Long jump

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Athletics
Long jump
World records
MenUnited States Mike Powell 8.95 m (29 ft 4+14 in) (1991)
WomenSoviet Union Galina Chistyakova 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) (1988)
Olympic records
MenUnited States Bob Beamon 8.90 m (29 ft 2+14 in) A (1968)
WomenUnited States Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7.40 m (24 ft 3+14 in) (1988)
World Championship records
MenUnited States Mike Powell 8.95 m (29 ft 4+14 in) (1991)
WomenUnited States Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7.36 m (24 ft 1+34 in) (1987)
World Indoor Championship records
MenCuba Iván Pedroso 8.62 m (28 ft 3+14 in) (1999)
WomenUnited States Brittney Reese 7.23 m (23 ft 8+12 in) (2012)
Women's Long Jump Final28th Summer Universiade 2015

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". This event has a history in the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the first Olympics in 1896 and for women since 1948.

Rules

An indicator of wind direction and a device for measuring wind speed (here +2.6 m/s) along a run-up track

At the elite level, competitors run down a runway (usually coated with the same rubberized surface as running tracks, crumb rubber or vulcanized rubber, known generally as an all-weather track) and jump as far as they can from a wooden or synthetic board, 20 centimetres or 8 inches wide, that is built flush with the runway, into a pit filled with soft damp sand. If the competitor starts the leap with any part of the foot past the foul line, the jump is declared a foul and no distance is recorded. To detect this occurrence, a layer of plasticine is placed at a 90° angle immediately after the board. An official (similar to a referee) will also watch the jump and make the determination. In recent times, laser sensors have replaced the plasticine at elite competitions (like Diamond League meetings). The competitor can initiate the jump from any point behind the foul line; however, the distance measured will always be perpendicular to the foul line to the nearest break in the sand caused by any part of the body or uniform. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the competitor to get as close to the foul line as possible. Competitors are allowed to place two marks along the side of the runway in order to assist them to jump accurately. At a lesser meet and facilities, the plasticine will likely not exist, the runway might be a different surface or jumpers may initiate their jump from a painted or taped mark on the runway. At a smaller meet, the number of attempts might also be limited to four or three.

Each competitor has a set number of attempts. That would normally be three trials, with three additional jumps being awarded to the best eight or nine (depending on the number of lanes on the track at that facility, so the event is equatable to track events) competitors. All valid attempts will be recorded but only the best mark counts towards the results. The competitor with the longest valid jump (from either the trial or final rounds) is declared the winner at the end of competition. In the event of an exact tie, then comparing the next best jumps of the tied competitors will be used to determine place. In a large, multi-day elite competition (like the Olympics or World Championships), a qualification is held in order to select at least 12 finalists. Ties and automatic qualifying distances are potential factors. In the final, a set of trial round jumps will be held, with the best eight performers advancing to the final rounds. (For specific rules and regulations in United States Track & Field see Rule 185)[1]

For record purposes, the maximum accepted wind assistance is two metres per second (m/s) (4.5 mph).

History

Halteres used in athletic games in ancient Greece
A long jump from standing. The jumper on the left performs a distinctive isometric press, primarily by applying downward pressure onto his bent rear leg. This acts as a means of preloading the muscles prior to engaging in the jump. The halteres would be swung up and down before taking off on an upswing. The jumper to the right of him is mid-flight and performs a distinctive bending and tucking of his legs in order to increase the distance of the jump. The vase on the right shows a jumper coming in to land.

The long jump is the only known jumping event of ancient Greece's original Olympics' pentathlon events. All events that occurred at the Olympic Games were initially supposed to act as a form of training for warfare. The long jump emerged probably because it mirrored the crossing of obstacles such as streams and ravines.[2] After investigating the surviving depictions of the ancient event it is believed that unlike the modern event, athletes were only allowed a short running start.[2] The athletes carried a weight in each hand, which were called halteres (between 1 and 4.5 kg). These weights were swung forward as the athlete jumped in order to increase momentum. It was commonly believed that the jumper would throw the weights behind him in midair to increase his forward momentum; however, halteres were held throughout the duration of the jump. Swinging them down and back at the end of the jump would change the athlete's center of gravity and allow the athlete to stretch his legs outward, increasing his distance. The jump itself was made from the bater ("that which is trod upon"). It was most likely a simple board placed on the stadium track which was removed after the event. The jumpers would land in what was called a skamma ("dug-up" area). The idea that this was a pit full of sand is wrong. Sand in the jumping pit is a modern invention.[3] The skamma was simply a temporary area dug up for that occasion and not something that remained over time.

The long jump was considered one of the most difficult of the events held at the Games since a great deal of skill was required. Music was often played during the jump and Philostratus says that pipes at times would accompany the jump so as to provide a rhythm for the complex movements of the halteres by the athlete.[2] Philostratus is quoted as saying, "The rules regard jumping as the most difficult of the competitions, and they allow the jumper to be given advantages in rhythm by the use of the flute, and in weight by the use of the halter."[4] Most notable in the ancient sport was a man called Chionis, who in the 656 BC Olympics staged a jump of 7.05 m (23 ft 1+12 in).[5]

There has been some argument by modern scholars over the long jump. Some have attempted to recreate it as a triple jump. The images provide the only evidence for the action so it is more well received that it was much like today's long jump. The main reason some want to call it a triple jump is the presence of a source that claims there once was a fifty-five ancient foot jump done by a man named Phayllos.[6]

The long jump has been part of modern Olympic competition since the inception of the Games in 1896. In 1914, Dr. Harry Eaton Stewart recommended the "running broad jump" as a standardized track and field event for women.[7] However, it was not until 1948 that the women's long jump was added to the Olympic athletics programme.

Technique

An athlete performing the long jump as part of the heptathlon at the 2013 French Athletics Championships at Stade Charléty in Paris

There are five main components of the long jump: the approach run, the last two strides, takeoff, action in the air, and landing. Speed in the run-up, or approach, and a high leap off the board are the fundamentals of success. Because speed is such an important factor of the approach, it is not surprising that many long jumpers also compete successfully in sprints. Classic examples of this long jump / sprint doubling are performances by Carl Lewis and Heike Drechsler.

Approach

The objective of the approach is to gradually accelerate to a maximum controlled speed at takeoff. The most important factor for the distance travelled by an object is its velocity at takeoff – both the speed and angle. Elite jumpers usually leave the ground at an angle of 20° or less;[8] therefore, it is more beneficial for a jumper to focus on the speed component of the jump. The greater the speed at takeoff, the longer the trajectory of the center of mass will be. The importance of takeoff speed is a factor in the success of sprinters in this event.

The length of the approach is usually consistent distance for an athlete. Approaches can vary between 12 and 19 steps on the novice and intermediate levels, while at the elite level they are closer to between 20 and 22 steps. The exact distance and number of steps in an approach depends on the jumper's experience, sprinting technique, and conditioning level. Consistency in the approach is important as it is the competitor's objective to get as close to the front of the takeoff board as possible without crossing the line with any part of the foot.

Last two steps

The objective of the last two steps is to prepare the body for takeoff while conserving as much speed as possible.

The penultimate step is longer than the previous ones and than the final one before takeoff. The competitor begins to lower his or her center of gravity to prepare the body for the vertical impulse. The last step is shorter because the body is beginning to raise the center of gravity in preparation for takeoff.

The last two steps are extremely important because they determine the velocity with which the competitor will enter the jump.

Takeoff

Takeoff board

The objective of the takeoff is to create a vertical impulse through the athlete's center of gravity while maintaining balance and control.

This phase is one of the most technical parts of the long jump. Jumpers must be conscious to place the foot flat on the ground, because jumping off either the heels or the toes negatively affects the jump. Taking off from the board heel-first has a braking effect, which decreases velocity and strains the joints. Jumping off the toes decreases stability, putting the leg at risk of buckling or collapsing from underneath the jumper. While concentrating on foot placement, the athlete must also work to maintain proper body position, keeping the torso upright and moving the hips forward and up to achieve the maximum distance from board contact to foot release.

There are four main styles of takeoff: the kick style, double-arm style, sprint takeoff, and the power sprint or bounding takeoff.

Kick

The kick style takeoff is where the athlete actively cycles the leg before a full impulse has been directed into the board then landing into the pit. This requires great strength in the hamstrings. This causes the jumper to jump to large distances.

Double-arm

The double-arm style of takeoff works by moving both arms in a vertical direction as the competitor takes off. This produces a high hip height and a large vertical impulse.

Sprint

The sprint takeoff is the style most widely instructed by coaching staff. This is a classic single-arm action that resembles a jumper in full stride. It is an efficient takeoff style for maintaining velocity through takeoff.

Power sprint or bounding

The power sprint takeoff, or bounding takeoff, is one of the more common elite styles. Very similar to the sprint style, the body resembles a sprinter in full stride. However, there is one major difference. The arm that pushes back on takeoff (the arm on the side of the takeoff leg) fully extends backward, rather than remaining at a bent position. This additional extension increases the impulse at takeoff.

