Athletics — Long Jump, Women

Times held 20
Total participants 469
Total countries 108

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1948 Long Jump, Women Olympic 26 17
1952 Long Jump, Women Olympic 34 22
1956 Long Jump, Women Olympic 19 11
1960 Long Jump, Women Olympic 30 18
1964 Long Jump, Women Olympic 31 20
1968 Long Jump, Women Olympic 27 19
1972 Long Jump, Women Olympic 33 19
1976 Long Jump, Women Olympic 30 19
1980 Long Jump, Women Olympic 19 11
1984 Long Jump, Women Olympic 23 17
1988 Long Jump, Women Olympic 30 20
1992 Long Jump, Women Olympic 35 23
1996 Long Jump, Women Olympic 48 35
2000 Long Jump, Women Olympic 39 25
2004 Long Jump, Women Olympic 39 28
2008 Long Jump, Women Olympic 42 33
2012 Long Jump, Women Olympic 30 22
2016 Long Jump, Women Olympic 38 26
2020 Long Jump, Women Olympic 30 23
2024 Long Jump, Women Olympic 31 21

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1948 Olga GyarmatiHUN Noemí Simonetto de PortelaARG Ann-Britt LeymanSWE
1952 Yvette WilliamsNZL Aleksandra ChudinaURS Shirley CawleyGBR
1956 Elżbieta KrzesińskaPOL Willye WhiteUSA Nadezhda DvalishviliURS
1960 Vera KrepkinaURS Elżbieta KrzesińskaPOL Hildrun ClausGER
1964 Mary RandGBR Irena KirszensteinPOL Tatyana ShchelkanovaURS
1968 Viorica ViscopoleanuROU Sheila SherwoodGBR Tatyana TalyshevaURS
1972 Heide RosendahlFRG Diana YorgovaBUL Eva ŠuranováTCH
1976 Angela VoigtGDR Kathy McMillanUSA Lidiya AlfeyevaURS
1980 Tatyana KolpakovaURS Brigitte WujakGDR Tatyana SkachkoURS
1984 Anișoara Stanciu-CușmirROU Valy IonescuROU Sue HearnshawGBR
1988 Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Heike DrechslerGDR Halyna ChystiakovaURS
1992 Heike DrechslerGER Inesa KravetsEUN Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA
1996 Chioma AjunwaNGR Fiona MayITA Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA
2000 Heike DrechslerGER Fiona MayITA Tatyana KotovaRUS
2004 Tatyana LebedevaRUS Irina SimaginaRUS Tatyana KotovaRUS
2008 Maurren MaggiBRA Blessing OkagbareNGR Chelsea HammondJAM
2012 Brittney ReeseUSA Yelena SokolovaRUS Janay DeLoachUSA
2016 Tianna BartolettaUSA Brittney ReeseUSA Ivana ŠpanovićSRB
2020 Malaika MihamboGER Brittney ReeseUSA Ese BrumeNGR
2024 Tara Davis-WoodhallUSA Malaika MihamboGER Jasmine MooreUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 4 4 12
Germany GER 3 1 1 5
Soviet Union URS 2 1 6 9
Romania ROU 2 1 0 3
Russian Federation RUS 1 2 2 5
East Germany GDR 1 2 0 3
Poland POL 1 2 0 3
Great Britain GBR 1 1 2 4
Nigeria NGR 1 1 1 3
Brazil BRA 1 0 0 1
Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 1 0 0 1
Italy ITA 0 2 0 2
Argentina ARG 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
Jamaica JAM 0 0 1 1
Serbia SRB 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Heike Drechsler GDR
GER
2 1 0 3
Brittney Reese USA 1 2 0 3
Elżbieta Duńska-Krzesińska POL 1 1 0 2
Malaika Mihambo GER 1 1 0 2
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1 0 2 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Noemí Simonetto de Portela 2 Silver See all
Armenia ARM 2016 Summer Olympics Amaliya Sharoyan 35 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 2004 Summer Olympics Bronwyn Thompson 4 See all
Austria AUT 1948 Summer Olympics Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch 9 See all
Bangladesh BAN 1996 Summer Olympics Nilufar Yasmin 36 r1/2 See all
Belarus BLR 2012 Summer Olympics Veranika Shutkova 7 See all
Belize BIZ 2008 Summer Olympics Tricia Flores 36 r1/2 See all
Benin BEN 1992 Summer Olympics Sonya Agbéssi 28 r1/2 See all
Bermuda BER 2012 Summer Olympics Arantxa King 9 r1/2 See all
Brazil BRA 2008 Summer Olympics Maurren Maggi 1 Gold See all
British Virgin Islands IVB 2020 Summer Olympics Chantel Malone 12 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Diana Yorgova 2 Silver See all
Burkina Faso BUR 2024 Summer Olympics Marthe Koala 9 See all
