From there, nobody was able to improve until the last jump of the fifth round, when Vuleta nailed a big one.

Thinking she had fouled, Vuleta walked to the stands in frustration, but the jump was called good and measured at 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in).

With her final attempt Alina Rotaru-Kottmann jumped 6.88m to leapfrog into bronze.

Before the competition records were as follows:[1] The following records were set at the competition: The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6.85 m.[2] The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows: The qualification round took place on 19 August, in two groups, both starting at 13:25.

[3] Athletes attaining a mark of at least 6.80 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.