The women's

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competition of the

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events at the

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took place on the 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending

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champion is

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from

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Summary

With

not competing after participating in the

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 takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

, Yulimar Rojas took the lead with her first jump that no the competitor would beat. Along the way to gold, her fourth attempt was , making her the number 16 jumper in history. Silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts displayed amazing consistency with three jumps within 1 cm of her best.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in meters.

Final

The results were as follows

References

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