SportingHeroes.net: an encyclopaedia of sports
information athletics heroes cricket heroes football heroes golf heroes rugby heroes tennis heroes

Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net

Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Women's Long Jump. World Record Progression

IAAF era:

 TIME         ATHLETE                     COUNTRY	  DATE	    VENUE
7.52m.   Galina Chistyakova          (URS)   11 Jun 88   Leningrad
7.45m.   Galina Chistyakova          (URS)   11 Jun 88   Leningrad
7.45m.   Jackie Joyner-Kersee        (USA)   13 Aug 87   Indianapolis
7.45m.   Heike Drechsler             (GDR)   03 Jul 86   Dresden
7.45m.   Heike Drechsler             (GDR)   22 Jun 86   Tallinn
7.44m.   Heike Drechsler             (GDR)   22 Sep 85   Berlin
7.43m.   Anisoara Stanciu            (ROM)   04 Jun 83   Bucharest
7.27m.   Anisoara Stanciu            (ROM)   04 Jun 83   Bucharest
7.21m.   Anisoara Cusmir/Stanciu     (ROM)   15 May 83   Bucharest
7.20m.   Valy Ionescu                (ROM)   01 Aug 82   Bucharest
7.15m.   Anisoara Cusmir             (ROM)   01 Aug 82   Bucharest
7.09m.   Vilma Bardauskiene          (URS)   29 Aug 78   Praha
7.07m.   Vilma Bardauskiene          (URS)   18 Aug 78   Kishinyov
6.99m.   Sigrun Siegl                (GDR)   19 May 76   Dresden
6.92m.   Angela Voigt                (GDR)   09 May 76   Dresden
6.84m.   Heide Rosendahl             (FRG)   03 Nov 70   Turin
6.82m.   Viorica Viscopoleanu        (ROM)   14 Oct 68   México City
6.76m.   Mary Rand                   (GBR)   14 Oct 64   Tokyo
6.70m.   Tatyana Shchelkanova        (URS)   04 Jul 64   Moscow 
6.62m.   Tatyana Shchelkanova        (URS)   06 Oct 62   Brussels
6.53m.   Tatyana Shchelkanova        (URS)   10 Jun 62   Leipzig
6.48m.   Tatyana Shchelkanova        (URS)   16 Jul 61   Moscow
6.42m.   Hildrun Claus               (GDR)   23 Jun 61   Berlin
6.40m.   Hildrun Claus               (GDR)   07 Aug 60   Erfurt
6.36m.   Hildrun Claus               (GDR)   07 Aug 60   Erfurt
6.35m.   Elsbieta Krzesinska         (POL)   27 Nov 56   Melbourne
6.35m.   Elsbieta Dusska/Krzesinska  (POL)   20 Aug 56   Budapest
6.31m.   Galina Vinogradova          (URS)   18 Nov 55   Tbilisi
6.28m.   Galina Vinogradova          (URS)   11 Sep 55   Moscow
6.28m.   Yvette Williams             (NZL)   20 Feb 54   Gisborne 
6.25m.   Fanny Blankers-Koen         (NED)   19 Sep 43   Leiden
6.12m.   Christel Schulz             (GER)   30 Jul 39   Berlin
6.07m.   Erika Junghanns             (GER)   02 Oct 38   Weissenfels
6.09m.   Stanislawa Walasiewicz*     (POL)   28 Jun 37   Worcester, Mass.
6.02m.   Stanislawa Walasiewicz*     (POL)   10 Jul 30   Cleveland
5.98m.   Kinue Hitomi                (JPN)   20 May 28   Osaka 
5.78m.   Kinue Hitomi                (JPN)   20 May 28   Osaka 
                                 

FSFI era:

5.62m.   Gertrud Gladitsch           (GER)   04 Sep 27   Hanover
5.575m.  Muriel Gunn                 (GBR)   01 Aug 27   London
5.60m.   Gertrud Gladitsch           (GER)   26 Jun 27   Schwenningen
5.575m.  Muriel Gunn                 (GBR)   21 Sep 26   London
5.50m.   Kinue Hitomi                (JPN)   28 Aug 26   Göthenburg
5.485m.  Muriel Gunn                 (GBR)   02 Aug 26   London
5.75m.   Kinue Hitomi                (JPN)   05 Jun 26   Tokyo
5.30m.   Marie Mejzlíková II         (TCH)   23 Sep 23   Praha  
5.16m.   Marie Mejzlíková II         (TCH)   06 Aug 22   Praha 

Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 
5.54m.   Maria Kiessling             (GER)   29 May 21   Münich   

* Of questionable sexual status 




Womens Long Jump World Records Progression
Les progressions des records du monde d'athlétisme
Récords Mundials de Atletismo
Leichtathletik Weltrekorde


Back To Top Of Page