Long jump

Athletics Long jump
Long jump at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
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) A (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)
World Indoor Championship records
Men	Iván Pedroso 8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in) (1999)
Women	Brittney Reese 7.23 m (23 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (2012)

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

At the elite level, competitors run down a runway (usually coated with the same rubberized surface as running tracks, crumb rubber or vulcanized rubber, known generally as an all-weather track) and jump as far as they can from a wooden or synthetic board, 20 centimetres or 8 inches wide, that is built flush with the runway, into a pit filled with soft damp 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. To detect this occurrence, a layer of plasticine is placed at a 90° angle immediately after the board. An official (similar to a referee) will also watch the jump and make the determination. In recent times, laser sensors have replaced the plasticine at elite competitions (like Diamond League meetings). 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 eight or nine (depending on the number of lanes on the track at that facility, so the event is equatable to track events) competitors. All valid attempts will be recorded but only the best mark counts towards the results. The competitor with the longest valid jump (from either the trial or final rounds) is declared the winner at the end of competition. 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 qualification is held in order to select at least 12 finalists. Ties and automatic qualifying distances are potential factors. In the final, a set of trial round jumps will be held, with the best eight performers advancing to the final rounds. (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

A long jump from standing. 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 the jump. The halteres would be swung up and down before taking off on an upswing. The jumper to the right of him is mid-flight and performs a distinctive bending and tucking of his legs in order to increase the distance of the jump. The vase on the right shows a jumper coming 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

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. Classic examples of this long jump / sprint doubling are performances by Carl Lewis and Heike Drechsler.

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 20° or less;^[8] 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 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 steps on the novice and intermediate levels, while at the elite level they are closer to between 20 and 22 steps. The exact distance and number of steps 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 steps

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

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

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

Takeoff

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

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.^[9] The front flip jump was subsequently banned for fear that it was unsafe.

Records

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 7.61 m (24 ft 11+1⁄2 in) performance by Peter O'Connor in August 1901, 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 mark 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) at an altitude of 2,292 m (7,520 ft),^[10] a record jump not exceeded for almost 23 years, and which remains the second longest wind legal jump of all time; it has now stood as the Olympic record for over 55 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 32 years.

Some jumps over 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in) have been officially recorded. Wind-assisted 8.99 m (29 ft 5+3⁄4 in) were recorded by Powell 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 also in Sestriere. Despite a "legal" wind reading, the jump was not validated because videotape revealed a person standing 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).^[11] 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 world 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 35 years.

Continental records

• Updated 9 January 2024^[12][13]

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
					7.49[A]	+1.7
Oceania (records)	8.54	+1.7	Mitchell Watt	Australia	7.13	+1.8	Brooke Buschkuehl	Australia
South America (records)	8.73	+1.2	Irving Saladino	Panama	7.26[A]	+1.8	Maurren Maggi	Brazil

