Long jump

Long jumper

A long jumper

The long jump is an Olympic discipline of athletics in which an athlete tries to achieve the greatest possible distance after a run-up using a single jump.

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The best long jumpers reach almost nine meters for men (world record: 8.95 m) and over seven meters for women (world record: 7.52 m).

Long jump is held as an individual discipline as well as an all-around discipline ( heptathlon , decathlon ). As a modification there is the triple jump . The long jump has been an Olympic discipline for men since 1896 and for women since 1948 . From 1900 to 1912 , the Olympic Games also held a long jump competition without a run-up.

history

Greek jumping weights

Greek jumper with weights, on the left a referee, on the right a flute player with double aleos

Long jump from a standing position. Diebold Schilling the Younger : Lucerne Chronicle from 1513

Long jump was already practiced in ancient times. For the Greeks it was part of the Pentathlon . The first jump was made from a kind of threshold ( bater ) that marked the beginning of the skamma , a 50-foot (approx. 15 meter) long area in which the soil was loosened to better see the prints. News of victories beyond the end of Skamma suggest a multiple jump . Because the number five plays a special role in the Pentathlon ( every participant also had five attempts in the javelin and discus throw ), it is most likely a sequence of five jumps from a standing position. The use of jumping weights ( holders ) made of stone speaks in favor of standing jumping or metal, which only bring an advantage when jumping from a standing position by increasing the momentum, as well as the message that the long jump was accompanied by music on an aulos , a kind of flute or shawm , which possibly dictated the jump rhythm.

The Asians jumped with heels, i.e. by bringing the lower leg to the buttocks, keeping the knees closed and the thighs of the stiff legs being perpendicular to the ground. The take-off board was introduced for the first time in 1886. Since the first modern Summer Olympics in Athens in 1896 , long jump has been part of the Olympic competitions for men and, since London in 1948 , for women too.

When women first took part in the German Championships on August 14 and 15, 1920, the long jump was part of the competition program (together with 100-meter run , 4-by-100-meter relay and shot put ).

At the beginning of the 1970s, the technique of the somersault leap appeared, but was banned in 1974 without official justification.

Milestones

Men:

• First registered width for professional athletes: 5.41 m Adam Wilson ( GBR ), September 26, 1827 in Innerleithen
• First registered width for amateur athletes: 5.94 m, Edward Bourke ( GBR ), March 17, 1857 in Cambridge
• First official world record: 7.61 m, Peter O'Connor ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ), August 5, 1901
• First 8-meter jump: 8.13 m, Jesse Owens ( USA ), May 25, 1935
• First jump over 8.50 meters: 8.90 m, Bob Beamon ( USA ), October 18, 1968 (improvement on the old world record, 8.35 m, 55 centimeters)

Women:

• First registered width: 3.48 m, Emma Baker ( USA ), November 9, 1895 in Poughkeepsie .
• First official world record: 5.16 m, Marie Mejzlíková ( TCH ), August 6, 1922.
• First jump over 5.50 meters: 5.50 m, Kinue Hitomi ( JPN ), August 28, 1926.
• First jump over 6 meters: 6.12 m, Christel Schulz ( GER ), July 30, 1939 in Munich .
• First jump over 6.50 meters: 6.53 m, Tatjana Schchelkanowa ( URS ), June 10, 1962.
• First jump over 7 meters: 7.07 m, Vilma Bardauskienė ( URS ), August 18, 1979.
• First jump over 7.5 m: 7.52 m, Galina Tschistjakowa ( URS ), June 11, 1988.

Most successful athlete

Men:

• Mike Powell ( USA ): world record holder (8.95 m), world champion 1991 and 1993 , Olympic runner-up in 1988 and 1992
• Bob Beamon ( USA ): Olympic record holder (8.90 m) since 1968 ; World record holder from 1968 to 1991
• Carl Lewis ( USA ): Four Olympic victories in a row ( 1984 , 1988 , 1992 , 1996 ), world champion 1983 and 1987 and second world championship in 1991
• Iván Pedroso ( CUB ): Olympic champion 2000 and four world championship titles in a row ( 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 )
• Ralph Boston ( USA ): Olympic champion 1960 , Olympic second in 1964 , Olympic knight in 1968 , world record holder from 1960 to 1962 and 1964 to 1968; a total of six times improvement of the world record (most recently 8.35 m)
• Igor Ter-Owanesjan ( USSR ), world record holder in 1962 (8.31 m), 1967 (8.35 m, repetition), European champion 1958 , 1962 , 1969 , Olympic knight 1960 , 1964
• Jesse Owens ( USA ), world record holder from 1935 to 1960, Olympic champion in 1936
• Meyer Prinstein ( USA ): Olympic champion 1904 , winner of the Olympic intermediate games 1906 and Olympic knight 1900
• Most successful German: Lutz Dombrowski , Olympic champion 1980 ( starting for the GDR )

Women:

• Heike Drechsler ( GER ), Olympic champion: in 1992 and 2000 , world champion in 1983 and 1993 , Olympic silver medalist in 1988 , World Championship Second in 1991 , third World Cup 1987 bis 1990 for the GDR starting
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee ( USA ): Olympic champion 1988 , Olympic third in 1992 and 1996 ; World champion in 1987 and 1991
• Fiona May ( ITA ): World Champion 1995 and 2001 , World Championship runner-up in 1999 , World Championship runner-up in 1997
• Galina Tschistjakowa ( Slovakia ): holder of the women's world record with 7.52 m since June 11, 1988 and the only woman who ever jumped 7.50 m.

Other successful German long jumpers: Heide Rosendahl , 1972 Olympic champion for the FRG; Angela Voigt , 1976 Olympic champion for the GDR.

requirements

A long jump requires basic motor skills that can be improved through targeted training. Above all, speed, jumping power, agility and agility are basic requirements. The sprint speed is of particular importance for a large total jump distance.

Phases of the long jump

Start-up

The length of a run should be 40–50 meters for men and 30–40 meters for women. The run-up is an increase run and is usually started from the high start (can also be started from the low start). During the approach, the frequency and length of the steps up to the jump preparation increase. The trunk should gradually straighten up. During the last three to five steps, the jumper prepares to convert the run-up (horizontal component) to the jump (vertical component). Here it is important to ensure that the speed is not reduced, since the jump distance depends two thirds on the run-up and only one third on the jumping power .

Jump preparation

During the last three to five steps, the jumper prepares to translate the run-up into the jump. This transition phase serves on the one hand to further straighten the trunk until the upper body is barely noticeable and on the other to change the starting rhythm during the last three steps. This is intended to achieve an optimal lowering of the body's center of gravity. The penultimate step should be 20 to 30 centimeters longer than the previous and the last step. This lowers the body's center of gravity a little and thus increases the vertical impulse due to a longer acceleration path.

Jump

Ankle attachment

Since the path of the body's center of gravity can no longer be influenced after jumping, placing the ankle bone is of particular importance. In order to achieve an optimal effect on the jump distance, the ankle bone is placed almost stretched over a flat, grasping foot with a quick, gripping movement backwards and downwards, whereby the entire sole should be included.

Payback period

The transition from start to jump is called the amortization phase. The jumper should be prepared as well as possible for an effective push forward and upward. The ankle bone is minimally flexed (up to 145 degrees) due to the slight yielding in the foot, hip, but especially in the knee joint. While the swing leg overtakes the talus, the foot should be slowly rolled forward over the entire sole. Care should be taken to keep the upper body upright and the head straight ahead. When putting down the ankle, a braking impact cannot be avoided. However, it should not be kept unnecessarily long by, for example, a prying movement. The leverage of the ankle bone accelerates and shifts the body's center of gravity.

Take-off movement

In this phase it is important to achieve optimal extension of the body. In particular, the extension of the hip, knee and ankle should almost lead to a right angle with the upright upper body, using the swing arm to eye level. The last moment of the take-off foot on the ground, i.e. immediately before the flight phase, is called "take-off".

Flight phase

Naide Gomes during the flight phase

Since the trajectory of the body's center of gravity can no longer be changed in the flight phase, it is only possible to use various movements and techniques to maintain an optimal balance during the flight and to prepare for an optimal landing. The most common, because most effective, flying technique in top-class sport is the running jump technique. Here, the swing leg is moved back and down after the jump, at the same time the hip is brought forward, the ankle bone is now first bent and then stretched forwards to a horizontal position. The swing leg is then pulled forward to the height of the take-off leg. The use of circling arms is important with this technique, as these are responsible for maintaining body balance.

