# Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held at the [Stade de France](https://www.edgepedia.org/stade-de-france) in Saint-Denis, with qualification on 6 August and the final on 8 August 2024 at 20:00 local time. The United States' Tara Davis-Woodhall won the gold medal with a best mark of 7.10 m, ahead of Germany's defending champion [Malaika Mihambo](https://www.edgepedia.org/malaika-mihambo) (6.98 m) and the American Jasmine Moore (6.96 m).<sup>[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/results/women/long-jump/final/result)</sup>

| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Venue and dates | Stade de France, Saint-Denis; qualification 6 August, final 8 August 2024<sup>[2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/63/sports/ATH)</sup> |
| Gold medal | Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA), 7.10 m, wind +0.8 m/s, on her fourth attempt<sup>[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/results/women/long-jump/final/result)</sup> |
| Silver medal | Malaika Mihambo (GER), 6.98 m, the Tokyo 2020 champion defending her title<sup>[3](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-long-jump)</sup> |
| Bronze medal | Jasmine Moore (USA), 6.96 m, her second bronze of the Games after the triple jump<sup>[3](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-long-jump)</sup> |
| Winning margin | 0.12 m over silver; Davis-Woodhall's second-best jump, 7.05 m, also exceeded the silver mark<sup>[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/08/tara-davis-woodhall-long-jump-gold-olympics/)</sup> |
| World record | 7.52 m, Galina Chistyakova (URS), Leningrad, 11 June 1988, unaffected in Paris<sup>[5](https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/misc/olympics/OG2024_ATHLETICS.pdf)</sup> |

## Final result

Twelve athletes competed in the final. Davis-Woodhall won with 7.10 m, Mihambo took silver at 6.98 m, and Moore bronze at 6.96 m. Italy's Larissa Iapichino finished fourth at 6.87 m, just outside the medals.<sup>[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/results/women/long-jump/final/result)</sup>

| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark (m) | Wind (m/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | USA | 7.10 | +0.8 |
| 2 | Malaika Mihambo | GER | 6.98 | +0.5 |
| 3 | Jasmine Moore | USA | 6.96 | +0.2 |
| 4 | Larissa Iapichino | ITA | 6.87 | −0.1 |
| 5 | Ese Brume | NGR | 6.70 | +0.4 |
| 6 | Monae' Nichols | USA | 6.67 | −0.1 |
| 7 | Alina Rotaru-Kottmann | ROU | 6.67 | +1.1 |
| 8 | Ackelia Smith | JAM | 6.66 | +0.1 |
| 9 | Marthe Koala | BUR | 6.61 | +0.3 |
| 10 | Ruth Usoro | NGR | 6.58 | −0.3 |
| 11 | Hilary Kpatcha | FRA | 6.56 | −0.1 |
| 12 | Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor | NGR | 6.24 | +0.3 |

All marks from the official final results.<sup>[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/results/women/long-jump/final/result)</sup>

## How the final unfolded

**Davis-Woodhall led from the first round.** She opened at 6.93 m, moved further ahead with 7.05 m in the second round, and jumped 6.95 m in the third. Her winning 7.10 m came in the fourth round, and she closed with 6.68 m on her final attempt.<sup>[3](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-long-jump)</sup> Her second-best jump of 7.05 m would itself have won the gold.<sup>[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/08/tara-davis-woodhall-long-jump-gold-olympics/)</sup>

**Mihambo's title defense ended on the last jump.** The German, who had fouled her first two qualifying attempts before clearing 6.86 m, led the early final rounds with 6.77 m and 6.81 m, then reached 6.95 m in round three and 6.98 m in round five. On her final attempt she missed the take-off board and ran through the pit, leaving her with silver.<sup>[3](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-long-jump)</sup>

**Moore's opening jump held for bronze.** Her first-round 6.96 m put her second at the end of round one, behind only Davis-Woodhall, and she could not improve on it in the later rounds.<sup>[3](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-long-jump)</sup>

