2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump

Women's long jump
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Oregon Convention Center
Dates March 18
Competitors 16 from 11 nations
Winning distance 7.22
Medalists
 Brittney Reese   United States
 Ivana Španović   Serbia
 Lorraine Ugen   Great Britain
Events at the
2016 IAAF World Indoor
Championships
Track events
60 m   men   women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Heptathlon men
Exhibition events
Masters 800 m men women

The women's long jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.[1][2]

On paper, Brittney Reese came into this meet with a 20 cm better personal best. Ivana Španović wasn't reading the paper and took the first round lead with a new indoor personal best 7.00, just short of her outdoor personal best of 7.02. Reese jumped 6.97 to assume second place but couldn't match that until her fifth round jump when she equalled it exactly. For a little over a minute, Reese held the lead based on the tie breaking second best jump. Španović broke that up by jumping a new National Record / personal best 7.07. With her one remaining jump, Reese pulled out the big gun, letting out a scream as she boomed her 7.22 m (23 ft 81⁄4 in) winner, just 1 cm below her indoor personal best, set to win this championship 4 years earlier, also on her last jump.

Behind the battle for gold, Lorraine Ugen was in third place after the first round with a 6.62. Janay DeLoach Soukup moved into bronze medal position with her second round 6.80 which also held up until the fifth round fireworks where Ugen flew out to a 6.93 National Record. DeLoach improved on her next two jumps, but her best of 6.89 couldn't quite make up the gap.

Results

The final was started at 18.55.[3]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st Brittney Reese  United States 6.97 x x 6.88 7.00 7.22 7.22 WL
2nd Ivana Španović  Serbia 7.00 6.88 x x 7.07 6.76 7.07 NR
3rd Lorraine Ugen  Great Britain 6.62 6.64 6.65 x 6.93 6.86 6.93 NR
4 Janay DeLoach Soukup  United States x 6.80 x x 6.85 6.89 6.89 SB
5 Brooke Stratton  Australia 6.57 6.75 6.62 x 6.72 6.75
6 Alexandra Wester  Germany x 6.44 6.67 6.59 6.57 6.67
7 Ksenija Balta  Estonia 6.59 6.57 6.48 6.60 6.59 6.60
8 Shara Proctor  Great Britain x 6.55 6.57 x 6.54 6.57
9 Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova  Belarus 6.56 6.55 6.47 6.56
10 Alina Rotaru  Romania x 6.40 6.45 6.45
11 Chelsea Jaensch  Australia 5.84 6.28 6.38 6.38
12 Xenia Stolz  Germany 6.34 x 6.37 6.37
13 Jazmin Sawyers  Great Britain x 6.31 6.27 6.31
14 Khaddi Sagnia  Sweden 6.08 5.98 – 6.08
15 Konomi Kai  Japan x x x NM
15 Eliane Martins  Brazil x x x NM

References

  1. ↑ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ Final results
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