Cameroon CMR 2000 Summer Olympics Françoise Mbango DNS See all
Canada CAN 2008 Summer Olympics Tabia Charles 9 See all
Chile CHI 1952 Summer Olympics Adriana Millard 13 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1968 Summer Olympics Lin Chun-Yu 23 r1/2 See all
Colombia COL 2024 Summer Olympics Natalia Linares 22 r1/2 See all
Congo CGO 2008 Summer Olympics Pamela Mouele-Mboussi 33 r1/2 See all
Cook Islands COK 1988 Summer Olympics Erin Tierney DNS See all
Costa Rica CRC 1968 Summer Olympics Jean Robotham 24 r1/2 See all
Cuba CUB 1972 Summer Olympics Marcia Garbey 4 See all
Cyprus CYP 1988 Summer Olympics Maroula Teloni 21 r1/2 See all
Czechia CZE 2008 Summer Olympics Denisa Ščerbova 18 r1/2 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1972 Summer Olympics Eva Šuranová 3 Bronze See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1992 Summer Olympics Li Yong-Ae 25 r1/2 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1992 Summer Olympics Muyegbe Mubala DNS See all
Denmark DEN 1992 Summer Olympics Renata Pytełewska 11 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Angela Voigt 1 Gold See all
Egypt EGY 2024 Summer Olympics Esraa Owis 29 r1/2 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Cecilia Sosa AC r1/2 See all
Estonia EST 2016 Summer Olympics Ksenija Balta 6 See all
Fiji FIJ 1976 Summer Olympics Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault 27 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Maire Österdahl 9 See all
France FRA 1956 Summer Olympics Marthe Lambert 5 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Éloyse Lesueur 5
Georgia GEO 2012 Summer Olympics Maik'o Gogoladze NM See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Heike Drechsler 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Heike Drechsler 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Malaika Mihambo 1 Gold
Ghana GHA 1968 Summer Olympics Alice Annum 22 r1/2 See all
Great Britain GBR 1964 Summer Olympics Mary Rand 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 1996 Summer Olympics Niki Xanthou 4 See all
Grenada GRN 1984 Summer Olympics Jacinta Bartholomew 17 r1/2 See all
Guyana GUY 1980 Summer Olympics Jennifer Inniss 13 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Jennifer Inniss 13 r1/2
Hungary HUN 1948 Summer Olympics Olga Gyarmati 1 Gold See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Tamara Malešev 22 r1/2 See all
India IND 2004 Summer Olympics Anju Bobby George 5 See all
Indonesia INA 2016 Summer Olympics Maria Natalia Londa 25 r1/2 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1964 Summer Olympics Simin Safamehr 31 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1984 Summer Olympics Maya Kalle-Bentzur 16 r1/2 See all
Italy ITA 1996 Summer Olympics Fiona May 2 Silver See all
2000 Summer Olympics Fiona May 2 Silver
Jamaica JAM 2008 Summer Olympics Chelsea Hammond 3 Bronze See all
Japan JPN 1960 Summer Olympics Fumiko Ito 12 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Yelena Koshcheyeva 11 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Yelena Bobrovskaya 30 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 2004 Summer Olympics Ineta Radēviča 12 r1/2 See all
Liberia LBR 1988 Summer Olympics Melvina Vulah 28 r1/2 See all
Lithuania LTU 1992 Summer Olympics Nijolė Medvedeva DQ See all
Luxembourg LUX 1948 Summer Olympics Milly Ludwig 26 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Mercedes Román 20 r1/2 See all
Netherlands NED 1948 Summer Olympics Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs 4 See all
New Zealand NZL 1952 Summer Olympics Yvette Williams 1 Gold See all
Nigeria NGR 1996 Summer Olympics Chioma Ajunwa 1 Gold See all
Norway NOR 1968 Summer Olympics Berit Berthelsen 7 See all
Pakistan PAK 1996 Summer Olympics Shabana Akhtar 33 r1/2 See all
Panama PAN 2020 Summer Olympics Nathalee Aranda 27 r1/2 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 2020 Summer Olympics Rellie Kaputin 19 r1/2 See all
Paraguay PAR 1992 Summer Olympics Natalia Toledo 27 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1988 Summer Olympics Xiong Qiying 9 See all
Philippines PHI 2012 Summer Olympics Marestella Torres 18 r1/2 See all
Poland POL 1956 Summer Olympics Elżbieta Krzesińska 1 Gold See all
Portugal POR 2024 Summer Olympics Agate de Sousa 24 r1/2 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Madeline de Jesús 21 r1/2 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Darya Klishina AC r1/2 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Park Suk-Ja 24 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 1968 Summer Olympics Viorica Viscopoleanu 1 Gold See all
1984 Summer Olympics Anișoara Stanciu-Cușmir 1 Gold
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Tatyana Lebedeva 1 Gold See all
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Ursel Finger 25 r1/2 See all
Saint Lucia LCA 1996 Summer Olympics Michelle Baptiste DNS See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 1988 Summer Olympics Jacqueline Ross 26 r1/2 See all
San Marino SMR 1976 Summer Olympics Graziella Santini 29 r1/2 See all
Senegal SEN 2004 Summer Olympics Kène N'Doye 21 r1/2 See all
Serbia SRB 2016 Summer Olympics Ivana Španović 3 Bronze See all
Seychelles SEY 1984 Summer Olympics Marie-Ange Wirtz 23 r1/2 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1996 Summer Olympics Eunice Barber 19 r1/2 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Ola Sesay 19 r1/2
Slovakia SVK 2016 Summer Olympics Jana Velďáková 15 r1/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 1996 Summer Olympics Ksenija Predikaka 21 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 1992 Summer Olympics Karen Botha 17 r1/2 See all
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Vera Krepkina 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Tatyana Kolpakova 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2008 Summer Olympics Concepción Montaner 13 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics Ann-Britt Leyman 3 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 1972 Summer Olympics Meta Antenen 6 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Dia Toutingi DNS See all
Thailand THA 1984 Summer Olympics Sarinee Phenglaor 22 r1/2 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2000 Summer Olympics Jackie Edwards 6 See all
Tonga TGA 1996 Summer Olympics Siulolo Liku 28 r1/2 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2020 Summer Olympics Tyra Gittens 10 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2004 Summer Olympics Svetlana Pessova 36 r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 2016 Summer Olympics Karin Melis 14 r1/2 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Olena Shekhovtsova 5 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk 5
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Inesa Kravets 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1988 Summer Olympics Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Brittney Reese 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Tianna Bartoletta 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Tara Davis-Woodhall 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1992 Summer Olympics Flora Hyacinth 9 See all
Uruguay URU 2000 Summer Olympics Mónica Falcioni 33 r1/2 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Zhuravlyova 26 r1/2 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Darya Reznichenko 26 r1/2
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Na 19 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Heide Rosendahl 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Summer Olympics Snežana Dančetović 12 See all
Zambia ZAM 1972 Summer Olympics Audrey Chikani 31 r1/2 See all