The "correct" style of takeoff will vary from athlete to athlete.

Action in the air and landing

Landing near the 8-metre mark

There are three major flight techniques for the long jump: the hang, the sail, and the hitch-kick. Each technique is to combat the forward rotation experienced from take-off but is basically down to preference from the athlete. It is important to note that once the body is airborne, there is nothing that the athlete can do to change the direction they are traveling and consequently where they are going to land in the pit. However, it can be argued that certain techniques influence an athlete's landing, which can affect the distance measured. For example, if an athlete lands feet first but falls back because they are not correctly balanced, a lower distance will be measured.

In the 1970s, some jumpers used a forward somersault, including Tuariki Delamere who used it at the 1974 NCAA Championships, and who matched the jump of the then Olympic champion Randy Williams. The somersault jump has potential to produce longer jumps than other techniques because in the flip, no power is lost countering forward momentum, and it reduces wind resistance in the air.[9] The front flip jump was subsequently banned for fear that it was unsafe.

Records

Sand pit at Estadio Olímpico Universitario where Bob Beamon set the 8.90 m record

The men's long jump world record has been held by just four individuals for the majority of time since the IAAF started to ratify records. The first mark recognized by the IAAF in 1912, the 7.61 m (24 ft 11+12 in) performance by Peter O'Connor in August 1901, stood just short of 20 years (nine years as an IAAF record). After it was broken in 1921, the record changed hands five times until Jesse Owens set the mark of 8.13 m (26 ft 8 in) at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a record that was not broken for over 25 years, until 1960 by Ralph Boston. Boston improved upon it and exchanged records with Igor Ter-Ovanesyan three times over the next seven years. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Bob Beamon jumped 8.90 m (29 ft 2+14 in) at an altitude of 2,292 m (7,520 ft),[10] a record jump not exceeded for almost 23 years, and which remains the second longest wind legal jump of all time; it has now stood as the Olympic record for over 55 years. On 30 August 1991, Mike Powell of the United States set the current men's world record at the World Championships in Tokyo. It was in a dramatic showdown against Carl Lewis who also surpassed Beamon's record that day, but his jump was wind-assisted (and thus not legal for record purposes). Powell's record of 8.95 m (29 ft 4+14 in) has now stood for over 32 years.

Some jumps over 8.95 m (29 ft 4+14 in) have been officially recorded. Wind-assisted 8.99 m (29 ft 5+34 in) were recorded by Powell at high altitude in Sestriere in 1992. A potential world record of 8.96 m (29 ft 4+34 in) was recorded by Iván Pedroso also in Sestriere. Despite a "legal" wind reading, the jump was not validated because videotape revealed a person standing in front of the wind gauge, invalidating the reading (and costing Pedroso a Ferrari valued at $130,000—the prize for breaking the record at that meet).[11] As mentioned above, Lewis jumped 8.91 m (29 ft 2+34 in) moments before Powell's record-breaking jump with the wind exceeding the maximum allowed. This jump remains the longest ever not to win an Olympic or World Championship gold medal, or any competition in general.

The women's world record has seen more consistent improvement, though the current record has stood longer than any other long jump world record by men or women. The longest to hold the record prior was by Fanny Blankers-Koen during World War II, who held it for over 10 years. There have been four occasions when the record was tied and three when it was improved upon twice in the same competition. The current women's world record is held by Galina Chistyakova of the former Soviet Union who leapt 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) in Leningrad on 11 June 1988, a mark that has now stood for over 35 years.

Continental records

Area Men Women
Mark
(m)
Wind
(m/s)
Athlete Nation Mark
(m)
Wind
(m/s)
Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 8.65[A] +1.3 Luvo Manyonga  South Africa 7.17 +1.1 Ese Brume  Nigeria
Asia (records) 8.48 +0.6 Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi  Saudi Arabia 7.01 +1.4 Weili Yao  China
Europe (records) 8.86[A] +1.9 Robert Emmiyan  Soviet Union 7.52 WR +1.4 Galina Chistyakova  Soviet Union
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
8.95 WR +0.3 Mike Powell  United States 7.49 +1.3 Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States
7.49[A] +1.7
Oceania (records) 8.54 +1.7 Mitchell Watt  Australia 7.13 +1.8 Brooke Buschkuehl  Australia
South America (records) 8.73 +1.2 Irving Saladino  Panama 7.26[A] +1.8 Maurren Maggi  Brazil

Notes

  • A Represents a mark set at a high altitude.

All-time top 25

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 distances and the top 25 athletes:
- denotes top performance for an athlete in the top 25 distances
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 distances, by a repeat athlete
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 distances

Men

Ath.# Perf.# Mark Wind
(m/s)
Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 8.95 m (29 ft 4+14 in) +0.3 Mike Powell  United States 30 August 1991 Tokyo
2 2 8.90 m (29 ft 2+14 in) A +2.0 Bob Beamon  United States 18 October 1968 Mexico City
3 3 8.87 m (29 ft 1 in) −0.2 Carl Lewis  United States 30 August 1991 Tokyo
4 4 8.86 m (29 ft 34 in) A +1.9 Robert Emmiyan  Soviet Union 22 May 1987 Tsaghkadzor
5 8.84 m (29 ft 0 in) +1.7 Lewis #2 30 August 1991 Tokyo
6 8.79 m (28 ft 10 in) +1.9 Lewis #3 19 June 1983 Indianapolis
8.79 m (28 ft 10 in) i Lewis #4 27 January 1984 New York City
8 8.76 m (28 ft 8+34 in) +1.0 Lewis #5 24 July 1982 Indianapolis
+0.8 Lewis #6 18 July 1988 Indianapolis
5 10 8.74 m (28 ft 8 in) +1.4 Larry Myricks  United States 18 July 1988 Indianapolis
8.74 m (28 ft 8 in) A +2.0 Erick Walder  United States 2 April 1994 El Paso
8.74 m (28 ft 8 in) −1.2 Dwight Phillips  United States 7 June 2009 Eugene
8 13 8.73 m (28 ft 7+12 in) +1.2 Irving Saladino  Panama 24 May 2008 Hengelo
14 8.72 m (28 ft 7+14 in) −0.2 Lewis #7 26 September 1988 Seoul
15 8.71 m (28 ft 6+34 in) −0.4 Lewis #8 13 May 1984 Westwood
+0.1 Lewis #9 19 June 1984 Los Angeles
9 15 8.71 m (28 ft 6+34 in) +1.9 Iván Pedroso  Cuba 18 July 1995 Salamanca
8.71 m (28 ft 6+34 in) i Sebastian Bayer  Germany 8 March 2009 Turin
19 8.70 m (28 ft 6+12 in) +0.9 Myricks #2 17 June 1989 Houston
+0.7 Powell #2 27 July 1993 Salamanca
+1.6 Pedroso #2 12 August 1995 Gothenburg
11 22 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in) +0.5 Tajay Gayle  Jamaica 28 September 2019 Doha
23 8.68 m (28 ft 5+12 in) +1.0 Lewis #10 5 August 1992 Barcelona
+1.6 Pedroso #3 17 June 1995 Lisbon
12 23 8.68 m (28 ft 5+12 in) +1.7 Juan Miguel Echevarría  Cuba 30 June 2018 Bad Langensalza [15]
13 8.66 m (28 ft 4+34 in) +1.6 Louis Tsatoumas  Greece 2 June 2007 Kalamata
14 8.65 m (28 ft 4+12 in) A +1.3 Luvo Manyonga  South Africa 22 April 2017 Potchefstroom
15 8.63 m (28 ft 3+34 in) +0.5 Kareem Streete-Thompson  United States 4 July 1994 Linz
16 8.62 m (28 ft 3+14 in) +0.7 James Beckford  Jamaica 5 April 1997 Orlando
17 8.60 m (28 ft 2+12 in) +0.7 Miltiadis Tentoglou  Greece 26 May 2021 Kallithea [16]
18 8.59 m (28 ft 2 in) i Miguel Pate  United States 1 March 2002 New York City
19 8.58 m (28 ft 1+34 in) +1.8 Jarrion Lawson  United States 3 July 2016 Eugene [17]
20 8.56 m (28 ft 1 in) i Yago Lamela  Spain 7 March 1999 Maebashi
8.56 m (28 ft 1 in) +0.2 Aleksandr Menkov  Russia 16 August 2013 Moscow
22 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in) +0.9 Lutz Dombrowski  East Germany 28 July 1980 Moscow
+1.7 Mitchell Watt  Australia 29 July 2011 Stockholm
+1.2 Wayne Pinnock  Jamaica 23 August 2023 Budapest [18]
25 8.53 m (27 ft 11+34 in) +1.2 Jaime Jefferson  Cuba 12 May 1990 Havana

Para marks

Performances by disabled athletes that would qualify for the all-time top 25:

Class Mark Wind
(m/s)
Athlete Date Place Ref.
T64 8.72 m (28 ft 7+14 in) +1.6  Markus Rehm (GER) 25 June 2023 Rhede [19]

