# 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21 and 23 August.
In the final, Olympic champion Maurren Higa Maggi took the early lead as the first jumper in the competition. After three fouls, the second legal jump of the competition took Brittney Reese into the lead with a 6.92m. Tatyana Lebedeva's second round 6.97m put her into the lead for six jumps until Reese could take her third jump. Her season best tying 7.10 m (23 ft 3+1⁄2 in) settled the competition. No athlete improved over the final three rounds.
In 2017, silver medalist Lebedeva's 2008 Olympic doping sample was retested and found positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). Her Olympic medal was revoked. Ordinarily, a doping violation is followed by a two year ban which would include this championship. No changes in medals have been announced yet.

## Medalists

| Gold | Brittney Reese United States (USA) |
| Silver | Karin Melis Mey Turkey (TUR) |
| Bronze | Naide Gomes Portugal (POR) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following 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 | 4 September 1987 |
| World leading | Brittney Reese (USA) | 7.06 | Belém, Brazil | 24 May 2009 |
| African record | Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) | 7.12 | Atlanta, United States | 2 August 1996 |
| Asian Record | Yao Weili (CHN) | 7.01 | Jinan, China | 5 June 1993 |
| North American record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.49 | New York, United States | 22 May 1994 |
| South American record | Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 7.26 | 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 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 6.72m | 6.62m |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 21 August 2009 | 18:00 | Qualification |
| 23 August 2009 | 16:15 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Naide Gomes | Portugal (POR) | 6.60 | 6.86 | | 6.86 | Q |
| 2 | B | Brittney Reese | United States (USA) | 6.78 | | | 6.78 | Q |
| 3 | B | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia (RUS) | 6.76 | | | 6.76 | Q |
| 4 | B | Olga Kucherenko | Russia (RUS) | 6.68 | 6.65 | - | 6.68 | q |
| 5 | A | Maurren Maggi | Brazil (BRA) | 6.68 | 6.58 | 6.30 | 6.68 | q |
| 6 | B | Karin Melis Mey | Turkey (TUR) | 6.57 | 6.61 | 6.67 | 6.67 | q |
| 7 | B | Keila Costa | Brazil (BRA) | 6.66 | x | 6.55 | 6.66 | q |
| 8 | B | Ksenija Balta | Estonia (EST) | x | 6.23 | 6.59 | 6.59 | q |
| 9 | A | Nastassia Mironchyk | Belarus (BLR) | 6.08 | 6.55 | 6.42 | 6.55 | q |
| 10 | A | Teresa Dobija | Poland (POL) | 6.55 | x | x | 6.55 | q |
| 11 | A | Brianna Glenn | United States (USA) | x | x | 6.53 | 6.53 | q |
| 12 | A | Shara Proctor | Anguilla (AIA) | 6.43 | 6.52 | 6.47 | 6.52 | q |
| 13 | A | Yelena Sokolova | Russia (RUS) | 6.44 | 6.51 | 6.46 | 6.51 | |
| 14 | A | Jung Soon-Ok | South Korea (KOR) | 6.45 | 6.31 | 6.49 | 6.49 | |
| 15 | A | Ruky Abdulai | Canada (CAN) | 6.37 | 6.45 | x | 6.45 | |
| 16 | B | Jovanee Jarrett | Jamaica (JAM) | 6.29 | 6.42 | 6.43 | 6.43 | |
| 17 | B | Viktoriya Rybalko | Ukraine (UKR) | 6.40 | 6.18 | x | 6.40 | |
| 18 | B | Éloyse Lesueur | France (FRA) | 6.40 | 6.09 | 6.11 | 6.40 | |
| 19 | A | Irina Meleshina | Russia (RUS) | 6.39 | 6.14 | x | 6.39 | |
| 20 | B | Nataliya Dobrynska | Ukraine (UKR) | 6.32 | 6.38 | 6.36 | 6.38 | |
| 21 | A | Funmi Jimoh | United States (USA) | x | x | 6.34 | 6.34 | |
| 22 | B | Yarianny Argüelles | Cuba (CUB) | 6.15 | 5.97 | 6.32 | 6.32 | |
| 23 | B | Melanie Bauschke | Germany (GER) | 6.32 | 6.13 | 6.14 | 6.32 | |
| 24 | B | Margrethe Renstrøm | Norway (NOR) | 6.31 | x | 6.10 | 6.31 | |
| 25 | A | Bianca Kappler | Germany (GER) | 6.26 | 6.21 | 6.29 | 6.29 | |
| 26 | A | Viktoriya Molchanova | Ukraine (UKR) | 6.29 | 6.20 | x | 6.29 | |
| 27 | A | Ola Sesay | Sierra Leone (SLE) | 5.92 | 6.23 | 6.19 | 6.23 | |
| 28 | A | Sachiko Masumi | Japan (JPN) | 6.23 | 6.06 | 6.13 | 6.23 | |
| 29 | B | Marestella Torres | Philippines (PHI) | 6.21 | 6.03 | 6.22 | 6.22 | |
| 30 | B | Janice Josephs | South Africa (RSA) | 6.22 | 5.75 | x | 6.22 | |
| 31 | B | Beatrice Marscheck | Germany (GER) | 6.07 | x | 6.19 | 6.19 | |
| 32 | A | Jana Velďáková | Slovakia (SVK) | x | 6.16 | x | 6.16 | |
| 33 | A | Sirkka-Liisa Kivine | Estonia (EST) | x | 5.92 | 6.10 | 6.10 | |
| 34 | B | Alice Falaiye | Canada (CAN) | 6.07 | 6.09 | x | 6.09 | |
| 35 | A | Nina Kolarič | Slovenia (SLO) | x | x | 6.00 | 6.00 | |
| 36 | B | Patricia Sylvester | Grenada (GRN) | 5.92 | 5.80 | x | 5.92 | |
| — | B | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | | | | | DNS |
Key: DNS = Did not start, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Brittney Reese | United States (USA) | 6.92 | 6.85 | 7.10 | x | x | x | 7.10 | WL |
| | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia (RUS) | 6.78 | 6.97 | x | x | x | x | 6.97 | SB |
| | Karin Melis Mey | Turkey (TUR) | 6.76 | x | 6.80 | x | x | 6.49 | 6.80 | |
| 4 | Naide Gomes | Portugal (POR) | 6.77 | x | 6.52 | 6.68 | 6.69 | 6.68 | 6.77 | |
| 5 | Olga Kucherenko | Russia (RUS) | x | x | 6.77 | 6.63 | x | 6.68 | 6.77 | |
| 6 | Shara Proctor | Anguilla (AIA) | x | 6.56 | 6.71 | x | x | 6.40 | 6.71 | NR |
| 7 | Maurren Higa Maggi | Brazil (BRA) | 6.68 | x | x | 6.64 | - | - | 6.68 | |
| 8 | Ksenija Balta | Estonia (EST) | 6.62 | 6.52 | x | 6.15 | 6.60 | 6.57 | 6.62 | |
| 9 | Brianna Glenn | United States (USA) | x | 6.59 | x | | | | 6.59 | |
| 10 | Teresa Dobija | Poland (POL) | x | 6.58 | 6.51 | | | | 6.58 | |
| 11 | Nastassia Mironchyk | Belarus (BLR) | x | 6.24 | 6.29 | | | | 6.29 | |
| — | Keila Costa | Brazil (BRA) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |
Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)