Larry Myricks (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Mike Powell (USA)	Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS)	Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR)
1995 Gothenburg details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	James Beckford (JAM)	Mike Powell (USA)
1997 Athens details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Erick Walder (USA)	Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
1999 Seville details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Yago Lamela (ESP)	Gregor Cankar (SLO)
2001 Edmonton details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Savanté Stringfellow (USA)	Carlos Calado (POR)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	James Beckford (JAM)	Yago Lamela (ESP)
2005 Helsinki details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	Ignisious Gaisah (GHA)	Tommi Evilä (FIN)
2007 Osaka details	Irving Saladino (PAN)	Andrew Howe (ITA)	Dwight Phillips (USA)
2009 Berlin details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)	Mitchell Watt (AUS)
2011 Daegu details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	Mitchell Watt (AUS)	Ngonidzashe Makusha (ZIM)
2013 Moscow details	Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)	Ignisious Gaisah (NED)	Luis Rivera (MEX)
2015 Beijing details	Greg Rutherford (GBR)	Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)	Wang Jianan (CHN)
2017 London details	Luvo Manyonga (RSA)	Jarrion Lawson (USA)	Ruswahl Samaai (RSA)
2019 Doha details	Tajay Gayle (JAM)	Jeff Henderson (USA)	Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB)

Women[]

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Heike Daute (GDR)	Anișoara Cușmir (ROM)	Carol Lewis (USA)
1987 Rome details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Yelena Belevskaya (URS)	Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1991 Tokyo details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Larysa Berezhna (URS)
1993 Stuttgart details	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Larysa Berezhna (UKR)	Renata Nielsen (DEN)
1995 Gothenburg details	Fiona May (ITA)	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	Irina Mushailova (RUS)
1997 Athens details	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	Niki Xanthou (GRE)	Fiona May (ITA)
1999 Seville details	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)	Fiona May (ITA)	Marion Jones (USA)
2001 Edmonton details	Fiona May (ITA)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Anju Bobby George (IND)
2005 Helsinki details	Tianna Madison (USA)	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)
2007 Osaka details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Lyudmila Kolchanova (RUS)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)
2009 Berlin details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Karin Melis Mey (TUR)
2011 Daegu details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Olga Kucherenko (RUS)	Ineta Radēviča (LAT)
2013 Moscow details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Blessing Okagbare (NGA)	Ivana Španović (SRB)
2015 Beijing details	Tianna Bartoletta (USA)	Shara Proctor (GBR)	Ivana Španović (SRB)
2017 London details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Darya Klishina (ANA)	Tianna Bartoletta (USA)
2019 Doha details	Malaika Mihambo (GER)	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR)	Ese Brume (NGR)

World Indoor Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Jan Leitner (TCH)	Gyula Pálóczi (HUN)	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)
1987 Indianapolis details	Larry Myricks (USA)	Paul Emordi (NGR)	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)
1989 Budapest details	Larry Myricks (USA)	Dietmar Haaf (FRG)	Mike Conley (USA)
1991 Seville details	Dietmar Haaf (GER)	Jaime Jefferson (CUB)	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)
1993 Toronto details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Joe Greene (USA)	Jaime Jefferson (CUB)
1995 Barcelona details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Mattias Sunneborn (SWE)	Erick Walder (USA)
1997 Paris details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Kirill Sosunov (RUS)	Joe Greene (USA)
1999 Maebashi details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Yago Lamela (ESP)	Erick Walder (USA)
2001 Lisbon details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)	Carlos Calado (POR)
2003 Birmingham details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	Yago Lamela (ESP)	Miguel Pate (USA)
2004 Budapest details	Savanté Stringfellow (USA)	James Beckford (JAM)	Vitaliy Shkurlatov (RUS)
2006 Moscow details	Ignisious Gaisah (GHA)	Irving Saladino (PAN)	Andrew Howe (ITA)
2008 Valencia details	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)	Chris Tomlinson (GBR)	Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi (KSA)
2010 Doha details	Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)	Mitchell Watt (AUS)
2012 Istanbul details	Mauro Vinícius da Silva (BRA)	Henry Frayne (AUS)	Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)
2014 Sopot details	Mauro Vinícius da Silva (BRA)	Li Jinzhe (CHN)	Michel Tornéus (SWE)
2016 Portland details	Marquis Dendy (USA)	Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)	Huang Changzhou (CHN)
2018 Birmingham details	Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB)	Luvo Manyonga (RSA)	Marquis Dendy (USA)