The running jump technique is not so widespread in the amateur field, because it is only worthwhile from a distance of about seven meters and is very complicated for amateur athletes. The more common technique is the slope jump technique: When jumping, the arms are spread out sideways to about the level of the ears. The hip is brought forward slightly. The lower legs form an angle of approx. 90 ° to the drooping thighs. The arms are only swung forward shortly before landing. With a kick you bring the lower legs and the entire leg forward at the same time with the arms.

landing

Heike Drechsler on the landing

Your feet should be in a horizontal position and your torso should be bent to your thighs. After the foot touches the ground, it is necessary to quickly slide the hip over the footrest. If the athlete falls backwards or on his buttocks, he loses the measured distance, as the imprint closest to the vaulting bar is used for the distance measurement.

Competition Regulations

In the long jump as an individual discipline, each athlete is only allowed three attempts. Then the eight best starters are allowed to complete three more attempts. If only a maximum of eight athletes are at the start, all have six attempts. In the long jump as part of the heptathlon and decathlon , all athletes are only allowed to jump three times.

A runway of at least 40 meters in length and 1.22 meters wide is required for the approach. The athlete must jump from a beam that is embedded in the ground. He may not touch the so-called jump line - this is the name of the edge of the bar that is closer to the jump pit. An insert board with plasticine is placed in the take-off board directly at the take-off line. If the athlete steps over, an imprint can usually be seen in the plasticine mass. The distance between the jump line and the pit filled with moist sand must be between one and three meters - it must be at least ten meters to the end of the pit. The jump pit must be between 2.75 and 3 meters wide.

Failed attempt

Take-off bar

The following facts are assessed as a failed attempt (the decision on this is made by the chairman long jump):

• the ground behind the jump line up to the jump pit is touched
• the athlete runs through without jumping off
• he loses the direction on approach and jumps off next to the take-off bar
• he performs some sort of somersault during the run-up or jump
• the ground outside the pit is touched first when landing or leaving the pit at a point closer to the take-off line than the impression in the pit
• the test time of half a minute (30 s) is exceeded

Determination of performance and ranking

The distance is measured from the jump line to the imprint which is closest to this line and which was caused by the competitor. It is always rounded down to whole centimeters. The winner is the athlete who achieved the greatest distance in one of his attempts. If there is a tie between two or more athletes, the second best distance will be taken into account - if necessary the third best distance and so on.

In the event of a tie in first place, the athletes will continue to try until a winner has been determined.

Special provision for children

In the area of ​​the DLV, children under the age of 14 do not jump from the bar, but from an 80 cm long jump zone marked with two white lines. Within this zone, the distance is measured from the point of take-off. This means increased attention from the referee, who has to precisely determine the jump point. If a child jumps in front of the zone, measurements are taken from the beginning of the zone; a jump behind the zone is considered invalid.

statistics

Olympic Games medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1896	Ellery Clark	Robert Garrett	James Connolly
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein	Meyer Prinstein	Patrick Leahy
1904	Meyer Prinstein	Daniel Frank	Robert Stangland
1906	Meyer Prinstein	Peter O'Connor	Hugo Friend
1908	Frank Irons	Daniel Kelly	Calvin Bricker
1912	Albert Gutterson	Calvin Bricker	Georg Åberg
1920	William Petersson	Carl Johnson	Erik Abrahamsson
1924	DeHart Hubbard	Edward Gourdin	Sverre Hansen
1928	Ed Hamm	Silvio Cator	Al Bates
1932	Ed Gordon	Lambert Redd	Chuhei Nambu
1936	Jesse Owens	Luz Long	Naoto Tajima
1948	Willie Steele	Theo Bruce	Herb Douglas
1952	Jerome Biffle	Meredith Gourdine	Ödön Földessy
1956	Greg Bell	John Bennett	Jorma Valkama
1960	Ralph Boston	Bo Roberson	Igor Ter-Ovanesjan
1964	Lynn Davies	Ralph Boston	Igor Ter-Ovanesjan
1968	Bob Beamon	Klaus Beer	Ralph Boston
1972	Randy Williams	Hans Baumgartner	Arnie Robinson
1976	Arnie Robinson	Randy Williams	Frank Wartenberg
1980	Lutz Dombrowski	Frank Paschek	Valery Pidluschnyj
1984	Carl Lewis	Gary Honey	Giovanni Evangelisti
1988	Carl Lewis	Mike Powell	Larry Myricks
1992	Carl Lewis	Mike Powell	Joe Greene
1996	Carl Lewis	James Beckford	Joe Greene
2000	Iván Pedroso	Jai Taurima	Roman Shchurenko
2004	Dwight Phillips	John Moffitt	Joan Lino Martínez
2008	Irving Saladino	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	Ibrahim Camejo
2012	Greg Rutherford	Mitchell Watts	Will Claye
2016	Jeff Henderson	Luvo Manyonga	Greg Rutherford

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1948	Olga Gyarmati	Noëmi de Portela	Ann-Britt Leyman
1952	Yvette Williams	Aleksandra Tschudina	Shirley Cawley
1956	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Willye White	Nadezhda Dwalishvili
1960	Wera Krepkina	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Hildrun Claus
1964	Mary Rand	Irena Kirszenstein	Tatiana Shchelkanova
1968	Viorica Viscopoleanu	Sheila Sherwood	Tatiana Talysheva
1972	Heide Rosendahl	Diana Jorgowa	Eva Šuranová
1976	Angela Voigt	Kathy McMillan	Lidija Alfeyeva
1980	Tatiana Kolpakova	Brigitte Wujak	Tetjana Skachko
1984	Anișoara Stanciu	Vali Ionescu	Sue Hearnshaw
1988	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Heike Drechsler	Galina Chistjakova
1992	Heike Drechsler	Inessa Krawez	Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1996	Chioma Ajunwa	Fiona May	Jackie Joyner-Kersee
2000	Heike Drechsler	Fiona May	Tatiana Kotova
2004	Tatiana Lebedeva	Irina Simagina	Tatiana Kotova
2008	Maurren Higa Maggi	Tatiana Lebedeva	Blessing Okagbare
2012	Brittney Reese	Elena Sokolova	Janay DeLoach
2016	Tianna Bartoletta	Brittney Reese	Ivana Španović

World Championships medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Carl Lewis	Jason Grimes	Mike Conley Sr.
1987	Carl Lewis	Robert Emmijan	Larry Myricks
1991	Mike Powell	Carl Lewis	Larry Myricks
1993	Mike Powell	Stanislav Tarasenko	Vitaly Kirilenko
1995	Iván Pedroso	James Beckford	Mike Powell
1997	Iván Pedroso	Erick Walder	Kirill Sosunov
1999	Iván Pedroso	Yago Lamela	Gregor Cankar
2001	Iván Pedroso	Savanté Stringfellow	Carlos Calado
2003	Dwight Phillips	James Beckford	Yago Lamela
2005	Dwight Phillips	Ignisious Gaisah	Tommi Evilä
2007	Irving Saladino	Andrew Howe	Dwight Phillips
2009	Dwight Phillips	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	Mitchell Watts
2011	Dwight Phillips	Mitchell Watts	Ngonidzashe Makusha
2013	Alexander Menkow	Ignisious Gaisah	Luis Rivera
2015	Greg Rutherford	Fabrice Lapierre	Wang Jianan
2017	Luvo Manyonga	Jarrion Lawson	Ruswahl Samaai
2019	Tajay Gayle	Jeff Henderson	Juan Miguel Echevarría

