2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump


The women's long jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 27, 2007, for the qualification round, and on August 28, 2007, for the final at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medallists edit

Gold Tatyana Lebedeva
  Russia (RUS)
Silver Lyudmila Kolchanova
  Russia (RUS)
Bronze Tatyana Kotova
  Russia (RUS)

Records edit

World Record   Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52 Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 June 1988
Championship Record   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 Rome, Italy 4 September 1987

Results edit

Final edit

Place Athlete Nation Mark Notes
  Tatyana Lebedeva   Russia (RUS) 7.03
  Lyudmila Kolchanova   Russia (RUS) 6.92
  Tatyana Kotova   Russia (RUS) 6.90 SB
4 Naide Gomes   Portugal (POR) 6.87
5 Bianca Kappler   Germany (GER) 6.81
6 Maurren Higa Maggi   Brazil (BRA) 6.80
7 Keila Costa   Brazil (BRA) 6.69
8 Brittney Reese   United States (USA) 6.60
9 Anju Bobby George   India (IND) 6.53
10 Tianna Madison   United States (USA) 6.47
11 Viktoriya Rybalko   Ukraine (UKR) 6.45
12 Jana Velďáková   Slovakia (SVK) 6.21

Qualification edit

Qualification standard 6.75m or at least best 12 qualified.

Group A edit

Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Lyudmila Kolchanova   Russia (RUS) 6.47 6.96 6.96 Q
2 Maurren Higa Maggi   Brazil (BRA) 6.95 6.95 Q
3 Bianca Kappler   Germany (GER) X 6.85 6.85 Q
4 Viktoriya Rybalko   Ukraine (UKR) 6.77 6.77 Q
5 Anju Bobby George   India (IND) 6.60 6.59 X 6.60 q
6 Denisa Šcerbová   Czech Republic (CZE) X 6.58 6.44 6.58
7 Concepción Montaner   Spain (ESP) X 6.55 X 6.55
8 Eunice Barber   France (FRA) 6.51 X 6.43 6.51
9 Chen Yaling   China (CHN) 6.50 X 6.41 6.50
10 Grace Upshaw   United States (USA) X 6.13 6.47 6.47
11 Bronwyn Thompson   Australia (AUS) X X 6.46 6.46
12 Rose Richmond   United States (USA) 6.13 6.45 6.43 6.45
13 Eliane Martins   Brazil (BRA) 6.28 X 6.20 6.28
14 Shara Proctor   Anguilla (AIA) 5.47 5.56 5.82 5.82
Carolina Klüft   Sweden (SWE) DNS

Group B edit

Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Naide Gomes   Portugal (POR) 6.96 6.96 Q
2 Tatyana Lebedeva   Russia (RUS) 6.84 6.84 Q
3 Brittney Reese   United States (USA) X 6.83 6.83 Q
4 Tatyana Kotova   Russia (RUS) 6.73 6.18 X 6.73 q
5 Jana Velďáková   Slovakia (SVK) 6.65 6.51 6.52 6.65 q
6 Keila Costa   Brazil (BRA) 6.39 X 6.61 6.61 q
7 Tianna Madison   United States (USA) 6.28 6.59 X 6.59 q
8 Alina Militaru   Romania (ROM) X X 6.58 6.58
9 Malgorzata Trybanska   Poland (POL) 6.28 6.49 X 6.49
10 Oleksandra Stadnyuk   Ukraine (UKR) 5.91 X 6.47 6.47
11 Jung Soon-Ok   South Korea (KOR) 6.45 X 6.44 6.45
12 Janice Josephs   South Africa (RSA) 6.44 6.22 6.38 6.44
13 Kumiko Ikeda   Japan (JPN) 6.39 6.25 6.42 6.42
14 Elva Goulbourne   Jamaica (JAM) X 6.32 X 6.32
15 Jackie Edwards   Bahamas (BAH) 6.29 6.06 5.98 6.29

References edit