1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the women's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 4 September 1987.

Medalists

GoldUnited States Jackie Joyner-Kersee
United States (USA)
SilverSoviet Union Yelena Belevskaya
Soviet Union (URS)
BronzeEast Germany Heike Drechsler
East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
03.09.1987 ??:??h 03.09.1987 ??:??h
Final Round
04.09.1987 17:50h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.45 Dresden, East Germany August 13, 1987
Championship Record  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.27 Bucharest, Bulgaria August 14, 1983

The following new world and championship records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Result WR CR
September 4 Final  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 CR

Final

Rank Name Result Notes
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 CR
 Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 7.14
 Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.13
4  Helga Radtke (GDR) 7.01
5  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 6.99
6  Irina Valyukevich (URS) 6.89
7  Jennifer Inniss (USA) 6.80
8  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.63
9  Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (BUL) 6.50
10  Sylvia Khristova-Moneva (BUL) 6.45
11  Sheila Echols (USA) 6.39
12  Lene Demsitz (DEN) 6.11

Qualifying round

Pool 1

Rank Name Result Notes
1  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 6.95 Q
2  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 6.86 Q
3  Irina Valyukevich (URS) 6.82 Q
4  Jennifer Inniss (USA) 6.75 Q
5  Sylvia Khristova-Moneva (BUL) 6.71 Q
6  Lene Demsitz (DEN) 6.58 Q
7  Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN) 6.55
8  Antonella Capriotti (ITA) 6.31
9  Wang Zhihui (CHN) 6.28
10  Madeline de Jesús (PUR) 6.20
11  Beatrice Utondu (NGR) 6.17
12  Carmen Sirbu (ROU) 6.00
13  See Huey Chan (SIN) 5.49
14  Jacqueline Ross (VIN) 5.29
 Eva Murková (TCH) NM

Pool 2

Rank Name Result Notes
1  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.86 Q
2  Sheila Echols (USA) 6.61 Q
3  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.60 Q
4  Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (BUL) 6.60 Q
5  Helga Radtke (GDR) 6.58 Q
6  Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 6.58 Q
7  Marieta Ilcu (ROU) 6.50
8  Sofiya Bozhanova (BUL) 6.43
9  Eva Karblom (SWE) 6.31
10  Vali Ionescu-Constantin (ROU) 6.30
11  Euphemia Huggins (TRI) 6.26
12  Eloína Echevarría (CUB) 6.23
13  Tracy Smith (CAN) 6.17
14  Sigal Gonen (ISR) 6.03

References

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