The women's long jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August.

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Women's long jump at the 2013 World Championships
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	10 August 2013 (qualification) 11 August 2013 (final)
Competitors	31 from 21 nations
Winning distance	7.01 m (22 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
Medalists
Brittney Reese  United States (USA)   Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria (NGR)   Ivana Španović  Serbia (SRB)
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Two time defending champion, current Olympic champion and world leading Brittney Reese squeaked through qualifying in the last qualifying position. Her 6.57 tied with teammate Funmi Jimoh so she won her position by her second best jump (also 6.57 with Jimoh not having a second legal jump). Shara Proctor led three automatic qualifiers.

In the final, her first round 6.50 was more of the same, while Blessing Okagbare jumped 6.89 for the lead. Reese's 7.01 to start the second round changed the tune, moving the marker beyond any else's range. Volha Sudarava's 6.82 put her into third place. In the fifth round, Ivana Španović's Serbian national record of 6.82 equaled Sudarava and Okagbare improved her best to 6.99, just 2 cm short of Reese. Reese followed with a meaningless 6.95. Okagbare's final attempt was 6.96, again close but too short to take the win. Left with a tie for third, officials again had to look to the second best attempt for the tiebreaker. Španović jumped 6.70 in the first round to get the bronze over Sudarava's 6.66, also in the first round.

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.^[1]

World record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
Championship record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.36	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987
World leading	Brittney Reese (USA)	7.25	Doha, Qatar	10 May 2013
African record	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	7.12	Atlanta, GA, United States	2 August 1996
Asian record	Yao Weili (CHN)	7.01	Jinan, People's Republic of China	5 June 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.49	New York City, United States	22 May 1994
			Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
South American record	Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA)	7.26A	Bogotá, Colombia	26 June 1999
European record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
Oceanian record	Bronwyn Thompson (AUS)	7.00	Melbourne, Australia	7 March 2002

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