## The champion's season

Davis-Woodhall, a 25-year-old from California, arrived in Paris as the 2024 World Indoor champion, with an indoor personal best of 7.18 m set in February. She was unbeaten during 2024 and had jumped beyond seven meters in every competition since February.<sup>[3](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-long-jump)</sup> She had finished sixth at the Tokyo Olympics and taken silver at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest before winning in Paris.<sup>[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/08/tara-davis-woodhall-long-jump-gold-olympics/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[6](https://apnews.com/article/f29eff9f38ed26d676d6cf709ad5619f)</sup> With the victory she became the fourth U.S. woman to win Olympic gold in the long jump.<sup>[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/08/tara-davis-woodhall-long-jump-gold-olympics/)</sup>

## Moore's double and the wider field

Jasmine Moore had won bronze in the triple jump final three days before the long jump, making her a double Olympic medalist in Paris. Winning medals in both horizontal jumps at the same Olympics had been done once before by a woman: Tatyana Lebedeva won long jump gold and triple jump bronze in 2004.<sup>[7](https://www.olympedia.org/results/9031176)</sup>

Nigeria placed three finalists, with Ese Brume fifth at 6.70 m, Ruth Usoro tenth at 6.58 m, and Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor twelfth at 6.24 m.<sup>[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/results/women/long-jump/final/result)</sup> Mihambo, at 30, was the most decorated athlete in the field: the Tokyo champion and a three-time world champion who had won the European title two months earlier with a world-leading 7.22 m.<sup>[3](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-long-jump)</sup>

## Season context

The Paris final sat near the top of a thin 2024 season. Davis-Woodhall and Mihambo were the only women to jump farther than seven meters in 2024, and both did so in the Olympic final.<sup>[8](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2024-review-jumps)</sup> The world record of 7.52 m, set by [Galina Chistyakova](https://www.edgepedia.org/galina-chistyakova) in 1988, was never approached; the winning mark of 7.10 m was 0.42 m short of it.<sup>[5](https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/misc/olympics/OG2024_ATHLETICS.pdf)</sup>

## Competition format

Olympic long jump competitions run in two phases, qualification and final. In qualification, athletes have three attempts to reach a qualifying distance or standard. In the final, the best eight after three jumps receive three more attempts, and each athlete's best valid jump of the six decides the final placing; a jump is a foul, and not measured, if the athlete crosses the take-off line, and jumps with a wind reading above 2.0 m/s are not legal for record purposes.<sup>[9](https://worldathletics.org/disciplines/middlelong/long-jump)</sup> Wind readings in the Paris final ranged from −0.3 m/s to +1.1 m/s, so all marks were wind legal.<sup>[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/results/women/long-jump/final/result)</sup>

Aerodynamics research published ahead of the Paris Games estimated that long, curly hair and loose-fitting clothing can cut up to 10 centimeters off a long jump, and suggested hair caps and low-drag clothing as countermeasures.<sup>[10](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/heriotwatt-university-belgium-university-of-southampton-sporting-b2584777.html)</sup>

## References

1. [Final results, Long Jump women, Paris 24, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/results/women/long-jump/final/result)
2. [Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/63/sports/ATH)
3. [Davis-Woodhall takes long jump gold in Paris as Mihambo takes silver and Moore adds second bronze, World Athletics report, 8 Aug 2024](https://worldathletics.org/jp/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-long-jump)
4. [Long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to Olympic gold medal in Paris, The Washington Post, 8 Aug 2024](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/08/tara-davis-woodhall-long-jump-gold-olympics/)
5. [Official Athletics Results Book, Paris 2024, World Athletics](https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/misc/olympics/OG2024_ATHLETICS.pdf)
6. [Olympic long jumper Davis-Woodhall sees new commitment lead to new color of medals, AP News, March 2024](https://apnews.com/article/f29eff9f38ed26d676d6cf709ad5619f)
7. [Olympedia – Long Jump, Women (Paris 2024 results)](https://www.olympedia.org/results/9031176)
8. [2024 review: jumps, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2024-review-jumps)
9. [Long Jump discipline page, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/disciplines/middlelong/long-jump)
10. [Long, curly hair and loose clothing could cost athletes gold medal – research, The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/heriotwatt-university-belgium-university-of-southampton-sporting-b2584777.html)

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