Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's long jump (T38)

Women's long jump (T38) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	8 April
Competitors	7 from 5 nations
Winning distance	4.86 m GR
Medalists
Olivia Breen    Wales   Erin Cleaver    Australia   Taylor Doyle    Australia
←  2014

The women's long jump (T38) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 8 April 2018. ^[1] The event was open to para-sport athletes competing under the T37 / T38 classifications.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: ^{[2] [3]}

World record	Wen Xiaoyan  (CHN)	5.14 m (T37)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 September 2016
	Margarita Goncharova  (RUS)	5.22 m (T38)	Berlin, Germany	20 June 2015
Games record	Jodi Elkington  (AUS)	4.39 m	Glasgow, Scotland	27 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 8 April 2018	15:18	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With seven entrants, the event was held as a straight final. ^{[2] [3]}

Final

Rank	Athlete	Sport Class	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Olivia Breen  (WAL)	T38	x 0.0 m/s	x +1.1 m/s	4.56 -0.4 m/s	x +0.9 m/s	4.47 -0.2 m/s	4.86 +1.4 m/s	4.86	GR , PB
	Erin Cleaver  (AUS)	T38	4.23 +0.7 m/s	x +0.4 m/s	4.36 +0.8 m/s	4.34 -0.2 m/s	x +0.3 m/s	x +1.1 m/s	4.36
	Taylor Doyle  (AUS)	T38	x +0.9 m/s	4.21 -0.2 m/s	3.96 +0.3 m/s	4.21 +0.4 m/s	4.22 +0.9 m/s	x 0.0 m/s	4.22
4	Juanelie Meijer  (RSA)	T38	x +0.9 m/s	4.19 +0.3 m/s	4.18 -0.1 m/s	4.14 +0.3 m/s	x +0.6 m/s	3.85 -0.2 m/s	4.19
5	Kailyn Joseph  (AUS)	T37	x +0.5 m/s	4.06 +0.6 m/s	x -0.3 m/s	3.78 +0.1 m/s	3.96 +0.4 m/s	3.78 +1.0 m/s	4.06
6	Molly Kingsbury (ENG)	T37	3.70 -0.1 m/s	3.57 -0.7 m/s	3.85 +0.4 m/s	3.46 -0.2 m/s	3.62 +0.2 m/s	3.71 +0.4 m/s	3.85	SB
7	Amy Carr  (SCO)	T37	3.65 +1.2 m/s	3.33 +0.6 m/s	3.39 +0.4 m/s	3.52 +0.3 m/s	3.48 -0.1 m/s	3.49 +0.2 m/s	3.65

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's T38 Long Jump". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
2. Athletics | Women's T38 Long Jump – Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 231. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
3. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Women's T38 Long Jump - Final" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.^{[ dead link ]}