Long jump at the World Athletics Championships

The long jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983.

Long jump
at the World Athletics Championships
Overview
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19832023
Women: 19832023
Reigning champion
Men Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
Women Ivana Vuleta (SRB)

Medalists

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Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
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Carl Lewis
  United States
8.55 m Jason Grimes
  United States
8.29 m Mike Conley
  United States
8.12 m
1987 Rome
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Carl Lewis
  United States
8.67 m Robert Emmiyan
  Soviet Union
8.53 m Larry Myricks
  United States
8.33 m
1991 Tokyo
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Mike Powell
  United States
8.95 m Carl Lewis
  United States
8.91 m Larry Myricks
  United States
8.42 m
1993 Stuttgart
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Mike Powell
  United States
8.59 m Stanislav Tarasenko
  Russia
8.16 m Vitaliy Kyrylenko
  Ukraine
8.15 m
1995 Gothenburg
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Iván Pedroso
  Cuba
8.70 m James Beckford
  Jamaica
8.30 m Mike Powell
  United States
8.29 m
1997 Athens
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Iván Pedroso
  Cuba
8.42 m Erick Walder
  United States
8.38 m Kirill Sosunov
  Russia
8.18 m
1999 Seville
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Iván Pedroso
  Cuba
8.56 m Yago Lamela
  Spain
8.40 m Gregor Cankar
  Slovenia
8.36 m
2001 Edmonton
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Iván Pedroso
  Cuba
8.40 m Savanté Stringfellow
  United States
8.24 m Carlos Calado
  Portugal
8.21 m
2003 Saint-Denis
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Dwight Phillips
  United States
8.32 m James Beckford
  Jamaica
8.28 m Yago Lamela
  Spain
8.22 m
2005 Helsinki
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Dwight Phillips
  United States
8.60 m Ignisious Gaisah
  Ghana
8.34 m Tommi Evilä
  Finland
8.25 m
2007 Osaka
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Irving Saladino
  Panama
8.57 m Andrew Howe
  Italy
8.47 m Dwight Phillips
  United States
8.30 m
2009 Berlin
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Dwight Phillips
  United States
8.54 m Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
  South Africa
8.47 m Mitchell Watt
  Australia
8.37 m
2011 Daegu
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Dwight Phillips
  United States
8.45 m Mitchell Watt
  Australia
8.33 m Ngonidzashe Makusha
  Zimbabwe
8.29 m
2013 Moscow
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Aleksandr Menkov
  Russia
8.56 m Ignisious Gaisah
  Netherlands
8.29 m Luis Rivera
  Mexico
8.27 m
2015 Beijing
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Greg Rutherford
  Great Britain
8.41 m Fabrice Lapierre
  Australia
8.24 m Wang Jianan
  China
8.18 m
2017 London
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Luvo Manyonga
  South Africa
8.48 m Jarrion Lawson
  United States
8.44 m Ruswahl Samaai
  South Africa
8.32 m
2019 Doha
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Tajay Gayle
  Jamaica
8.69 m Jeff Henderson
  United States
8.39 m Juan Miguel Echevarría
  Cuba
8.34 m
2022 Eugene
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Wang Jianan
  China
8.36 m Miltiadis Tentoglou
  Greece
8.32 m Simon Ehammer
  Switzerland
8.16 m
2023 Budapest
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Miltiadis Tentoglou
  Greece
8.52 m Wayne Pinnock
  Jamaica
8.50 m Tajay Gayle
  Jamaica
8.27 m

Medal table

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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

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Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
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Heike Daute
  East Germany
7.27 m Anișoara Cușmir
  Romania
7.15 m Carol Lewis
  United States
7.04 m
1987 Rome
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  United States
7.36 m Yelena Belevskaya
  Soviet Union
7.14 m Heike Drechsler
  East Germany
7.13 m
1991 Tokyo
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  United States
7.32 m Heike Drechsler
  Germany
7.29 m Larysa Berezhna
  Soviet Union
7.11 m
1993 Stuttgart
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Heike Drechsler
  Germany
7.11 m Larysa Berezhna
  Ukraine
6.98 m Renata Nielsen
  Denmark
6.76 m
1995 Gothenburg
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Fiona May
  Italy
6.98 m Niurka Montalvo
  Cuba
6.86 m Irina Mushailova
  Russia
6.83 m
1997 Athens
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Lyudmila Galkina
  Russia
7.05 m Niki Xanthou
  Greece
6.94 m Fiona May
  Italy
6.91 m
1999 Seville
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Niurka Montalvo
  Spain
7.06 m Fiona May
  Italy
6.94 m Marion Jones
  United States
6.83 m
2001 Edmonton
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Fiona May
  Italy
7.02 m Tatyana Kotova
  Russia
7.01 m Niurka Montalvo
  Spain
6.88 m
2003 Saint-Denis
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Eunice Barber
  France
6.99 m Tatyana Kotova
  Russia
6.74 m Anju Bobby George
  India
6.70 m
2005 Helsinki
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Tianna Madison
  United States
6.89 m Eunice Barber
  France
6.76 m Yargelis Savigne
  Cuba
6.69 m
2007 Osaka
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Tatyana Lebedeva
  Russia
7.03 m Lyudmila Kolchanova
  Russia
6.92 m Tatyana Kotova
  Russia
6.90 m
2009 Berlin
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Brittney Reese
  United States
7.10 m Karin Melis Mey
  Turkey
6.80 m Naide Gomes
  Portugal
6.77 m
2011 Daegu
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Brittney Reese
  United States
6.82 m Ineta Radēviča
  Latvia
6.76 m Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova
  Belarus
6.74 m
2013 Moscow
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Brittney Reese
  United States
7.01 m Blessing Okagbare
  Nigeria
6.99 m Ivana Španović
  Serbia
6.82 m
2015 Beijing
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Tianna Bartoletta
  United States
7.14 m Shara Proctor
  Great Britain
7.07 m Ivana Španović
  Serbia
7.01 m
2017 London
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Brittney Reese
  United States
7.02 m Darya Klishina
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
7.00 m Tianna Bartoletta
  United States
6.97 m
2019 Doha
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Malaika Mihambo
  Germany
7.30 m Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk
  Ukraine
6.92 m Ese Brume
  Nigeria
6.91 m
2022 Eugene
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Malaika Mihambo
  Germany
7.12 m Ese Brume
  Nigeria
7.02 m Leticia Oro Melo
  Brazil
6.89 m
2023 Budapest
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Ivana Vuleta
  Serbia
7.14 m Tara Davis-Woodhall
  United States
6.91 m Alina Rotaru-Kottmann
  Romania
6.88 m

Medal table

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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

References

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  • Butler, Mark (2015). IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Book. IAAF.