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
Dates 16 August 2016 (qualifications)
17 August 2016 (final)
Competitors 38 from 26 nations
Winning distance 7.17 m
Medalists
Tianna Bartoletta Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
  2012
2020  
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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]

2016 Summer Olympics Games of the XXXI Olympiad, held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. These were the first Olympic Games ever to be held in South America and the third to be held in a developing country, after the 1968 games in Mexico City and the 1988 games in Seoul, South Korea.

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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.

Malaika Mihambo German long jumper

Malaika Mihambo is a German long jumper and current European champion in this event.

Darya Klishina Russian long jumper

Darya Igorevna Klishina is a Russian long jumper.

Ksenija Balta athletics competitor

Ksenija Balta is an Estonian long jumper, sprinter and heptathlete. She won the long jump at the 2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics.

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.

Tianna Bartoletta American long jumper

Tianna Bartoletta is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the long jump and short sprinting events. She is a two-time Olympian with three gold medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed fourth in the 100m race then won her first gold by leading off the world record-setting 4 × 100 m relay team. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won two more golds, first with a personal best to win the long jump then again leading off the victorious 4 × 100 m relay team.

Brittney Reese American female Olympic athlete

Brittney Reese is an American long jumper, Olympic gold medalist, and a seven-time world champion. Reese is the indoor American record holder in the long jump with a distance of 7.23 meters.

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 614 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.

Auvita Rapilla is a Papuan woman who is the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee's secretary general since 2011. She was named onto the International Olympic Committee in 2016.

International Olympic Committee ruling body of the Olympic movement

The International Olympic Committee is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894, it is the authority responsible for organising the modern Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Svein Arne Hansen Norwegian athletics competitor

Svein Arne Hansen is a Norwegian sports official and the current President of the European Athletic Association.

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:

Country Athlete Round Distance Notes
Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg  Ivana Španović  (SRB) Final 7.08 m

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 21:05Qualifications
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:15Finals

Qualifying round

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

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6.876.87 Q
2 A Malaika Mihambo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.63 6.826.82 Q
3 B Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.786.78 Q
4 B Ksenija Balta Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6.13 6.716.71 q
5 A Tianna Bartoletta Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.44 6.70 6.61 6.70 q
6 B Ese Brume Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.32 6.67 6.49 6.67 q
7 A Lorraine Ugen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6.44 6.58 6.656.65 q
8 A Darya Klishina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.64 x x 6.64 q
9 B Brooke Stratton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.40 6.46 6.566.56 q
10 A Maryna Bekh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6.49 6.47 6.556.55 q
11 A Sosthene Moguenara Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.46 x 6.556.55 q
12 B Jazmin Sawyers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6.49 6.36 6.536.53 q
13 B Janay Deloach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.45 6.50 6.46 6.50
14 A Karin Mey Melis Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6.49 6.43 6.40 6.49
15 B Jana Veldakova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6.45 6.48 6.29 6.48
16 A Bianca Stuart Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 6.45 5.40 6.39 6.45
17 A Chelsea Jaensch Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.20 6.35 6.416.41
18 A Alina Rotaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.40 x 6.38 6.40
19 B Anna Kornuta Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x 6.34 6.376.37
20 A Christabel Nettey Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 6.05 6.32 6.376.37
21 B Shara Proctor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6.36 6.34 6.30 6.36
22 B Juliet Itoya Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6.35 x 5.69 6.35
23 B Eliane Martins Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6.33 6.24 6.30 6.33
24 A Concepción Montaner Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6.23 6.23 6.326.32
25 A Volha Sudarava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 6.29 x x 6.29
26 B Maria Natalia Londa Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 6.21 6.29 6.29 6.29
27 B Khaddi Sagnia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6.04 6.25 x 6.25
28 B Marestella Sunang Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 6.22 6.10 6.15 6.22
29 A Yuliya Tarasova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan x 6.10 6.166.16
30 B Yvonne Treviño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico x 6.16 x 6.16
31 A Anna Lunyova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6.12 6.15 6.14 6.15
32 A Haido Alexouli Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6.07 x 6.136.13
33 B Lynique Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5.96 x 6.106.10
34 B Alexandra Wester Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5.98 x x 5.98
35 A Amaliya Sharoyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 5.58 x 5.955.95
36 B María del Mar Jover Flag of Spain.svg  Spain x 5.82 5.905.90
37 B Konomi Kai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan x x 5.875.87
38 A Keila Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5.86 5.73 5.79 5.86

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Tianna Bartoletta Flag of the United States.svg  United States x 6.94 6.95 6.74 7.17 7.13 7.17 PB
Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States x 6.79 x x 7.09 7.157.15
Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6.95 x x 6.91 7.08 7.05 7.08 NR
Malaika Mihambo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.83 x x 6.58 6.95 6.79 6.95 PB
Ese Brume Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.73 6.34 6.71 5.96 6.81 x 6.81
Ksenija Balta Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6.71 x 6.79 6.71 x 6.62 6.79 SB
Brooke Stratton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia x 6.69 6.64 6.74 6.64 6.53 6.74
Jazmin Sawyers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6.55 6.69 6.57 6.53 x x 6.69
Darya Klishina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.63 6.60 6.53 Did not advance 6.63
10 Sosthene Moguenara Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.61 x 6.46 Did not advance 6.61
11 Lorraine Ugen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6.56 x 6.58Did not advance 6.58
Maryna Bekh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x x x Did not advance

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References

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