Long jump
Event stats
Top mark
7.63A
10th-place mark
7.33
100th-place mark
7.04
Median age, top 100
26.9 yrs
Distinct athletes
99
Years contested
1966–2026
World-record progression
Canonical list: wind-assisted jumps. Higher mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.
Best mark per year
The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.
Entries per year
Decade leaders
- 1960s 6.96 🇷🇺 Tatyana Shchelkanova 1966-08-14
- 1980s 7.45 🇺🇸 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988-07-23
- 1990s 7.63A 🇩🇪 Heike Drechsler 1992-07-21
- 2000s 7.20 🇷🇺 Tatyana Kotova 2005-07-16
- 2010s 7.22 🇧🇾 Anastassia Mirochuk-Ivanova 2012-07-06
- 2020s 7.27 🇻🇪 Yulimar Rojas 2021-06-13