Notes

All-time top 25

Men

• As of January 2024^[update][14]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	+0.3	Mike Powell	United States	30 August 1991	Tokyo
2	2	8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in) A	+2.0	Bob Beamon	United States	18 October 1968	Mexico City
3	3	8.87 m (29 ft 1 in)	−0.2	Carl Lewis	United States	30 August 1991	Tokyo
4	4	8.86 m (29 ft 3⁄4 in) A	+1.9	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	22 May 1987	Tsaghkadzor
	5	8.84 m (29 ft 0 in)	+1.7	Lewis #2		30 August 1991	Tokyo
	6	8.79 m (28 ft 10 in)	+1.9	Lewis #3		19 June 1983	Indianapolis
		8.79 m (28 ft 10 in) i		Lewis #4		27 January 1984	New York City
	8	8.76 m (28 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	+1.0	Lewis #5		24 July 1982	Indianapolis
			+0.8	Lewis #6		18 July 1988	Indianapolis
5	10	8.74 m (28 ft 8 in)	+1.4	Larry Myricks	United States	18 July 1988	Indianapolis
		8.74 m (28 ft 8 in) A	+2.0	Erick Walder	United States	2 April 1994	El Paso
		8.74 m (28 ft 8 in)	−1.2	Dwight Phillips	United States	7 June 2009	Eugene
8	13	8.73 m (28 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	+1.2	Irving Saladino	Panama	24 May 2008	Hengelo
	14	8.72 m (28 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	−0.2	Lewis #7		26 September 1988	Seoul
	15	8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	−0.4	Lewis #8		13 May 1984	Westwood
			+0.1	Lewis #9		19 June 1984	Los Angeles
9	15	8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	+1.9	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	18 July 1995	Salamanca
		8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in) i		Sebastian Bayer	Germany	8 March 2009	Turin
	19	8.70 m (28 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	+0.9	Myricks #2		17 June 1989	Houston
			+0.7	Powell #2		27 July 1993	Salamanca
			+1.6	Pedroso #2		12 August 1995	Gothenburg
11	22	8.69 m (28 ft 6 in)	+0.5	Tajay Gayle	Jamaica	28 September 2019	Doha
	23	8.68 m (28 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	+1.0	Lewis #10		5 August 1992	Barcelona
			+1.6	Pedroso #3		17 June 1995	Lisbon
12	23	8.68 m (28 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	+1.7	Juan Miguel Echevarría	Cuba	30 June 2018	Bad Langensalza	[15]
13		8.66 m (28 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	+1.6	Louis Tsatoumas	Greece	2 June 2007	Kalamata
14		8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A	+1.3	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	22 April 2017	Potchefstroom
15		8.63 m (28 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	+0.5	Kareem Streete-Thompson	United States	4 July 1994	Linz
16		8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	+0.7	James Beckford	Jamaica	5 April 1997	Orlando
17		8.60 m (28 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	+0.7	Miltiadis Tentoglou	Greece	26 May 2021	Kallithea	[16]
18		8.59 m (28 ft 2 in) i		Miguel Pate	United States	1 March 2002	New York City
19		8.58 m (28 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	+1.8	Jarrion Lawson	United States	3 July 2016	Eugene	[17]
20		8.56 m (28 ft 1 in) i		Yago Lamela	Spain	7 March 1999	Maebashi
		8.56 m (28 ft 1 in)	+0.2	Aleksandr Menkov	Russia	16 August 2013	Moscow
22		8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)	+0.9	Lutz Dombrowski	East Germany	28 July 1980	Moscow
			+1.7	Mitchell Watt	Australia	29 July 2011	Stockholm
			+1.2	Wayne Pinnock	Jamaica	23 August 2023	Budapest	[18]
25		8.53 m (27 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	+1.2	Jaime Jefferson	Cuba	12 May 1990	Havana

Para marks

Performances by disabled athletes that would qualify for the all-time top 25:

Class	Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
T64	8.72 m (28 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	+1.6	Markus Rehm (GER)	25 June 2023	Rhede	[19]

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 wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 8.53 m). Only best assisted mark that is superior to legal best is shown:

Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
8.99 m (29 ft 5+3⁄4 in) A	+4.4	Mike Powell (USA)	21 July 1992	Sestriere
8.92 m (29 ft 3 in)	+3.3	Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB)	10 March 2019	Havana
8.91 m (29 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	+2.9	Carl Lewis (USA)	30 August 1991	Tokyo
8.79 m (28 ft 10 in)	+3.0	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	21 May 1992	Havana
8.78 m (28 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	+3.1	Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)	18 April 2010	Perth
8.68 m (28 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	+4.9	James Beckford (JAM)	19 May 1995	Odessa
	+3.7	Marquis Dendy (USA)	25 June 2015	Eugene
8.66 m (28 ft 4+3⁄4 in) A	+4.0	Joe Greene (USA)	21 July 1992	Sestriere
8.64 m (28 ft 4 in)	+3.5	Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)	18 June 1994	Knoxville
8.63 m (28 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	+3.9	Mike Conley (USA)	20 June 1986	Eugene
8.59 m (28 ft 2 in)	+2.9	Jeff Henderson (USA)	3 July 2016	Eugene
8.57 m (28 ft 1+1⁄4 in)	+5.2	Jason Grimes (USA)	27 June 1982	Durham
8.53 m (27 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	+4.9	Kevin Dilworth (USA)	27 April 2002	Fort-de-France

