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

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates16 August 2016 (qualifications)
17 August 2016 (final)
Competitors38 from 26 nations
Winning distance7.17 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tianna Bartoletta Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
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The women's long jump event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 16–17 August at the Olympic Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 2 cm.

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 recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Chistyakova  (URS)7.52 m Leningrad, USSR 11 June 1988
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)7.40 m Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
2016 World leadingFlag of the United States.svg  Brittney Reese  (USA)7.31 m Eugene, Oregon, United States 2 July 2016

The following national record was established during the competition:

CountryAthleteRoundDistanceNotes
Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg  Ivana Španović  (SRB)Final7.08 m

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

DateTimeRound
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
1A Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6.876.87 Q
2A Malaika Mihambo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.636.826.82 Q
3B Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.786.78 Q
4B Ksenija Balta Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6.136.716.71 q
5A Tianna Bartoletta Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.446.706.616.70 q
6B Ese Brume Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.326.676.496.67 q
7A Lorraine Ugen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.446.586.656.65 q
8A Darya Klishina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.64xx6.64 q
9B Brooke Stratton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.406.466.566.56 q
10A Maryna Bekh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6.496.476.556.55 q
11A Sosthene Moguenara Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.46x6.556.55 q
12B Jazmin Sawyers Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.496.366.536.53 q
13B Janay Deloach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.456.506.466.50
14A Karin Mey Melis Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6.496.436.406.49
15B Jana Veldakova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6.456.486.296.48
16A Bianca Stuart Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 6.455.406.396.45
17A Chelsea Jaensch Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.206.356.416.41
18A Alina Rotaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.40x6.386.40
19B Anna Kornuta Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x6.346.376.37
20A Christabel Nettey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6.056.326.376.37
21B Shara Proctor Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.366.346.306.36
22B Juliet Itoya Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6.35x5.696.35
23B Eliane Martins Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6.336.246.306.33
24A Concepción Montaner Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6.236.236.326.32
25A Volha Sudarava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 6.29xx6.29
26B Maria Natalia Londa Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 6.216.296.296.29
27B Khaddi Sagnia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6.046.25x6.25
28B Marestella Sunang Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 6.226.106.156.22
29A Yuliya Tarasova Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan x6.106.166.16
30B Yvonne Treviño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico x6.16x6.16
31A Anna Lunyova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6.126.156.146.15
32A Haido Alexouli Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6.07x6.136.13
33B Lynique Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5.96x6.106.10
34B Alexandra Wester Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5.98xx5.98
35A Amaliya Sharoyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 5.58x5.955.95
36B María del Mar Jover Flag of Spain.svg  Spain x5.825.905.90
37B Konomi Kai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan xx5.875.87
38A Keila Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5.865.735.795.86

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tianna Bartoletta Flag of the United States.svg  United States x6.946.956.747.177.137.17 PB
Silver medal icon.svg Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States x6.79xx7.097.157.15
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6.95xx6.917.087.057.08 NR
4 Malaika Mihambo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.83xx6.586.956.796.95 PB
5 Ese Brume Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.736.346.715.966.81x6.81
6 Ksenija Balta Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6.71x6.796.71x6.626.79 SB
7 Brooke Stratton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia x6.696.646.746.646.536.74
8 Jazmin Sawyers Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.556.696.576.53xx6.69
9 Darya Klishina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.636.606.53did not advance6.63
10 Sosthene Moguenara Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.61x6.46did not advance6.61
11 Lorraine Ugen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.56x6.58did not advance6.58
Maryna Bekh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xxxdid not advance NM

References

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