Area Men Women Mark (m) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Mark (m) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Africa (records) 8.65[A] +1.3 Luvo Manyonga South Africa 7.12 +0.9 Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria Asia (records) 8.48 +0.6 Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi Saudi Arabia 7.01 +1.4 Weili Yao China Europe (records) 8.86[A] +1.9 Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union 7.52 WR +1.4 Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union North, Central America and Caribbean (records) 8.95 WR +0.3 Mike Powell United States 7.49 +1.3 Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States Oceania (records) 8.54 +1.7 Mitchell Watt Australia 7.05 +2.0 Brooke Stratton Australia South America (records) 8.73 +1.2 Irving Saladino Panama 7.26[A] +1.8 Maurren Higa Maggi Brazil