2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump explained

Event:	Women's long jump
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	27
Nations:	18
Win Value:	6.75
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Malaika Mihambo
Silver:	Maryna Bekh
Bronze:	Shara Proctor
Gold Nation:	GER
Silver Nation:	UKR
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Previous:	2016
Next:	2022

The women's long jump at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record		7.52 m^[2]	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
European record		7.52 m^[3]	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
Championship record		7.30 m	Split, Yugoslavia	28 August 1990
World Leading		7.05 m	Birmingham, Great Britain	1 July 2018
European Leading		7.05 m	Birmingham, Great Britain	1 July 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
9 August 2018	10:30	Qualification
11 August 2018	20:05	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 6.67 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q)^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	A	Ivana Španović			6.56	6.84	6.84
2	A	Shara Proctor		6.22	6.49	6.75	6.75
3	B	Malaika Mihambo		6.71			6.71
4	B	Lorraine Ugen			6.70		6.70
5	A	Khaddi Sagnia			6.69		6.69	,
6	B	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova		6.60	6.68		6.68
7	B	Juliet Itoya		6.65		6.45	6.65
8	B	Maryna Bekh		6.64		6.63	6.64	, =
9	B	Jazmin Sawyers			6.49	6.64	6.64
10	A	Ksenija Balta		6.54	6.63		6.63	,=
11	A	Nektaria Panagi		6.30		6.62	6.62
12	B	Evelise Veiga		6.61			6.61	,=
13	B	Laura Strati			6.60	6.29	6.60
14	B	Angela Moroșanu		6.13	6.55		6.55
15	A	Alina Rotaru				6.55	6.55
15	A	Alexandra Wester			6.55		6.55
17	B	Sosthene Moguenara			6.54		6.54
18	A	Lauma Grīva		6.47	6.46		6.47
19	A	Krystyna Hryshutyna			6.31		6.31
20	A	Milena Mitkova		6.25		6.29	6.29
21	B	Milica Gardašević		6.26	6.00		6.26
22	A	Fátima Diame		6.24	6.20		6.24
23	A	Haido Alexouli			6.11	6.21	6.21
24	B	Karin Melis Mey		5.98		6.18	6.18
25	B	Florentina Costina Iușco				6.17	6.17
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Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Malaika Mihambo		6.36	6.36	6.75	6.54		6.73	6.75
	Maryna Bekh		6.60	6.45	6.52		6.67	6.73	6.73
	Shara Proctor		6.58	6.44	6.51	6.69		6.70	6.70
	Jazmin Sawyers		6.40	5.10	6.53		6.66	6.67	6.67
	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova		6.42	6.47	6.58	6.53			6.58
	Ksenija Balta		6.49		6.38		6.30		6.49
	Khaddi Sagnia		6.43	6.47					6.47
	Evelise Veiga		6.47	6.39		6.14	6.30		6.47
	Lorraine Ugen			6.45					6.45
10	Juliet Itoya		6.38		6.34				6.38
11	Nektaria Panagi		6.10	6.10	6.29				6.29
	Ivana Španović

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable . european-athletics.org . 15 March 2018 . 3 May 2018.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 2016-07-04 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
3. Web site: European Outdoor Records Women . 2016-07-04 . .
4. Web site: Qualification results . 22 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180816061635/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW061900_C74B.pdf . 16 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
5. Web site: Final results . 23 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820135233/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW061101_C73P.pdf . 20 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .