Start 10:50 T 31°C H 77% Few Clouds. Finish 12:13 T 31°C H 73% Few Clouds.
World Record: Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52m Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 June 1988
Olympic Record: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.40m Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
Returning from the Rio podium, silver medalist Brittney Reese now a month short of turning 35, and bronze medalist Ivana Španović. Gold medalist Tianna Bartoletta did not qualify to return. 2019 World Champion Malaika Mihambo was here, along with the rest of the 2019 podium Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk and Ese Brume. Reese was 2017 Champion over Bartoletta. In fact, Reese had medaled in every major competition since 2009 until missing out in 2019. Only two made the automatic qualifier in their first attempt, Tara Davis and Khaddi Sagnia. After three attempts, eight made it. It took 6.60m to reach the final. Brume took the lead in the first round with a 6.97m, with Mihambo in second at 6.83m. Španović moved into second on her second attempt with a 6.91m. Seconds later, Mihambo answered with a 6.95m. Reese also jumped 6.97m on her third attempt and held a 6.81m second attempt to use as a tiebreaker to take over the gold medal position. Bekh-Romanchuk landed her only legal attempt to keep herself in the competition, but still out of reach of the podium. In the fourth round, Reese improved her second best jump to 6.87m, Brume answered with a 6.88m to take over gold position. Reese came back in the fifth round to jump 6.95m to get back the tiebreaker into gold position. On her final attempt, Mihambo jumped 7.00m (22ft 11+1⁄2in) to grab gold. Brume improved to 6.90m on her final attempt, not enough to improve the color of her medal. And Reese's 6.84m fell short as well. Reese repeated as silver medalist.