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Long jump at the World Athletics Championships
Overview
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1983 – 2022 Women: 1983 – 2022
Reigning champion
Men	Wang Jianan (CHN)
Women	Malaika Mihambo (GER)

The long jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983.

Medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Jason Grimes (USA)	Mike Conley (USA)
1987 Rome details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Robert Emmiyan (URS)	Larry Myricks (USA)
1991 Tokyo details	Mike Powell (USA)	Carl Lewis (USA)	Larry Myricks (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Mike Powell (USA)	Stanislav Tarasenko (RUS)	Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR)
1995 Gothenburg details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	James Beckford (JAM)	Mike Powell (USA)
1997 Athens details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Erick Walder (USA)	Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
1999 Seville details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Yago Lamela (ESP)	Gregor Cankar (SLO)
2001 Edmonton details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	Savanté Stringfellow (USA)	Carlos Calado (POR)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	James Beckford (JAM)	Yago Lamela (ESP)
2005 Helsinki details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	Ignisious Gaisah (GHA)	Tommi Evilä (FIN)
2007 Osaka details	Irving Saladino (PAN)	Andrew Howe (ITA)	Dwight Phillips (USA)
2009 Berlin details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)	Mitchell Watt (AUS)
2011 Daegu details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	Mitchell Watt (AUS)	Ngonidzashe Makusha (ZIM)
2013 Moscow details	Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)	Ignisious Gaisah (NED)	Luis Rivera (MEX)
2015 Beijing details	Greg Rutherford (GBR)	Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)	Wang Jianan (CHN)
2017 London details	Luvo Manyonga (RSA)	Jarrion Lawson (USA)	Ruswahl Samaai (RSA)
2019 Doha details	Tajay Gayle (JAM)	Jeff Henderson (USA)	Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB)
2022 Eugene details	Wang Jianan (CHN)	Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)	Simon Ehammer (SUI)
2023 Budapest details	Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)	Wayne Pinnock (JAM)	Tajay Gayle (JAM)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	6	5	19
2	Cuba (CUB)	4	0	1	5
3	Jamaica (JAM)	1	3	1	5
4	Russia (RUS)	1	1	1	3
4	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	1	3
6	Greece (GRE)	1	1	0	2
7	China (CHN)	1	0	1	2
8	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
8	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
10	Australia (AUS)	0	2	1	3
11	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
12	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	0	1
16	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		19	19	19	57

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Heike Daute (GDR)	Anișoara Cușmir (ROU)	Carol Lewis (USA)
1987 Rome details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Yelena Belevskaya (URS)	Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1991 Tokyo details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Larysa Berezhna (URS)
1993 Stuttgart details	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Larysa Berezhna (UKR)	Renata Nielsen (DEN)
1995 Gothenburg details	Fiona May (ITA)	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	Irina Mushailova (RUS)
1997 Athens details	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	Niki Xanthou (GRE)	Fiona May (ITA)
1999 Seville details	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)	Fiona May (ITA)	Marion Jones (USA)
2001 Edmonton details	Fiona May (ITA)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	Anju Bobby George (IND)
2005 Helsinki details	Tianna Madison (USA)	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)
2007 Osaka details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Lyudmila Kolchanova (RUS)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)
2009 Berlin details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Karin Melis Mey (TUR)	Naide Gomes (POR)
2011 Daegu details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Ineta Radēviča (LAT)	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (BLR)
2013 Moscow details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)	Ivana Španović (SRB)
2015 Beijing details	Tianna Bartoletta (USA)	Shara Proctor (GBR)	Ivana Španović (SRB)
2017 London details	Brittney Reese (USA)	Darya Klishina (ANA)	Tianna Bartoletta (USA)
2019 Doha details	Malaika Mihambo (GER)	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR)	Ese Brume (NGR)
2022 Eugene details	Malaika Mihambo (GER)	Ese Brume (NGR)	Leticia Oro Melo (BRA)
2023 Budapest details	Ivana Vuleta (SRB)	Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA)	Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (ROU)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	1	3	12
2	Germany (GER)	3	1	0	4
3	Russia (RUS)	2	3	2	7
4	Italy (ITA)	2	1	1	4
5	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
6	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	2	3
7	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	1	2
7	Spain (ESP)	1	0	1	2
9	Nigeria (NGR)	0	2	1	3
10	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	0	2
11	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
14	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	0	1	0	1
18	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		19	19	19	57

References

Bibliography

Butler, Mark (2015). IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Book. IAAF.

v t e Long jump at the World Athletics Championships
Complete event overview
Men	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023
Women	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

v t e World Athletics Championships
Early editions	Malmö 1976 (one event only) Sittard 1980 (two events only)
Championships	Helsinki 1983 Rome 1987 Tokyo 1991 Stuttgart 1993 Gothenburg 1995 Athens 1997 Seville 1999 Edmonton 2001 Saint-Denis 2003 Helsinki 2005 Osaka 2007 Berlin 2009 Daegu 2011 Moscow 2013 Beijing 2015 London 2017 Doha 2019 Eugene 2022 Budapest 2023 Tokyo 2025 Beijing 2027
Related lists	Championships records Doping Medalists Men Women Medal sweeps Medal table Nations
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