Long jump at the World Athletics Championships

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Long jump at the World Championships in Athletics
Overview
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1983 – 2019 Women: 1983 –
Reigning champion
Men	Tajay Gayle (JAM)
Women	Malaika Mihambo (GER)

The long jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983.

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)

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Butler, Mark (2015). IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Book. IAAF.