Long jump
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki details Heike Daute ( GDR ) Anișoara Cușmir ( ROM ) Carol Lewis ( USA )
1987 Rome details Jackie Joyner-Kersee ( USA ) Yelena Belevskaya ( URS ) Heike Drechsler ( GDR )
1991 Tokyo details Jackie Joyner-Kersee ( USA ) Heike Drechsler ( GER ) Larysa Berezhna ( URS )
1993 Stuttgart details Heike Drechsler ( GER ) Larysa Berezhna ( UKR ) Renata Nielsen ( DEN )
1995 Gothenburg details Fiona May ( ITA ) Niurka Montalvo ( CUB ) Irina Mushailova ( RUS )
1997 Athens details Lyudmila Galkina ( RUS ) Niki Xanthou ( GRE ) Fiona May ( ITA )
1999 Seville details Niurka Montalvo ( ESP ) Fiona May ( ITA ) Marion Jones ( USA )
2001 Edmonton details Fiona May ( ITA ) Tatyana Kotova ( RUS ) Niurka Montalvo ( ESP )
2003 Saint-Denis details Eunice Barber ( FRA ) Tatyana Kotova ( RUS ) Anju Bobby George ( IND )
2005 Helsinki details Tianna Madison ( USA ) Eunice Barber ( FRA ) Yargelis Savigne ( CUB )
2007 Osaka details Tatyana Lebedeva ( RUS ) Lyudmila Kolchanova ( RUS ) Tatyana Kotova ( RUS )
2009 Berlin details Brittney Reese ( USA ) Tatyana Lebedeva ( RUS ) Karin Melis Mey ( TUR )
2011 Daegu details Brittney Reese ( USA ) Olga Kucherenko ( RUS ) Ineta Radēviča ( LAT )
2013 Moscow details Brittney Reese ( USA ) Blessing Okagbare ( NGA ) Ivana Španović ( SRB )
2015 Beijing details Tianna Bartoletta ( USA ) Shara Proctor ( GBR ) Ivana Španović ( SRB )
2017 London details Brittney Reese ( USA ) Darya Klishina ( ANA ) Tianna Bartoletta ( USA )
2019 Doha details Malaika Mihambo ( GER ) Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk ( UKR ) Ese Brume ( NGR )
World Championships medalists -- Women
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the horizontal jumps. This event has a history in the Ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the first Olympics in 1896 and for women since 1948.