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Heike Daute	Anișoara Cușmir	Carol Lewis
1987	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Elena Belevskaya	Heike Drechsler
1991	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Heike Drechsler	Larissa Berezhnaya
1993	Heike Drechsler	Larissa Berezhnaya	Renata Nielsen
1995	Fiona May	Niurka Montalvo	Irina Mushailova
1997	Lyudmila Galkina	Niki Xanthou	Fiona May
1999	Niurka Montalvo	Fiona May	Marion Jones
2001	Fiona May	Tatiana Kotova	Niurka Montalvo
2003	Eunice Barber	Tatiana Kotova	Anju Bobby George
2005	Tianna Madison	Eunice Barber	Yargelis Savigne
2007	Tatiana Lebedeva	Lyudmila Kolchanova	Tatiana Kotova
2009	Brittney Reese	Tatiana Lebedeva	Karin Mey Melis
2011	Brittney Reese	Olga Kutscherenko	Ineta Radēviča
2013	Brittney Reese	Blessing Okagbare	Ivana Španović
2015	Tianna Bartoletta	Shara Proctor	Ivana Španović
2017	Brittney Reese	Darja Klischina	Tianna Bartoletta
2019	Malaika Mihambo	Maryna Bech-Romantschuk	Ese Brume

See also

• Olympic medalist
• Medalist at world championships
• Olympic medalists
• Medal winners at world championships

World record development (open air)

Men

Width (m)	Surname	date	place
7.61	Peter O'Connor	August 5, 1901	Dublin
7.69	Edward Gourdin	July 23, 1921	Cambridge
7.76	Robert LeGendre	July 7, 1924	Paris
7.89	DeHart Hubbard	June 13, 1925	Chicago
7.90	Ed Hamm	July 7, 1928	Cambridge
7.93	Sylvio Cator	September 9, 1928	Paris
7.98	Nambu Chuhei	October 27, 1931	Tokyo
8.13	Jesse Owens	May 25, 1935	Ann Arbor
8.21	Ralph Boston	August 12, 1960	Walnut
8.24	Ralph Boston	May 27, 1961	Modesto
8.28	Ralph Boston	July 16, 1961	Moscow
8.31	Igor Ter-Ovanesjan	June 10, 1962	Yerevan
8.31	Ralph Boston	15th August 1964	Kingston
8.34	Ralph Boston	September 12, 1964	los Angeles
8.35	Ralph Boston	May 29, 1965	Modesto
8.35	Igor Ter-Ovanesjan	October 19, 1967	Mexico city
8.90	Bob Beamon	October 18, 1968	Mexico city
8.95	Mike Powell	August 30, 1991	Tokyo

Women

*: Recognized as a world record by the women's sports organization FSFI before the International Athletics Federation IAAF set world records for the women's long jump.

Width (m)	Surname	date	place
5.16 *	Marie Mejzlíková	August 6, 1922	Prague
5.30 *	Marie Mejzlíková	September 23, 1923	Prague
5.485 *	Muriel Gunn	August 2, 1926	London
5.50 *	Hitomi Kinue	August 28, 1926	Gothenburg
5.575 *	Muriel Gunn	August 1, 1927	London
5.98	Hitomi Kinue	May 20, 1928	Osaka
6.12	Christel Schulz	July 30, 1939	Berlin
6.25	Fanny Blankers-Koen	September 19, 1943	Suffer
6.28	Yvette Williams	February 20, 1954	Gisborne
6.28	Galina Vinogradova	September 11, 1955	Moscow
6.31	Galina Vinogradova	November 18, 1955	Tbilisi
6.35	Elżbieta Krzesińska	20th August 1956	Budapest
6.35	Elżbieta Krzesińska	November 27, 1956	Melbourne
6.40	Hildrun Claus	August 7, 1960	Erfurt
6.42	Hildrun Claus	June 23, 1961	Berlin
6.48	Tatiana Shchelkanova	July 16, 1961	Moscow
6.53	Tatiana Shchelkanova	June 10, 1962	Leipzig
6.70	Tatiana Shchelkanova	4th July 1964	Moscow
6.76	Mary Rand	October 14, 1964	Tokyo
6.82	Viorica Viscopoleanu	October 14, 1968	Mexico city
6.84	Heide Rosendahl	3rd September 1970	Turin
6.92	Angela Voigt	May 9, 1976	Dresden
6.99	Sigrun Siegl	May 19, 1976	Dresden
7.07	Vilma Bardauskienė	August 18, 1978	Chișinău
7.09	Vilma Bardauskienė	August 29, 1978	Prague
7.15	Anișoara Cușmir	August 1, 1982	Bucharest
7.20	Vali Ionescu	August 1, 1982	Bucharest
7.21	Anișoara Cușmir	May 15, 1983	Bucharest
7.27	Anișoara Cușmir	June 4th 1983	Bucharest
7.43	Anișoara Cușmir	June 4th 1983	Bucharest
7.44	Heike Drechsler	September 22, 1985	Berlin
7.45	Heike Drechsler	June 21, 1986	Tallinn
7.45	Heike Drechsler	3rd July 1986	Dresden
7.45	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	August 13, 1987	Indianapolis
7.45	Galina Chistjakova	June 11, 1988	Leningrad
7.52	Galina Chistjakova	June 11, 1988	Leningrad

World best list

Men

All jumpers with a performance of 8.43 meters or more. In brackets: wind in m / s. A: Distance was achieved under altitude conditions. Last change: September 28, 2019

1. 8.95 m (0.3) Mike Powell , Tokyo , August 30, 1991 
2. 8.90 m A (2.0) Bob Beamon , Mexico City , October 18, 1968 
3. 8.87 m (−0.2) Carl Lewis , Tokyo , August 30, 1991 
4. 8.86 m A (1.9) Robert Emmijan , Zechkadzor , Armenia, May 22, 1987 
5. 8.74 m (1.4 m) Larry Myricks , Indianapolis , July 18, 1988 
6. 8.74m A (2.0) Erick Walder , El Paso , April 2, 1994 
7. 8.74 m (−1.2) Dwight Phillips , Eugene , June 7, 2009 
8. 8.73 m (1.2 m) Irving Saladino , Hengelo , May 24, 2008 
9. 8.71 m (1.9) Iván Pedroso , Salamanca , July 18, 1995 
10. 8.69 m (0.5 m) Tajay Gayle , Doha , September 28, 2019 
11. 8.68 m (1.7) Juan Miguel Echevarría , Bad Langensalza , June 30, 2018 
12. 8.66 m (1.6) Louis Tsatoumas , Kalamata , June 2, 2007 
13. 8.65 m (1.3) Luvo Manyonga , Potchefstroom , April 22, 2017 
14. 8.63 m (0.5) Kareem Streete-Thompson , Linz , July 4, 1994 
15. 8.62 m (0.7) James Beckford , Orlando , April 5, 1997 
16. 8.58 m (1.8 m) Jarrion Lawson , Eugene , July 3, 2016 
17. 8.56 m (1.3) Yago Lamela , Turin , June 24, 1999 
18. 8.56 m (0.2) Alexander Menkow , Moscow , August 16, 2013 
19. 8.54 m (0.9) Lutz Dombrowski , Moscow , July 28, 1980 ( German record ) 
20. 8.54 m (1.7) Mitchell Watt , Stockholm , July 29, 2011 
21. 8.53 m (1.2 m) Jaime Jefferson , Havana , May 12, 1990 
22. 8.52 m (0.7) Savanté Stringfellow , Palo Alto , June 21, 2002 
23. 8.52 m (1.8) Jeff Henderson , Toronto , July 22, 2015 
24. 8.51 m (1.7) Roland McGhee , Sao Paulo , May 14, 1995 
25. 8.51 m (1.7) Greg Rutherford , Chula Vista , April 24, 2014 
26. 8.50 m (0.2) Llewellyn Starks , Rhede , July 7, 1991 
27. 8.50 m (1.3) Godfrey Khotso Mokoena , Madrid , 4th July 2009 
28. 8.49 m (2.0) Melvin Lister , Baton Rouge , May 13, 2000 
29. 8.49 m (0.6) Jai Taurima , Sydney , September 28, 2000 
30. 8.49 m (1.6) Sebastian Bayer , Ulm , July 4, 2009 
31. 8.49 m (0.7) Christian Reif , Weinheim , May 31, 2013 
32. 8.49 m (−0.8) Ruswahl Samaai , Potchefstroom , April 22, 2017 
33. 8.48 m (0.8) Joe Greene , Sao Paulo , May 14, 1995 
34. 8.48 m (0.6) Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi , Sotteville-lès-Rouen July 2, 2006 
35. 8.47 m (1.9 m) Kevin Dilworth , Abilene , May 9, 1996 
36. 8.47 m (0.9) John Moffitt , Athens , August 26, 2004 
37. 8.47 m (−0.2) Andrew Howe , Osaka , August 30, 2007 
38. 8.47 m (0.0) Li Jinzhe , Bad Langensalza , June 28, 2014 
39. 8.47 m (0.7) Wang Jianan , Guiyang , June 16, 2018 
40. 8.46 m (1.2) Leonid Voloshin , Tallinn , July 5, 1988 
41. 8.46 m (1.6) Mike Conley Sr. , Springfield , May 4, 1996 
42. 8.46 m (1.8) Cheikh Tidiane Touré , Bad Langensalza , June 15, 1997 
43. 8.46m A (0.0) Miguel Pate , Mexico City , May 3, 2003 
44. 8.46 m (0.3) Ibrahim Camejo , Bilbao , June 21, 2008 
45. 8.46 m (1.3) Luis Rivera , Kazan , July 12, 2013 
46. 8.45 m (2.0) Nenad Stekic , Montreal , July 25, 1975 
47. 8.45 m (0.8) Marquise Goodwin , Baie-Mahault , May 14, 2016 
48. 8.44 m (1.7) Eric Metcalf , Tampa , June 17, 1988 
49. 8.44 m (1.8) Michel Tornéus , Monachil , July 10, 2016 
50. 8.43 m (0.8) Jason Grimes , Indianapolis , June 16, 1985 
51. 8.43 m (1.8) Giovanni Evangelisti , San Giovanni Valdarno , Italy, May 16, 1987 
52. 8.43 m (0.1) Luis Felipe Méliz , Jena , June 3, 2000 
53. 8.43 m (−0.2) Ignisious Gaisah , Rome , July 14, 2006 
54. 8.43 m (0.7) Shi Yuhao , Shanghai , May 12, 2018 

