Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Tara Davis-Woodhall Paris 2024.jpg
Tara Davis-Woodhall of the United States celebrates her victory in the women's long jump at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
Venue Stade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 6 August 2024 (qualification)
    8 August 2024 (final)
Winning distance7.10 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tara Davis-Woodhall Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Malaika Mihambo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Jasmine Moore Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2020
2028  

The women's long jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 6 and 8 August 2024. This was the 20th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

The returning gold medalist, 2019 and 2022 world champion Malaika Mihambo, returned for her third Olympics after being the bridesmaid (4th place) in Rio. She was also the 2024 world leader. Returning bronze medalist Ese Brume also took bronze in 2019 and silver in 2022. 2022 World Championship bronze medalist Leticia Oro Melo did not compete. The 2023 World Championships revealed a new crop of medalists; gold was Ivana Španović, silver was Tara Davis-Woodhall and bronze was Alina Rotaru-Kottmann. Jasmine Moore was doing the rare jump double, having already taken bronze in the triple jump.

Mihambo set off to defend her title with a 6.77 m from almost the back of the board. Iapichino did her one better jumping 6.78 m from the middle of the board. Then Davis-Woodhall advanced the lead to 6.93 m. Near the end of the round, Moore hit her marks so perfectly the officials had to review it, but she was ruled fair for a 6.96 m. In the second round, Mihambo improved slightly to 6.81 m, only to see Larissa Iapichino push her out of third place with a 6.87 m moments later. Two more jumpers and Davis-Woodhall grabbed the lead with 7.05 m. Near the beginning of the third round, Mihambo took back third with 6.95 m. In the fourth round, Mihambo got off a big jump but also had a big foul on the takeoff. After Moore did not improve, Davis-Woodhall got off the winner 7.10 m (23 ft 3+12 in). In the fifth round, Mihambo moved her marks back and took off from the middle of the board. Her 6.98m could have challenged Davis-Woodhall if it had been from the line but was only good enough to move into second place. When Mihambo failed to improve on her final attempt, Davis-Woodhall knew she had the gold. She took a lackluster final attempt, stood up to wave to the crowd then fell back into the pit to do a snow angel in the sand. [1] [2]

Background

The women's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1948.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDate
World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Chistyakova  (URS)7.52 [3] Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988
Olympic record Flag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)7.40 Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988
World leadingFlag of Germany.svg  Malaika Mihambo  (GER)7.22 [4] Rome, Italy12 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [5]
Area RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)
Africa ( records )Flag of Nigeria.svg  Ese Brume  (NGR)7.17
Asia ( records )Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yao Weili  (CHN)7.01
Europe ( records )Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Chistyakova  (URS)7.52 WR
North, Central America

and Caribbean ( records )

Flag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)7.49
Oceania ( records )Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Brooke Buschkuehl  (AUS)7.13
South America ( records )Flag of Brazil.svg  Maurren Maggi  (BRA)7.26

Qualification

For the women's long jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 6.86 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [6] [7]

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on 6 August, starting at 11:15 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking. [8] All athletes meeting the qualification standard of 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Tara Davis-Woodhall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.646.906.90 Q
2B Larissa Iapichino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.606.876.87 Q
3B Malaika Mihambo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xx6.866.86 Q
4A Ese Brume Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.446.406.766.76 Q
5A Ruth Usoro Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria x6.686.656.68 q
6A Jasmine Moore Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.356.66x6.66 q
7B Prestina Ochonogor Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.276.656.296.65 q
8B Monae' Nichols Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.436.526.646.64 q
9A Alina Rotaru-Kottmann Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.456.466.636.63 q
10B Ackelia Smith Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 6.516.596.586.59 q
11B Marthe Koala Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 6.366.596.576.59 q
12B Hilary Kpatcha Flag of France.svg  France 6.186.206.596.59 q
13A Xiong Shiqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.586.566.526.58
14A Pauline Hondema Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4.726.216.556.55
15B Fátima Diame Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6.376.52x6.52
16B Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia x6.516.316.51
17A Chanice Porter Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 6.486.21x6.48
18A Milica Gardašević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6.48xx6.48
19B Plamena Mitkova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6.456.426.336.45
20A Laura Raquel Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.406.136.386.40
21B Petra Farkas Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6.406.336.226.40
22A Natalia Linares Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia x6.406.046.40
23A Eliane Martins Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6.36xx6.36
24A Agate de Sousa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal x6.346.276.34
25B Brooke Buschkuehl Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.296.106.316.31
26B Sumire Hata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6.21x6.316.31
27A Nikola Horowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland x6.31x6.31
28B Mikaelle Assani Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5.646.136.246.24
29A Esraa Owis Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 5.936.116.206.20
30A Tessy Ebosele Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6.02x6.096.09
31B Lissandra Campos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5.906.02x6.02

[9]

Final

The final occurred on 8 August, starting at 20:00 (UTC+2) in the evening. [8]

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tara Davis-Woodhall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.937.056.957.106.616.687.10
Silver medal icon.svg Malaika Mihambo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.776.816.95x6.98x6.98
Bronze medal icon.svg Jasmine Moore Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.966.926.626.756.886.886.96
4 Larissa Iapichino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.786.87x6.836.786.856.87
5 Ese Brume Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria x6.596.636.706.516.706.70
6 Monae' Nichols Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.64x6.366.636.676.666.67
7 Alina Rotaru-Kottmann Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.466.466.656.556.676.506.67
8 Ackelia Smith Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 6.666.52x5.866.406.426.66
9 Marthe Koala Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 6.616.516.46Did not advance6.61
10 Ruth Usoro Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.58x5.80Did not advance6.58
11 Hilary Kpatcha Flag of France.svg  France 6.565.545.78Did not advance6.56
12 Prestina Ochonogor Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.076.246.24Did not advance6.24

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