Women[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Helga Radtke (GDR)	Tatyana Rodionova (URS)	Nijolė Medvedeva (URS)
1987 Indianapolis details	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	Helga Radtke (GDR)	Yelena Belevskaya (URS)
1989 Budapest details	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	Marieta Ilcu (ROU)	Larysa Berezhna (URS)
1991 Seville details	Larysa Berezhna (URS)	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Marieta Ilcu (ROU)
1993 Toronto details	Marieta Ilcu (ROU)	Susen Tiedtke (GER)	Inessa Kravets (UKR)
1995 Barcelona details	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	Irina Mushailova (RUS)	Susen Tiedtke-Greene (GER)
1997 Paris details	Fiona May (ITA)	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	Agata Karczmarek (POL)
1999 Maebashi details	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Shana Williams (USA)	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)
2001 Lisbon details	Dawn Burrell (USA)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)
2003 Birmingham details	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	Maurren Maggi (BRA)
2004 Budapest details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Carolina Klüft (SWE)
2006 Moscow details	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Tianna Madison (USA)	Naide Gomes (POR)
2008 Valencia details	Naide Gomes (POR)	Maurren Maggi (BRA)	Irina Simagina (RUS)
2010 Doha details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Naide Gomes (POR)	Keila Costa (BRA)
2012 Istanbul details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Janay DeLoach (USA)	Shara Proctor (GBR)
2014 Sopot details	Éloyse Lesueur (FRA)	Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)	Ivana Španović (SRB)
2016 Portland details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Ivana Španović (SRB)	Lorraine Ugen (GBR)
2018 Birmingham details	Ivana Španović (SRB)	Brittney Reese (USA)	Sosthene Moguenara (GER)

• ^A Known as the World Indoor Games

Season's bests[]

