2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 5 to 6 October 2019.^[1]

Women's long jump at the 2019 World Championships
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	5 October (qualification) 6 October (final)
Competitors	31 from 20 nations
Winning distance	7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
Medalists
Malaika Mihambo    Germany   Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk    Ukraine   Ese Brume    Nigeria
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The winning margin was 38 cm. As of 2024, this is the only time the women's long jump has been won by more than 30 cm at these championships.

Summary

Throughout the 2019 season, only 3 athletes were able to jump over 7 metres, led by Malaika Mihambo who had been there in 6 out of 10 competitions. One of the others was defending champion Brittney Reese, who didn't make it out of the qualifying round, leaving Ese Brume as Mihambo's strongest challenger.

On the first jump of the competition, Brume jumped 6.83m, then third up Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk came close to Brume with a 6.81m. At the end of the round, Abigail Irozuru jumped 6.64m to take over third place. Brume opened the second round by expanding her lead with a 6.91m. After two rounds Mihambo was languishing in seventh place with a 6.52m, which would ultimately prove to be inadequate to qualify for the final three jumps. On her third jump she went 7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in). It was her personal best and more than 20 cm beyond the personal best of everyone else in the field. Later in the competition, she had two more jumps that would have won the competition, the last equalling her previous world leading jump 7.16m. Those standings remained until near the end of the fifth round when Bekh-Romanchuk jumped 6.92m to take silver by a centimetre.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	7.52	Galina Chistyakova	URS	11 Jun 1988	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Championship	7.36	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	4 Sep 1987	Rome, Italy
World leading	7.30	Malaika Mihambo	GER	4 Aug 2019	Berlin, Germany
African	7.12	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	2 Aug 1996	Atlanta, United States
Asian	7.01	Yao Weili	CHN	5 Jun 1993	Jinan, China
NACAC	7.49	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	22 May 1994	New York City, United States
				31 Jul 1994	Sestriere, Italy
South American	7.26	Maurren Higa Maggi	BRA	26 Jun 1999	Bogotá, Colombia
European	7.52	Galina Chistyakova	URS	11 Jun 1988	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Oceanian	7.05	Brooke Stratton	AUS	12 Mar 2016	Perth, Australia

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[3]

Date	Time	Round
5 October	17:50	Qualification
6 October	19:15	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4][5]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B	Malaika Mihambo	Germany (GER)	6.98			6.98	Q
2	A	Ese Brume	Nigeria (NGR)	6.89			6.89	Q
3	A	Tori Bowie	United States (USA)	6.54	6.77		6.77	Q
4	B	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	6.69	6.74	–	6.74	q
5	A	Alina Rotaru	Romania (ROM)	6.57	6.31	6.72	6.72	q
6	B	Abigail Irozuru	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6.66	6.70	–	6.70	q
7	B	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova	Belarus (BLR)	6.41	6.69	–	6.69	q
8	A	Shara Proctor	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6.54	6.63	–	6.63	q
9	A	Brooke Stratton	Australia (AUS)	6.43	6.58	6.43	6.58	q
10	A	Chanice Porter	Jamaica (JAM)	6.50	6.46	6.57	6.57	q
11	A	Anasztázia Nguyen	Hungary (HUN)	6.41	x	6.54	6.54	q
12	B	Sha'Keela Saunders	United States (USA)	6.35	6.27	6.53	6.53	q
13	A	Brittney Reese	United States (USA)	6.44	6.43	6.52	6.52
14	B	Jasmine Todd	United States (USA)	6.51	6.50	6.07	6.51
15	A	Eliane Martins	Brazil (BRA)	x	6.25	6.50	6.50
16	B	Tissanna Hickling	Jamaica (JAM)	6.35	6.49	6.22	6.49
17	B	Tilde Johansson	Sweden (SWE)	6.34	6.48	6.48	6.48
18	B	Hilary Kpatcha	France (FRA)	6.38	x	6.47	6.47
19	B	Jazmin Sawyers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6.45	6.46	6.45	6.46
20	A	Yanis David	France (FRA)	6.44	6.46	x	6.46
21	A	Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin	France (FRA)	6.34	6.46	6.39	6.46
22	A	Chantel Malone	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	x	6.21	6.45	6.45
23	B	Petra Farkas	Hungary (HUN)	6.08	6.44	6.20	6.44
24	B	Yelena Sokolova	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	6.21	6.43	6.39	6.43
25	A	Adriana Rodríguez	Cuba (CUB)	6.39	x	6.29	6.39
26	B	Maria Natalia Londa	Indonesia (INA)	6.31	6.16	6.36	6.36
27	A	Taika Koilahti	Finland (FIN)	6.33	6.02	6.35	6.35
28	B	Tania Vicenzino	Italy (ITA)	6.19	x	6.23	6.23
29	B	Florentina Iusco	Romania (ROM)	6.22	6.21	x	6.22
30	A	Nektaria Panagi	Cyprus (CYP)	6.10	6.21	6.19	6.21
31	A	Laura Strati	Italy (ITA)	x	x	6.05	6.05

Final

The final was started on 6 October at 19:16.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Malaika Mihambo	Germany (GER)	6.52	x	7.30	–	7.09	7.16	7.30	WL
	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	6.81	x	6.77	x	6.92	6.72	6.92	SB
	Ese Brume	Nigeria (NGR)	6.83	6.91	6.90	6.87	6.84	6.45	6.91
4	Tori Bowie	United States (USA)	6.61	6.49	x	6.81	6.65	6.57	6.81	SB
5	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova	Belarus (BLR)	6.53	x	6.76	6.70	6.55	6.71	6.76
6	Alina Rotaru	Romania (ROM)	6.59	6.66	6.67	x	6.71	x	6.71
7	Abigail Irozuru	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6.64	x	6.59	6.59	6.60	x	6.64
8	Chanice Porter	Jamaica (JAM)	6.30	6.44	6.56	6.44	6.24	6.47	6.56
9	Sha'Keela Saunders	United States (USA)	x	6.28	6.54				6.54
10	Brooke Stratton	Australia (AUS)	6.46	x	6.42				6.46
11	Shara Proctor	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	x	6.34	6.43				6.43
12	Anasztázia Nguyen	Hungary (HUN)	x	6.26	x				6.26