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 8.53 m). Only best assisted mark that is superior to legal best is shown:

Mark Wind
(m/s)
Athlete Date Place Ref.
8.99 m (29 ft 5+34 in) A +4.4  Mike Powell (USA) 21 July 1992 Sestriere
8.92 m (29 ft 3 in) +3.3  Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB) 10 March 2019 Havana
8.91 m (29 ft 2+34 in) +2.9  Carl Lewis (USA) 30 August 1991 Tokyo
8.79 m (28 ft 10 in) +3.0  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 21 May 1992 Havana
8.78 m (28 ft 9+12 in) +3.1  Fabrice Lapierre (AUS) 18 April 2010 Perth
8.68 m (28 ft 5+12 in) +4.9  James Beckford (JAM) 19 May 1995 Odessa
+3.7  Marquis Dendy (USA) 25 June 2015 Eugene
8.66 m (28 ft 4+34 in) A +4.0  Joe Greene (USA) 21 July 1992 Sestriere
8.64 m (28 ft 4 in) +3.5  Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY) 18 June 1994 Knoxville
8.63 m (28 ft 3+34 in) +3.9  Mike Conley (USA) 20 June 1986 Eugene
8.59 m (28 ft 2 in) +2.9  Jeff Henderson (USA) 3 July 2016 Eugene
8.57 m (28 ft 1+14 in) +5.2  Jason Grimes (USA) 27 June 1982 Durham
8.53 m (27 ft 11+34 in) +4.9  Kevin Dilworth (USA) 27 April 2002 Fort-de-France

Women

Ath.# Perf.# Mark Wind
(m/s)
Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) +1.4 Galina Chistyakova  Soviet Union 11 June 1988 Leningrad
2 2 7.49 m (24 ft 6+34 in) +1.3 Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States 22 May 1994 New York City
2 7.49 m (24 ft 6+34 in) A +1.7 Joyner-Kersee #2 31 July 1994 Sestriere
3 4 7.48 m (24 ft 6+14 in) +1.2 Heike Drechsler  East Germany 9 July 1988 Neubrandenburg
4 7.48 m (24 ft 6+14 in) +0.4 Drechsler #2 8 July 1992 Lausanne
6 7.45 m (24 ft 5+14 in) +0.9 Drechsler #3 21 June 1986 Tallinn
+1.1 Drechsler #4 3 July 1986 Dresden
+0.6 Joyner-Kersee #3 13 August 1987 Indianapolis
+1.0 Chistyakova #2 11 June 1988 Leningrad
+1.6 Chistyakova #3 12 August 1988 Budapest
11 7.44 m (24 ft 4+34 in) +2.0 Drechsler #5 22 September 1985 Berlin
4 12 7.43 m (24 ft 4+12 in) +1.4 Anişoara Cuşmir  Romania 4 June 1983 Bucharest
5 13 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in) +2.0 Tatyana Kotova  Russia 23 June 2002 Annecy
14 7.40 m (24 ft 3+14 in) +1.8 Drechsler #6 26 July 1984 Dresden
+0.7 Drechsler #7 21 August 1987 Potsdam
+0.9 Joyner-Kersee #4 29 September 1988 Seoul
17 7.39 m (24 ft 2+34 in) +0.3 Drechsler #8 21 August 1985 Zürich
6 17 7.39 m (24 ft 2+34 in) +0.5 Yelena Belevskaya  Soviet Union 18 July 1987 Bryansk
17 7.39 m (24 ft 2+34 in) Joyner-Kersee #5 25 June 1988 San Diego
20 7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) i Drechsler #9 13 February 1988 Vienna
7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) A +1.8 Drechsler #10 31 July 1991 Sestriere
7 20 7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) Inessa Kravets  Ukraine 13 June 1992 Kyiv
23 7.36 m (24 ft 1+34 in) +0.4 Joyner-Kersee #6 4 September 1987 Rome
+1.8 Belevskaya #2 11 June 1988 Leningrad
+1.8 Drechsler #11 28 May 1992 Jena
8 7.33 m (24 ft 12 in) +0.4 Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia 31 July 2004 Tula
9 7.31 m (23 ft 11+34 in) +1.5 Olena Khlopotnova  Soviet Union 12 September 1985 Alma Ata
+1.9 Marion Jones  United States 31 May 1998 Eugene
+1.7 Brittney Reese  United States 2 July 2016 Eugene [21]
12 7.30 m (23 ft 11+14 in) −0.8 Malaika Mihambo  Germany 6 October 2019 Doha [22]
13 7.27 m (23 ft 10 in) −0.4 Irina Simagina  Russia 31 July 2004 Tula
14 7.26 m (23 ft 9+34 in) A +1.8 Maurren Maggi  Brazil 25 June 1999 Bogotá
15 7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) +1.0 Larysa Berezhna  Soviet Union 25 May 1991 Granada
7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) i Ivana Španović  Serbia 5 March 2017 Belgrade
17 7.21 m (23 ft 7+34 in) +1.6 Helga Radtke  East Germany 26 July 1984 Dresden
+1.9 Lyudmila Kolchanova  Russia 27 May 2007 Sochi
19 7.20 m (23 ft 7+14 in) −0.3 Vali Ionescu  Romania 1 August 1982 Bucharest
+2.0 Irena Oženko  Soviet Union 12 September 1986 Budapest
+0.8 Yelena Sinchukova  Soviet Union 20 June 1991 Budapest
+0.7 Irina Mushailova  Russia 14 July 1994 Saint Petersburg
23 7.18 m (23 ft 6+12 in) i A Tara Davis-Woodhall  United States 16 February 2024 Albuquerque [23]
24 7.17 m (23 ft 6+14 in) +1.8 Irina Valyukevich  Soviet Union 18 July 1987 Bryansk
+0.6 Tianna Bartoletta  United States 17 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [24]
+1.1 Ese Brume  Nigeria 29 May 2021 Chula Vista [25]

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 7.17 m). Only best assisted mark that is superior to legal best is shown:

Mark Wind
(m/s)
Athlete Date Place Ref.
7.63 m (25 ft 14 in) A +2.1  Heike Drechsler (GER) 21 July 1992 Sestriere
7.27 m (23 ft 10 in) +2.7  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 13 June 2021 La Nucia
7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) +2.8  Tara Davis (USA) 9 July 2022 Chula Vista
7.23 m (23 ft 8+12 in) A +4.3  Fiona May (ITA) 29 July 1995 Sestriere
7.22 m (23 ft 8+14 in) +4.3  Anastassia Mirochuk-Ivanova (BLR) 6 July 2012 Grodno
7.19 m (23 ft 7 in) A +3.7  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 28 July 1993 Sestriere
7.17 m (23 ft 6+14 in) +3.6  Eva Murková (TCH) 26 August 1984 Nitra

Olympic medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
details
Ellery Clark
 United States
Robert Garrett
 United States
James Brendan Connolly
 United States
1900 Paris
details
Alvin Kraenzlein
 United States
Myer Prinstein
 United States
Patrick Leahy
 Great Britain
1904 St. Louis
details
Myer Prinstein
 United States
Daniel Frank
 United States
Robert Stangland
 United States
1908 London
details
Frank Irons
 United States
Daniel Kelly
 United States
Calvin Bricker
 Canada
1912 Stockholm
details
Albert Gutterson
 United States
Calvin Bricker
 Canada
Georg Åberg
 Sweden
1920 Antwerp
details
William Petersson
 Sweden
Carl Johnson
 United States
Erik Abrahamsson
 Sweden
1924 Paris
details
DeHart Hubbard
 United States
Edward Gourdin
 United States
Sverre Hansen
 Norway
1928 Amsterdam
details
Ed Hamm
 United States
Silvio Cator
 Haiti
Al Bates
 United States
1932 Los Angeles
details
Ed Gordon
 United States
Lambert Redd
 United States
Chūhei Nambu
 Japan
1936 Berlin
details
Jesse Owens
 United States
Luz Long
 Germany
Naoto Tajima
 Japan
1948 London
details
Willie Steele
 United States
Bill Bruce
 Australia
Herb Douglas
 United States
1952 Helsinki
details
Jerome Biffle
 United States
Meredith Gourdine
 United States
Ödön Földessy
 Hungary
1956 Melbourne
details
Gregory Bell
 United States
John Bennett
 United States
Jorma Valkama
 Finland
1960 Rome
details
Ralph Boston
 United States
Bo Roberson
 United States
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
details
Lynn Davies
 Great Britain
Ralph Boston
 United States
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
details
Bob Beamon
 United States
Klaus Beer
 East Germany
Ralph Boston
 United States
1972 Munich
details
Randy Williams
 United States
Hans Baumgartner
 West Germany
Arnie Robinson
 United States
1976 Montreal
details
Arnie Robinson
 United States
Randy Williams
 United States
Frank Wartenberg
 East Germany
1980 Moscow
details
Lutz Dombrowski
 East Germany
Frank Paschek
 East Germany
Valeriy Pidluzhnyy
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
details
Carl Lewis
 United States
Gary Honey
 Australia
Giovanni Evangelisti
 Italy
1988 Seoul
details
Carl Lewis
 United States
Mike Powell
 United States
Larry Myricks
 United States
1992 Barcelona
details
Carl Lewis
 United States
Mike Powell
 United States
Joe Greene
 United States
1996 Atlanta
details
Carl Lewis
 United States
James Beckford
 Jamaica
Joe Greene
 United States
2000 Sydney
details
Iván Pedroso
 Cuba
Jai Taurima
 Australia
Roman Shchurenko
 Ukraine
2004 Athens
details
Dwight Phillips
 United States
John Moffitt
 United States
Joan Lino Martínez
 Spain
2008 Beijing
details
Irving Saladino
 Panama
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
 South Africa
Ibrahim Camejo
 Cuba
2012 London
details
Greg Rutherford
 Great Britain
Mitchell Watt
 Australia
Will Claye
 United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Jeff Henderson
 United States
Luvo Manyonga
 South Africa
Greg Rutherford
 Great Britain
2020 Tokyo
details
Miltiadis Tentoglou
 Greece
Juan Miguel Echevarría
 Cuba
Maykel Massó
 Cuba

