Long jump

Long jump

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

Long jump

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 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 eight 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, camera technology and 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 from 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 twelve finalists. Ties and automatic qualifying distances are potential factors. The qualification usually takes place in two groups, with each competitor having three attempts. In the final, a set of three trial rounds will be held, with the best eight performers advancing to the final rounds (attempts four to six). At the 2025 World Championships, the international athletics governing body World Athletics added a new procedure. After the three trial round jumps in the final, the top ten received an additional fourth attempt, the subsequent top eight a fifth attempt and the subsequent top six a final sixth attempt. (For specific rules and regulations in United States Track & Field see Rule 185)

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

Take-off-zone reform

World Athletics considered fundamental rule changes to the long jump. In a test phase that began with the 2025 indoor season, athletes took off from a wider zone instead of the traditional take-off board. This new 40-centimetre take-off zone was introduced by World Athletics to reduce the number of invalid attempts (around 30%) which had become common in recent years. The international athletics governing body was convinced that the new take-off zone would not only improve fairness and excitement for the athletes but also provide a more thrilling experience for the spectators.

Traditionally, the jump distance is measured perpendicularly from the foul line to the nearest break in the sand. Under the new trial, the measurement was instead taken from the exact point where the jumper's front foot left the zone. Consequently, the effective jump distance determined the outcome of the competition.

During the test phase, the jumps were also recorded according to the traditional rules and were therefore eligible for records and top lists.

On 5 December 2025, World Athletics announced that the testing phase had been completed and the reform had been ditched.

History

Long jump

Halteres used in athletic games in ancient Greece

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. 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. 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. 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. 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." 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).

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.

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. However, it was not until 1948 that the women's long jump was added to the Olympic athletics programme.

Technique

Long jump

An athlete performing the long jump as part of the heptathlon at the 2013 French Athletics Championships at Stade Charléty in 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. 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; 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 at 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 double-arm style, the kick style, the power sprint or bounding takeoff, and the sprint takeoff.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Action in the air and landing

A decathlete landing a jump close to the 8-metre mark

There are three major flight techniques for the long jump: the hang, the hitch-kick, and the sail. Each technique is to combat the forward rotation experienced from take-off but is basically down to preference from the athlete. 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, 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.

Hang

Following the pivotal takeoff phase, the jumper executes a deliberate maneuver wherein the free leg descends until it aligns directly beneath the hips. This strategic positioning, characterized by an elongated and streamlined body silhouette, is meticulously crafted to minimize rotational forces. By maximizing the distance between both the arm and leg extremities and the hips—the theoretical center of mass—the rotational inertia is significantly increased. Leveraging the principle that longer levers rotate at a slower pace than shorter ones, this configuration facilitates a controlled and stable aerial trajectory.

As the free leg descends to meet the takeoff leg, forming an angle of 180° relative to the ground, a symmetrical alignment is achieved with both knees positioned directly beneath the hips. This alignment marks the apex of stability during the airborne phase, as minimal rotational tendencies are manifested. This aerodynamically advantageous posture, colloquially termed the "180° position", epitomizes the pinnacle of equilibrium, affording the jumper enhanced control and poise amidst the dynamic forces encountered in flight.

Hitch-kick

In the realm of athletic performance, particularly in the domain of jumping techniques, a prevalent strategy observed among practitioners involves the utilization of a single-step arm and leg cycle. This technique, ingrained within the repertoire of many athletes, serves a fundamental purpose: to mitigate and alleviate the forward rotation momentum experienced during the jump. Characterized by a deliberate and synchronized motion of the arms and legs, this cycling maneuver is strategically devised to offset the rotational forces generated at the moment of takeoff.

Central to the efficacy of this technique is its capacity to orchestrate secondary rotations of both the upper and lower extremities, thereby fostering a mechanical equilibrium that counterbalances the initial rotational impulses triggered upon liftoff. By implementing this methodological approach, athletes can harness the principles of biomechanics to optimize their jumping performance, enhancing stability, control, and overall efficiency in their aerial endeavors. This nuanced understanding underscores the intricate interplay between physics and human kinetics, illuminating the sophisticated strategies employed by athletes to excel in their athletic pursuits.

Sail

The "sail technique" represents a fundamental long jump approach widely employed by athletes in competitive settings. Following the culmination of the takeoff phase, practitioners swiftly elevate their legs into a configuration aimed at touching the toes. This maneuver serves as an entry-level strategy particularly beneficial for novice jumpers, facilitating an early transition into the landing posture. However, despite its utility in expediting the landing process, this technique fails to mitigate the inherent forward rotational momentum of the body effectively. Consequently, while advantageous for its simplicity and expedited landing preparation, the sail technique lacks the requisite mechanisms to adequately counteract excessive forward rotation, posing a notable limitation to its effectiveness in optimizing jump performance.

Somersault

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. The front flip jump was subsequently banned for fear that it was unsafe.

Records

Long jump

Bob Beamon at a press event at the Olímpico Universitario to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his record jump of 8.90 metres—which became known as the leap of the century

The men's long jump world record has been held by just four individuals for the majority of time since the IAAF (now World Athletics) 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), 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 57 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 34 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). 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 37 years.

Continental records

Long jump

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

All-time top 25

Men

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
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
8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	−0.3	Miltiadis Tentoglou	Greece	8 June 2024	Rome
16	8.63 m (28 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	+0.5	Kareem Streete-Thompson	United States	4 July 1994	Linz
17	8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	+0.7	James Beckford	Jamaica	5 April 1997	Orlando
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
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
25	8.53 m (27 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	+1.2	Jaime Jefferson	Cuba	12 May 1990	Havana

Key

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 distances and the top 25 athletes:

  Light Yellow: denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 distances

  White: denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 distances, by repeat athletes

  Green: denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 distances

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

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 the best assisted mark that is superior to the 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

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	Zurich
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
12	7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	−0.8	Malaika Mihambo	Germany	6 October 2019	Doha
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
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
+1.1	Ese Brume	Nigeria	29 May 2021	Chula Vista

Key

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 distances and the top 25 athletes:

  Light Yellow: denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 distances

  White: denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 distances, by repeat athletes