• Austrian record: 8.30 m Andreas Steiner , Innsbruck , June 4th, 1988
• Swiss record: 8.27 m Julien Fivaz , Ebensee , August 2, 2003

Women

All jumpers with a performance of 7.05 meters or more. In brackets: wind in m / s. A: Jump in altitude conditions.

Last change: October 6, 2019

1. 7.52 m (1.4) Galina Tschistjakowa , Leningrad , June 11, 1988 
2. 7.49 m (1.3) Jackie Joyner-Kersee , New York City , May 22, 1994 
3. 7.48 m (1.2) Heike Drechsler , Neubrandenburg , July 9, 1988 ( German record ) 
4. 7.43 m (1.4) Anișoara Stanciu , Bucharest , June 4, 1983 
5. 7.42 m (2.0) Tatjana Kotowa , Annecy , June 23, 2002 
6. 7.39 m (0.5) Jelena Belewskaja , Bryansk , July 18, 1987 
7. 7.37 m Inessa Krawez , Kiev , June 13, 1992 
8. 7.33 m (0.4) Tatjana Lebedewa , Tula , July 31, 2004 
9. 7.31 m (1.5) Olena Chlopotnowa , Alma-Ata , September 12, 1985 
10. 7.31 m (1.9 m) Marion Jones , Eugene , May 31, 1998 
11. 7.31 m (1.7) Brittney Reese , Eugene , July 2, 2016 
12. 7.30 m (−0.8) Malaika Mihambo , Doha , October 6, 2019 
13. 7.27 m (−0.4) Irina Simagina , Tula , July 31, 2004 
14. 7.26 m A (1.8) Maurren Higa Maggi , Bogotá , June 26, 1999 
15. 7.24 m (1.0) Laryssa Bereschna , Granada , May 25, 1991 
16. 7.21 m (1.6) Helga Radtke , Dresden , July 26, 1984 
17. 7.21 m (1.9) Lyudmila Kolchanova , Sochi , May 27, 2007 
18. 7.20 m (−0.5) Vali Ionescu-Constantin , Bucharest , August 1, 1982 
19. 7.20 m (2.0) Irena Ozenko , Budapest , September 12, 1986 
20. 7.20 m (0.8) Jelena Sintschukowa , Budapest , June 20, 1991 
21. 7.20 m (0.7) Irina Muschailowa , Saint Petersburg , July 14, 1994 
22. 7.17 m (1.8) Irina Valyukevich , Bryansk , July 18, 1987 
23. 7.17 m (0.6) Tianna Bartoletta , Rio de Janeiro , August 17, 2016 
24. 7.16 m Iolanda Tschen , Moscow , July 30, 1988 
25. 7.16 m A (−0.1) Elva Goulbourne , Mexico City , May 22, 2004 
26. 7.16 m (1.6) Sosthene Moguenara , Weinheim , May 28, 2016 
27. 7.14 m (1.8 m) Nijolė Medvedeva , Riga , June 4, 1988 
28. 7.14 m (1.2) Mirela Dulgheru-Renda , Sofia , July 5, 1992 
29. 7.13 m (2.0) Olga Kutscherenko , Sochi , May 27, 2010 
30. 7.12 m (1.6) Sabine John , Dresden , May 19, 1984 
31. 7.12 m (0.9) Chioma Ajunwa , Atlanta , Aug. 2, 1996 
32. 7.12 m (−0.3) Naide Gomes , Monaco , July 29, 2008 
33. 7.11 m (0.8) Fiona May , Budapest , August 22, 1998 
34. 7.11 m (1.3) Anna Nasarowa , Moscow , June 20, 2012 
35. 7.10 m (1.6 m) Chelsea Hayes , Eugene , July 1, 2012 
36. 7.10 m (0.3) Ivana Španović , Belgrade , September 11, 2016 
