World Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
5.56 A Donovan Bailey 16/12/1967 CAN Reno, NV 09/02/1996
World Leading 2012
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
5.63 + Lerone Clarke 06/12/1981 JAM Liévin 14/02/2012
Area Records
Area Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
AFRICA 5.61 + Deji Aliu 22/11/1975 NGR Liévin 21/02/1999
ASIA 5.69 + Gennadiy Chernovol 06/06/1976 KAZ Liévin 24/02/2002
EUROPE 5.61 Manfred Kokot 03/01/1948 GDR Berlin (DH) 04/02/1973
EUROPE 5.61 + Jason Gardener 18/09/1975 GBR Madrid 16/02/2000
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 5.56 A Donovan Bailey 16/12/1967 CAN Reno, NV 09/02/1996
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 5.56 Maurice Greene 23/07/1974 USA Los Angeles, CA 13/02/1999
SOUTH AMERICA 5.6 Fernando Acevedo 01/01/1946 PER Böblingen 28/01/1978
+ = in route to longer distance
World Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
5.96 + Irina Privalova 22/11/1968 RUS Madrid 09/02/1995
World Leading 2012
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
6.08 Veronica Campbell-Brown 15/05/1982 JAM New York (MSG), NY 28/01/2012
Area Records
Area Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
AFRICA 6.04 + Chioma Ajunwa 25/12/1970 NGR Liévin 22/02/1998
ASIA 6.31 + Susanthika Jayasinghe 17/12/1975 SRI Liévin 25/02/2001
EUROPE 5.96 + Irina Privalova 22/11/1968 RUS Madrid 09/02/1995
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 6.00 Merlene Ottey 10/05/1960 JAM Moskva 04/02/1994
OCEANIA 6.3 Pamela Kilborn AUS Toronto 29/01/1965
SOUTH AMERICA 6.31 Jennifer Innis 21/11/1959 GUY Daly City 11/02/1983
+ = in route to longer distance