2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
Introduction The '''women's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics''' was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21 and 23 August.In the final, Olympic champion Maurren Higa Maggi took the early lead as the first jumper in the competition. After three fouls, the second legal jump of the competition took Brittney Reese into the lead with a 6.92m. Tatyana Lebedeva's second round 6.97m put her into the lead for six jumps until Reese could take her third jump. Her season best tying  settled the competition. No athlete improved over the final three rounds.In 2017, silver medalist Lebedeva's 2008 Olympic doping sample was retested and found positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). Her Olympic medal was revoked. Ordinarily, a doping violation is followed by a two year ban which would include this championship. No changes in medals have been announced yet.
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. '''World record''''''7.52'''Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988'''Championship record''''''7.36'''Rome, Italy4 September 1987'''World leading''''''7.06'''Belém, Brazil24 May 2009'''African record''''''7.12'''Atlanta, United States2 August 1996'''Asian Record''''''7.01'''Jinan, China5 June 1993'''North American record''''''7.49'''New York, United States22 May 1994'''South American record''''''7.26'''Bogotá, Colombia26 June 1999'''European record''''''7.52'''Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988'''Oceanian record''''''7.00'''Melbourne, Australia7 March 2002No new records were set during this competition.
Qualification standards A standardB standard 6.72m 6.62m
Schedule  Date Time Round21 August 2009  '''18:00'''  '''Qualification'''23 August 2009  '''16:15'''  '''Final'''
Results ===Qualification===Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank  Group  Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3  Result  Notes   A  Naide Gomes    6.60  '''6.86'''   '''6.86'''  Q   B  Brittney Reese    '''6.78'''    '''6.78'''  Q   B  Tatyana Lebedeva    '''6.76'''    '''6.76'''  Q   B  Olga Kucherenko    '''6.68'''  6.65    '''6.68'''  q   A  Maurren Maggi    '''6.68'''  6.58  6.30  '''6.68'''  q   B  Karin Melis Mey    6.57  6.61  '''6.67'''  '''6.67'''  q   B  Keila Costa   ''' 6.66'''    6.55  '''6.66'''  q   B  Ksenija Balta      6.23  '''6.59'''  '''6.59'''  q   A  Nastassia Mironchyk    6.08  '''6.55'''  6.42 '''6.55'''  q 10  A  Teresa Dobija    '''6.55'''      '''6.55'''  q 11  A  Brianna Glenn        '''6.53'''  '''6.53'''  q 12  A  Shara Proctor    6.43  '''6.52'''  6.47  '''6.52'''  q 13  A  Yelena Sokolova    6.44  '''6.51'''  6.46  '''6.51'''   14  A  Jung Soon-Ok    6.45  6.31  '''6.49'''  '''6.49'''   15  A  Ruky Abdulai    6.37  '''6.45'''    '''6.45'''   16   B  Jovanee Jarrett    6.29  6.42  '''6.43'''  '''6.43'''  17   B  Viktoriya Rybalko    '''6.40'''  6.18    '''6.40'''   18  B  Éloyse Lesueur    '''6.40'''  6.09  6.11  '''6.40'''  19   A  Irina Meleshina    '''6.39'''  6.14    '''6.39'''  20  B  Nataliya Dobrynska    6.32  '''6.38'''  6.36  '''6.38'''  21   A  Funmi Jimoh        '''6.34'''  '''6.34'''  22  B  Yarianny Argüelles    6.15  5.97  '''6.32'''  '''6.32'''   23   B  Melanie Bauschke    '''6.32'''  6.13  6.14  '''6.32'''  24  B  Margrethe Renstrøm    '''6.31'''    6.10  '''6.31'''  25  A  Bianca Kappler    6.26  6.21  '''6.29'''  '''6.29'''  26  A  Viktoriya Molchanova    '''6.29'''  6.20    '''6.29'''   27  A  Ola Sesay    5.92  '''6.23'''  6.19  '''6.23'''   28  A  Sachiko Masumi    '''6.23'''  6.06  6.13  '''6.23'''   29  B  Marestella Torres    6.21  6.03  '''6.22'''  '''6.22'''  30  B  Janice Josephs    '''6.22'''  5.75    '''6.22'''  31  B  Beatrice Marscheck    6.07    '''6.19'''  '''6.19'''  32   A  Jana Velďáková      '''6.16'''    '''6.16'''   33   A  Sirkka-Liisa Kivine      5.92  '''6.10'''  '''6.10'''   34  B  Alice Falaiye    6.07  '''6.09'''    '''6.09'''   35  A  Nina Kolarič        '''6.00'''  '''6.00'''   36  B  Patricia Sylvester    '''5.92'''  5.80    '''5.92'''     B  Blessing Okagbare         DNS'''Key''': DNS = Did not start, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place===Final=== Rank  Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3  #4  #5  #6  Result  Notes   Brittney Reese    6.92  6.85  '''7.10'''        '''7.10'''  '''WL'''   Tatyana Lebedeva    6.78  '''6.97'''          '''6.97'''  SB   Karin Melis Mey    6.76    '''6.80'''      6.49  '''6.80'''     Naide Gomes    '''6.77'''    6.52  6.68  6.69  6.68  '''6.77'''     Olga Kucherenko        '''6.77'''  6.63    6.68  '''6.77'''     Shara Proctor      6.56  '''6.71'''      6.40  '''6.71'''  '''NR'''   Maurren Higa Maggi    '''6.68'''      6.64  -  -  '''6.68'''    Ksenija Balta    '''6.62'''  6.52    6.15  6.60  6.57  '''6.62'''    Brianna Glenn      '''6.59'''       '''6.59'''  10  Teresa Dobija      '''6.58'''  6.51     '''6.58'''  11  Nastassia Mironchyk      6.24  '''6.29'''     '''6.29'''    Keila Costa             '''''' '''Key''': NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)
References *  Long jump qualification from IAAF ( Archived 2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-26. *  Long jump final results from IAAF. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-26.