Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

The women's long jump event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 16–17 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates16 August 2016 (qualifications)
17 August 2016 (final)
Competitors38 from 26 nations
Winning distance7.17 m
Medalists
Tianna Bartoletta  United States
Brittney Reese  United States
Ivana Španović  Serbia

Summary

In the final, Malaika Mihambo jumped 6.83 m as the first athlete down the runway. The second jumper was Darya Klishina, the only Russian athlete in the entire athletics competition. Her 6.63 took the second spot. Ksenija Balta jumped 6.71 m as the fourth athlete but that order held until almost the end of the round when Ivana Španović moved on top with 6.95 m.

In the second round Tianna Bartoletta moved into silver medal position with a 6.94 m. Defending champion Brittney Reese jumped a 6.79 m, her only legal jump of the first four rounds, but remained outside of the medals. In the third round, Bartoletta's 1 cm improvement to 6.95 m equalled Španović, with the tiebreaker to put her in gold medal position. On the next jump, Balta equalled Reese, with the same tiebreaker rule pushing her into fifth place.

The fifth round had the real action. First Reese jumped 7.09 to leap from fifth to first. Her mood went from serious to jubilant. Mihambo jumped the third 6.95 of the competition. Then Španović moved right behind Reese with a 7.08 m, her personal best and a new Serbian national record.

On the final jump of the round, Bartoletta jumped the winner 7.17 m (23 ft 6 14 in), her personal best in the Olympic final. She moved up to be the number 21 performer in history. Only Reese has jumped further in the last nine years. But Reese wasn't done. She popped another big jump on her last attempt. She was celebrating again, but the measurement turned out to be 7.15 m, improving her hold on silver but didn't reach Bartoletta's gold.

The following evening the medals were presented by Auvita Rapilla, IOC member, Papua New Guinea and Svein Arne Hansen, Council Member of the IAAF.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52 m Leningrad, USSR 11 June 1988
Olympic record  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.40 m Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
2016 World leading  Brittney Reese (USA) 7.31 m Eugene, Oregon, United States 2 July 2016

The following national record was established during the competition:

CountryAthleteRoundDistanceNotes
Serbia Ivana Španović (SRB)Final7.08 m

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 16 August 201621:05Qualifications
Wednesday, 17 August 201621:15Finals

Qualifying round

Qualification rule: qualification standard 6.75m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AIvana Španović Serbia6.876.87Q
2AMalaika Mihambo Germany6.636.826.82Q
3BBrittney Reese United States6.786.78Q
4BKsenija Balta Estonia6.136.716.71q
5ATianna Bartoletta United States6.446.706.616.70q
6BEse Brume Nigeria6.326.676.496.67q
7ALorraine Ugen Great Britain6.446.586.656.65q
8ADarya Klishina Russia6.64xx6.64q
9BBrooke Stratton Australia6.406.466.566.56q
10AMaryna Bekh Ukraine6.496.476.556.55q
11ASosthene Moguenara Germany6.46x6.556.55q
12BJazmin Sawyers Great Britain6.496.366.536.53q
13BJanay Deloach United States6.456.506.466.50
14AKarin Mey Melis Turkey6.496.436.406.49
15BJana Veldakova Slovakia6.456.486.296.48
16ABianca Stuart Bahamas6.455.406.396.45
17AChelsea Jaensch Australia6.206.356.416.41
18AAlina Rotaru Romania6.40x6.386.40
19BAnna Kornuta Ukrainex6.346.376.37
20AChristabel Nettey Canada6.056.326.376.37
21BShara Proctor Great Britain6.366.346.306.36
22BJuliet Itoya Spain6.35x5.696.35
23BEliane Martins Brazil6.336.246.306.33
24AConcepción Montaner Spain6.236.236.326.32
25AVolha Sudarava Belarus6.29xx6.29
26BMaria Natalia Londa Indonesia6.216.296.296.29
27BKhaddi Sagnia Sweden6.046.25x6.25
28BMarestella Sunang Philippines6.226.106.156.22
29AYuliya Tarasova Uzbekistanx6.106.166.16
30BYvonne Treviño Mexicox6.16x6.16
31AAnna Lunyova Ukraine6.126.156.146.15
32AHaido Alexouli Greece6.07x6.136.13
33BLynique Prinsloo South Africa5.96x6.106.10
34BAlexandra Wester Germany5.98xx5.98
35AAmaliya Sharoyan Armenia5.58x5.955.95
36BMaría del Mar Jover Spainx5.825.905.90
37BKonomi Kai Japanxx5.875.87
38AKeila Costa Brazil5.865.735.795.86

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Tianna Bartoletta United Statesx6.946.956.747.177.137.17PB
Brittney Reese United Statesx6.79xx7.097.157.15
Ivana Španović Serbia6.95xx6.917.087.057.08NR
4Malaika Mihambo Germany6.83xx6.586.956.796.95PB
5Ese Brume Nigeria6.736.346.715.966.81x6.81
6Ksenija Balta Estonia6.71x6.796.71x6.626.79SB
7Brooke Stratton Australiax6.696.646.746.646.536.74
8Jazmin Sawyers Great Britain6.556.696.576.53xx6.69
9Darya Klishina Russia6.636.606.53Did not advance6.63
10Sosthene Moguenara Germany6.61x6.46Did not advance6.61
11Lorraine Ugen Great Britain6.56x6.58Did not advance6.58
Maryna Bekh UkrainexxxDid not advanceNM

References

  1. "Women's long jump". Rio 2016 Organisation. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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