  Green: denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 distances

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 the best assisted mark that is superior to the 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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens	Ellery Clark  United States	6.35 m	Robert Garrett  United States	6.18 m	James Brendan Connolly  United States	6.11 m
1900 Paris	Alvin Kraenzlein  United States	7.185 m	Myer Prinstein  United States	7.175 m	Patrick Leahy  Great Britain	6.95 m
1904 St. Louis	Myer Prinstein  United States	7.34 m	Daniel Frank  United States	6.89 m	Robert Stangland  United States	6.88 m
1908 London	Frank Irons  United States	7.48 m	Daniel Kelly  United States	7.09 m	Calvin Bricker  Canada	7.08 m
1912 Stockholm	Albert Gutterson  United States	7.60 m	Calvin Bricker  Canada	7.21 m	Georg Åberg  Sweden	7.18 m
1920 Antwerp	William Petersson  Sweden	7.15 m	Carl Johnson  United States	7.095 m	Erik Abrahamsson  Sweden	7.08 m
1924 Paris	DeHart Hubbard  United States	7.445 m	Edward Gourdin  United States	7.275 m	Sverre Hansen  Norway	7.26 m
1928 Amsterdam	Ed Hamm  United States	7.73 m	Silvio Cator  Haiti	7.58 m	Al Bates  United States	7.40 m
1932 Los Angeles	Ed Gordon  United States	7.64 m	Lambert Redd  United States	7.60 m	Chūhei Nambu  Japan	7.45 m
1936 Berlin	Jesse Owens  United States	8.06 m	Luz Long  Germany	7.87 m	Naoto Tajima  Japan	7.74 m
1948 London	Willie Steele  United States	7.82 m	Bill Bruce  Australia	7.55 m	Herb Douglas  United States	7.54 m
1952 Helsinki	Jerome Biffle  United States	7.57 m	Meredith Gourdine  United States	7.53 m	Ödön Földessy  Hungary	7.30 m
1956 Melbourne	Gregory Bell  United States	7.83 m	John Bennett  United States	7.68 m	Jorma Valkama  Finland	7.48 m
1960 Rome	Ralph Boston  United States	8.12 m	Bo Roberson  United States	8.11 m	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union	8.04 m
1964 Tokyo	Lynn Davies  Great Britain	8.07 m	Ralph Boston  United States	8.03 m	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union	7.99 m
1968 Mexico City	Bob Beamon  United States	8.90 m	Klaus Beer  East Germany	8.19 m	Ralph Boston  United States	8.16 m
1972 Munich	Randy Williams  United States	8.24 m	Hans Baumgartner  West Germany	8.18 m	Arnie Robinson  United States	8.03 m
1976 Montreal	Arnie Robinson  United States	8.35 m	Randy Williams  United States	8.11 m	Frank Wartenberg  East Germany	8.02 m
1980 Moscow	Lutz Dombrowski  East Germany	8.54 m	Frank Paschek  East Germany	8.21 m	Valeriy Pidluzhnyy  Soviet Union	8.18 m
1984 Los Angeles	Carl Lewis  United States	8.54 m	Gary Honey  Australia	8.24 m	Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy	8.24 m
1988 Seoul	Carl Lewis  United States	8.72 m	Mike Powell  United States	8.49 m	Larry Myricks  United States	8.27 m
1992 Barcelona	Carl Lewis  United States	8.67 m	Mike Powell  United States	8.64 m	Joe Greene  United States	8.34 m
1996 Atlanta	Carl Lewis  United States	8.50 m	James Beckford  Jamaica	8.29 m	Joe Greene  United States	8.24 m
2000 Sydney	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.55 m	Jai Taurima  Australia	8.49 m	Roman Shchurenko  Ukraine	8.31 m
2004 Athens	Dwight Phillips  United States	8.59 m	John Moffitt  United States	8.47 m	Joan Lino Martínez  Spain	8.32 m
2008 Beijing	Irving Saladino  Panama	8.34 m	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.24 m	Ibrahim Camejo  Cuba	8.20 m
2012 London	Greg Rutherford  Great Britain	8.31 m	Mitchell Watt  Australia	8.16 m	Will Claye  United States	8.12 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Jeff Henderson  United States	8.38 m	Luvo Manyonga  South Africa	8.37 m	Greg Rutherford  Great Britain	8.29 m
2020 Tokyo	Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece	8.41 m	Juan Miguel Echevarría  Cuba	8.41 m	Maykel Massó  Cuba	8.21 m
2024 Paris	Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece	8.48 m	Wayne Pinnock  Jamaica	8.36 m	Mattia Furlani  Italy	8.34 m

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	Greece (GRE)	2	0	0	2
4	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	1	4
5	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	2	4
6	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	2	3
7	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
8	Australia (AUS)	0	4	0	4
9	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2
Jamaica (JAM)	0	2	0	2
South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2
12	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
13	Haiti (HAI)	0	1	0	1
14	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	3	3
15	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
17	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
Hungary (HUN)	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)	30	30	30	90

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London	Olga Gyarmati  Hungary	5.695 m	Noemí Simonetto  Argentina	5.60 m	Ann-Britt Leyman  Sweden	5.575 m
1952 Helsinki	Yvette Williams  New Zealand	6.24 m	Aleksandra Chudina  Soviet Union	6.14 m	Shirley Cawley  Great Britain	5.92 m
1956 Melbourne	Elżbieta Krzesińska  Poland	6.35 m	Willye White  United States	6.09 m	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili  Soviet Union	6.07 m
1960 Rome	Vera Krepkina  Soviet Union	6.37 m	Elżbieta Krzesińska  Poland	6.27 m	Hildrun Claus  United Team of Germany	6.21 m
1964 Tokyo	Mary Rand  Great Britain	6.76 m	Irena Kirszenstein  Poland	6.60 m	Tatyana Shchelkanova  Soviet Union	6.42 m
1968 Mexico City	Viorica Viscopoleanu  Romania	6.82 m	Sheila Sherwood  Great Britain	6.68 m	Tatyana Talysheva  Soviet Union	6.66 m
1972 Munich	Heide Rosendahl  West Germany	6.78 m	Diana Yorgova  Bulgaria	6.77 m	Eva Šuranová  Czechoslovakia	6.67 m
1976 Montreal	Angela Voigt  East Germany	6.72 m	Kathy McMillan  United States	6.66 m	Lidiya Alfeyeva  Soviet Union	6.60 m
1980 Moscow	Tatyana Kolpakova  Soviet Union	7.06 m	Brigitte Wujak  East Germany	7.04 m	Tatyana Skachko  Soviet Union	7.01 m
1984 Los Angeles	Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu  Romania	6.96 m	Valy Ionescu  Romania	6.81 m	Sue Hearnshaw  Great Britain	6.80 m
1988 Seoul	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States	7.40 m	Heike Drechsler  East Germany	7.22 m	Galina Chistyakova  Soviet Union	7.11 m
1992 Barcelona	Heike Drechsler  Germany	7.14 m	Inessa Kravets  Unified Team	7.12 m	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States	7.07 m
1996 Atlanta	Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria	7.12 m	Fiona May  Italy	7.02 m	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States	7.00 m
2000 Sydney	Heike Drechsler  Germany	6.99 m	Fiona May  Italy	6.92 m	Tatyana Kotova  Russia	6.83 m
2004 Athens	Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia	7.07 m	Irina Simagina  Russia	7.05 m	Tatyana Kotova  Russia	7.05 m
2008 Beijing	Maurren Maggi  Brazil	7.04 m	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	6.91 m	Chelsea Hammond  Jamaica	6.79 m
2012 London	Brittney Reese  United States	7.12 m	Elena Sokolova  Russia	7.07 m	Janay DeLoach  United States	6.89 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Tianna Bartoletta  United States	7.17 m	Brittney Reese  United States	7.15 m	Ivana Španović  Serbia	7.08 m
2020 Tokyo	Malaika Mihambo  Germany	7.00 m	Brittney Reese  United States	6.97 m	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.97 m
2024 Paris	Tara Davis-Woodhall  United States	7.10 m	Malaika Mihambo  Germany	6.98 m	Jasmine Moore  United States	6.96 m

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	4	4	12
2	Germany (GER)	4	1	0	5
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)	20	20	20	60

World Championship medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Carl Lewis  United States	8.55 m	Jason Grimes  United States	8.29 m	Mike Conley  United States	8.12 m
1987 Rome	Carl Lewis  United States	8.67 m	Robert Emmiyan  Soviet Union	8.53 m	Larry Myricks  United States	8.33 m
1991 Tokyo	Mike Powell  United States	8.95 m	Carl Lewis  United States	8.91 m	Larry Myricks  United States	8.42 m
1993 Stuttgart	Mike Powell  United States	8.59 m	Stanislav Tarasenko  Russia	8.16 m	Vitaliy Kyrylenko  Ukraine	8.15 m
1995 Gothenburg	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.70 m	James Beckford  Jamaica	8.30 m	Mike Powell  United States	8.29 m
1997 Athens	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.42 m	Erick Walder  United States	8.38 m	Kirill Sosunov  Russia	8.18 m
1999 Seville	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.56 m	Yago Lamela  Spain	8.40 m	Gregor Cankar  Slovenia	8.36 m
2001 Edmonton	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.40 m	Savanté Stringfellow  United States	8.24 m	Carlos Calado  Portugal	8.21 m
2003 Saint-Denis	Dwight Phillips  United States	8.32 m	James Beckford  Jamaica	8.28 m	Yago Lamela  Spain	8.22 m
2005 Helsinki	Dwight Phillips  United States	8.60 m	Ignisious Gaisah  Ghana	8.34 m	Tommi Evilä  Finland	8.25 m
2007 Osaka	Irving Saladino  Panama	8.57 m	Andrew Howe  Italy	8.47 m	Dwight Phillips  United States	8.30 m
2009 Berlin	Dwight Phillips  United States	8.54 m	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.47 m	Mitchell Watt  Australia	8.37 m
2011 Daegu	Dwight Phillips  United States	8.45 m	Mitchell Watt  Australia	8.33 m	Ngonidzashe Makusha  Zimbabwe	8.29 m
2013 Moscow	Aleksandr Menkov  Russia	8.56 m	Ignisious Gaisah  Netherlands	8.29 m	Luis Rivera  Mexico	8.27 m
2015 Beijing	Greg Rutherford  Great Britain	8.41 m	Fabrice Lapierre  Australia	8.24 m	Wang Jianan  China	8.18 m
2017 London	Luvo Manyonga  South Africa	8.48 m	Jarrion Lawson  United States	8.44 m	Ruswahl Samaai  South Africa	8.32 m
2019 Doha	Tajay Gayle  Jamaica	8.69 m	Jeff Henderson  United States	8.39 m	Juan Miguel Echevarría  Cuba	8.34 m
2022 Eugene	Wang Jianan  China	8.36 m	Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece	8.32 m	Simon Ehammer  Switzerland	8.16 m
2023 Budapest	Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece	8.52 m	Wayne Pinnock  Jamaica	8.50 m	Tajay Gayle  Jamaica	8.27 m
2025 Tokyo	Mattia Furlani  Italy	8.39 m	Tajay Gayle  Jamaica	8.34 m	Shi Yuhao  China	8.33 m

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	4	1	6
4	Russia (RUS)	1	1	1	3
South Africa (RSA)	1	1	1	3
6	Greece (GRE)	1	1	0	2
Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
8	China (CHN)	1	0	2	3
9	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
11	Australia (AUS)	0	2	1	3
12	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
13	Ghana (GHA)	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)	20	20	20	60

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Heike Daute  East Germany	7.27 m	Anișoara Cușmir  Romania	7.15 m	Carol Lewis  United States	7.04 m
1987 Rome	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States	7.36 m	Yelena Belevskaya  Soviet Union	7.14 m	Heike Drechsler  East Germany	7.13 m
1991 Tokyo	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States	7.32 m	Heike Drechsler  Germany	7.29 m	Larysa Berezhna  Soviet Union	7.11 m
1993 Stuttgart	Heike Drechsler  Germany	7.11 m	Larysa Berezhna  Ukraine	6.98 m	Renata Nielsen  Denmark	6.76 m
1995 Gothenburg	Fiona May  Italy	6.98 m	Niurka Montalvo  Cuba	6.86 m	Irina Mushailova  Russia	6.83 m
1997 Athens	Lyudmila Galkina  Russia	7.05 m	Niki Xanthou  Greece	6.94 m	Fiona May  Italy	6.91 m
1999 Seville	Niurka Montalvo  Spain	7.06 m	Fiona May  Italy	6.94 m	Marion Jones  United States	6.83 m
2001 Edmonton	Fiona May  Italy	7.02 m	Tatyana Kotova  Russia	7.01 m	Niurka Montalvo  Spain	6.88 m
2003 Saint-Denis	Eunice Barber  France	6.99 m	Tatyana Kotova  Russia	6.74 m	Anju Bobby George  India	6.70 m
2005 Helsinki	Tianna Madison  United States	6.89 m	Eunice Barber  France	6.76 m	Yargelis Savigne  Cuba	6.69 m
2007 Osaka	Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia	7.03 m	Lyudmila Kolchanova  Russia	6.92 m	Tatyana Kotova  Russia	6.90 m
2009 Berlin	Brittney Reese  United States	7.10 m	Karin Melis Mey  Turkey	6.80 m	Naide Gomes  Portugal	6.77 m
2011 Daegu	Brittney Reese  United States	6.82 m	Ineta Radēviča  Latvia	6.76 m	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova  Belarus	6.74 m
2013 Moscow	Brittney Reese  United States	7.01 m	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	6.99 m	Ivana Španović  Serbia	6.82 m
2015 Beijing	Tianna Bartoletta  United States	7.14 m	Shara Proctor  Great Britain	7.07 m	Ivana Španović  Serbia	7.01 m
2017 London	Brittney Reese  United States	7.02 m	Darya Klishina  Authorised Neutral Athletes	7.00 m	Tianna Bartoletta  United States	6.97 m
2019 Doha	Malaika Mihambo  Germany	7.30 m	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk  Ukraine	6.92 m	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.91 m
2022 Eugene	Malaika Mihambo  Germany	7.12 m	Ese Brume  Nigeria	7.02 m	Leticia Oro Melo  Brazil	6.89 m
2023 Budapest	Ivana Vuleta  Serbia	7.14 m	Tara Davis-Woodhall  United States	6.91 m	Alina Rotaru-Kottmann  Romania	6.88 m
2025 Tokyo	Tara Davis-Woodhall  United States	7.13 m	Malaika Mihambo  Germany	6.99 m	Natalia Linares  Colombia	6.92 m

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	1	3	13
2	Germany (GER)	3	2	0	5
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
Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)	20	20	20	60

World Indoor Championship medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Jan Leitner  Czechoslovakia	7.96 m	Gyula Pálóczi  Hungary	7.94 m	Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy	7.88 m
1987 Indianapolis	Larry Myricks  United States	8.23 m	Paul Emordi  Nigeria	8.01 m	Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy	8.01 m
1989 Budapest	Larry Myricks  United States	8.37 m	Dietmar Haaf  West Germany	8.17 m	Mike Conley  United States	8.11 m
1991 Seville	Dietmar Haaf  Germany	8.15 m	Jaime Jefferson  Cuba	8.04 m	Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy	7.93 m
1993 Toronto	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.23 m	Joe Greene  United States	8.13 m	Jaime Jefferson  Cuba	7.98 m
1995 Barcelona	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.51 m	Mattias Sunneborn  Sweden	8.20 m	Erick Walder  United States	8.14 m
1997 Paris	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.51 m	Kirill Sosunov  Russia	8.41 m	Joe Greene  United States	8.41 m
1999 Maebashi	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.62 m	Yago Lamela  Spain	8.56 m	Erick Walder  United States	8.30 m
2001 Lisbon	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.43 m	Kareem Streete-Thompson  Cayman Islands	8.16 m	Carlos Calado  Portugal	8.16 m
2003 Birmingham	Dwight Phillips  United States	8.29 m	Yago Lamela  Spain	8.28 m	Miguel Pate  United States	8.21 m
2004 Budapest	Savanté Stringfellow  United States	8.40 m	James Beckford  Jamaica	8.31 m	Vitaliy Shkurlatov  Russia	8.28 m
2006 Moscow	Ignisious Gaisah  Ghana	8.30 m	Irving Saladino  Panama	8.29 m	Andrew Howe  Italy	8.19 m
2008 Valencia	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.08 m	Chris Tomlinson  Great Britain	8.06 m	Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi  Saudi Arabia	8.01 m
2010 Doha	Fabrice Lapierre  Australia	8.17 m	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.08 m	Mitchell Watt  Australia	8.05 m
2012 Istanbul	Mauro Vinícius da Silva  Brazil	8.23 m	Henry Frayne  Australia	8.23 m	Aleksandr Menkov  Russia	8.22 m
2014 Sopot	Mauro Vinícius da Silva  Brazil	8.28 m	Li Jinzhe  China	8.23 m	Michel Tornéus  Sweden	8.21 m
2016 Portland	Marquis Dendy  United States	8.26 m	Fabrice Lapierre  Australia	8.25 m	Huang Changzhou  China	8.21 m
2018 Birmingham	Juan Miguel Echevarría  Cuba	8.46 m	Luvo Manyonga  South Africa	8.44 m	Marquis Dendy  United States	8.42 m
2022 Belgrade	Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece	8.55 m	Thobias Montler  Sweden	8.38 m	Marquis Dendy  United States	8.27 m
2024 Glasgow	Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece	8.22 m	Mattia Furlani  Italy	8.22 m	Carey McLeod  Jamaica	8.21 m
2025 Nanjing	Mattia Furlani  Italy	8.30 m	Wayne Pinnock  Jamaica	8.29 m	Liam Adcock  Australia	8.28 m
2026 Kujawy Pomorze	Gerson Baldé  Portugal	8.46 m	Mattia Furlani  Italy	8.39 m	Bozhidar Sarâboyukov  Bulgaria	8.31 m

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	Italy (ITA)	1	2	4	7
6	Australia (AUS)	1	2	2	5
7	South Africa (RSA)	1	2	0	3
8	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
9	Portugal (POR)	1	0	1	2
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
Ghana (GHA)	1	0	0	1
12	Jamaica (JAM)	0	2	1	3
Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
14	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
15	Russia (RUS)	0	1	2	3
16	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
17	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
22	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)	22	22	22	66

Women

<table><thead><tr><th>Championships</th><th>Gold</th><th>Silver</th><th>Bronze</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1985 Paris[A]</td><td>Helga Radtke  East Germany</td><td>6.88 m</td><td>Tatyana Rodionova  Soviet Union</td><td>6.72 m</td><td>Nijolė Medvedeva  Soviet Union</td><td>6.44 m</td></tr><tr><td>1987 Indianapolis</td><td>Heike Drechsler  East Germany</td><td>7.10 m</td><td>Helga Radtke  East Germany</td><td>6.94 m</td><td>Yelena Belevskaya  Soviet Union</td><td>6.76 m</td></tr><tr><td>1989 Budapest</td><td>Galina Chistyakova  Soviet Union</td><td>6.98 m</td><td>Marieta Ilcu  Romania</td><td>6.86 m</td><td>Larysa Berezhna  Soviet Union</td><td>6.82 m</td></tr><tr><td>1991 Seville</td><td>Larysa Berezhna  Soviet Union</td><td>6.84 m</td><td>Heike Drechsler  Germany</td><td>6.82 m</td><td>Marieta Ilcu  Romania</td><td>6.74 m</td></tr><tr><td>1993 Toronto</td><td>Marieta Ilcu  Romania</td><td>6.84 m</td><td>Susen Tiedtke  Germany</td><td>6.84 m</td><td>Inessa Kravets  Ukraine</td><td>6.77 m</td></tr><tr><td>1995 Barcelona</td><td>Lyudmila Galkina  Russia</td><td>6.95 m</td><td>Irina Mushailova  Russia</td><td>6.90 m</td><td>Susen Tiedtke-Greene  Germany</td><td>6.90 m</td></tr><tr><td>1997 Paris</td><td>Fiona May  Italy</td><td>6.86 m</td><td>Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria</td><td>6.80 m</td><td>Agata Karczmarek  Poland</td><td>6.71 m</td></tr><tr><td>1999 Maebashi</td><td>Tatyana Kotova  Russia</td><td>6.86 m</td><td>Shana Williams  United States</td><td>6.82 m</td><td>Iva Prandzheva  Bulgaria</td><td>6.78 m</td></tr><tr><td>2001 Lisbon</td><td>Dawn Burrell  United States</td><td>7.03 m</td><td>Tatyana Kotova  Russia</td><td>6.98 m</td><td>Niurka Montalvo  Spain</td><td>6.88 m</td></tr><tr><td>2003 Birmingham</td><td>Tatyana Kotova  Russia</td><td>6.84 m</td><td>Inessa Kravets  Ukraine</td><td>6.72 m</td><td>Maurren Maggi  Brazil</td><td>6.70 m</td></tr><tr><td>2004 Budapest</td><td>Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia</td><td>6.98 m</td><td>Tatyana Kotova  Russia</td><td>6.93 m</td><td>Carolina Klüft  Sweden</td><td>6.92 m</td></tr><tr><td>2006 Moscow</td><td>Tianna Madison  United States</td><td>6.80 m</td><td>Naide Gomes  Portugal</td><td>6.76 m</td><td>Concepción Montaner  Spain</td><td>6.76 m</td></tr><tr><td>2008 Valencia</td><td>Naide Gomes  Portugal</td><td>7.00 m</td><td>Maurren Maggi  Brazil</td><td>6.89 m</td><td>Irina Simagina  Russia</td><td>6.88 m</td></tr><tr><td>2010 Doha</td><td>Brittney Reese  United States</td><td>6.70 m</td><td>Naide Gomes  Portugal</td><td>6.67 m</td><td>Keila Costa  Brazil</td><td>6.63 m</td></tr><tr><td>2012 Istanbul</td><td>Brittney Reese  United States</td><td>7.23 m</td><td>Janay DeLoach  United States</td><td>6.98 m</td><td>Shara Proctor  Great Britain</td><td>6.89 m</td></tr><tr><td>2014 Sopot</td><td>Éloyse Lesueur  France</td><td>6.85 m</td><td>Katarina Johnson-Thompson  Great Britain</td><td>6.81 m</td><td>Ivana Španović  Serbia</td><td>6.77 m</td></tr><tr><td>2016 Portland</td><td>Brittney Reese  United States</td><td>7.22 m</td><td>Ivana Španović  Serbia</td><td>7.07 m</td><td>Lorraine Ugen  Great Britain</td><td>6.93 m</td></tr><tr><td>2018 Birmingham</td><td>Ivana Španović  Serbia</td><td>6.96 m</td><td>Brittney Reese  United States</td><td>6.89 m</td><td>Sosthene Moguenara  Germany</td><td>6.85 m</td></tr><tr><td>2022 Belgrade</td><td>Ivana Vuleta  Serbia</td><td>7.06 m</td><td>Ese Brume  Nigeria</td><td>6.85 m</td><td>Lorraine Ugen  Great Britain</td><td>6.82 m</td></tr><tr><td>2024 Glasgow</td><td>Tara Davis-Woodhall  United States</td><td>7.07 m</td><td>Monae' Nichols  United States</td><td>6.85 m</td><td>Fátima Diame  Spain</td><td>6.78 m</td></tr><tr><td>2025 Nanjing</td><td>Claire Bryant  United States</td><td>6.96 m</td><td>Annik Kälin  Switzerland</td><td>6.83 m</td><td>Fátima Diame  Spain</td><td>6.72 m</td></tr><tr><td>2026 Kujawy Pomorze</td><td>Agate de Sousa  Portugal</td><td>6.92 m</td><td>Larissa Iapichino  Italy</td><td>6.87 m</td><td>Natalia Linares  Colombia</td><td>6.80 m</td></tr></tbody></table>

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	7	4	0	11
2	Russia (RUS)	4	3	1	8
3	Portugal (POR)	2	2	0	4
4	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	3	6
5	Serbia (SRB)	2	1	1	4
6	East Germany (GDR)	2	1	0	3
7	Romania (ROU)	1	1	1	3
8	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
9	France (FRA)	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	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
16	Spain (ESP)	0	0	4	4
17	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)	22	22	22	66

National records

Men (outdoor)

#	Nation	Mark	Athlete	Date	Place
1	United States	8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	Mike Powell	30 August 1991	Tokyo
2	Armenia	8.86 m (29 ft 3⁄4 in) A	Robert Emmiyan	22 May 1987	Tsaghkadzor
3	Panama	8.73 m (28 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Irving Saladino	24 May 2008	Hengelo
4	Cuba	8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Iván Pedroso	18 July 1995	Salamanca
5	Jamaica	8.69 m (28 ft 6 in)	Tajay Gayle	28 September 2019	Doha
6	Greece	8.66 m (28 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Louis Tsatoumas	2 June 2007	Kalamata
7	South Africa	8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A	Luvo Manyonga	22 April 2017	Potchefstroom
8	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
10	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
12	Great Britain	8.51 m (27 ft 11 in)	Greg Rutherford	24 April 2014	Chula Vista
13	Saudi Arabia	8.48 m (27 ft 9+3⁄4 in)	Mohamed Al-Khuwalidi	2 July 2006	Sotteville-lès-Rouen
14	Italy	8.47 m (27 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	Andrew Howe	30 August 2007	Osaka
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
16	Senegal	8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)	Cheikh Touré	15 June 1997	Bad Langensalza
Mexico	8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)	Luis Rivera	12 July 2013	Kazan
18	Serbia	8.45 m (27 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Nenad Stekić	25 July 1975	Montreal
Switzerland	8.45 m (27 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Simon Ehammer	28 May 2022	Götzis
20	Sweden	8.44 m (27 ft 8+1⁄4 in) A	Michel Tornéus	10 July 2016	Monachil
21	Ghana	8.43 m (27 ft 7+3⁄4 in)	Ignisious Gaisah	14 July 2006	Rome
22	France	8.42 m (27 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Salim Sdiri	12 June 2009	Pierre-Bénite
India	8.42 m (27 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Jeswin Aldrin	2 March 2023	Ballari
24	Bahamas	8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)	Craig Hepburn	17 June 1993	Nassau
25	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
Chinese Taipei	8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Lin Yu-tang	15 July 2023	Bangkok
31	Romania	8.37 m (27 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Bogdan Tudor	9 July 1995	Bad Cannstatt
32	Portugal	8.36 m (27 ft 5 in)	Carlos Calado	20 June 1997	Lisbon
33	Ukraine	8.35 m (27 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Sergey Layevskiy	16 July 1988	Dnipropetrovsk
Roman Shchurenko	25 July 2000	Kyiv
Croatia	8.35 m (27 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Filip Pravdica	11 May 2024	Kranj
35	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
37	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	Aliaksandar Hlavatski	7 August 1996	Sestriere
39	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
42	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
44	Netherlands	8.29 m (27 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	Ignisious Gaisah	16 August 2013	Moscow
45	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
Uruguay	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Emiliano Lasa	1 May 2022	São Paulo
49	Nigeria	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Yusuf Alli	8 August 1989	Lagos
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
Namibia	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in) A	Chenault Lionel Coetzee	15 April 2023	Windhoek
53	Algeria	8.26 m (27 ft 1 in)	Issam Nima	28 July 2007	Zaragoza
54	Moldova	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)	Sergey Podgainiy	18 August 1990	Chișinău
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	Querétaro
Uzbekistan	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)	Anvar Anvarov	12 July 2025	Joensuu
59	Georgia	8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in)	Bachana Khorava	29 May 2021	Tbilisi
60	South Korea	8.22 m (26 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Kim Deok-hyeon	10 June 2016	Ried im Innkreis
Guyana	8.22 m (26 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Emanuel Archibald	17 May 2025	Atlanta
62	Norway	8.21 m (26 ft 11 in) A	Ingar Bratseth-Kiplesund	29 April 2023	Gaborone
Iceland	8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)	Daníel Ingi Egilsson	19 May 2024	Malmö
64	Colombia	8.20 m (26 ft 10+3⁄4 in) A	Arnovis Dalmero	5 August 2023	Bogotá
65	Puerto Rico	8.19 m (26 ft 10+1⁄4 in) A	Elmer Williams	11 August 1989	Bogotá
66	Tajikistan	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)	Vasiliy Sokov	5 July 1988	Tallinn
67	Iran	8.17 m (26 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Mohammad Arzandeh	7 July 2012	Tehran
68	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)	Sergey Vasilenko	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
72	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)	W. P. Amila Jayasiri	16 August 2016	Diyagama
74	Qatar	8.13 m (26 ft 8 in)	Abdulrahman Al-Nubi	21 September 2003	Manila
Ethiopia	8.13 m (26 ft 8 in) A NWI	Buli Melaku	10 May 2025	Addis Ababa
76	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
78	U.S. Virgin Islands	8.11 m (26 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Leon Hunt	18 June 2011	Tallahassee
Peru	8.11 m (26 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	José Luis Mandros	30 May 2025	Castellón de la Plana
80	Estonia	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Erki Nool	27 May 1995	Götzis
81	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
83	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
Latvia	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Elvijs Misāns	12 July 2016	Saldus
Dominica	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Tristan James	29 May 2022	Chula Vista
Philippines	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Janry Ubas	8 May 2023	Phnom Penh
89	Ireland	8.07 m (26 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Ciaran McDonagh	21 August 2005	La Chaux-de-Fonds
90	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.06 m (26 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye	9 June 2018	Chula Vista
91	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)	Róbert Széli	6 July 1988	Budapest
Thailand	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Supanara Sukhasvasti	10 July 2011	Kobe
94	Azerbaijan	8.03 m (26 ft 4 in)	Vladimir Tsepelyov	17 September 1978	Tbilisi
Libya	8.03 m (26 ft 4 in)	Mohamed Bishty	25 May 1985	Chania
Cameroon	8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) A NWI	Marcel Mayack	2 March 2019	Bafoussam
97	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 Al-Haddad	5 May 2009	Kuwait City
Malaysia	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Andre Anura	7 December 2019	New Clark City
100	Tunisia	8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Anis Gallali	22 August 1998	Dakar
French Polynesia	8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Raihau Maiau	9 August 2025	Artashat
102	Burkina Faso	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Franck Zio	21 June 1998	Viry-Châtillon
Togo	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in) A	Téko Folligan	15 September 1999	Johannesburg
Liberia	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Cadeau Kelley	18 April 2009	Ypsilanti

Women (outdoor)

#	Nation	Mark	Athlete	Date	Place
1	Russia	7.52 m (24 ft 8 in)	Galina Chistyakova	11 June 1988	Leningrad
2	United States	7.49 m (24 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	22 May 1994	New York City
7.49 m (24 ft 6+3⁄4 in) A	31 July 1994	Sestriere
3	Germany	7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Heike Drechsler	9 July 1988	Neubrandenburg
8 July 1992	Lausanne
4	Romania	7.43 m (24 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Anișoara Cușmir	4 June 1983	Bucharest
5	Belarus	7.39 m (24 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Yelena Belevskaya	18 July 1987	Bryansk
6	Kazakhstan	7.31 m (23 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	Olena Khlopotnova	12 September 1985	Alma Ata
7	Brazil	7.26 m (23 ft 9+3⁄4 in) A	Maurren Maggi	26 July 1999	Bogotá
8	Ukraine	7.24 m (23 ft 9 in)	Larysa Berezhna	25 May 1991	Granada
9	Lithuania	7.20 m (23 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Irena Oženko	12 September 1986	Budapest
10	Nigeria	7.17 m (23 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Ese Brume	29 May 2021	Chula Vista
11	Jamaica	7.16 m (23 ft 5+3⁄4 in) A	Elva Goulbourne	22 May 2004	Mexico City
12	Serbia	7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)	Ivana Vuleta	20 August 2023	Budapest
13	Australia	7.13 m (23 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Brooke Buschkuehl	9 July 2022	Chula Vista
14	Portugal	7.12 m (23 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	Naide Gomes	29 July 2008	Monaco
15	Italy	7.11 m (23 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	Fiona May	22 August 1998	Budapest
16	Austria	7.09 m (23 ft 3 in)	Ludmila Ninova	5 June 1994	Seville
17	British Virgin Islands	7.08 m (23 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Chantel Malone	27 March 2021	Miramar
18	Great Britain	7.07 m (23 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	Shara Proctor	28 August 2015	Beijing
19	Kyrgyzstan	7.06 m (23 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Tatyana Kolpakova	31 July 1980	Moscow
Spain	7.06 m (23 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Niurka Montalvo	23 August 1999	Seville
21	France	7.05 m (23 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Eunice Barber	14 September 2003	Monaco
22	Greece	7.03 m (23 ft 3⁄4 in)	Niki Xanthou	18 August 1997	Bellinzona
São Tomé and Príncipe	7.03 m (23 ft 3⁄4 in)	Agate de Sousa	27 May 2023	Weinheim
24	Slovakia	7.01 m (22 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	Eva Murková	26 May 1984	Leningrad
China	7.01 m (22 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	Yao Weili	4 June 1993	Jinan
26	Bulgaria	7.00 m (22 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Silvia Khristova-Moneva	3 August 1986	Sofia
27	Cuba	6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)	Lissette Cuza	3 June 2000	Jena
Sweden	6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)	Erica Johansson	5 July 2000	Lausanne
Canada	6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)	Christabel Nettey	29 May 2015	Eugene
30	Poland	6.97 m (22 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	Agata Karczmarek	6 August 1988	Lublin
Japan	6.97 m (22 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	Sumire Hata	14 July 2023	Bangkok
32	Puerto Rico	6.96 m (22 ft 10 in) A	Madeline de Jesús	24 July 1988	Mexico City
Denmark	6.96 m (22 ft 10 in)	Renata Nielsen	5 June 1994	Seville
Trinidad and Tobago	6.96 m (22 ft 10 in)	Tyra Gittens	14 May 2021	College Station
35	Colombia	6.95 m (22 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Natalia Linares	1 December 2025	Lima
36	Ghana	6.94 m (22 ft 9 in)	Deborah Acquah	7 August 2022	Birmingham
Burkina Faso	6.94 m (22 ft 9 in)	Marthe Koala	2 August 2023	Kinshasa
38	South Africa	6.93 m (22 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	Karin Melis Mey	7 July 2007	Bad Langensalza
7 June 2008	Bad Langensalza
39	Latvia	6.92 m (22 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	Ineta Radēviča	28 July 2010	Barcelona
40	Netherlands	6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)	Pauline Hondema	12 July 2025	Kortrijk
41	Czech Republic	6.89 m (22 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Jarmila Strejčková	18 September 1982	Prague
42	Venezuela	6.88 m (22 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Yulimar Rojas	13 June 2021	La Nucia
43	Turkey	6.87 m (22 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Karin Melis Mey	31 July 2009	Leverkusen
Estonia	6.87 m (22 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Ksenija Balta	8 August 2010	Tallinn
45	Hungary	6.86 m (22 ft 6 in)	Tünde Vaszi	7 August 2001	Edmonton
Belgium	6.86 m (22 ft 6 in)	Nafissatou Thiam	18 August 2019	Birmingham
47	Finland	6.85 m (22 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Ringa Ropo-Junnila	11 August 1990	Lahti
Uzbekistan	6.85 m (22 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Darya Reznichenko	28 June 2021	Tashkent
49	Switzerland	6.84 m (22 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	Irène Pusterla	20 August 2011	Chiasso
Annik Kälin	8 June 2024	Rome
50	India	6.83 m (22 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Anju Bobby George	27 August 2004	Athens
Bahamas	6.83 m (22 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Bianca Stuart	26 June 2015	Nassau
52	Guyana	6.81 m (22 ft 4 in)	Jennifer Inniss	18 June 1983	Indianapolis
53	Cyprus	6.80 m (22 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Maroula Lambrou	25 March 1985	Limassol
Barbados	6.80 m (22 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Akela Jones	29 May 2021	Chula Vista
55	Slovenia	6.78 m (22 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Nina Kolarič	29 June 2008	Ptuj
56	Syria	6.77 m (22 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Ghada Shouaa	26 May 1996	Götzis
57	South Korea	6.76 m (22 ft 2 in)	Jung Soon-ok	4 June 2009	Daegu
58	Sierra Leone	6.75 m (22 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Eunice Barber	5 June 1998	Lyon

