2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988

Championship record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.36	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987

World leading	Tianna Bartoletta (USA)	7.12	Eugene, United States	27 June 2015

African record	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	7.12	Atlanta, GA, United States	2 August 1996

Asian record	Yao Weili (CHN)	7.01	Jinan, People's Republic of China	5 June 1993

North, Central American and Caribbean record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.49	New York City, United States	22 May 1994

Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994

South American record	Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA)	7.26A	Bogotá, Colombia	26 June 1999

European record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988

Oceanian record	Bronwyn Thompson (AUS)	7.00	Melbourne, Australia	7 March 2002

The following records were established during the competition:

World Leading	Tianna Bartoletta (USA)	7.14	Beijing, China	28 August 2015

Sentence(s)

Bartoletta leaped a world leading 7.14.
Bartoletta leaped a world-leading 7.14 to take the lead.
Bartoletta leaped to a world leading mark of 7.14.

final_sentence: Bartoletta leaped a world leading 7.14.
final_sentence: Bartoletta leaped a world-leading 7.14 to take the lead.
final_sentence: Bartoletta leaped to a world leading mark of 7.14.