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)22151047
2 Great Britain (GBR)2024
3 East Germany (GDR)1214
4 Cuba (CUB)1124
5 Sweden (SWE)1023
6 Greece (GRE)1001
 Panama (PAN)1001
8 Australia (AUS)0404
9 Germany (GER)0202
 South Africa (RSA)0202
11 Canada (CAN)0112
12 Haiti (HAI)0101
 Jamaica (JAM)0101
14 Soviet Union (URS)0033
15 Japan (JPN)0022
16 Finland (FIN)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (21 entries)29292987

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1948 London
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Olga Gyarmati
 Hungary
Noemí Simonetto
 Argentina
Ann-Britt Leyman
 Sweden
1952 Helsinki
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Yvette Williams
 New Zealand
Aleksandra Chudina
 Soviet Union
Shirley Cawley
 Great Britain
1956 Melbourne
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Elżbieta Krzesińska
 Poland
Willye White
 United States
Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
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Vera Krepkina
 Soviet Union
Elżbieta Krzesińska
 Poland
Hildrun Claus
 United Team of Germany
1964 Tokyo
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Mary Rand
 Great Britain
Irena Kirszenstein
 Poland
Tatyana Shchelkanova
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
details
Viorica Viscopoleanu
 Romania
Sheila Sherwood
 Great Britain
Tatyana Talysheva
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
details
Heide Rosendahl
 West Germany
Diana Yorgova
 Bulgaria
Eva Šuranová
 Czechoslovakia
1976 Montreal
details
Angela Voigt
 East Germany
Kathy McMillan
 United States
Lidiya Alfeyeva
 Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
details
Tatyana Kolpakova
 Soviet Union
Brigitte Wujak
 East Germany
Tatyana Skachko
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
details
Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu
 Romania
Valy Ionescu
 Romania
Sue Hearnshaw
 Great Britain
1988 Seoul
details
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States
Heike Drechsler
 East Germany
Galina Chistyakova
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
details
Heike Drechsler
 Germany
Inessa Kravets
 Unified Team
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States
1996 Atlanta
details
Chioma Ajunwa
 Nigeria
Fiona May
 Italy
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States
2000 Sydney
details
Heike Drechsler
 Germany
Fiona May
 Italy
Tatyana Kotova
 Russia
2004 Athens
details
Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
Irina Simagina
 Russia
Tatyana Kotova
 Russia
2008 Beijing
details
Maurren Maggi
 Brazil
Blessing Okagbare
 Nigeria
Chelsea Hammond
 Jamaica
2012 London
details
Brittney Reese
 United States
Elena Sokolova
 Russia
Janay DeLoach
 United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Tianna Bartoletta
 United States
Brittney Reese
 United States
Ivana Španović
 Serbia
2020 Tokyo
details
Malaika Mihambo
 Germany
Brittney Reese
 United States
Ese Brume
 Nigeria

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)4004
2 United States (USA)34310
3 Soviet Union (URS)2169
4 Romania (ROU)2103
5 Russia (RUS)1225
6 East Germany (GDR)1214
7 Poland (POL)1203
8 Great Britain (GBR)1124
9 Nigeria (NGR)1113
10 Brazil (BRA)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
 New Zealand (NZL)1001
13 Italy (ITA)0202
14 Argentina (ARG)0101
 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
17 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 Jamaica (JAM)0011
 Serbia (SRB)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (20 entries)19191957

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
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 Carl Lewis (USA)  Jason Grimes (USA)  Mike Conley (USA)
1987 Rome
details
 Carl Lewis (USA)  Robert Emmiyan (URS)  Larry Myricks (USA)
1991 Tokyo
details
 Mike Powell (USA)  Carl Lewis (USA)  Larry Myricks (USA)
1993 Stuttgart
details
 Mike Powell (USA)  Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS)  Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR)
1995 Gothenburg
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  James Beckford (JAM)  Mike Powell (USA)
1997 Athens
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  Erick Walder (USA)  Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
1999 Seville
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  Yago Lamela (ESP)  Gregor Cankar (SLO)
2001 Edmonton
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  Savanté Stringfellow (USA)  Carlos Calado (POR)
2003 Saint-Denis
details
 Dwight Phillips (USA)  James Beckford (JAM)  Yago Lamela (ESP)
2005 Helsinki
details
 Dwight Phillips (USA)  Ignisious Gaisah (GHA)  Tommi Evilä (FIN)
2007 Osaka
details
 Irving Saladino (PAN)  Andrew Howe (ITA)  Dwight Phillips (USA)
2009 Berlin
details
 Dwight Phillips (USA)  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)  Mitchell Watt (AUS)
2011 Daegu
details
 Dwight Phillips (USA)  Mitchell Watt (AUS)  Ngonidzashe Makusha (ZIM)
2013 Moscow
details
 Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)  Ignisious Gaisah (NED)  Luis Rivera (MEX)
2015 Beijing
details
 Greg Rutherford (GBR)  Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)  Wang Jianan (CHN)
2017 London
details
 Luvo Manyonga (RSA)  Jarrion Lawson (USA)  Ruswahl Samaai (RSA)
2019 Doha
details
 Tajay Gayle (JAM)  Jeff Henderson (USA)  Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB)
2022 Eugene
details
 Wang Jianan (CHN)  Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)  Simon Ehammer (SUI)
2023 Budapest
details
 Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)  Wayne Pinnock (JAM)  Tajay Gayle (JAM)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)86519
2 Cuba (CUB)4015
3 Jamaica (JAM)1315
4 Russia (RUS)1113
 South Africa (RSA)1113
6 Greece (GRE)1102
7 China (CHN)1012
8 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Panama (PAN)1001
10 Australia (AUS)0213
11 Spain (ESP)0112
12 Ghana (GHA)0101
 Italy (ITA)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
 Soviet Union (URS)0101
16 Finland (FIN)0011
 Mexico (MEX)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)0011
Totals (22 entries)19191957

Women

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
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 Heike Daute (GDR)  Anișoara Cușmir (ROU)  Carol Lewis (USA)
1987 Rome
details
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)  Yelena Belevskaya (URS)  Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1991 Tokyo
details
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)  Heike Drechsler (GER)  Larysa Berezhna (URS)
1993 Stuttgart
details
 Heike Drechsler (GER)  Larysa Berezhna (UKR)  Renata Nielsen (DEN)
1995 Gothenburg
details
 Fiona May (ITA)  Niurka Montalvo (CUB)  Irina Mushailova (RUS)
1997 Athens
details
 Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)  Niki Xanthou (GRE)  Fiona May (ITA)
1999 Seville
details
 Niurka Montalvo (ESP)  Fiona May (ITA)  Marion Jones (USA)
2001 Edmonton
details
 Fiona May (ITA)  Tatyana Kotova (RUS)  Niurka Montalvo (ESP)
2003 Saint-Denis
details
 Eunice Barber (FRA)  Tatyana Kotova (RUS)  Anju Bobby George (IND)
2005 Helsinki
details
 Tianna Madison (USA)  Eunice Barber (FRA)  Yargelis Savigne (CUB)
2007 Osaka
details
 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)  Lyudmila Kolchanova (RUS)  Tatyana Kotova (RUS)
2009 Berlin
details
 Brittney Reese (USA)  Karin Melis Mey (TUR)  Naide Gomes (POR)
2011 Daegu
details
 Brittney Reese (USA)  Ineta Radēviča (LAT)  Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (BLR)
2013 Moscow
details
 Brittney Reese (USA)  Blessing Okagbare (NGR)  Ivana Španović (SRB)
2015 Beijing
details
 Tianna Bartoletta (USA)  Shara Proctor (GBR)  Ivana Španović (SRB)
2017 London
details
 Brittney Reese (USA)  Darya Klishina (ANA)  Tianna Bartoletta (USA)
2019 Doha
details
 Malaika Mihambo (GER)  Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR)  Ese Brume (NGR)
2022 Eugene
details
 Malaika Mihambo (GER)  Ese Brume (NGR)  Leticia Oro Melo (BRA)
2023 Budapest
details
 Ivana Vuleta (SRB)  Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA)  Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (ROU)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)81312
2 Germany (GER)3104
3 Russia (RUS)2327
4 Italy (ITA)2114
5 France (FRA)1102
6 Serbia (SRB)1023
7 East Germany (GDR)1012
 Spain (ESP)1012
9 Nigeria (NGR)0213
10 Ukraine (UKR)0202
11 Cuba (CUB)0112
 Romania (ROU)0112
 Soviet Union (URS)0112
14 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 Greece (GRE)0101
 Latvia (LAT)0101
 Turkey (TUR)0101
 Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)0101
18 Belarus (BLR)0011
 Brazil (BRA)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
 India (IND)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
Totals (22 entries)19191957

