2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 and 20 August 2023.

Summary

Under hot conditions Fátima Diame took the early lead with 6.82m. Several jumps later Ese Brume came close with a 6.80m. At the end of the round, Tara Davis-Woodhall popped a 6.91m. Only 5 of the first round were able to get a legal jump off. Next down the runway, Ivana Vuleta jumped 7.05m for her first legal jump to move on top of the podium. Later in the round, Brume improved her position by making 6.84m. From there, nobody was able to improve until the last jump of the fifth round, when Vuleta nailed a big one. Thinking she had fouled, Vuleta walked to the stands in frustration, but the jump was called good and measured at . With her final attempt Alina Rotaru-Kottmann jumped 6.88m to leapfrog into bronze.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record7.52 mLeningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988Championship record7.36 mRome, Italy4 September 1987World Leading7.08 mNorman, United States13 May 2023African Record7.17 mChula Vista, United States29 May 2021Asian Record7.01 mJinan, China4 June 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record7.49 mNew York, United States22 May 1994Sestriere, Italy31 July 1994South American Record7.26 mBogotá, Colombia25 June 1999European Record7.52 mLeningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988Oceanian record7.13 mChula Vista, United States9 July 2022 The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date World Leading7.14Ivana Vuleta20 Aug 2023

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6.85 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round19 August 13:25 Qualification20 August 16:55 Final

Results

Qualification The qualification round took place on 19 August, in two groups, both starting at 13:25. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 6.80 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Tara Davis-Woodhall 6.87 6.87 Q 2 A Marthe Koala 6.84 6.84 Q 3 B Ivana Vuleta x 6.82 6.82 Q 4 B Ackelia Smith x x 6.78 6.78 q 5 B Jasmine Moore 6.61 6.73 6.63 6.73 q 6 A Larissa Iapichino 6.73 6.51 - 6.73 q 7 B Leticia Oro Melo 6.73 x x 6.73 q, 8 A Ese Brume 6.65 6.72 6.69 6.72 q 9 B Alina Rotaru-Kottmann 6.60 6.54 6.69 6.69 q 10 B Maryse Luzolo x 6.66 x 6.66 q 11 A Tessy Ebosele 6.65 6.49 x 6.65 q 12 A Fátima Diame x x 6.61 6.61 q 13 B Ruth Usoro 6.50 6.40 6.60 6.60 14 B María Vicente 6.52 6.49 6.59 6.59 15 B Pauline Hondema 6.13 6.45 6.57 6.57 16 A Quanesha Burks x 6.57 x 6.57 17 B Brooke Buschkuehl 6.55 4.92 6.53 6.55 18 A Milica Gardašević 6.51 x 6.45 6.51 19 B Deborah Acquah 6.39 6.50 6.25 6.50 20 A Mikaelle Assani x 6.47 x 6.47 20 A Maja Askag x 6.47 x 6.47 22 A Jazmin Sawyers x 6.41 6.05 6.41 23 B Sumire Hata x x 6.41 6.41 24 B Shaili Singh 6.26 6.40 6.30 6.40 25 B Natalia Linares 6.38 6.28 6.35 6.38 26 B Eliane Martins x x 6.38 6.38 27 A Petra Banhidi-Farkas 6.37 x 6.26 6.37 28 B Khaddi Sagnia 6.19 x 6.35 6.35 29 A Samantha Dale x x 6.35 6.35 30 A Tissanna Hickling x 6.29 6.17 6.29 31 B 6.25 x 6.21 6.25 32 A Esraa Owis x x 6.16 6.16 33 A Lissandra Campos x x 6.01 6.01 34 A Tilde Johansson x x 5.99 5.99 A Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk x x x NM A Hillary Kpatcha x x x NM

Final The final was started on 20 August at 16:55.

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ivana Vuleta x 7.05 x 6.91 7.14 6.78 7.14 , Tara Davis-Woodhall 6.91 6.74 6.62 x x 6.78 6.91 Alina Rotaru-Kottmann 6.51 6.72 6.63 6.75 x 6.88 6.88 4 Ese Brume 6.80 6.84 6.76 6.53 6.70 6.59 6.84 5 Larissa Iapichino x 6.73 x 6.17 x 6.82 6.82 6 Fatima Diame 6.82 x x 4.79 6.52 x 6.82 7 Marthe Koala x 6.68 6.67 6.33 6.54 6.54 6.68 8 Tessy Ebosele 6.62 x 6.39 6.33 6.49 6.50 6.62 9 Maryse Luzolo x x 6.58 6.58 10 Jasmine Moore x 6.42 6.54 6.54 11 Ackelia Smith x 6.49 x 6.49 12 Leticia Oro Melo x x 6.12 6.12

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