Events at the 2016 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's long jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 22 July.

Gold	Yanis David  France
Silver	Sophie Weissenberg  Germany
Bronze	Hilary Kpatcha  France

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	7.14	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	4 June 1983
Championship Record	Fiona May (GBR)	6.88	Sudbury, Canada	30 July 1988
World Junior Leading	Kate Hall (USA)	6.53	Eugene, United States	1 July 2016

Qualification: 6.25 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany	6.21	6.34		6.34	Q
2	B	Hilary Kpatcha	France	5.95	5.99	6.32	6.32	Q, PB
3	A	Kaiza Karlén	Sweden	6.21	6.29		6.29	Q, PB
4	B	Chen Liwen	China	6.05	6.08	6.28w	6.28w	Q
5	A	Anna Bühler	Germany	6.20	6.10	6.25	6.25	Q
6	A	Jessicca Noble	Jamaica	6.22	5.75	6.01	6.22	q
7	A	Yanis David	France	6.04	6.15	6.18	6.18	q
8	A	Eszter Bajnok	Hungary	x	6.01	6.18	6.18	q
9	B	Parinya Chuaimaroeng	Thailand	5.98	6.17	5.99	6.17	q
10	A	Bria Matthews	United States	5.79	5.92	6.13	6.13	q
11	B	Samiyah Samuels	United States	6.08	6.03	x	6.08	q
12	A	Milica Gardašević	Serbia	5.54	5.74	5.85	5.85	q
13	B	Diana Ana Maria Ion	Romania	5.71	5.70	5.76	5.76
14	B	Viyaleta Skvartsova	Belarus	x	x	5.52	5.52
15	B	Martina Miroska	Macedonia	5.27	x	5.48	5.48
	A	Chantoba Bright	Guyana				DNS

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	Result	Note
	Yanis David	France	6.42	6.29	x	x	6.42
	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany	6.40	6.30	x	5.96	6.40
	Hilary Kpatcha	France	6.26	6.33	5.98	x	6.33	PB
4	Kaiza Karlén	Sweden	x	6.02	6.25	5.86	6.25
5	Bria Matthews	United States	5.95	6.24	6.07	6.22	6.24
6	Anna Bühler	Germany	5.99	6.21	6.18	5.89	6.21
7	Eszter Bajnok	Hungary	6.13	x	6.16		6.16
8	Samiyah Samuels	United States	5.86	6.08	6.01		6.08
9	Parinya Chuaimaroeng	Thailand	6.07	5.88	5.89		6.07
10	Chen Liwen	China	5.67	6.01	6.05		6.05
11	Milica Gardašević	Serbia	x	5.95	5.95		5.95
12	Jessicca Noble	Jamaica	5.79	5.82	5.74		5.82