Men[] Year Mark Athlete Place 1960 8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)  Ralph Boston (USA) Walnut 1961 8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)  Ralph Boston (USA) Moscow 1962 8.31 m (27 ft 3 in) A  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) Yerevan 1963 8.33 m (27 ft 4 in)[25]  Phil Shinnick (USA) Modesto 1964 8.34 m (27 ft 4+1⁄4 in)[26]  Ralph Boston (USA) Los Angeles 1965 8.35 m (27 ft 5 in)[27]  Ralph Boston (USA) Modesto 1966 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in)  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) Leselidze 1967 8.35 m (27 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) Mexico City 1968 8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in) A  Bob Beamon (USA) Mexico City 1969 8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) Odessa  Waldemar Stępień (POL) Chorzów 1970 8.35 m (27 ft 4+1⁄2 in)  Josef Schwarz (FRG) Stuttgart 1971 8.12 m (26 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  Jan Kobuszewski (POL) Warsaw 1972 8.34 m (27 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Randy Williams (USA) Munich 1973 8.24 m (27 ft 0+1⁄2 in)  James McAlister (USA) Westwood 1974 8.30 m (27 ft 2+3⁄4 in)  Arnie Robinson (USA) Modesto 1975 8.45 m (27 ft 8+1⁄2 in)  Nenad Stekić (YUG) Montreal 1976 8.35 m (27 ft 4+1⁄2 in)  Arnie Robinson (USA) Montreal 1977 8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)  Nenad Stekić (YUG) Nova Gorica 1978 8.32 m (27 ft 3+1⁄2 in)  Nenad Stekić (YUG) Rovereto 1979 8.52 m (27 ft 11+1⁄4 in)  Larry Myricks (USA) Montreal 1980 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)  Lutz Dombrowski (GDR) Moscow 1981 8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in)  Carl Lewis (USA) Sacramento 1982 8.76 m (28 ft 8+3⁄4 in)  Carl Lewis (USA) Indianapolis 1983 8.79 m (28 ft 10 in)  Carl Lewis (USA) Indianapolis 1984 8.79 m (28 ft 10 in) i  Carl Lewis (USA) New York City 1985 8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in)  Carl Lewis (USA) Brussels 1986 8.61 m (28 ft 2+3⁄4 in)  Robert Emmiyan (URS) Moscow 1987 8.86 m (29 ft 3⁄4 in) A  Robert Emmiyan (URS) Tsakhkadzor 1988 8.76 m (28 ft 8+3⁄4 in)  Carl Lewis (USA) Indianapolis 1989 8.70 m (28 ft 6+1⁄2 in)  Larry Myricks (USA) Houston 1990 8.66 m (28 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Mike Powell (USA) Villeneuve d'Ascq 1991 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Mike Powell (USA) Tokyo 1992 8.68 m (28 ft 5+1⁄2 in)  Carl Lewis (USA) Barcelona 1993 8.70 m (28 ft 6+1⁄2 in)  Mike Powell (USA) Salamanca 1994 8.74 m (28 ft 8 in)  Erick Walder (USA) El Paso 1995 8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Iván Pedroso (CUB) Salamanca 1996 8.58 m (28 ft 1+3⁄4 in)  Erick Walder (USA) Springfield 1997 8.63 m (28 ft 3+3⁄4 in)  Iván Pedroso (CUB) Padua 1998 8.60 m (28 ft 2+1⁄2 in)  James Beckford (JAM) Bad Langensalza 1999 8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in) i  Iván Pedroso (CUB) Maebashi 2000 8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in)  Iván Pedroso (CUB) Jena 2001 8.43 m (27 ft 7+3⁄4 in) i  Iván Pedroso (CUB) Lisbon 2002 8.59 m (28 ft 2 in) i  Miguel Pate (USA) New York City 2003 8.53 m (27 ft 11+3⁄4 in)  Yago Lamela (ESP) Castellón de la Plana 2004 8.60 m (28 ft 2+1⁄2 in)  Dwight Phillips (USA) Linz 2005 8.60 m (28 ft 2+1⁄2 in)  Dwight Phillips (USA) Helsinki 2006 8.56 m (28 ft 1 in)  Irving Saladino (PAN) Rio de Janeiro 2007 8.66 m (28 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) Kalamáta 2008 8.73 m (28 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  Irving Saladino (PAN) Hengelo 2009 8.74 m (28 ft 8 in)  Dwight Phillips (USA) Eugene 2010 8.47 m (27 ft 9+1⁄4 in)  Christian Reif (GER) Barcelona 2011 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)  Mitchell Watt (AUS) Stockholm 2012 8.35 m (27 ft 4+1⁄2 in)  Greg Rutherford (GBR) Chula Vista  Sergey Morgunov (RUS) Cheboksary 2013 8.56 m (28 ft 1 in)  Aleksandr Menkov (RUS) Moscow 2014 8.51 m (27 ft 11 in)  Greg Rutherford (GBR) Chula Vista 2015 8.52 m (27 ft 11+1⁄4 in)  Jeff Henderson (USA) Toronto 2016 8.58 m (28 ft 1+3⁄4 in)  Jarrion Lawson (USA) Eugene 2017 8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A  Luvo Manyonga (RSA) Potchefstroom 2018 8.68 m (28 ft 5+1⁄2 in)  Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB) Bad Langensalza 2019 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in)  Tajay Gayle (JAM) Doha 2020 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in) i  Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB) Madrid 2021 8.60 m (28 ft 2+1⁄2 in)  Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) Kallithea

