# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 28 August. Defending champion Brittney Reese returned but was unable to get out of the qualification round. Katarina Johnson-Thompson could have used her 6.79 automatic qualifier in her heptathlon earlier in the week, 6.79 meters further than she received credit for.
In the first round of the final, Christabel Nettey took the early lead with a 6.95. Janay DeLoach Soukup pulled into second with a 6,67 while most of the field struggled to find the board. Ivana Španović then popped 7.01 for a new Serbian National Record. World #1 Tianna Bartoletta put out a 6.95 in the second round to almost pull even with Nettey. Bartoletta's third round 6.87 narrowly broke the tie to briefly put her into second place. On the last jump of the third round Shara Proctor jumped 7.07 for a new British Record and the lead. Nobody made any improvements in the fourth and fifth rounds. On her final attempt, Bartoletta leaped a world leading 7.14 to take the lead. Španović then duplicated her 7.01 but no improvement. When Proctor fouled her final attempt, the medals were settled.

## Records

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 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.49 | 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 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* 6.70

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 August 2015 | 10:20 | Qualification |
| 28 August 2015 | 19:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 6.75 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | # 1 | # 2 | # 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Ivana Španović | Serbia (SRB) | 6.91 | | | 6.91 | Q, NR |
| 2 | B | Lorraine Ugen | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 6.29 | 6.61 | 6.87 | 6.87 | Q |
| 3 | B | Malaika Mihambo | Germany (GER) | 6.84 | | | 6.84 | Q, SB |
| 4 | B | Christabel Nettey | Canada (CAN) | 6.68 | 6.52 | 6.79 | 6.79 | Q |
| 5 | A | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 6.54 | 6.79 | | 6.79 | Q |
| 6 | B | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Belarus (BLR) | 6.71 | 6.76 | | 6.76 | Q |
| 7 | A | Tianna Bartoletta | United States (USA) | 6.71 | 6.66 | 6.71 | 6.71 | q |
| 8 | B | Khaddi Sagnia | Sweden (SWE) | 6.53 | 6.54 | 6.71 | 6.71 | q |
| 9 | A | Darya Klishina | Russia (RUS) | 6.71 | x | x | 6.71 | q |
| 10 | A | Erica Jarder | Sweden (SWE) | 6.70 | x | 6.53 | 6.70 | q, SB |
| 11 | B | Shara Proctor | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 6.67 | 6.68 | 6.57 | 6.68 | q |
| 12 | B | Janay DeLoach Soukup | United States (USA) | 6.27 | 6.65 | 6.68 | 6.68 | q |
| 13 | A | Volha Sudarava | Belarus (BLR) | x | 6.65 | 6.48 | 6.65 | |
| 14 | A | Brooke Stratton | Australia (AUS) | 6.57 | 6.55 | 6.64 | 6.64 | |
| 15 | B | Alina Rotaru | Romania (ROM) | 6.45 | 6.58 | 6.43 | 6.58 | |
| 16 | B | Yuliya Pidluzhnaya | Russia (RUS) | 6.51 | x | 6.57 | 6.57 | |
| 17 | A | Jana Velďáková | Slovakia (SVK) | 6.40 | x | 6.56 | 6.56 | |
| 18 | A | Krystyna Hryshutyna | Ukraine (UKR) | 6.53 | 6.28 | x | 6.53 | |
| 19 | A | Jasmine Todd | United States (USA) | x | 6.26 | 6.52 | 6.52 | |
| 20 | A | Aiga Grabuste | Latvia (LAT) | x | 6.48 | x | 6.48 | |
| 21 | B | Chantel Malone | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 6.22 | 6.46 | 6.10 | 6.46 | |
| 22 | B | Lena Malkus | Germany (GER) | x | 6.46 | 3.99 | 6.46 | |
| 23 | A | Yelena Sokolova | Russia (RUS) | 6.31 | x | 6.44 | 6.44 | |
| 24 | B | Brittney Reese | United States (USA) | 6.39 | 6.23 | 6.17 | 6.39 | |
| 25 | B | Bianca Stuart | Bahamas (BAH) | 6.34 | 6.31 | x | 6.34 | |
| 26 | B | Keila Costa | Brazil (BRA) | 6.32 | x | x | 6.32 | |
| 27 | A | Sosthene Moguenara | Germany (GER) | x | x | 6.23 | 6.23 | |
| 28 | B | Tânia da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 6.16 | 6.18 | 6.08 | 6.18 | |
| 29 | A | Paola Mautino | Peru (PER) | 6.15 | 6.03 | 5.80 | 6.15 | |
| 30 | B | Lu Minjia | China (CHN) | 6.01 | x | 6.01 | 6.01 | |
| 31 | B | Claudia Guri | Andorra (AND) | 5.46 | 5.59 | 5.33 | 5.59 | |
| | A | Eliane Martins | Brazil (BRA) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Florentina Marincu | Romania (ROM) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | María del Mar Jover | Spain (ESP) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:50
| Rank | Name | Nationality | # 1 | # 2 | # 3 | # 4 | # 5 | # 6 | Mark | Note |
| | Tianna Bartoletta | United States (USA) | x | 6.95 | 6.87 | 6.62 | 6.94 | 7.14 | 7.14 | WL |
| | Shara Proctor | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 6.87 | 7.07 | 7.01 | x | x | 7.07 | NR |
| | Ivana Španović | Serbia (SRB) | 7.01 | x | x | 6.86 | 6.98 | 7.01 | 7.01 | NR |
| 4 | Christabel Nettey | Canada (CAN) | 6.95 | 6.85 | x | 6.69 | 6.84 | x | 6.95 | |
| 5 | Lorraine Ugen | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 6.85 | 6.73 | x | x | x | 6.85 | |
| 6 | Malaika Mihambo | Germany (GER) | x | 6.79 | x | x | 6.60 | – | 6.79 | |
| 7 | Khaddi Sagnia | Sweden (SWE) | x | 6.67 | 6.56 | 6.40 | 6.78 | 5.05 | 6.78 | PB |
| 8 | Janay DeLoach Soukup | United States (USA) | 6.67 | x | 6.64 | 6.53 | x | x | 6.67 | |
| 9 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Belarus (BLR) | 6.66 | x | 6.53 | | | | 6.66 | |
| 10 | Darya Klishina | Russia (RUS) | 6.60 | 6.65 | 6.50 | | | | 6.65 | |
| 11 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 6.63 | x | 6.63 | | | | 6.63 | |
| 12 | Erica Jarder | Sweden (SWE) | x | x | 6.48 | | | | 6.48 | |