Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates16 August 2016 (qualifications)
17 August 2016 (final)
Competitors38 from 26 nations
Winning distance7.17 m
Medalists
 Tianna Bartoletta  United States
 Brittney Reese  United States
 Ivana Španović  Serbia
Athletics at the
2016 Summer Olympics
List of athletes
Qualification
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's long jump event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 16–17 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Summary

In the final, Malaika Mihambo jumped 6.83 m as the first athlete down the runway. The second jumper was Darya Klishina was the only Russian athlete in the entire athletics competition. Her 6.63 took the second spot. Ksenija Balta jumped 6.71 m as the fourth athlete but that order held until almost the end of the round when Ivana Španović moved on top with 6.95 m.

In the second round Tianna Bartoletta moved into silver medal position with a 6.94 m. Defending champion Brittney Reese jumped a 6.79 m, her only legal jump of the first four rounds, but remained outside of the medals. In the third round, Bartoletta's 1 cm improvement to 6.95 m equalled Španović, with the tiebreaker to put her in gold medal position. On the next jump, Balta equalled Reese, with the same tiebreaker rule pushing her into fifth place.

The fifth round had the real action. First Reese jumped 7.09 to leap from fifth to first. Her mood went from serious to jubilant. Mihambo jumped the third 6.95 of the competition. Then Španović moved right behind Reese with a 7.08 m, her personal best and a new Serbian national record.

On the final jump of the round, Bartoletta jumped the winner 7.17 m (23 ft 6 1⁄4 in), her personal best in the Olympic final. She moved up to be the number 21 performer in history. Only Reese has jumped further in the last nine years. But Reese wasn't done. She popped another big jump on her last attempt. She was celebrating again, but the measurement turned out to be 7.15 m, improving her hold on silver but didn't reach Bartoletta's gold.

The following evening the medals were presented by Auvita Rapilla, IOC member, Papua New Guinea and Svein Arne Hansen, Council Member of the IAAF.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52 m Leningrad, USSR 11 June 1988
Olympic record  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.40 m Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
2016 World leading  Brittney Reese (USA) 7.31 m Eugene, Oregon, United States 2 July 2016

The following national record was established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Distance Notes
Serbia  Ivana Španović (SRB) Final 7.08 m

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 21:05Qualifications
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:15Finals

Qualifying round

Qualification rule: qualification standard 6.75m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Ivana Španović Serbia 6.87 6.87 Q
2 A Malaika Mihambo Germany 6.63 6.82 6.82 Q
3 B Brittney Reese United States 6.78 6.78 Q
4 B Ksenija Balta Estonia 6.13 6.71 – 6.71 q
5 A Tianna Bartoletta United States 6.44 6.70 6.61 6.70 q
6 B Ese Brume Nigeria 6.32 6.67 6.49 6.67 q
7 A Lorraine Ugen Great Britain 6.44 6.58 6.65 6.65 q
8 A Darya Klishina Russia 6.64 x x 6.64 q
9 B Brooke Stratton Australia 6.40 6.46 6.56 6.56 q
10 A Maryna Bekh Ukraine 6.49 6.47 6.55 6.55 q
11 A Sosthene Moguenara Germany 6.46 x 6.55 6.55 q
12 B Jazmin Sawyers Great Britain 6.49 6.36 6.53 6.53 q
13 B Janay Deloach United States 6.45 6.50 6.46 6.50
14 A Karin Mey Melis Turkey 6.49 6.43 6.40 6.49
15 B Jana Veldakova Slovakia 6.45 6.48 6.29 6.48
16 A Bianca Stuart Bahamas 6.45 5.40 6.39 6.45
17 A Chelsea Jaensch Australia 6.20 6.35 6.41 6.41
18 A Alina Rotaru Romania 6.40 x 6.38 6.40
19 B Anna Kornuta Ukraine x 6.34 6.37 6.37
20 A Christabel Nettey Canada 6.05 6.32 6.37 6.37
21 B Shara Proctor Great Britain 6.36 6.34 6.30 6.36
22 B Juliet Itoya Spain 6.35 x 5.69 6.35
23 B Eliane Martins Brazil 6.33 6.24 6.30 6.33
24 A Concepción Montaner Spain 6.23 6.23 6.32 6.32
25 A Volha Sudarava Belarus 6.29 x x 6.29
26 B Maria Natalia Londa Indonesia 6.21 6.29 6.29 6.29
27 B Khaddi Sagnia Sweden 6.04 6.25 x 6.25
28 B Marestella Sunang Philippines 6.22 6.10 6.15 6.22
29 A Yuliya Tarasova Uzbekistan x 6.10 6.16 6.16
30 B Yvonne Treviño Mexico x 6.16 x 6.16
31 A Anna Lunyova Ukraine 6.12 6.15 6.14 6.15
32 A Haido Alexouli Greece 6.07 x 6.13 6.13
33 B Lynique Prinsloo South Africa 5.96 x 6.10 6.10
34 B Alexandra Wester Germany 5.98 x x 5.98
35 A Amaliya Sharoyan Armenia 5.58 x 5.95 5.95
36 B María del Mar Jover Spain x 5.82 5.90 5.90
37 B Konomi Kai Japan x x 5.87 5.87
38 A Keila Costa Brazil 5.86 5.73 5.79 5.86

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Tianna Bartoletta United States x 6.94 6.95 6.74 7.17 7.13 7.17 PB
2nd, silver medalist(s) Brittney Reese United States x 6.79 x x 7.09 7.15 7.15
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ivana Španović Serbia 6.95 x x 6.91 7.08 7.05 7.08 NR
4 Malaika Mihambo Germany 6.83 x x 6.58 6.95 6.79 6.95 PB
5 Ese Brume Nigeria 6.73 6.34 6.71 5.96 6.81 x 6.81
6 Ksenija Balta Estonia 6.71 x 6.79 6.71 x 6.62 6.79 SB
7 Brooke Stratton Australia x 6.69 6.64 6.74 6.64 6.53 6.74
8 Jazmin Sawyers Great Britain 6.55 6.69 6.57 6.53 x x 6.69
9 Darya Klishina Russia 6.63 6.60 6.53 Did not advance 6.63
10 Sosthene Moguenara Germany 6.61 x 6.46 Did not advance 6.61
11 Lorraine Ugen Great Britain 6.56 x 6.58 Did not advance 6.58
– Maryna Bekh Ukraine x x x Did not advance NM

References

  1. ↑ "Women's long jump". Rio 2016 Organisation. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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