Men (indoor)

#	Nation	Mark	Athlete	Date	Place
1	United States	8.79 m (28 ft 10 in)	Carl Lewis	27 January 1984	New York City
2	Germany	8.71 m (28 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Sebastian Bayer	8 March 2009	Turin
3	Cuba	8.62 m (28 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Iván Pedroso	7 March 1999	Maebashi
4	Spain	8.56 m (28 ft 1 in)	Yago Lamela	7 March 1999	Maebashi
5	Greece	8.55 m (28 ft 1⁄2 in)	Miltiadis Tentoglou	18 March 2022	Belgrade
6	Armenia	8.49 m (27 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	Robert Emmiyan	21 February 1987	Liévin
7	Portugal	8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)	Gerson Baldé	22 March 2026	Toruń
8	Bulgaria	8.45 m (27 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Bozhidar Sarâboyukov	11 February 2026	Belgrade
9	South Africa	8.44 m (27 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	Luvo Manyonga	2 March 2018	Birmingham
10	Russia	8.43 m (27 ft 7+3⁄4 in)	Stanislav Tarasenko	26 January 1994	Moscow
11	Panama	8.42 m (27 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Irving Saladino	13 February 2008	Athens
12	Jamaica	8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	James Beckford	9 February 1996	Madrid
8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in) A	Carey McLeod	10 March 2023	Albuquerque
8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Wayne Pinnock	8 March 2024	Boston
13	Italy	8.39 m (27 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Mattia Furlani	8 February 2026	Metz
22 March 2026	Toruń
14	Sweden	8.38 m (27 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	Thobias Montler	18 March 2022	Belgrade
15	Ghana	8.36 m (27 ft 5 in)	Ignisious Gaisah	2 February 2006	Stockholm
16	Ukraine	8.33 m (27 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	Roman Shchurenko	16 February 2002	Brovary
17	Romania	8.30 m (27 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Bogdan Țăruș	29 January 2000	Bucharest
18	Slovenia	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Gregor Cankar	7 March 1999	Maebashi
Brazil	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Mauro Vinícius da Silva	9 March 2012	Istanbul
8 March 2014	Sopot
20	France	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Salim Sdiri	28 January 2006	Mondeville
China	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Su Xiongfeng	11 March 2010	Nanjing
22	Nigeria	8.26 m (27 ft 1 in)	Charlton Ehizuelen	7 March 1975	Bloomington
Great Britain	8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) A	Greg Rutherford	5 February 2016	Albuquerque
Switzerland	8.26 m (27 ft 1 in)	Simon Ehammer	29 January 2022	Aubière
25	Georgia	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)	Bachana Khorava	7 February 2016	Tbilisi
Australia	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)	Fabrice Lapierre	20 March 2016	Portland
27	Hungary	8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in)	László Szalma	22 February 1986	Madrid
Saudi Arabia	8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in)	Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi	16 February 2008	Doha
Finland	8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in)	Kristian Pulli	5 March 2021	Toruń
30	Netherlands	8.23 m (27 ft 0 in)	Emiel Mellaard	5 February 1989	The Hague
31	Zimbabwe	8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)	Ngonidzashe Makusha	27 February 2009	Blacksburg
Japan	8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)	Shunsuke Izumiya	23 March 2025	Nanjing
Trinidad and Tobago	8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)	Kelsey Daniel	26 February 2026	College Station
India	8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)	Lokesh Sathyanathan	13 March 2026	Fayetteville
35	Norway	8.19 m (26 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	Sander Skotheim	1 February 2025	Tallinn
36	Czech Republic	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)	Milan Gombala	16 February 1992	Prague
Denmark	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)	Morten Jensen	8 February 2006	Gothenburg
Poland	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)	Marcin Starzak	8 March 2009	Turin
Adrian Strzałkowski	7 March 2014	Sopot
Bahamas	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)	LaQuan Nairn	18 February 2022	Fayetteville
40	Senegal	8.17 m (26 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Cheikh Touré	15 February 1998	Bordeaux
Peru	8.17 m (26 ft 9+1⁄2 in) A	José Luis Mandros	20 February 2022	Cochabamba
42	Cayman Islands	8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	Kareem Streete-Thompson	11 March 2001	Lisbon
Colombia	8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in) A	Arnovis Dalmero	25 January 2024	Cochabamba
44	Lithuania	8.13 m (26 ft 8 in)	Povilas Mykolaitis	11 February 2005	Kaunas
45	Puerto Rico	8.12 m (26 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Mike Francis	6 March 1992	Manhattan
46	Latvia	8.11 m (26 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Artūrs Āboliņš	10 March 2006	Fayetteville
47	Belarus	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Aleksandr Glavatskiy	15 January 1994	Gomel
Uruguay	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in) A	Emiliano Lasa	20 February 2022	Cochabamba
49	Kyrgyzstan	8.09 m (26 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Shamil Abbyasov	8 February 1985	Moscow
Turkey	8.09 m (26 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Mesut Yavaş	3 March 2000	Ames
Moldova	8.09 m (26 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Alexandru Cuharenco	3 February 2012	Chișinău
52	Belgium	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Erik Nys	12 February 1995	Ghent
Croatia	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Siniša Ergotić	8 February 2003	Budapest
Albania	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)	Izmir Smajlaj	4 March 2017	Belgrade
55	Burkina Faso	8.06 m (26 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	Franck Zio	3 February 1996	Liévin
56	Estonia	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Tõnu Lepik	15 March 1970	Vienna
Guyana	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Mark Mason	25 January 1991	Johnson City
Mauritius	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Jonathan Chimier	22 February 2004	Aubière
Canada	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Damian Warner	18 March 2022	Belgrade
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.04 m (26 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Uroy Ryan	13 March 2026	Fayetteville
61	Serbia	8.03 m (26 ft 4 in)	Strahinja Jovančević	3 March 2019	Glasgow
62	Tajikistan	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Vasiliy Sokov	4 February 1989	Gomel
Morocco	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Younés Moudrik	2 February 2001	Erfurt
14 March 2001	Madrid
1 February 2002	Erfurt
Yahya Berrabah	13 February 2010	Valencia
French Polynesia	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Raihau Maiau	4 February 2016	Nantes
Chinese Taipei	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Lin Yu-tang	12 February 2023	Astana
66	Botswana	8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Gable Garenamotse	3 February 2002	Cardiff
Mexico	8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Luis Rivera	7 March 2014	Sopot
68	Azerbaijan	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Vladimir Tsepelyov	6 February 1983	Vilnius
Venezuela	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in) A	Victor Castillo	5 February 2005	Flagstaff
Ireland	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Ciaran McDonagh	14 January 2006	Blacksburg

