Women · World record

Long Jump

The current record and its documented progression: 36 ratified records from 1922 to 1988.

Current record

7.52+1.4

Galina ChistyakovaURSLeningrad · 11 Jun 1988

38 years standing0.07 m improvementAll-time top 50 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record

1922 · 5.16 Marie Mejzlíková II1923 · 5.30 Marie Mejzlíková II1926 · 5.485 Muriel Gunn1926 · 5.50 Kinue Hitomi1927 · 5.575 Muriel Gunn1928 · 5.98 Kinue Hitomi1939 · 6.12 Christel Schulz1943 · 6.25 Fanny Blankers-Koen1954 · 6.28 Yvette Williams1955 · 6.28 Galina Vinogradova1955 · 6.31 Galina Vinogradova1956 · 6.35 Elżbieta Krzesińska1956 · 6.35 Elżbieta Krzesińska1960 · 6.40 Hildrun Claus1961 · 6.42 Hildrun Claus1961 · 6.48 Tatyana Shchelkanova1962 · 6.53 Tatyana Shchelkanova1964 · 6.70 Tatyana Shchelkanova1964 · 6.76 Mary Rand1968 · 6.82 Viorica Viscopoleanu1970 · 6.84 Heide Rosendahl1976 · 6.92 Angela Voigt1976 · 6.99 Siegrun Siegl1978 · 7.07 Vilma Bardauskiené1978 · 7.09 Vilma Bardauskiené1982 · 7.15 Anişoara Cuşmir1982 · 7.20 Valy Ionescu1983 · 7.21 Anişoara Cuşmir1983 · 7.27 Anişoara Cuşmir1983 · 7.43 Anişoara Cuşmir1985 · 7.44 Heike Drechsler1986 · 7.45 Heike Drechsler1986 · 7.45 Heike Drechsler1987 · 7.45 Jackie Joyner-Kersee1988 · 7.45 Galina Chistyakova1988 · 7.52 Galina Chistyakova 7.5205.160

19221955 · Vinogradova 6.281964 · Rand 6.761983 · Cuşmir 7.211988 · Chistyakova 7.52

Documented records

36 ratified · 1 at altitude · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1372026950, imported 21 Sep 2026

MarkWindAthleteNationVenueDateStood
7.52 1.4 Galina Chistyakova URS Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 Jun 1988 38 yrs
7.45 1.0 Galina Chistyakova URS Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 Jun 1988 0 d
7.45 0.6 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Indianapolis, United States 13 Aug 1987 303 d
7.45 1.1 Heike Drechsler GDR Dresden, East Germany 3 Jul 1986 1 yr
7.45 0.9 Heike Drechsler GDR Tallinn, Soviet Union 21 Jun 1986 12 d
7.44 2.0 Heike Drechsler GDR East Berlin, East Germany 22 Sep 1985 272 d
7.43 1.4 Anişoara Cuşmir ROU Bucharest, Romania 4 Jun 1983 2 yrs
7.27 0.6 Anişoara Cuşmir ROU Bucharest, Romania 4 Jun 1983 0 d
7.21 0.6 Anişoara Cuşmir ROU Bucharest, Romania 15 May 1983 20 d
7.20 −0.3 Valy Ionescu ROU Bucharest, Romania 1 Aug 1982 287 d
7.15 0.3 Anişoara Cuşmir ROU Bucharest, Romania 1 Aug 1982 0 d
7.09 0.0 Vilma Bardauskiené URS Prague, Czechoslovakia 29 Aug 1978 3 yrs
7.07 1.9 Vilma Bardauskiené URS Kishinev, Soviet Union 18 Aug 1978 11 d
6.99 2.0 Siegrun Siegl GDR Dresden, East Germany 19 May 1976 2 yrs
6.92 1.6 Angela Voigt GDR Dresden, East Germany 9 May 1976 10 d
6.84 0.0 Heide Rosendahl FRG Turin, Italy 3 Sep 1970 5 yrs
6.82A 0.0 Viorica Viscopoleanu ROU Mexico City, Mexico 14 Oct 1968 1 yr
6.76 −1.6 Mary Rand GBR Tokyo, Japan 14 Oct 1964 4 yrs
6.70 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Moscow, Soviet Union 4 Jul 1964 102 d
6.53 1.5 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Leipzig, East Germany 10 Jun 1962 2 yrs
6.48 −1.5 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Moscow, Soviet Union 16 Jul 1961 329 d
6.42 1.4 Hildrun Claus GDR East Berlin, East Germany 23 Jun 1961 23 d
6.40 0.0 Hildrun Claus GDR Erfurt, East Germany 7 Aug 1960 320 d
6.35 Elżbieta Krzesińska POL Melbourne, Australia 27 Nov 1956 3 yrs
6.35 1.0 Elżbieta Krzesińska POL Budapest, Hungary 20 Aug 1956 99 d
6.31 0.5 Galina Vinogradova URS Tbilisi, Soviet Union 18 Nov 1955 276 d
6.28 1.3 Galina Vinogradova URS Moscow, Soviet Union 11 Sep 1955 68 d
6.28 0.2 Yvette Williams NZL Gisborne, New Zealand 20 Feb 1954 1 yr
6.25 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Leiden, Netherlands 19 Sep 1943 10 yrs
6.12 Christel Schulz GER Berlin, Germany 30 Jul 1939 4 yrs
5.98 Kinue Hitomi JPN Osaka, Japan 20 May 1928 11 yrs
5.575 Muriel Gunn GBR London, United Kingdom 1 Aug 1927 293 d
5.50 Kinue Hitomi JPN Gothenburg, Sweden 28 Aug 1926 338 d
5.485 Muriel Gunn GBR London, United Kingdom 2 Aug 1926 26 d
5.30 Marie Mejzlíková II TCH Prague, Czechoslovakia 23 Sep 1923 2 yrs
5.16 Marie Mejzlíková II TCH Prague, Czechoslovakia 6 Aug 1922 1 yr

Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.