# Long jump at the World Athletics Championships

The long jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve advancing to the final round.
The United States is the most successful nation in the event, winning 31 medals in total, including 16 gold medals.
Iván Pedroso and Brittney Reese are the two most successful nations in the event, both winning 4 gold medals.
The championship records are 8.98 m for men, set by Mike Powell in 1991, and 7.36 m for women, set by Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1987.

## Age records

* All information from World Athletics.
| Distinction | Male | Male | Male | Female | Female | Female |
| Distinction | Athlete | Age | Date | Athlete | Age | Date |
| Youngest champion | Carl Lewis (USA) | 22 years, 40 days | 10 Aug 1983 | Heike Daute (GDR) | 18 years, 241 days | 14 Aug 1983 |
| Youngest medalist | Wang Jianan (CHN) | 18 years, 363 days | 25 Aug 2015 | Heike Daute (GDR) | 18 years, 241 days | 14 Aug 1983 |
| Youngest finalist | Maykel Massó (CUB) | 18 years, 89 days | 5 Aug 2017 | Heike Daute (GDR) | 18 years, 241 days | 14 Aug 1983 |
| Youngest participant | Maykel Massó (CUB) | 16 years, 108 days | 24 Aug 2015 | Beatrice Utondu (NGR) | 17 years, 284 days | 3 Sep 1987 |
| Oldest champion | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 33 years, 336 days | 2 Sep 2011 | Ivana Vuleta (SRB) | 33 years, 102 days | 20 Aug 2023 |
| Oldest medalist | Larry Myricks (USA) | 35 years, 173 days | 30 Aug 1991 | Ivana Vuleta (SRB) | 33 years, 102 days | 20 Aug 2023 |
| Oldest finalist | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 35 years, 319 days | 16 Aug 2013 | Valentina Gotovska (LAT) | 37 years, 361 days | 30 Aug 2003 |
| Oldest participant | Yahya Berrabah (MAR) | 37 years, 349 days | 27 Sep 2019 | Valentina Gotovska (LAT) | 37 years, 361 days | 30 Aug 2003 |

## Medalists
### Men

| Championships | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1983 Helsinki details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.55 m | Jason Grimes United States | 8.29 m | Mike Conley United States | 8.12 m |
| 1987 Rome details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.67 m | Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union | 8.53 m | Larry Myricks United States | 8.33 m |
| 1991 Tokyo details | Mike Powell United States | 8.95 m | Carl Lewis United States | 8.91 m | Larry Myricks United States | 8.42 m |
| 1993 Stuttgart details | Mike Powell United States | 8.59 m | Stanislav Tarasenko Russia | 8.16 m | Vitaliy Kyrylenko Ukraine | 8.15 m |
| 1995 Gothenburg details | Iván Pedroso Cuba | 8.70 m | James Beckford Jamaica | 8.30 m | Mike Powell United States | 8.29 m |
| 1997 Athens details | Iván Pedroso Cuba | 8.42 m | Erick Walder United States | 8.38 m | Kirill Sosunov Russia | 8.18 m |
| 1999 Seville details | Iván Pedroso Cuba | 8.56 m | Yago Lamela Spain | 8.40 m | Gregor Cankar Slovenia | 8.36 m |
| 2001 Edmonton details | Iván Pedroso Cuba | 8.40 m | Savanté Stringfellow United States | 8.24 m | Carlos Calado Portugal | 8.21 m |
| 2003 Saint-Denis details | Dwight Phillips United States | 8.32 m | James Beckford Jamaica | 8.28 m | Yago Lamela Spain | 8.22 m |
| 2005 Helsinki details | Dwight Phillips United States | 8.60 m | Ignisious Gaisah Ghana | 8.34 m | Tommi Evilä Finland | 8.25 m |
| 2007 Osaka details | Irving Saladino Panama | 8.57 m | Andrew Howe Italy | 8.47 m | Dwight Phillips United States | 8.30 m |
| 2009 Berlin details | Dwight Phillips United States | 8.54 m | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena South Africa | 8.47 m | Mitchell Watt Australia | 8.37 m |
| 2011 Daegu details | Dwight Phillips United States | 8.45 m | Mitchell Watt Australia | 8.33 m | Ngonidzashe Makusha Zimbabwe | 8.29 m |
| 2013 Moscow details | Aleksandr Menkov Russia | 8.56 m | Ignisious Gaisah Netherlands | 8.29 m | Luis Rivera Mexico | 8.27 m |
| 2015 Beijing details | Greg Rutherford Great Britain | 8.41 m | Fabrice Lapierre Australia | 8.24 m | Wang Jianan China | 8.18 m |
| 2017 London details | Luvo Manyonga South Africa | 8.48 m | Jarrion Lawson United States | 8.44 m | Ruswahl Samaai South Africa | 8.32 m |
| 2019 Doha details | Tajay Gayle Jamaica | 8.69 m | Jeff Henderson United States | 8.39 m | Juan Miguel Echevarría Cuba | 8.34 m |
| 2022 Eugene details | Wang Jianan China | 8.36 m | Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece | 8.32 m | Simon Ehammer Switzerland | 8.16 m |
| 2023 Budapest details | Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece | 8.52 m | Wayne Pinnock Jamaica | 8.50 m | Tajay Gayle Jamaica | 8.27 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 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Iván Pedroso | Cuba (CUB) | 1995-2001 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 1983-1991 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Mike Powell | United States (USA) | 1991-1995 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Greece (GRE) | 2022-2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Wang Jianan | China (CHN) | 2015-2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Tajay Gayle | Jamaica (JAM) | 2019-2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | James Beckford | Jamaica (JAM) | 1995-2003 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ignisious Gaisah | Ghana (GHA)  Netherlands (NED) | 2005-2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Yago Lamela | Spain (ESP) | 1999-2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Mitchell Watt | Australia (AUS) | 2009-2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Larry Myricks | United States (USA) | 1987-1991 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

### Women

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

#### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 11 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| – | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brittney Reese | United States (USA) | 2009-2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Heike Drechsler | East Germany (GDR)  Germany (GER) | 1983-1993 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Fiona May | Italy (ITA) | 1995-2001 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Tianna Bartoletta | United States (USA) | 2005-2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States (USA) | 1987-1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Malaika Mihambo | Germany (GER) | 2019-2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Niurka Montalvo | Cuba (CUB)  Spain (ESP) | 1995-2001 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Eunice Barber | France (FRA) | 2003-2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ivana Vuleta | Serbia (SRB) | 2013-2023 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Larysa Berezhna | Soviet Union (SOV)  Ukraine (UKR) | 1991-1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Ese Brume | Nigeria (NGR) | 2019-2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Tatyana Kotova | Russia (RUS) | 2001-2007 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |

## Championship record progression
### Men

Men's long jump World Championships record progression :
| Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
| 7.96 m | Atanas Atanasov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-09 |
| 8.29 m | Jason Grimes | United States (USA) | 1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-09 |
| 8.37 m | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-09 |
| 8.55 m | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-10 |
| 8.67 m | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 8.67 m | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 8.68 m | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 1991 | Final | 1991-08-30 |
| 8.95 m | Mike Powell | United States (USA) | 1991 | Final | 1991-08-30 |

### Women

Women's long jump World Championships record progression :
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
| 6.78 m | Carol Lewis | United States (USA) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-13 |
| 6.83 m | Tatyana Proshuryakova | Soviet Union (URS) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 6.90 m | Beverly Kinch | Great Britain (GBR) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 7.00 m | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu | Romania (ROU) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 7.02 m | Heike Drechsler | East Germany (GDR) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 7.14 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States (USA) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-04 |
| 7.36 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States (USA) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-04 |

## Best performances
### Top ten furthest World Championship jumps$^1$

Furthest men's jumps at the World Championships :
| Rank | Distance (m) | Athlete | Nation | Year | Date |
| 1 | 8.95 m | Mike Powell | United States | 1991 | 1991-08-30 |
| 2 | 8.91 m | Carl Lewis | United States | 1991 | 1991-08-30 |
| 3 | 8.70 m | Iván Pedroso | Cuba | 1995 | 1995-08-12 |
| 4 | 8.69 m | Tajay Gayle | Jamaica | 2019 | 2019-09-28 |
| 5 | 8.67 m | Carl Lewis | United States | 1987 | 2005-09-05 |
| 6 | 8.60 m | Dwight Phillips | United States | 2005 | 2005-08-13 |
| 7 | 8.59 m | Mike Powell | United States | 1993 | 1993-08-20 |
| 8 | 8.57 m | Irving Saladino | Panama | 2007 | 2007-08-30 |
| 9 | 8.56 m | Carl Lewis | United States | 1991$^Q$ | 1991-08-29 |
| 9 | 8.56 m | Iván Pedroso | Cuba | 1999 | 1999-08-28 |
| 9 | 8.56 m | Aleksandr Menkov | Russia | 2013 | 2013-08-16 |
Furthest women's jumps at the World Championships :
| Rank | Distance (m) | Athlete | Nation | Year | Date |
| 1 | 7.36 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States | 1987 | 1987-09-04 |
| 2 | 7.32 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States | 1991 | 1991-08-25 |
| 3 | 7.30 m | Malaika Mihambo | Germany | 2019 | 2019-10-06 |
| 4 | 7.29 m | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 1991 | 1991-08-25 |
| 5 | 7.27 m | Heike Daute-Drechsler | East Germany | 1983 | 1983-08-14 |
| 6 | 7.15 m | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu | Romania | 1983 | 1983-08-14 |
| 7 | 7.14 m | Yelena Belevskaya | Soviet Union | 1987 | 1987-09-04 |
| 7 | 7.14 m | Tianna Bartoletta | United States | 2015 | 2015-08-28 |
| 7 | 7.14 m | Ivana Vuleta | Serbia | 2023 | 2023-08-20 |
| 10 | 7.13 m | Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 1987 | 1987-09-04 |
$^1$Does not include ancillary marks.