Women (indoor)

#	Nation	Mark	Athlete	Date	Place
1	Germany	7.37 m (24 ft 2 in)	Heike Drechsler	13 February 1988	Vienna
2	Russia	7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	Galina Chistyakova	28 January 1989	Lipetsk
3	Serbia	7.24 m (23 ft 9 in)	Ivana Španović	5 March 2017	Belgrade
4	United States	7.23 m (23 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Brittney Reese	11 March 2012	Istanbul
5	Ukraine	7.20 m (23 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Larysa Berezhna	4 February 1989	Gomel
6	Kazakhstan	7.17 m (23 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Olena Khlopotnova	16 February 1985	Kishinev
7	Lithuania	7.01 m (22 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	Nijolė Medvedeva	25 January 1987	Vilnius
Belarus	7.01 m (22 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	Yelena Belevskaya	14 February 1987	Moscow
9	Portugal	7.00 m (22 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Naide Gomes	9 March 2008	Valencia
Great Britain	7.00 m (22 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Jazmin Sawyers	5 March 2023	Istanbul
11	Slovakia	6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)	Eva Murková	2 March 1985	Piraeus
Romania	6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)	Mirela Dulgheru	23 January 1993	Bacău
Canada	6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)	Christabel Nettey	19 February 2015	Stockholm
14	Bahamas	6.98 m (22 ft 10+3⁄4 in)	Anthaya Charlton	31 January 2025	Fayetteville
15	Nigeria	6.97 m (22 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	Chioma Ajunwa	5 February 1997	Erfurt
Italy	6.97 m (22 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	Larissa Iapichino	5 March 2023	Istanbul
17	Sweden	6.92 m (22 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	Carolina Klüft	7 March 2004	Budapest
Khaddi Sagnia	25 February 2018	Glasgow
18	Greece	6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)	Niki Xanthou	16 February 1997	Liévin
Bulgaria	6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)	Magdalena Khristova	19 February 1998	Stockholm
Jamaica	6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)	Elva Goulbourne	23 February 2002	Fayetteville
21	France	6.90 m (22 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Éloyse Lesueur	2 March 2013	Gothenburg
Switzerland	6.90 m (22 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Annik Kälin	8 March 2025	Apeldoorn
23	Brazil	6.89 m (22 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Maurren Maggi	9 March 2008	Valencia
24	Spain	6.88 m (22 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Niurka Montalvo	10 March 2001	Lisbon
25	Estonia	6.87 m (22 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Ksenija Balta	7 March 2009	Turin
26	Sierra Leone	6.86 m (22 ft 6 in)	Eunice Barber	15 February 1998	Bordeaux
27	South Africa	6.85 m (22 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Karin Melis Mey	21 February 2008	Stockholm
28	Trinidad and Tobago	6.83 m (22 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Tyra Gittens	30 January 2026	Manhattan
29	China	6.82 m (22 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Yang Juan	13 March 1992	Beijing
Hungary	6.82 m (22 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Tünde Vaszi	29 January 1999	Chemnitz
Latvia	6.82 m (22 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Aiga Grabuste	8 February 2015	Tbilisi
32	Australia	6.81 m (22 ft 4 in)	Nicole Boegman	12 March 1995	Barcelona
Austria	6.81 m (22 ft 4 in)	Ludmila Ninova	14 February 1996	Moscow
Venezuela	6.81 m (22 ft 4 in)	Yulimar Rojas	17 February 2022	Liévin
35	Barbados	6.80 m (22 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Akela Jones	11 March 2016	Birmingham
11 February 2022	Clemson
Colombia	6.80 m (22 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Natalia Linares	22 March 2026	Toruń
37	Cuba	6.79 m (22 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Yargelis Savigne	3 February 2007	Stuttgart
Belgium	6.79 m (22 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Nafissatou Thiam	1 March 2020	Liévin
39	Finland	6.78 m (22 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	Ringa Ropo-Junnila	19 February 1991	Stockholm
40	Denmark	6.77 m (22 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Renata Nielsen	12 March 1995	Barcelona
Poland	6.77 m (22 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Anna Matuszewicz	31 January 2026	Gorzów Wielkopolski

Cited sources

Long jump

• Miller, Stephen G. (2004). Ancient Greek Athletics. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300115296.