37. 7.09 m (0.0) Vilma Bardauskienė , Prague , August 29, 1978 
38. 7.09 m (1.6) Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll , Seville , June 5, 1994 ( Austrian record ) 
39. 7.08 m (0.5) Marieta Ilcu , Piteşti , June 25, 1989 
40. 7.08 m (1.9) Nastassja Mirontschyk-Iwanowa , Minsk , June 12, 2012 
41. 7.07 m (0.0) Swetlana Sorina , Krasnodar , August 15, 1987 
42. 7.07 m (0.5) Jelena Sokolowa , London , August 8, 2012 
43. 7.07 m (0.4) Shara Proctor , Beijing , Aug. 28, 2015 
44. 7.06 m (0.4) Tatiana Kolpakowa , Moscow , July 31, 1980 
45. 7.06 m (−0.1) Niurka Montalvo , Seville , 23 August 1999 
46. 7.06 m Tatjana Ter-Mesrobjan , Saint Petersburg , May 22, 2002 
47. 7.05 m (0.6) Lyudmila Galkina , Athens , August 9, 1997 
48. 7.05 m (−0.4) Eunice Barber , Monaco , September 14, 2003 
49. 7.05 m (1.1) Darja Klischina , Ostrava , July 17, 2011 
50. 7.05 m (1.1) Brooke Stratton , Perth , March 12, 2016 
51. 7.05m (1.2) Lorraine Ugen , Birmingham , July 1st 2018 
52. 7.05 m (0.9) Ese Brume , Bursa , August 4, 2019 

• Swiss record: 6.84 m Irene Pusterla , Chiasso , August 20, 2011

swell

• Long Jump All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, long jump men
• Long Jump All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, long jump women
• Athletics annual world best list up to 20th place ( Memento from July 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Progression of World best performances and official IAAF World Records. 2003 edition. Monaco, 2003, pp. 170 ff. And 313 ff. (English)
• International Competition Rules (IWR), Edition 2008 (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Pentathlon - The Ancient Pentathlon (PDF; 132 kB). Forum Archaeologiae, Journal for Classical Archeology 42 / III / 2007. pp. 5–6.
2. ^ Ewald Walker: Bernhard Stierle; The one who danced with the somersault , Deutsche Leichtathletik Marketing , March 15, 2004
3. ↑ International Competition Rules (IWR) (see 184, 185, 180.5, 180.17, 180.20, and 200.9a) ( Memento of April 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Ponytail costs Belarusian long jump gold , Spiegel-Online September 3, 2011.
5. ↑ International competition rules, rule 185, additional provision DLV

See also

• List of Olympic team abbreviations
• List of national records in the women's long jump

Web links

Commons : Long Jump  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Wiktionary: long jump  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations