2026 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place over two rounds at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 15 and 16 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.

Background

+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior Long Jump women – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 7.52 m Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 June 1988 European record"All time Top lists – Senior Long Jump women – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 7.30 m Split, Yugoslavia 28 August 1990 World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Long Jump men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026.7.20 mLos Angeles, United States14 June 2026 European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Long Jump women – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026.7.12 mEugene, United States4 July 2026

Qualification For the women's long jump, the qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard of 6.77 m or better, by wildcard for the 2024 European Athletics Champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 30 athletes."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026.

+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026 QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Malaika Mihambo Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 1 Larissa Iapichino Qualified by Entry Standard 7.12 - Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) - 04 JUL 2026 3 1 Hilary Kpatcha Qualified by Entry Standard 6.98 - Stadium Municipal, Albi (FRA) - 24 JUL 2026 4 1 Agate de Sousa Qualified by Entry Standard 6.97 - Gallur, Madrid (ESP) (i) - 06 FEB 2026 5 1 Maja Åskag Qualified by Entry Standard 6.89 - Sola Arena, Karlstad (SWE) - 08 JUL 2026 6 1 Tessy Ebosele Qualified by Entry Standard 6.86 - Pistes d'atletisme Gaetà Huguet, Castellón (ESP) - 01 JUL 2026 7 2 Yanis David Qualified by Entry Standard 6.86 - Stadium Municipal, Albi (FRA) - 24 JUL 2026 8 2 Fátima Diame Qualified by Entry Standard 6.85 - Pistes d'atletisme Gaetà Huguet, Castellón (ESP) - 01 JUL 2026 9 1 Iryna Budzynska Qualified by Entry Standard 6.82 - Tsirio Stadium, Limassol (CYP) - 29 MAY 2026 10 1 Alina Rotaru-Kottmann Qualified by Entry Standard 6.81 - Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos (GRE) - 27 JUL 2025 11 3 Rogilia-Chriss Bissemo Qualified by Entry Standard 6.80 - Stade Christian Plaziat, Pierre-Bénite (FRA) - 13 JUN 2026 12 1 Jazmin Sawyers Qualified by Entry Standard 6.80 - Sola Arena, Karlstad (SWE) - 08 JUL 2026 13 1 Filippa Fotopoulou Qualified by Entry Standard 6.78 - Kifisia (GRE) - 22 MAY 2026 14 1 Petra Bánhidi-Farkas Qualified by Entry Standard 6.78 - Lantos Mihály Sportközpont, Budapest (HUN) - 31 MAY 2026 15 2 Ramona Elena Verman Qualified by Entry Standard 6.78 - Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos (GRE) - 21 JUN 2026 16 3 Irati Mitxelena Qualified by Entry Standard 6.77 - Altamira estadioa, Ordizia (ESP) - 04 JUL 2026 17 1 Pauline Hondema Qualified by World Rankings 5th - 1225 points 18 1 Milica Gardašević Qualified by World Rankings 13th - 1209 points 19 2 Mikaelle Assani Qualified by World Rankings 16th - 1194 points 20 2 Ayla Hallberg Hossain Qualified by World Rankings 18th - 1188 points 21 2 Lucy Hadaway Qualified by World Rankings 21st - 1177 points reserve 4 Carmen Rosales Qualified by World Rankings 22nd - 1176 points 22 3 Imke Daalmann Qualified by World Rankings 24th - 1166 points 23 1 Antriana Gkogka Qualified by World Rankings 25th - 1162 points 24 3 Molly Palmer Qualified by World Rankings 28th - 1153 points 25 2 Natalia Besi Qualified by World Rankings 31st - 1142 points 26 1 Ida Beiter Bomme Qualified by World Rankings 32nd - 1140 points 27 3 Tilde Johansson Qualified by World Rankings 35th - 1138 points 28 1 Yasemin Zehra Börekçi Qualified by World Rankings 36th - 1138 points 29 1 Ida Andrea Breigan Qualified by World Rankings 43rd - 1131 points 30 1 Liisa-Maria Lusti Qualified by World Rankings 44th - 1130 points reserve 1 Elizabeth Ndudi Next best by World Rankings 46th - 1128 points reserve 2 Arianna Battistella Next best by World Rankings 48th - 1126 points reserve 1 Maja Bedrač Next best by World Rankings 53rd - 1122 points reserve 1 Taika Koilahti Next best by World Rankings 54th - 1121 points reserve 1 Romi Tamir Next best by World Rankings 55th - 1121 points reserve 2 Miranda Lauvstad Next best by World Rankings 65th - 1110 points reserve 3 Greta Brugnolo Next best by World Rankings 81st - 1089 points