Women

• As of February 2024^[update][20]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	7.52 m (24 ft 8 in)	+1.4	Galina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	11 June 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 July 1994	Sestriere
3	4	7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+1.2	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	9 July 1988	Neubrandenburg
	4	7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+0.4	Drechsler #2		8 July 1992	Lausanne
	6	7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	+0.9	Drechsler #3		21 June 1986	Tallinn
			+1.1	Drechsler #4		3 July 1986	Dresden
			+0.6	Joyner-Kersee #3		13 August 1987	Indianapolis
			+1.0	Chistyakova #2		11 June 1988	Leningrad
			+1.6	Chistyakova #3		12 August 1988	Budapest
	11	7.44 m (24 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	+2.0	Drechsler #5		22 September 1985	Berlin
4	12	7.43 m (24 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	+1.4	Anişoara Cuşmir	Romania	4 June 1983	Bucharest
5	13	7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)	+2.0	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	23 June 2002	Annecy
	14	7.40 m (24 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	+1.8	Drechsler #6		26 July 1984	Dresden
			+0.7	Drechsler #7		21 August 1987	Potsdam
			+0.9	Joyner-Kersee #4		29 September 1988	Seoul
	17	7.39 m (24 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	+0.3	Drechsler #8		21 August 1985	Zürich
6	17	7.39 m (24 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	+0.5	Yelena Belevskaya	Soviet Union	18 July 1987	Bryansk
	17	7.39 m (24 ft 2+3⁄4 in)		Joyner-Kersee #5		25 June 1988	San Diego
	20	7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) i		Drechsler #9		13 February 1988	Vienna
		7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) A	+1.8	Drechsler #10		31 July 1991	Sestriere
7	20	7.37 m (24 ft 2 in)		Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	13 June 1992	Kyiv
	23	7.36 m (24 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	+0.4	Joyner-Kersee #6		4 September 1987	Rome
			+1.8	Belevskaya #2		11 June 1988	Leningrad
			+1.8	Drechsler #11		28 May 1992	Jena
8		7.33 m (24 ft 1⁄2 in)	+0.4	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	31 July 2004	Tula
9		7.31 m (23 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	+1.5	Olena Khlopotnova	Soviet Union	12 September 1985	Alma Ata
			+1.9	Marion Jones	United States	31 May 1998	Eugene
			+1.7	Brittney Reese	United States	2 July 2016	Eugene	[21]
12		7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	−0.8	Malaika Mihambo	Germany	6 October 2019	Doha	[22]
13		7.27 m (23 ft 10 in)	−0.4	Irina Simagina	Russia	31 July 2004	Tula
14		7.26 m (23 ft 9+3⁄4 in) A	+1.8	Maurren Maggi	Brazil	25 June 1999	Bogotá
15		7.24 m (23 ft 9 in)	+1.0	Larysa Berezhna	Soviet Union	25 May 1991	Granada
		7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) i		Ivana Španović	Serbia	5 March 2017	Belgrade
17		7.21 m (23 ft 7+3⁄4 in)	+1.6	Helga Radtke	East Germany	26 July 1984	Dresden
			+1.9	Lyudmila Kolchanova	Russia	27 May 2007	Sochi
19		7.20 m (23 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	−0.3	Vali Ionescu	Romania	1 August 1982	Bucharest
			+2.0	Irena Oženko	Soviet Union	12 September 1986	Budapest
			+0.8	Yelena Sinchukova	Soviet Union	20 June 1991	Budapest
			+0.7	Irina Mushailova	Russia	14 July 1994	Saint Petersburg
23		7.18 m (23 ft 6+1⁄2 in) i A		Tara Davis-Woodhall	United States	16 February 2024	Albuquerque	[23]
24		7.17 m (23 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+1.8	Irina Valyukevich	Soviet Union	18 July 1987	Bryansk
			+0.6	Tianna Bartoletta	United States	17 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[24]
			+1.1	Ese Brume	Nigeria	29 May 2021	Chula Vista	[25]

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 wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 7.17 m). Only best assisted mark that is superior to legal best is shown:

Mark	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
7.63 m (25 ft 1⁄4 in) A	+2.1	Heike Drechsler (GER)	21 July 1992	Sestriere
7.27 m (23 ft 10 in)	+2.7	Yulimar Rojas (VEN)	13 June 2021	La Nucia
7.24 m (23 ft 9 in)	+2.8	Tara Davis (USA)	9 July 2022	Chula Vista
7.23 m (23 ft 8+1⁄2 in) A	+4.3	Fiona May (ITA)	29 July 1995	Sestriere
7.22 m (23 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	+4.3	Anastassia Mirochuk-Ivanova (BLR)	6 July 2012	Grodno
7.19 m (23 ft 7 in) A	+3.7	Susen Tiedtke (GER)	28 July 1993	Sestriere
7.17 m (23 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+3.6	Eva Murková (TCH)	26 August 1984	Nitra

Olympic medalists

Men

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens details	Ellery Clark  United States	Robert Garrett  United States	James Brendan 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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	22	15	10	47
2	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	2	4
3	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	1	4
4	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	2	4
5	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	2	3
6	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
8	Australia (AUS)	0	4	0	4
9	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2
	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2
11	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
12	Haiti (HAI)	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	0	1
14	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	3	3
15	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
16	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		29	29	29	87

