2007 World Championships in Athletics - Women's long jump

The women's long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

took place on August 27, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium

Nagai Stadium

is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...

in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

Medallists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Records

World Record		7.52	Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	11 June 1988
Championship Record		7.36	Rome, Italy	4 September 1987

Final

Place	Athlete	Mark	Notes
1		7.03
2		6.92
3		6.90	SB
4		6.87
5		6.81
6		6.80
7		6.69
8		6.60
9		6.53
10		6.47
11		6.45
12		6.21

Group A

Place	Athlete	Mark	Notes
1		6.96	Q
2		6.95	Q
3		6.85	Q
4		6.77	Q
5		6.60	q
6		6.58
7		6.55
8		6.51
9		6.50
10		6.47
11		6.46
12		6.45
13		6.28
14		5.82
		DNS

Group B

Place	Athlete	Mark	Notes
1		6.96	Q
2		6.84	Q
3		6.83	Q
4		6.73	q
5		6.65	q
6		6.61	q
7		6.59	q
8		6.58
9		6.49
10		6.47
11		6.45
12		6.44
13		6.42
14		6.32
15		6.29

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