2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump

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

Women's long jump
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueOregon Convention Center
DatesMarch 18
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning distance7.22
Medalists
    United States
    Serbia
    Great Britain

On paper, Brittney Reese came into this meet with a 20 cm better personal best. But the personal best came before a 2014 injury. Her 2015 season was still hampered by recovery. 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 personal best and National Record of 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 8 14 in) winner, just 1 cm below her indoor personal best, set to win this championship 4 years earlier, also on her last jump.[3]

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.[4]

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Brittney Reese United States6.97xx6.887.007.227.22WL
Ivana Španović Serbia7.006.88xx7.076.767.07NR
Lorraine Ugen Great Britain6.626.646.65x6.936.866.93NR
4Janay DeLoach Soukup United Statesx6.80xx6.856.896.89SB
5Brooke Stratton Australia6.576.756.62x6.726.75
6Alexandra Wester Germanyx6.446.676.596.576.67
7Ksenija Balta Estonia6.596.576.486.606.596.60
8Shara Proctor Great Britainx6.556.57x6.546.57
9Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova Belarus6.566.556.476.56
10Alina Rotaru Romaniax6.406.456.45
11Chelsea Jaensch Australia5.846.286.386.38
12Xenia Stolz Germany6.34x6.376.37
13Jazmin Sawyers Great Britainx6.316.276.31
14Khaddi Sagnia Sweden6.085.986.08
Konomi Kai JapanxxxNM
Eliane Martins BrazilxxxNM

References

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