The first world record in the women's long jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936.
As of June 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 36 world records in the event. [1]
Mark | Wind | Athlete | Place | Date |
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5.16 m (16 ft 11 in) | Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH) | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 6 August 1922 [1] | |
5.30 m (17 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH) | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 23 September 1923 [1] | |
5.485 m (17 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Muriel Gunn (GBR) | London, United Kingdom | 2 August 1926 [1] | |
5.50 m (18 ft 1⁄2 in) | Kinue Hitomi (JPN) | Gothenburg, Sweden | 28 August 1926 [1] | |
5.575 m (18 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Muriel Gunn (GBR) | London, United Kingdom | 1 August 1927 [1] | |
5.98 m (19 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Kinue Hitomi (JPN) | Osaka, Japan | 20 May 1928 [1] | |
6.12 m (20 ft 3⁄4 in) | Christel Schulz (GER) | Berlin, Nazi Germany | 30 July 1939 [1] | |
6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | Leiden, Netherlands | 19 September 1943 [1] | |
6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) | 0.2 | Yvette Williams (NZL) | Gisborne, New Zealand | 20 February 1954 [1] |
6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) | 1.3 | Galina Vinogradova (URS) | Moscow, Soviet Union | 11 September 1955 [1] |
6.31 m (20 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | 0.5 | Galina Vinogradova (URS) | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | 18 November 1955 [1] |
6.35 m (20 ft 10 in) | 1.0 | Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) | Budapest, Hungary | 20 August 1956 [1] |
6.35 m (20 ft 10 in) | Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) | Melbourne, Australia | 27 November 1956 [1] | |
6.40 m (20 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | 0.0 | Hildrun Claus (GDR) | Erfurt, East Germany | 7 August 1960 [1] |
6.42 m (21 ft 3⁄4 in) | 1.4 | Hildrun Claus (GDR) | East Berlin, East Germany | 23 June 1961 [1] |
6.48 m (21 ft 3 in) | −1.5 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Moscow, Soviet Union | 16 July 1961 [1] |
6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) | 1.5 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Leipzig, East Germany | 10 June 1962 [1] |
6.70 m (21 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Moscow, Soviet Union | 4 July 1964 [1] | |
6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) | −1.6 | Mary Rand (GBR) | Tokyo, Japan | 14 October 1964 [1] |
6.82 m (22 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A | 0.0 | Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROU) | Mexico City, Mexico | 14 October 1968 [1] |
6.84 m (22 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 0.0 | Heide Rosendahl (FRG) | Torino, Italy | 3 September 1970 [1] |
6.92 m (22 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | 1.6 | Angela Voigt (GDR) | Dresden, East Germany | 9 May 1976 [1] |
6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) | 2.0 | Siegrun Siegl (GDR) | Dresden, East Germany | 19 May 1976 [1] |
7.07 m (23 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | 1.9 | Vilma Bardauskiené (URS) | Kishinyov, Soviet Union | 18 August 1978 [1] |
7.09 m (23 ft 3 in) | 0.0 | Vilma Bardauskiené (URS) | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 29 August 1978 [1] |
7.15 m (23 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 0.3 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) | Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1982 [1] |
7.20 m (23 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | −0.3 | Valy Ionescu (ROU) | Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1982 [1] |
7.21 m (23 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | 0.6 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) | Bucharest, Romania | 15 May 1983 [1] |
7.27 m (23 ft 10 in) | 0.6 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) | Bucharest, Romania | 4 June 1983 [1] |
7.43 m (24 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | 1.4 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) | Bucharest, Romania | 4 June 1983 [1] |
7.44 m (24 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | 2.0 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | East Berlin, East Germany | 22 September 1985 [1] |
7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 0.9 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | Tallinn, Soviet Union | 21 June 1986 [1] |
7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 1.1 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | Dresden, East Germany | 3 July 1986 [1] |
7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 0.6 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 13 August 1987 [1] |
7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 1.0 | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 11 June 1988 [1] |
7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) | 1.4 | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 11 June 1988 [1] |
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