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]
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 Jan Leitner (TCH)  Gyula Pálóczi (HUN)  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)
1987 Indianapolis
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 Larry Myricks (USA)  Paul Emordi (NGR)  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)
1989 Budapest
details
 Larry Myricks (USA)  Dietmar Haaf (FRG)  Mike Conley (USA)
1991 Seville
details
 Dietmar Haaf (GER)  Jaime Jefferson (CUB)  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)
1993 Toronto
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  Joe Greene (USA)  Jaime Jefferson (CUB)
1995 Barcelona
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  Mattias Sunneborn (SWE)  Erick Walder (USA)
1997 Paris
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  Kirill Sosunov (RUS)  Joe Greene (USA)
1999 Maebashi
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  Yago Lamela (ESP)  Erick Walder (USA)
2001 Lisbon
details
 Iván Pedroso (CUB)  Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)  Carlos Calado (POR)
2003 Birmingham
details
 Dwight Phillips (USA)  Yago Lamela (ESP)  Miguel Pate (USA)
2004 Budapest
details
 Savanté Stringfellow (USA)  James Beckford (JAM)  Vitaliy Shkurlatov (RUS)
2006 Moscow
details
 Ignisious Gaisah (GHA)  Irving Saladino (PAN)  Andrew Howe (ITA)
2008 Valencia
details
 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)  Chris Tomlinson (GBR)  Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi (KSA)
2010 Doha
details
 Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)  Mitchell Watt (AUS)
2012 Istanbul
details
 Mauro Vinícius da Silva (BRA)  Henry Frayne (AUS)  Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)
2014 Sopot
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 Mauro Vinícius da Silva (BRA)  Li Jinzhe (CHN)  Michel Tornéus (SWE)
2016 Portland
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 Marquis Dendy (USA)  Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)  Huang Changzhou (CHN)
2018 Birmingham
details
 Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB)  Luvo Manyonga (RSA)  Marquis Dendy (USA)
2022 Belgrade
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 Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)  Thobias Montler (SWE)  Marquis Dendy (USA)
2024 Glasgow
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 Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)  Mattia Furlani (ITA)  Carey McLeod (JAM)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)6118
2 United States (USA)51713
3 Brazil (BRA)2002
 Greece (GRE)2002
5 Australia (AUS)1214
6 South Africa (RSA)1203
7 Germany (GER)1102
8 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1001
 Ghana (GHA)1001
10 Sweden (SWE)0213
11 Spain (ESP)0202
12 Italy (ITA)0145
13 Russia (RUS)0123
14 China (CHN)0112
 Jamaica (JAM)0112
16 Cayman Islands (CAY)0101
 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
 Nigeria (NGR)0101
 Panama (PAN)0101
21 Portugal (POR)0011
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)0011
Totals (22 entries)20202060

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]
details
 Helga Radtke (GDR)  Tatyana Rodionova (URS)  Nijolė Medvedeva (URS)
1987 Indianapolis
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 Heike Drechsler (GDR)  Helga Radtke (GDR)  Yelena Belevskaya (URS)
1989 Budapest
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 Galina Chistyakova (URS)  Marieta Ilcu (ROU)  Larysa Berezhna (URS)
1991 Seville
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 Larysa Berezhna (URS)  Heike Drechsler (GER)  Marieta Ilcu (ROU)
1993 Toronto
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 Marieta Ilcu (ROU)  Susen Tiedtke (GER)  Inessa Kravets (UKR)
1995 Barcelona
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 Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)  Irina Mushailova (RUS)  Susen Tiedtke-Greene (GER)
1997 Paris
details
 Fiona May (ITA)  Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)  Agata Karczmarek (POL)
1999 Maebashi
details
 Tatyana Kotova (RUS)  Shana Williams (USA)  Iva Prandzheva (BUL)
2001 Lisbon
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 Dawn Burrell (USA)  Tatyana Kotova (RUS)  Niurka Montalvo (ESP)
2003 Birmingham
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 Tatyana Kotova (RUS)  Inessa Kravets (UKR)  Maurren Maggi (BRA)
2004 Budapest
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 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)  Tatyana Kotova (RUS)  Carolina Klüft (SWE)
2006 Moscow
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 Tianna Madison (USA)  Naide Gomes (POR)  Concepción Montaner (ESP)
2008 Valencia
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 Naide Gomes (POR)  Maurren Maggi (BRA)  Irina Simagina (RUS)
2010 Doha
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 Brittney Reese (USA)  Naide Gomes (POR)  Keila Costa (BRA)
2012 Istanbul
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 Brittney Reese (USA)  Janay DeLoach (USA)  Shara Proctor (GBR)
2014 Sopot
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 Éloyse Lesueur (FRA)  Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)  Ivana Španović (SRB)
2016 Portland
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 Brittney Reese (USA)  Ivana Španović (SRB)  Lorraine Ugen (GBR)
2018 Birmingham
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 Ivana Španović (SRB)  Brittney Reese (USA)  Sosthene Moguenara (GER)
2022 Belgrade
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 Ivana Vuleta (SRB)  Ese Brume (NGR)  Lorraine Ugen (GBR)
2024 Glasgow
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 Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA)  Monae' Nichols (USA)  Fátima Diame (ESP)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)64010
2 Russia (RUS)4318
3 Soviet Union (URS)2136
4 Serbia (SRB)2114
5 East Germany (GDR)2103
6 Portugal (POR)1203
7 Romania (ROU)1113
8 France (FRA)1001
 Italy (ITA)1001
10 Germany (GER)0224
11 Nigeria (NGR)0202
12 Great Britain (GBR)0134
13 Brazil (BRA)0123
14 Ukraine (UKR)0112
15 Spain (ESP)0033
16 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (18 entries)20202060
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Season's bests

National records

Men (outdoor)

Equal or superior to 8.00 m:

