Area Men Women Mark (m) Athlete Nation Mark (m) Athlete Nation Africa (records) 8.44 Luvo Manyonga South Africa 6.97 Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria Asia (records) 8.27 Su Xiongfeng China 6.82 Yang Juan China Europe (records) 8.71 Sebastian Bayer Germany 7.37 WR Heike Drechsler East Germany North, Central America and Caribbean (records) 8.79 WR Carl Lewis United States 7.23 Brittney Reese United States Oceania (records) 8.25 Fabrice Lapierre Australia 6.81 Nicole Boegman Australia South America (records) 8.42 Irving Saladino Panama 6.89 Maurren Higa Maggi Brazil