Schedule Date Time Round15 August 2026 11:50 Qualification.16 August 2026 20:05 Final

Results Qualification The qualification round was held on 15 August 2026, at 11:50 in the morning. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q) of 6.80 m or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Agate de Sousa 7.00 7.00 m , 2 Larissa Iapichino 6.94 6.94 m 3 Molly Palmer 6.72 6.27 - 6.72 m , 4 Maja Åskag 6.55 6.66 6.55 6.66 m 5 Fátima Diame 6.44 x 6.65 6.65 m 6 Filippa Fotopoulou 6.60 6.52 6.33 6.60 m 7 Alina Rotaru-Kottmann 6.45 6.57 6.55 6.57 m 8 Mikaelle Assani x 6.52 6.12 6.52 m 9 Milica Gardašević 6.49 6.50 x 6.50 m 10 Carmen Rosales x x 6.38 6.38 m 11 Rogilia-Chriss Bissemo 6.33 6.26 x 6.33 m 12 Yasemin Zehra Börekçi 6.20 x x 6.20 m — Natalia Besi x x x — Iryna Budzynska x x x — Liisa-Maria Lusti x x x

Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Malaika Mihambo 6.37 x 7.10 7.10 m 2 Jazmin Sawyers 6.90 6.90 m 3 Hilary Kpatcha 6.88 6.88 m 4 Ramona Elena Verman 6.54 x 6.81 6.81 m 5 Pauline Hondema 6.75 x 6.59 6.75 m 6 Ayla Hallberg Hossain x x 6.66 6.66 m 7 Yanis David 6.61 x 6.44 6.61 m 8 Ida Beiter Bomme 6.57 x x 6.57 m 9 Petra Bánhidi-Farkas 6.23 x 6.55 6.55 m 10 Tessy Ebosele 6.32 6.54 6.22 6.54 m 11 Tilde Johansson x x 6.47 6.47 m 12 Lucy Hadaway x 6.29 6.33 6.33 m 13 Antriana Gkogka 4.75 x 6.27 6.27 m — Imke Daalmann x x x

Final The final was held on 16 August 2026, at 20:05 in the evening.

PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Larissa Iapichino 7.00 x 6.93 6.71 6.80 5.94 7.00 m Jazmin Sawyers 6.95 6.96 x 6.99 x 6.92 6.99 m Hilary Kpatcha 6.83 6.98 x 6.85 6.79 x 6.98 m 4 Agate de Sousa 6.84 x 6.96 x 6.73 6.89 6.96 m 5 Malaika Mihambo 6.94 x x x 6.70 6.86 6.94 m 6 Fátima Diame 6.66 6.80 6.66 6.76 5.26 x 6.80 m 7 Maja Åskag 6.66 6.69 6.57 x 6.40 6.51 6.69 m 8 Filippa Fotopoulou 6.67 6.54 x 6.45 6.47 6.46 6.67 9 Molly Palmer 6.29 6.54 6.34 6.54 m 10 Ramona Elena Verman 6.51 5.34 x 6.51 11 Pauline Hondema 6.47 6.41 6.41 6.47 m — Yanis David x r

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