Nation Mark Athlete Date Place
 United States 8.95 m (29 ft 4+14 in) Mike Powell 30 August 1991 Tokyo
 Soviet Union/
 Armenia
8.86 m (29 ft 34 in) A Robert Emmiyan 22 May 1987 Tsaghkadzor
 Panama 8.73 m (28 ft 7+12 in) Irving Saladino 24 May 2008 Hengelo
 Cuba 8.71 m (28 ft 6+34 in) Iván Pedroso 18 July 1995 Salamanca
 Jamaica 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in) Tajay Gayle 28 September 2019 Doha
 Greece 8.66 m (28 ft 4+34 in) Louis Tsatoumas 2 June 2007 Kalamata
 South Africa 8.65 m (28 ft 4+12 in) A Luvo Manyonga 22 April 2017 Potchefstroom
 Spain 8.56 m (28 ft 1 in) Yago Lamela 24 June 1999 Turin
 Russia 8.56 m (28 ft 1 in) Aleksandr Menkov 16 August 2013 Moscow
 East Germany/
 Germany
8.54 m (28 ft 0 in) Lutz Dombrowski 28 July 1980 Moscow
 Australia 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in) Mitchell Watt 29 July 2011 Stockholm
 Great Britain 8.51 m (27 ft 11 in) Greg Rutherford 24 April 2014 Chula Vista
 Saudi Arabia 8.48 m (27 ft 9+34 in) Mohamed Al-Khuwalidi 2 July 2006 Sotteville-lès-Rouen
 Italy 8.47 m (27 ft 9+14 in) Andrew Howe 30 August 2007 Osaka
 China 8.47 m (27 ft 9+14 in) Li Jinzhe 29 June 2014 Bad Langensalza
8.47 m (27 ft 9+14 in) A Wang Jianan 16 June 2018 Guiyang
 Senegal 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in) Cheikh Touré 15 June 1997 Bad Langensalza
 Mexico 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in) Luis Rivera 12 July 2013 Kazan
 Yugoslavia/
 Serbia
8.45 m (27 ft 8+12 in) Nenad Stekić 25 July 1975 Montreal
  Switzerland 8.45 m (27 ft 8+12 in) Simon Ehammer 28 May 2022 Götzis
 Sweden 8.44 m (27 ft 8+14 in) A Michel Tornéus 10 July 2016 Monachil
 Ghana 8.43 m (27 ft 7+34 in) Ignisious Gaisah 14 July 2006 Rome
 France 8.42 m (27 ft 7+14 in) Salim Sdiri 12 June 2009 Pierre-Bénite
 India 8.42 m (27 ft 7+14 in) Jeswin Aldrin 2 March 2023 Ballari
 Bahamas 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in) Craig Hepburn 17 June 1993 Nassau
 Brazil 8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) Douglas de Souza 15 February 1995 São Paulo
 Slovenia 8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) Gregor Cankar 18 May 1997 Celje
 Morocco 8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) Yahya Berrabah 2 October 2009 Beirut
 Zimbabwe 8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) Ngonidzashe Makusha 9 June 2011 Des Moines
 Japan 8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) Shotaro Shiroyama 17 August 2019 Fukui
 Chinese Taipei 8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) Lin Yu-tang 15 July 2023 Bangkok
 Romania 8.37 m (27 ft 5+12 in) Bogdan Tudor 9 July 1995 Bad Cannstatt
 Portugal 8.36 m (27 ft 5 in) Carlos Calado 20 June 1997 Lisbon
 Ukraine 8.35 m (27 ft 4+12 in) Sergey Layevskiy 16 July 1988 Dnipropetrovsk
Roman Shchurenko 25 July 2000 Kyiv
 Venezuela 8.34 m (27 ft 4+14 in) A Víctor Castillo 30 May 2004 Cochabamba
 Bermuda 8.34 m (27 ft 4+14 in) Tyrone Smith 5 May 2017 Houston
 Bulgaria 8.33 m (27 ft 3+34 in) Ivaylo Mladenov 3 June 1995 Seville
 Belarus 8.33 m (27 ft 3+34 in) A Aliaksandar Hlavatski 7 August 1996 Sestriere
 Egypt 8.31 m (27 ft 3 in) Hatem Mersal 30 June 1999 Oslo
 Cayman Islands 8.31 m (27 ft 3 in) Kareem Streete-Thompson 1 July 2000 Bad Langensalza
 Czech Republic 8.31 m (27 ft 3 in) Radek Juška 27 August 2017 Taipei City
 Hungary 8.30 m (27 ft 2+34 in) László Szalma 7 July 1985 Budapest
 Austria 8.30 m (27 ft 2+34 in) Andreas Steiner 4 June 1988 Innsbruck
 Netherlands 8.29 m (27 ft 2+14 in) Ignisious Gaisah 16 August 2013 Moscow
 Poland 8.28 m (27 ft 1+34 in) A Grzegorz Marciniszyn 14 July 2001 Mals
 Mauritius 8.28 m (27 ft 1+34 in) Jonathan Chimier 24 August 2004 Athens
 Canada 8.28 m (27 ft 1+34 in) Damian Warner 29 May 2021 Götzis
 Uruguay 8.28 m (27 ft 1+34 in) Emiliano Lasa 1 May 2022 São Paulo
 Nigeria 8.27 m (27 ft 1+12 in) Yusuf Alli 8 August 1989 Lagos
 Botswana 8.27 m (27 ft 1+12 in) Gable Garenamotse 20 August 2006 Rhede
 Finland 8.27 m (27 ft 1+12 in) Kristian Pulli 11 June 2020 Espoo
 Namibia 8.27 m (27 ft 1+12 in) A Chenault Lionel Coetzee 15 April 2023 Windhoek
 Algeria 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) Issam Nima 28 July 2007 Zaragoza
 Moldova 8.25 m (27 ft 34 in) Sergey Podgainiy 18 August 1990 Kishinev
 Belgium 8.25 m (27 ft 34 in) Erik Nys 6 July 1996 Hechtel
 Denmark 8.25 m (27 ft 34 in) Morten Jensen 3 July 2005 Gothenburg
 Trinidad and Tobago 8.25 m (27 ft 34 in) A Andwuelle Wright 5 July 2019 Queretaro
 Georgia 8.24 m (27 ft 14 in) Bachana Khorava 29 May 2021 Tbilisi
 Croatia 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) Siniša Ergotić 5 June 2002 Zagreb
6 September 2003 Córdoba
 South Korea 8.22 m (26 ft 11+12 in) Kim Deok-hyeon 10 June 2016 Ried
 Uzbekistan 8.22 m (26 ft 11+12 in) Anvar Anvarov 10 June 2023 Geneva
 Norway 8.21 m (26 ft 11 in) A Ingar Bratseth-Kiplesund 29 April 2023 Gaborone
 Colombia 8.20 m (26 ft 10+34 in) A Arnovis Dalmero 5 August 2023 Bogotá
 Puerto Rico 8.19 m (26 ft 10+14 in) A Elmer Williams 11 August 1989 Bogotá
 Tajikistan 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in) Vasiliy Sokov 5 July 1988 Tallinn
 Iran 8.17 m (26 ft 9+12 in) Mohammad Arzandeh 7 July 2012 Tehran
 Kyrgyzstan 8.16 m (26 ft 9+14 in) Shamil Abbyasov 2 August 1981 Leningrad
 Kazakhstan 8.16 m (26 ft 9+14 in) Sergey Vasilenko 18 June 1988 Alma Ata
 Ecuador 8.16 m (26 ft 9+14 in) A Hugo Chila 23 November 2009 Sucre
 Albania 8.16 m (26 ft 9+14 in) NWI Izmir Smajlaj 8 May 2021 Tirana
 Lithuania 8.15 m (26 ft 8+34 in) Povilas Mykolaitis 4 June 2011 Kaunas
 Sri Lanka 8.15 m (26 ft 8+34 in) W. P. Amila Jayasiri 16 August 2016 Diyagama
 Qatar 8.13 m (26 ft 8 in) Abdulrahman Al-Nubi 21 September 2003 Manila
 Kenya 8.12 m (26 ft 7+12 in) A Jacob Katonon 23 September 1995 Johannesburg
 Hong Kong 8.12 m (26 ft 7+12 in) Chan Ming Tai 7 May 2016 Hong Kong
 Guyana 8.12 m (26 ft 7+12 in) Emanuel Archibald 11 May 2019 Kingston
 U.S. Virgin Islands 8.11 m (26 ft 7+14 in) Leon Hunt 18 June 2011 Tallahassee
 Estonia 8.10 m (26 ft 6+34 in) Erki Nool 27 May 1995 Götzis
 Peru 8.10 m (26 ft 6+34 in) A Jorge McFarlane 23 November 2009 Sucre
8.10 m (26 ft 6+34 in) José Luis Mandros 7 May 2022 Ibiza
 Grenada 8.09 m (26 ft 6+12 in) Eugene Licorish 5 May 1989 Port of Spain
 Indonesia 8.09 m (26 ft 6+12 in) Sapwaturrahman 26 August 2018 Jakarta
 Ethiopia 8.09 m (26 ft 6+12 in) A NWI Omod Okugn 10 March 2022 Asella
 Turkey 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Mesut Yavaş 24 June 2000 Istanbul
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Clayton Latham 29 July 2008 Hamburg
 Chile 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Daniel Pineda 21 April 2012 Santiago de Chile
 Latvia 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Elvijs Misāns 12 July 2016 Saldus
 Dominica 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Tristan James 29 May 2022 Chula Vista
 Philippines 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Janry Ubas 8 May 2023 Phnom Penh
 Ireland 8.07 m (26 ft 5+12 in) Ciaran McDonagh 21 August 2005 La Chaux-de-Fonds
 Turks and Caicos Islands 8.06 m (26 ft 5+14 in) Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye 9 June 2018 Chula Vista
 New Zealand 8.05 m (26 ft 4+34 in) Bob Thomas 20 January 1968 Whangārei
 Slovakia 8.05 m (26 ft 4+34 in) Róbert Széli 6 July 1988 Budapest
 Thailand 8.05 m (26 ft 4+34 in) Supanara Sukhasvasti 10 July 2011 Kobe
 Azerbaijan 8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) Vladimir Tsepelyov 17 September 1978 Tbilisi
 Libya 8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) Mohamed Bishty 25 May 1985 Chania
 Cameroon 8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) A NWI Marcel Mayack 2 March 2019 Bafoussam
 Antigua and Barbuda 8.02 m (26 ft 3+12 in) Lester Benjamin 12 May 1984 Baton Rouge
 Kuwait 8.02 m (26 ft 3+12 in) Saleh Al-Haddad 5 May 2009 Al-Kuwait
 Malaysia 8.02 m (26 ft 3+12 in) Andre Anura 7 December 2019 New Clark City
 Tunisia 8.01 m (26 ft 3+14 in) Anis Gallali 22 August 1998 Dakar
 Iceland 8.00 m (26 ft 2+34 in) Jón Arnar Magnússon 26 August 1994 Reykjavík
 Burkina Faso 8.00 m (26 ft 2+34 in) Franck Zio 21 June 1998 Viry-Chatillon
 Togo 8.00 m (26 ft 2+34 in) A Téko Folligan 15 September 1999 Johannesburg
 Liberia 8.00 m (26 ft 2+34 in) Cadeau Kelley 18 April 2009 Ypsilanti

Women (outdoor)

Equal or superior to 6.75 m:

Nation Mark Athlete Date Place
 Soviet Union/
 Russia
7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) Galina Chistyakova 11 June 1988 Leningrad
 United States 7.49 m (24 ft 6+34 in) Jackie Joyner-Kersee 22 May 1994 New York City
7.49 m (24 ft 6+34 in) A 31 July 1994 Sestriere
 East Germany/
 Germany
7.48 m (24 ft 6+14 in) Heike Drechsler 9 July 1988 Neubrandenburg
8 July 1992 Lausanne
 Romania 7.43 m (24 ft 4+12 in) Anișoara Cușmir 4 June 1983 Bucharest
 Belarus 7.39 m (24 ft 2+34 in) Yelena Belevskaya 18 July 1987 Bryansk
 Kazakhstan 7.31 m (23 ft 11+34 in) Olena Khlopotnova 12 September 1985 Alma Ata
 Brazil 7.26 m (23 ft 9+34 in) A Maurren Maggi 26 July 1999 Bogotá
 Ukraine 7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) Larysa Berezhna 25 May 1991 Granada
 Lithuania 7.20 m (23 ft 7+14 in) Irena Oženko 12 September 1986 Budapest
 Nigeria 7.17 m (23 ft 6+14 in) Ese Brume 29 May 2021 Chula Vista
 Jamaica 7.16 m (23 ft 5+34 in) A Elva Goulbourne 22 May 2004 Mexico City
 Serbia 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in) Ivana Vuleta 20 August 2023 Budapest
 Australia 7.13 m (23 ft 4+12 in) Brooke Buschkuehl 9 July 2022 Chula Vista
 Portugal 7.12 m (23 ft 4+14 in) Naide Gomes 29 July 2008 Monaco
 Italy 7.11 m (23 ft 3+34 in) Fiona May 22 August 1998 Budapest
 Austria 7.09 m (23 ft 3 in) Ludmila Ninova 5 June 1994 Seville
 British Virgin Islands 7.08 m (23 ft 2+12 in) Chantel Malone 27 March 2021 Miramar
 Great Britain 7.07 m (23 ft 2+14 in) Shara Proctor 28 August 2015 Beijing
 Kyrgyzstan 7.06 m (23 ft 1+34 in) Tatyana Kolpakova 31 July 1980 Moscow
 Spain 7.06 m (23 ft 1+34 in) Niurka Montalvo 23 August 1999 Seville
 France 7.05 m (23 ft 1+12 in) Eunice Barber 14 September 2003 Monaco
 Greece 7.03 m (23 ft 34 in) Niki Xanthou 18 August 1997 Bellinzona
 São Tomé and Príncipe 7.03 m (23 ft 34 in) Agate De Sousa 27 May 2023 Weinheim
 Czechoslovakia/
 Slovakia
7.01 m (22 ft 11+34 in) Eva Murková 26 May 1984 Leningrad
 China 7.01 m (22 ft 11+34 in) Yao Weili 4 June 1993 Jinan
 Bulgaria 7.00 m (22 ft 11+12 in) Silvia Khristova-Moneva 3 August 1986 Sofia
 Cuba 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) Lissette Cuza 3 June 2000 Jena
 Sweden 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) Erica Johansson 5 July 2000 Lausanne
 Canada 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) Christabel Nettey 29 May 2015 Eugene
 Poland 6.97 m (22 ft 10+14 in) Agata Karczmarek 6 August 1988 Lublin
 Japan 6.97 m (22 ft 10+14 in) Sumire Hata 14 July 2023 Bangkok
 Puerto Rico 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in) A Madeline de Jesús 24 July 1988 Mexico City
 Denmark 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in) Renata Nielsen 5 June 1994 Seville
 Trinidad and Tobago 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in) Tyra Gittens 14 May 2021 College Station
 Ghana 6.94 m (22 ft 9 in) Deborah Acquah 7 August 2022 Birmingham
 Burkina Faso 6.94 m (22 ft 9 in) Marthe Koala 2 August 2023 Kinshasa
 South Africa 6.93 m (22 ft 8+34 in) Karin Melis Mey 7 July 2007 Bad Langensalza
7 June 2008
 Colombia 6.93 m (22 ft 8+34 in) Caterine Ibargüen 9 September 2018 Ostrava
 Latvia 6.92 m (22 ft 8+14 in) Ineta Radēviča 28 July 2010 Barcelona
 Czech Republic 6.89 m (22 ft 7+14 in) Jarmila Strejčková 18 September 1982 Prague
 Venezuela 6.88 m (22 ft 6+34 in) Yulimar Rojas 13 June 2021 La Nucia
 Turkey 6.87 m (22 ft 6+14 in) Karin Melis Mey 31 July 2009 Leverkusen
 Estonia 6.87 m (22 ft 6+14 in) Ksenija Balta 8 August 2010 Tallinn
 Hungary 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) Tünde Vaszi 7 August 2001 Edmonton
 Belgium 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) Nafissatou Thiam 18 August 2019 Birmingham
 Finland 6.85 m (22 ft 5+12 in) Ringa Ropo-Junnila 11 August 1990 Lahti
 Uzbekistan 6.85 m (22 ft 5+12 in) Darya Reznichenko 28 June 2021 Tashkent
  Switzerland 6.84 m (22 ft 5+14 in) Irène Pusterla 20 August 2011 Chiasso
 India 6.83 m (22 ft 4+34 in) Anju Bobby George 27 August 2004 Athens
 Bahamas 6.83 m (22 ft 4+34 in) Bianca Stuart 26 June 2015 Nassau
 Guyana 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in) Jennifer Inniss 18 June 1983 Indianapolis
 Cyprus 6.80 m (22 ft 3+12 in) Maroula Lambrou 25 March 1985 Limassol
 Barbados 6.80 m (22 ft 3+12 in) Akela Jones 29 May 2021 Chula Vista
 Slovenia 6.78 m (22 ft 2+34 in) Nina Kolarič 29 June 2008 Ptuj
 Netherlands 6.78 m (22 ft 2+34 in) Dafne Schippers 26 July 2014 Amsterdam
 Syria 6.77 m (22 ft 2+12 in) Ghada Shouaa 26 May 1996 Götzis
 South Korea 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) Jung Soon-ok 4 June 2009 Daegu
 Sierra Leone 6.75 m (22 ft 1+12 in) Eunice Barber 5 June 1998 Lyon

Men (indoor)

Equal or superior to 8.00 m:

Nation Mark Athlete Date Place
 United States 8.79 m (28 ft 10 in) Carl Lewis 27 January 1984 New York City
 Germany 8.71 m (28 ft 6+34 in) Sebastian Bayer 8 March 2009 Turin
 Cuba 8.62 m (28 ft 3+14 in) Iván Pedroso 7 March 1999 Maebashi
 Spain 8.56 m (28 ft 1 in) Yago Lamela 7 March 1999 Maebashi
 Greece 8.55 m (28 ft 12 in) Miltiadis Tentoglou 18 March 2022 Belgrade
 Soviet Union/
 Armenia
8.49 m (27 ft 10+14 in) Robert Emmiyan 21 February 1987 Liévin
 South Africa 8.44 m (27 ft 8+14 in) Luvo Manyonga 2 March 2018 Birmingham
 Russia 8.43 m (27 ft 7+34 in) Stanislav Tarasenko 26 January 1994 Moscow
 Panama 8.42 m (27 ft 7+14 in) Irving Saladino 13 February 2008 Athens
 Jamaica 8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) James Beckford 9 February 1996 Madrid
8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) A Carey McLeod 10 March 2023 Albuquerque
8.40 m (27 ft 6+12 in) Wayne Pinnock 8 March 2024 Boston
 Sweden 8.38 m (27 ft 5+34 in) Thobias Montler 18 March 2022 Belgrade
 Ghana 8.36 m (27 ft 5 in) Ignisious Gaisah 2 February 2006 Stockholm
 Italy 8.34 m (27 ft 4+14 in) Mattia Furlani 17 February 2024 Ancona
 Ukraine 8.33 m (27 ft 3+34 in) Roman Shchurenko 16 February 2002 Brovary
 Bulgaria 8.30 m (27 ft 2+34 in) Ivaylo Mladenov 28 February 1994 Piraeus
 Romania 8.30 m (27 ft 2+34 in) Bogdan Țăruș 29 January 2000 Bucharest
 Slovenia 8.28 m (27 ft 1+34 in) Gregor Cankar 7 March 1999 Maebashi
 Brazil 8.28 m (27 ft 1+34 in) Mauro Vinícius da Silva 9 March 2012 Istanbul
8 March 2014 Sopot
 France 8.27 m (27 ft 1+12 in) Salim Sdiri 28 January 2006 Mondeville
 China 8.27 m (27 ft 1+12 in) Su Xiongfeng 11 March 2010 Nanjing
 Nigeria 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) Charlton Ehizuelen 7 March 1975 Bloomington
 Great Britain 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) A Greg Rutherford 5 February 2016 Albuquerque
  Switzerland 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) Simon Ehammer 29 January 2022 Aubière
 Georgia 8.25 m (27 ft 34 in) Bachana Khorava 7 February 2016 Tbilisi
 Australia 8.25 m (27 ft 34 in) Fabrice Lapierre 20 March 2016 Portland
 Hungary 8.24 m (27 ft 14 in) László Szalma 22 February 1986 Madrid
 Saudi Arabia 8.24 m (27 ft 14 in) Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi 16 February 2008 Doha
 Finland 8.24 m (27 ft 14 in) Kristian Pulli 5 March 2021 Toruń
 Netherlands 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) Emiel Mellaard 5 February 1989 The Hague
 Portugal 8.22 m (26 ft 11+12 in) Carlos Calado 26 January 2002 Espinho
 Zimbabwe 8.21 m (26 ft 11 in) Ngonidzashe Makusha 27 February 2009 Blacksburg
 Japan 8.19 m (26 ft 10+14 in) Yuki Hashioka 18 March 2021 Osaka
 Czechoslovakia/
 Czech Republic
8.18 m (26 ft 10 in) Milan Gombala 16 February 1992 Prague
 Denmark 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in) Morten Jensen 8 February 2006 Gothenburg
 Poland 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in) Marcin Starzak 8 March 2009 Turin
Adrian Strzałkowski 7 March 2014 Sopot
 Bahamas 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in) LaQuan Nairn 18 February 2022 Fayetteville
 Senegal 8.17 m (26 ft 9+12 in) Cheikh Touré 15 February 1998 Bordeaux
 Peru 8.17 m (26 ft 9+12 in) A José Luis Mandros 20 February 2022 Cochabamba
 Cayman Islands 8.16 m (26 ft 9+14 in) Kareem Streete-Thompson 11 March 2001 Lisbon
 Colombia 8.16 m (26 ft 9+14 in) A Arnovis Dalmero 25 January 2024 Cochabamba
 Lithuania 8.13 m (26 ft 8 in) Povilas Mykolaitis 11 February 2005 Kaunas
 Puerto Rico 8.12 m (26 ft 7+12 in) Mike Francis 6 March 1992 Manhattan
 Latvia 8.11 m (26 ft 7+14 in) Artūrs Āboliņš 10 March 2006 Fayetteville
 Belarus 8.10 m (26 ft 6+34 in) Aleksandr Glavatskiy 15 January 1994 Gomel
 Uruguay 8.10 m (26 ft 6+34 in) A Emiliano Lasa 20 February 2022 Cochabamba
 Kyrgyzstan 8.09 m (26 ft 6+12 in) Shamil Abbyasov 8 February 1985 Moscow
 Turkey 8.09 m (26 ft 6+12 in) Mesut Yavaş 3 March 2000 Ames
 Moldova 8.09 m (26 ft 6+12 in) Alexandru Cuharenco 3 February 2012 Chișinău
 Belgium 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Erik Nys 12 February 1995 Ghent
 Croatia 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Siniša Ergotić 8 February 2003 Budapest
 Albania 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) Izmir Smajlaj 4 March 2017 Belgrade
 Burkina Faso 8.06 m (26 ft 5+14 in) Franck Zio 3 February 1996 Liévin
 Estonia 8.05 m (26 ft 4+34 in) Tõnu Lepik 15 March 1970 Vienna
 Guyana 8.05 m (26 ft 4+34 in) Mark Mason 25 January 1991 Johnson City
 Mauritius 8.05 m (26 ft 4+34 in) Jonathan Chimier 22 February 2004 Aubière
 Canada 8.05 m (26 ft 4+34 in) Damian Warner 18 March 2022 Belgrade
 Serbia 8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) Strahinja Jovančević 3 March 2019 Glasgow
 Tajikistan 8.02 m (26 ft 3+12 in) Vasiliy Sokov 4 February 1989 Gomel
 Morocco 8.02 m (26 ft 3+12 in) Younés Moudrik 2 February 2001 Erfurt
14 March 2001 Madrid
1 February 2002 Erfurt
Yahya Berrabah 13 February 2010 Valencia
 French Polynesia 8.02 m (26 ft 3+12 in) Raihau Maiau 4 February 2016 Nantes
 Chinese Taipei 8.02 m (26 ft 3+12 in) Lin Yu-tang 12 February 2023 Astana
 Botswana 8.01 m (26 ft 3+14 in) Gable Garenamotse 3 February 2002 Cardiff
 Mexico 8.01 m (26 ft 3+14 in) Luis Rivera 7 March 2014 Sopot
 Azerbaijan 8.00 m (26 ft 2+34 in) Vladimir Tsepelyov 6 February 1983 Vilnius
 Venezuela 8.00 m (26 ft 2+34 in) A Victor Castillo 5 February 2005 Flagstaff
 Ireland 8.00 m (26 ft 2+34 in) Ciaran McDonagh 14 January 2006 Blacksburg

Women (indoor)

Equal or superior to 6.75 m:

Nation Mark Athlete Date Place
 East Germany/
 Germany
7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) Heike Drechsler 13 February 1988 Vienna
 Soviet Union/
 Russia
7.30 m (23 ft 11+14 in) Galina Chistyakova 28 January 1989 Lipetsk
 Serbia 7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) Ivana Španović 5 March 2017 Belgrade
 United States 7.23 m (23 ft 8+12 in) Brittney Reese 11 March 2012 Istanbul
 Ukraine 7.20 m (23 ft 7+14 in) Larysa Berezhna 4 February 1989 Gomel
 Kazakhstan 7.17 m (23 ft 6+14 in) Olena Khlopotnova 16 February 1985 Kishinev
 Lithuania 7.01 m (22 ft 11+34 in) Nijolė Medvedeva 25 January 1987 Vilnius
 Belarus 7.01 m (22 ft 11+34 in) Yelena Belevskaya 14 February 1987 Moscow
 Portugal 7.00 m (22 ft 11+12 in) Naide Gomes 9 March 2008 Valencia
 Great Britain 7.00 m (22 ft 11+12 in) Jazmin Sawyers 5 March 2023 Istanbul
 Czechoslovakia/
 Slovakia
6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) Eva Murková 2 March 1985 Piraeus
 Romania 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) Mirela Dulgheru 23 January 1993 Bacău
 Canada 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) Christabel Nettey 19 February 2015 Stockholm
 Nigeria 6.97 m (22 ft 10+14 in) Chioma Ajunwa 5 February 1997 Erfurt
 Italy 6.97 m (22 ft 10+14 in) Larissa Iapichino 5 March 2023 Istanbul
 Sweden 6.92 m (22 ft 8+14 in) Carolina Klüft 7 March 2004 Budapest
Khaddi Sagnia 25 February 2018 Glasgow
 Greece 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in) Niki Xanthou 16 February 1997 Liévin
 Bulgaria 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in) Magdalena Khristova 19 February 1998 Stockholm
 Jamaica 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in) Elva Goulbourne 23 February 2002 Fayetteville
 France 6.90 m (22 ft 7+12 in) Éloyse Lesueur 2 March 2013 Gothenburg
 Brazil 6.89 m (22 ft 7+14 in) Maurren Maggi 9 March 2008 Valencia
 Spain 6.88 m (22 ft 6+34 in) Niurka Montalvo 10 March 2001 Lisbon
 Estonia 6.87 m (22 ft 6+14 in) Ksenija Balta 7 March 2009 Turin
 Sierra Leone 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) Eunice Barber 15 February 1998 Bordeaux
 South Africa 6.85 m (22 ft 5+12 in) Karin Melis Mey 21 February 2008 Stockholm
 China 6.82 m (22 ft 4+12 in) Yang Juan 13 March 1992 Beijing
 Bahamas 6.82 m (22 ft 4+12 in) Daphne Saunders 26 February 1994 Gainesville
 Hungary 6.82 m (22 ft 4+12 in) Tünde Vaszi 29 January 1999 Chemnitz
 Latvia 6.82 m (22 ft 4+12 in) Aiga Grabuste 8 February 2015 Tbilisi
 Australia 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in) Nicole Boegman 12 March 1995 Barcelona
 Austria 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in) Ludmila Ninova 14 February 1996 Moscow
 Venezuela 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in) Yulimar Rojas 17 February 2022 Liévin
 Barbados 6.80 m (22 ft 3+12 in) Akela Jones 11 March 2016 Birmingham
11 February 2022 Clemson
 Cuba 6.79 m (22 ft 3+14 in) Yargelis Savigne 3 February 2007 Stuttgart
 Belgium 6.79 m (22 ft 3+14 in) Nafissatou Thiam 1 March 2020 Liévin
 Finland 6.78 m (22 ft 2+34 in) Ringa Ropo-Junnila 19 February 1991 Stockholm
 Denmark 6.77 m (22 ft 2+12 in) Renata Nielsen 12 March 1995 Barcelona
  Switzerland 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) Annik Kälin 17 February 2024 St. Gallen

See also

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