Women[] Year Mark Athlete Place 1960 6.40 m (20 ft 11+3⁄4 in)  Hildrun Claus (GDR) Erfurt 1961 6.48 m (21 ft 3 in)  Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) Moscow 1962 6.62 m (21 ft 8+1⁄2 in)  Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) Brussels 1963 6.60 m (21 ft 7+3⁄4 in)  Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) Kurayoshi 1964 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in)  Mary Rand (GBR) Tokyo 1965 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in)  Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) Kyiv 1966 6.79 m (22 ft 3+1⁄4 in)  Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) London 1967 6.63 m (21 ft 9 in)  Ingrid Becker (FRG) Kyiv 1968 6.82 m (22 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A  Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROU) Mexico City 1969 6.64 m (21 ft 9+1⁄4 in)  Heide Rosendahl (FRG) Leverkusen 1970 6.84 m (22 ft 5+1⁄4 in)  Heide Rosendahl (FRG) Turin 1971 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in)  Margrit Herbst (GDR) Leipzig 1972 6.83 m (22 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Heide Rosendahl (FRG) Munich 1973 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in)  Angela Schmalfeld (GDR) Dresden 1974 6.77 m (22 ft 2+1⁄2 in)  Angela Schmalfeld (GDR) East Berlin 1975 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in)  Lidiya Alfeyeva (URS) Nice 1976 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)  Siegrun Siegl (GDR) Dresden 1977 6.82 m (22 ft 4+1⁄2 in)  Vilma Bardauskienė (URS) Krasnodar 1978 7.09 m (23 ft 3 in)  Vilma Bardauskienė (URS) Prague 1979 6.90 m (22 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  Brigitte Wujak (GDR) Potsdam 1980 7.06 m (23 ft 1+3⁄4 in)  Tatyana Kolpakova (URS) Moscow 1981 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in) A  Jodi Anderson (USA) Colorado Springs 1982 7.20 m (23 ft 7+1⁄4 in)  Valy Ionescu (ROU) Bucharest 1983 7.43 m (24 ft 4+1⁄2 in)  Anișoara Cușmir (ROU) Bucharest 1984 7.40 m (24 ft 3+1⁄4 in)  Heike Drechsler (GDR) Dresden 1985 7.44 m (24 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Heike Drechsler (GDR) East Berlin 1986 7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in)  Heike Drechsler (GDR) Tallinn 1987 7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in)  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) Indianapolis 1988 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in)  Galina Chistyakova (URS) Leningrad 1989 7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in) i  Galina Chistyakova (URS) Lipetsk 1990 7.35 m (24 ft 1+1⁄4 in)  Galina Chistyakova (URS) Bratislava 1991 7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) A  Heike Drechsler (GER) Sestriere 1992 7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in)  Heike Drechsler (GER) Lausanne 1993 7.21 m (23 ft 7+3⁄4 in)  Heike Drechsler (GER) Zürich 1994 7.49 m (24 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) New York City 1995 7.09 m (23 ft 3 in) i  Heike Drechsler (GER) Liévin Sindelfingen 1996 7.12 m (23 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) Atlanta 1997 7.05 m (23 ft 1+1⁄2 in)  Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) Athens 1998 7.31 m (23 ft 11+3⁄4 in)  Marion Jones (USA) Eugene 1999 7.26 m (23 ft 9+3⁄4 in) A  Maurren Maggi (BRA) Bogotá 2000 7.09 m (23 ft 3 in)  Fiona May (ITA) Rio de Janeiro 2001 7.12 m (23 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Tatyana Kotova (RUS) Turin 2002 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)  Tatyana Kotova (RUS) Annecy 2003 7.06 m (23 ft 1+3⁄4 in)  Maurren Maggi (BRA) Milan 2004 7.33 m (24 ft 1⁄2 in)  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Tula 2005 7.04 m (23 ft 1 in)  Irina Simagina (RUS) Sochi 2006 7.12 m (23 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Tatyana Kotova (RUS) Novosibirsk 2007 7.21 m (23 ft 7+3⁄4 in)  Lyudmila Kolchanova (RUS) Sochi 2008 7.12 m (23 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Naide Gomes (POR) Monaco 2009 7.10 m (23 ft 3+1⁄2 in)  Brittney Reese (USA) Berlin 2010 7.13 m (23 ft 4+1⁄2 in)  Olga Kucherenko (RUS) Sochi 2011 7.19 m (23 ft 7 in)  Brittney Reese (USA) Eugene 2012 7.23 m (23 ft 8+1⁄2 in) i  Brittney Reese (USA) Istanbul 2013 7.25 m (23 ft 9+1⁄4 in)  Brittney Reese (USA) Doha 2014 7.02 m (23 ft 1⁄4 in)  Tianna Bartoletta (USA) Oslo 2015 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)  Tianna Bartoletta (USA) Beijing 2016 7.31 m (23 ft 11+3⁄4 in)  Brittney Reese (USA) Eugene 2017 7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) i  Ivana Španović (SRB) Belgrade 2018 7.05 m (23 ft 1+1⁄2 in)  Lorraine Ugen (GBR) Birmingham 2019 7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in)  Malaika Mihambo (GER) Doha 2020 7.07 m (23 ft 2+1⁄4 in) i  Malaika Mihambo (GER) Berlin 2021 7.17 m (23 ft 6+1⁄4 in)  Ese Brume (NGR) Chula Vista

National records[]

• Updated 16 August 2021^[15][20]

Men (outdoor)[]

NR's equal or superior to 8.00 m:

Nation	Mark	Athlete	Date	Place
United States	8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	Mike Powell	30 August 1991	Tokyo
Soviet Union/  Armenia	8.86 m (29 ft 3⁄4 in) A	Robert Emmiyan	22 May 1987	Tsakhkadzor
Panama	8.73 m (28 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Irving Saladino	24 May 2008	Hengelo
Cuba	8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Iván Pedroso	18 July 1995	Salamanca
Jamaica	8.69 m (28 ft 6 in)	Tajay Gayle	28 September 2019	Doha
Greece	8.66 m (28 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Louis Tsatoumas	2 June 2007	Kalamata
South Africa	8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A	Luvo Manyonga	22 April 2017	Potchefstroom
Spain	8.56 m (28 ft 1 in)	Yago Lamela	24 June 1999	Turin
Russia	8.56 m (28 ft 1 in)	Aleksandr Menkov	16 August 2013	Moscow
East Germany/  Germany	8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)	Lutz Dombrowski	28 July 1980	Moscow
Australia	8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)	Mitchell Watt	29 July 2011	Stockholm
United Kingdom	8.51 m (27 ft 11 in)	Greg Rutherford	24 April 2014	Chula Vista
Saudi Arabia	8.48 m (27 ft 9+3⁄4 in)	Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi	2 July 2006	Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Italy	8.47 m (27 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	Andrew Howe	30 August 2007	Osaka
People's Republic of China	8.47 m (27 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	Li Jinzhe	29 June 2014	Bad Langensalza
	8.47 m (27 ft 9+1⁄4 in) A	Wang Jianan	16 June 2018	Guiyang
Senegal	8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)	Cheikh Tidiane Touré	15 June 1997	Bad Langensalza
Mexico	8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)	Luis Rivera	12 July 2013	Kazan
Yugoslavia/  Serbia	8.45 m (27 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Nenad Stekić	25 July 1975	Montreal
Sweden	8.44 m (27 ft 8+1⁄4 in) A	Michel Tornéus	10 July 2016	Monachil
Ghana	8.43 m (27 ft 7+3⁄4 in)	Ignisious Gaisah	14 July 2006	Rome
France	8.42 m (27 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Salim Sdiri	12 June 2009	Pierre-Bénite
Bahamas	8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)	Craig Hepburn	17 June 1993	Nassau
Brazil	8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Douglas de Souza	15 February 1995	São Paulo
Slovenia	8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Gregor Cankar	18 May 1997	Celje
Morocco	8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Yahya Berrabah	2 October 2009	Beirut
Zimbabwe	8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Ngonidzashe Makusha	9 June 2011	Des Moines
Japan	8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Shotaro Shiroyama	17 August 2019	Fukui
Romania	8.37 m (27 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Bogdan Tudor	9 July 1995	Bad Cannstatt
Portugal	8.36 m (27 ft 5 in)	Carlos Calado	20 June 1997	Lisbon
Ukraine	8.35 m (27 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Sergey Layevskiy	16 July 1988	Dnipropetrovsk
		Roman Shchurenko	25 July 2000	Kyiv
Chinese Taipei	8.34 m (27 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	Nai Hui-fang	14 May 1993	Shanghai
Venezuela	8.34 m (27 ft 4+1⁄4 in) A	Víctor Castillo	30 May 2004	Cochabamba
Bermuda	8.34 m (27 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	Tyrone Smith	5 May 2017	Houston
Bulgaria	8.33 m (27 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	Ivaylo Mladenov	3 June 1995	Seville
Belarus	8.33 m (27 ft 3+3⁄4 in) A	Aleksandr Glovatskiy	7 August 1996	Sestriere
Egypt	8.31 m (27 ft 3 in)	Hatem Mersal	30 June 1999	Oslo
Cayman Islands	8.31 m (27 ft 3 in)	Kareem Streete-Thompson	1 July 2000	Bad Langensalza
Czech Republic	8.31 m (27 ft 3 in)	Radek Juška	27 August 2017	Taipei City
Hungary	8.30 m (27 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	László Szalma	7 July 1985	Budapest
Austria	8.30 m (27 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Andreas Steiner	4 June 1988	Innsbruck
Netherlands	8.29 m (27 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	Ignisious Gaisah	16 August 2013	Moscow
Poland	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in) A	Grzegorz Marciniszyn	14 July 2001	Mals
Mauritius	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Jonathan Chimier	24 August 2004	Athens
Canada	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Damian Warner	29 May 2021	Götzis
Nigeria	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Yusuf Alli	8 August 1989	Lagos
Switzerland	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Julien Fivaz	2 August 2003	Ebensee
Botswana	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Gable Garenamotse	20 August 2006	Rhede
Finland	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Kristian Pulli	11 June 2020	Espoo
Algeria	8.26 m (27 ft 1 in)	Issam Nima	28 July 2007	Zaragoza
