European Athletics Championships 2016 / women's long jump

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Long jump
gender	Women
Attendees	25 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 6th (qualification) July 8th (final)
Medalists Ivana Španović ( SRB )   Jazmin Sawyers ( GBR )   Malaika Mihambo ( GER )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The women's long jump at the European Athletics Championships 2016 was held on July 6th and 8th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

European champion was the Serbian vice-European champion of 2014 and two-time World Cup -Third ( 2013 / 2015 ) Ivana Španović . She won ahead of the British Jazmin Sawyers . Bronze went to the German Malaika Mihambo .

Existing records

World record	7.52 m	Galina Chistjakova	Leningrad (today St. Petersburg ), Soviet Union (today Russia )	June 11, 1988
European record
EM record	7.27 m	Heike Drechsler	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 27, 1986

Even at these European Championships since came in 1986 existing EM -record not in danger. There was no leap past the 7-meter mark.

Wind conditions

In the following summary of results, the wind conditions for the respective jumps are named. The permitted limit is two meters per second. With stronger wind support, the distance will be counted for the competition, but will not be included in the lists of records and the best.

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

-	waived
x	invalid
r	Competition not continued (retired)

qualification

July 6, 2016, 6:40 p.m.

25 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 6.60 m. Three athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the nine athletes placed next to twelve jumpers (highlighted in light green). In the end, 6.46 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

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  Erica Jarder did not reach the final as tenth of her qualifying group with 6.33 m

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  Aiga Grabuste failed to make a valid jump in qualification

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m) wind (m / s)	2nd attempt (m) wind (m / s)	3rd attempt (m) wind (m / s)
1	Ivana Španović	Serbia	6.90	6.90 / +1.7	-	-
2	Malaika Mihambo	Germany	6.76	6.29 / +0.6	6.55 / +1.2	6.76 / +1.7
3	Ksenija Balta	Estonia	6.64	6.32 / -0.7	x	6.64 / +1.5
4th	Alexandra Wester	Germany	6.53	6.53 / +1.6	6.29 / +2.5	6.06 / +1.8
5	Jazmin Sawyers	Great Britain	6.49	x	6.48 / -0.7	6.49 / +2.1
6th	Jana Velďáková	Slovakia	6.47	x	6.45 / +1.4	6.47 / +2.3
7th	Anna Kornuta	Slovakia	6.46	x	6.46 / +1.2	6.41 / +1.2
8th	Juliet Itoya	Spain	6.35	6.16 / +1.4	6.35 / +3.0	6.09 / +1.7
9	Nectaria Panagi	Cyprus	6.33	x	6.24 / 1.0	6.33 / +1.2
10	Erica Jarder	Sweden	6.33	x	6.33 / +1.0	x
11	Neja Filipič	Slovenia	6.24	6.24 / +0.8	6.01 / +1.0	6.21 / +2.4
12	Efthimía Kolokithá	Greece	5.91	x	5.91 / +2.6	5.88 / +0.5
NM	Aiga Grabuste	Latvia	ogV	x	r

Group B

Lorraine Ugen failed as ninth in her qualifying group with 6.33 m in the preliminary round

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m) wind (m / s)	2nd attempt (m) wind (m / s)	3rd attempt (m) wind (m / s)
1	Karin Melis Mey	Turkey	6.55	x	6.46 / +1.7	6.55 / +0.2
2	Maryna Bech	Ukraine	6.50	6.31 / +1.3	6.35 / -0.7	6.50 / +1.9
3	Nadia Akpana Assa	Norway	6.48	5.90 / +1.2	6.24 / ± 0.0	6.48 / +2.2
4th	Khaddi Sagnia	Sweden	6.47	5.03 / +0.9	x	6.47 / +0.2
5	Nadja Käther	Germany	6.46	6.44 / +1.6	6.46 / +0.5	6.36 / +1.5
6th	María del Mar Jover	Spain	6.43	x	6.43 / + 1.6	6.34 / +1.6
7th	Háido Alexoúli	Greece	6.42	6.23 / +1.8	6.43 / +0.3	x
8th	Hafdís Sigurdardóttir	Iceland	6.35	6.11 / +0.7	6.35 / +0.9	6.21 / +0.8
9	Lorraine Ugen	Great Britain	6.33	6.33 / +2.1	x	6.19 / +1.0
10	Malin Marmbrandt	Sweden	6.33	x	6.33 / 2.6	x
11	Anna Lunyova	Ukraine	6.20	5.72 / +1.6	6.20 / +2.9	6.09 / +1.8
12	Jogailė Petrokaitė	Lithuania	6.17	x	6.17 / +0.8	x
DNS	Shara Proctor	Great Britain

final

July 8, 2016, 7:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m) wind (m / s)	2nd attempt (m) wind (m / s)	3rd attempt (m) wind (m / s)	4th attempt (m) wind (m / s)	5th attempt (m) wind (m / s)	6th attempt (m) wind (m / s)
1	Ivana Španović	Serbia	6.94	x	6.94 / +0.9	6.81 / +1.9	6.71 / +0.6	6.72 / +1.6	x
2	Jazmin Sawyers	Great Britain	6.86	6.25 / +1.2	6.63 / +1.7	6.86 / +2.8	6.78 / +4.0	5.13 / +0.8	x
3	Malaika Mihambo	Germany	6.65	6.50 / +2.7	6.23 / -1.2	6.63 / +1.1	6.65 / +2.0	6.54 / +1.8	x
4th	Ksenija Balta	Estonia	6.65	6.65 / +1.4	6.61 / +1.0	6.57 / +1.2	6.44 / +1.1	6.48 / -3.8	6.60 / +1.8
5	Karin Melis Mey	Turkey	6.62	6.62 / +1.1	6.48 / +0.6	6.29 / +, 3	6.55 / +1.5	6.42 / -1.4	6.49 / +1.3
6th	Khaddi Sagnia	Sweden	6.59	x	6.59 / +1.0	x	6.37 / +0.2	x	6.41 / +0.9
7th	Alexandra Wester	Germany	6.51	6.51 / +0.4	6.26 / +1.1	6.50 / +2.3	6.14 / -1.2	6.21 / +2.7	r
8th	Nadia Akpana Assa	Norway	6.51	6.32 / -0.7	6.51 / +1.1	6.45 / +1.7	6.40 / +1.3	6.12 / -1.3	6.13 / +0.9
9	Nadja Käther	Germany	6.48	6.45 / +0.8	x	6.48 / +2.4	not in the final of the eight best jumpers
10	Jana Velďáková	Slovakia	6.47	6.27 / +2.1	6.47 / +2.5	x
11	Anna Kornuta	Slovakia	6.42	6.42 / +0.3	x	x
12	Maryna Bech	Ukraine	6.29	x	x	6.29 / +1.4

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  Ivana Španović, 2014 Vice European Champion and two-time World Cup -Third ( 2013 / 2015 ), was European champion

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  Vice European Champion Jazmin Sawyers

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  Bronze medalist Malaika Mihambo - 2018 European champion and 2019 world champion

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  The fourth-placed Ksenija Balta

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  Karin Melis Mey came in fifth

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  Alexandra Wester came in seventh place

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  Nadja Käther reached ninth place

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  Jana Velďáková came in tenth

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  Eleventh place for Anna Kornuta

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  Maryna Bech - Twelve

Videos

• European Athletics Championship 2016 - Ivana Spanovic 6.94 - All Final jumps on youtube.com, accessed on March 12, 2020
• Jazmin Sawyers 6.86 jump | Long Jump Final | Amsterdam 2016 on youtube.com, accessed March 12, 2020

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 12, 2020
• European Championship 2016 Amsterdam, Women Long Jump on todor66.com, accessed March 12, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 12, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on March 12, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Long jump women , accessed March 12, 2020