Women

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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	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	Chelsea Hammond  Jamaica
2012 London details	Brittney Reese  United States	Elena Sokolova  Russia	Janay DeLoach  United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Tianna Bartoletta  United States	Brittney Reese  United States	Ivana Španović  Serbia
2020 Tokyo details	Malaika Mihambo  Germany	Brittney Reese  United States	Ese Brume  Nigeria

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	4	0	0	4
2	United States (USA)	3	4	3	10
3	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	6	9
4	Romania (ROU)	2	1	0	3
5	Russia (RUS)	1	2	2	5
6	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	1	4
7	Poland (POL)	1	2	0	3
8	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	2	4
9	Nigeria (NGR)	1	1	1	3
10	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
13	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
14	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
17	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		19	19	19	57

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)
2022 Eugene details	Wang Jianan (CHN)	Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)	Simon Ehammer (SUI)
2023 Budapest details	Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)	Wayne Pinnock (JAM)	Tajay Gayle (JAM)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	6	5	19
2	Cuba (CUB)	4	0	1	5
3	Jamaica (JAM)	1	3	1	5
4	Russia (RUS)	1	1	1	3
	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	1	3
6	Greece (GRE)	1	1	0	2
7	China (CHN)	1	0	1	2
8	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
10	Australia (AUS)	0	2	1	3
11	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
12	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	0	1
16	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		19	19	19	57

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Heike Daute (GDR)	Anișoara Cușmir (ROU)	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)	Karin Melis Mey (TUR)	Naide Gomes (POR)
2011 Daegu details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Ineta Radēviča (LAT)	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (BLR)
2013 Moscow details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)	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)
2022 Eugene details	Malaika Mihambo (GER)	Ese Brume (NGR)	Leticia Oro Melo (BRA)
2023 Budapest details	Ivana Vuleta (SRB)	Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA)	Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (ROU)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	1	3	12
2	Germany (GER)	3	1	0	4
3	Russia (RUS)	2	3	2	7
4	Italy (ITA)	2	1	1	4
5	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
6	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	2	3
7	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	1	2
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	1	2
9	Nigeria (NGR)	0	2	1	3
10	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	0	2
11	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
14	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	0	1	0	1
18	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		19	19	19	57

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A] details	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)
2022 Belgrade details	Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)	Thobias Montler (SWE)	Marquis Dendy (USA)
2024 Glasgow details	Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)	Mattia Furlani (ITA)	Carey McLeod (JAM)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	6	1	1	8
2	United States (USA)	5	1	7	13
3	Brazil (BRA)	2	0	0	2
	Greece (GRE)	2	0	0	2
5	Australia (AUS)	1	2	1	4
6	South Africa (RSA)	1	2	0	3
7	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
	Ghana (GHA)	1	0	0	1
10	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
11	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
12	Italy (ITA)	0	1	4	5
13	Russia (RUS)	0	1	2	3
14	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	1	2
16	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	0	1
	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
21	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		20	20	20	60

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A] details	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	Tianna Madison (USA)	Naide Gomes (POR)	Concepción Montaner (ESP)
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)
2022 Belgrade details	Ivana Vuleta (SRB)	Ese Brume (NGR)	Lorraine Ugen (GBR)
2024 Glasgow details	Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA)	Monae' Nichols (USA)	Fátima Diame (ESP)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	6	4	0	10
2	Russia (RUS)	4	3	1	8
3	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	3	6
4	Serbia (SRB)	2	1	1	4
5	East Germany (GDR)	2	1	0	3
6	Portugal (POR)	1	2	0	3
7	Romania (ROU)	1	1	1	3
8	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
10	Germany (GER)	0	2	2	4
11	Nigeria (NGR)	0	2	0	2
12	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	3	4
13	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	2	3
14	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
15	Spain (ESP)	0	0	3	3
16	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		20	20	20	60

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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	6.73 m (22 ft 3⁄4 in) i	Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS)	Dortmund
	6.73 m (22 ft 3⁄4 in)		Dnipropetrovsk
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
		Sieglinde Ammann (SUI)	Vienna
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	6.78 m (22 ft 2+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
		Marianne Voelzke (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 Daute (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
	7.49 m (24 ft 6+3⁄4 in) A		Sestriere
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
2022	7.13 m (23 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Brooke Buschkuehl (AUS)	Chula Vista
2023	7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)	Ivana Vuleta (SRB)	Budapest
2024	7.18 m (23 ft 6+1⁄2 in) i A	Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA)	Albuquerque