Uruguay	8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) A	Emiliano Lasa	5 June 2018	Cochabamba
India	8.26 m (27 ft 1 in)	Murali Sreeshankar	16 March 2021	Patiala
Republic of Moldova	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)		18 August 1990	Chişinău
Belgium	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)	Erik Nys	6 July 1996	Hechtel
Denmark	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)	Morten Jensen	3 July 2005	Gothenburg
Trinidad and Tobago	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in) A	Andwuelle Wright	5 July 2019	Queretaro
Namibia	8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in) A	Stephan Louw	12 January 2008	Germiston
Georgia	8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in)	Bachana Khorava	29 May 2021	Tbilisi
Croatia	8.23 m (27 ft 0 in)	Siniša Ergotić	5 June 2002	Zagreb
			6 September 2003	Córdoba
South Korea	8.22 m (26 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Kim Deok-hyeon	10 June 2016	Ried
Puerto Rico	8.19 m (26 ft 10+1⁄4 in) A	Elmer Williams	11 August 1989	Bogotá
Tajikistan	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)	Vasiliy Sokov	5 July 1988	Tallinn
Iran	8.17 m (26 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Mohammad Arzandeh	7 July 2012	Tehran
Kyrgyzstan	8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	Shamil Abbyasov	2 August 1981	Leningrad
Kazakhstan	8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in)		18 June 1988	Alma Ata
Ecuador	8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in) A	Hugo Chila	23 November 2009	Sucre
Albania	8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in) NWI	Izmir Smajlaj	8 May 2021	Tirana
Lithuania	8.15 m (26 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	Povilas Mykolaitis	4 June 2011	Kaunas
Sri Lanka	8.15 m (26 ft 8+3⁄4 in)		16 August 2016
Qatar	8.13 m (26 ft 8 in)	Abdulrahman Faraj Al-Nubi	21 September 2003	Manila
Kenya	8.12 m (26 ft 7+1⁄2 in) A	Jacob Katonon	23 September 1995	Johannesburg
Hong Kong	8.12 m (26 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Chan Ming Tai	7 May 2016	Hong Kong
Guyana	8.12 m (26 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Emanuel Archibald	11 May 2019	Kingston
Uzbekistan	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in)		4 June 1992	Bryansk
		Konstantin Sarnatskiy	11 October 1994	Hiroshima
Estonia	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Erki Nool	27 May 1995	Götzis
Peru	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in) A	Jorge McFarlane	23 November 2009	Sucre
Norway	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in) A	[no]	17 August 2019	Monachil
Grenada	8.09 m (26 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Eugene Licorish	5 May 1989	Port of Spain
Indonesia	8.09 m (26 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Sapwaturrahman	26 August 2018	Jakarta
Turkey	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Mesut Yavaş	24 June 2000	Istanbul
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Clayton Latham	29 July 2008	Hamburg
Chile	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Daniel Pineda	21 April 2012	Santiago de Chile
Latvia	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Elvijs Misāns	12 July 2016	Saldus
Ireland	8.07 m (26 ft 5+1⁄2 in)		21 August 2005	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Dominica	8.06 m (26 ft 5+1⁄4 in) A	David Registe	15 August 2014	Mexico City
Turks and Caicos Islands	8.06 m (26 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye	9 June 2018	Chula Vista
New Zealand	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Bob Thomas	20 January 1968	Whangārei
Slovakia	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)		6 July 1988	Budapest
Thailand	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Supanara Sukhasvasti	10 July 2011	Kobe
Azerbaijan	8.03 m (26 ft 4 in)	Vladimir Tsepelyov	17 September 1978	Tbilisi
Libya	8.03 m (26 ft 4 in)		25 May 1985	Chania
Cameroon	8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) A NWI	Marcel Mayack	2 March 2019	Bafoussam
Antigua and Barbuda	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Lester Benjamin	12 May 1984	Baton Rouge
Kuwait	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Saleh Abdelaziz Al Haddad	5 May 2009	Al-Kuwait
Malaysia	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)		7 December 2019	New Clark City
Tunisia	8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Anis Gallali	22 August 1998	Dakar
Iceland	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Jón Arnar Magnússon	26 August 1994	Reykjavík
Burkina Faso	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Franck Zio	21 June 1998	Viry-Chatillon
Togo	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in) A	Teko Georges Folligan	15 September 1999	Johannesburg
Liberia	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Cadeau Kelley	18 April 2009	Ypsilanti