The women's long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 28 August.Start list Defending champion Brittney Reese returned but was unable to get out of the qualification round. Katarina Johnson-Thompson could have used her 6.79 automatic qualifier in her heptathlon earlier in the week, 6.79 meters further than she received credit for.

In the first round of the final, Christabel Nettey took the early lead with a 6.95. Janay DeLoach Soukup pulled into second with a 6,67 while most of the field struggled to find the board. Ivana Španović then popped 7.01 for a new Serbian National Record. World #1 Tianna Bartoletta put out a 6.95 in the second round to almost pull even with Nettey. Bartoletta's third round 6.87 narrowly broke the tie to briefly put her into second place. On the last jump of the third round Shara Proctor jumped 7.07 for a new British Record and the lead. Nobody made any improvements in the fourth and fifth rounds. On her final attempt, Bartoletta leaped a world leading 7.14 to take the lead. Španović then duplicated her 7.01 but no improvement. When Proctor fouled her final attempt, the medals were settled.

Records Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record7.52Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988Championship record7.36Rome, Italy3 September 1987World leading7.12Eugene, United States27 June 2015African record7.12Atlanta, GA, United States2 August 1996Asian record7.01Jinan, People's Republic of China5 June 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record7.49New York City, United States22 May 1994Sestriere, Italy31 July 1994South American record7.26Bogotá, Colombia26 June 1999European record7.52Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988Oceanian record7.00Melbourne, Australia7 March 2002The following records were established during the competition:World Leading7.14 Beijing, China28 August 2015

Qualification standards Entry standards 6.70

Schedule Date Time Round27 August 2015 10:20 Qualification28 August 2015 19:50 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: 6.75 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.Qualification results

Rank Group Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 Mark Notes 1 A Ivana Španović 6.91 6.91 , 2 B Lorraine Ugen 6.29 6.61 6.87 6.87 3 B Malaika Mihambo 6.84 6.84 , 4 B Christabel Nettey 6.68 6.52 6.79 6.79 5 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson 6.54 6.79 6.79 6 B Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova 6.71 6.76 6.76 7 A Tianna Bartoletta 6.71 6.66 6.71 6.71 8 B Khaddi Sagnia 6.53 6.54 6.71 6.71 9 A Darya Klishina 6.71 6.71 10 A Erica Jarder 6.70 6.53 6.70 , 11 B Shara Proctor 6.67 6.68 6.57 6.68 12 B Janay DeLoach Soukup 6.27 6.65 6.68 6.68 13 A Volha Sudarava 6.65 6.48 6.65 14 A Brooke Stratton 6.57 6.55 6.64 6.64 15 B Alina Rotaru 6.45 6.58 6.43 6.58 16 B Yuliya Pidluzhnaya 6.51 6.57 6.57 17 A Jana Velďáková 6.40 6.56 6.56 18 A Krystyna Hryshutyna 6.53 6.28 6.53 19 A Jasmine Todd 6.26 6.52 6.52 20 A Aiga Grabuste 6.48 6.48 21 B Chantel Malone 6.22 6.46 6.10 6.46 22 B Lena Malkus 6.46 3.99 6.46 23 A Yelena Sokolova 6.31 6.44 6.44 24 B Brittney Reese 6.39 6.23 6.17 6.39 25 B Bianca Stuart 6.34 6.31 6.34 26 B Keila Costa 6.32 6.32 27 A Sosthene Moguenara 6.23 6.23 28 B Tânia da Silva 6.16 6.18 6.08 6.18 29 A Paola Mautino 6.15 6.03 5.80 6.15 30 B Lu Minjia 6.01 6.01 6.01 31 B Claudia Guri 5.46 5.59 5.33 5.59 A Eliane Martins A Florentina Marincu A María del Mar Jover

Final The final was started at 19:50Final results

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Note Tianna Bartoletta 6.95 6.87 6.62 6.94 7.14 7.14 Shara Proctor 6.87 7.07 7.01 7.07 Ivana Španović 7.01 6.86 6.98 7.01 7.01 Christabel Nettey 6.95 6.85 6.69 6.84 6.95 Lorraine Ugen 6.85 6.73 6.85 Malaika Mihambo 6.79 6.60 6.79 Khaddi Sagnia 6.67 6.56 6.40 6.78 5.05 6.78 Janay DeLoach Soukup 6.67 6.64 6.53 6.67 6.66 x 6.53 6.66 10 Darya Klishina 6.60 6.65 6.50 6.65 11 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 6.63 6.63 6.63 12 Erica Jarder 6.48 6.48

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