1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Events at the 1991 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 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 25, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA)
Silver	Heike Drechsler Germany (GER)
Bronze	Larysa Berezhna Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
24.08.1991 – 18:20h	24.08.1991 – 18:20h
Final Round
25.08.1991 – 18:30h

Records

World Record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
Championship Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.36	Rome, Italy	4 September 1987

Results

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.32 m
	Heike Drechsler (GER)	7.29 m
	Larysa Berezhna (URS)	7.11 m
4.	Yelena Sinchukova (URS)	7.04 m
5.	Susen Tiedtke (GER)	6.77 m
6.	Marieta Ilcu (ROM)	6.72 m
7.	Ljudmila Ninova (AUT)	6.72 m
8.	Yelena Belevskaya (URS)	6.69 m
9.	Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN)	6.63 m
10.	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	6.37 m
11.	Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR)	6.28 m
12.	Oluyinka Idowu (GBR)	6.16 m

Qualifying Round

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-24

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	6.91 m
2.	Larysa Berezhna (URS)	6.87 m
3.	Susen Tiedtke (GER)	6.85 m
4.	Yelena Sinchukova (URS)	6.80 m
5.	Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR)	6.68 m
6.	Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN)	6.66 m
6.	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	6.66 m
8.	Liu Shuzhen (CHN)	6.57 m
9.	Yang Juan (CHN)	6.56 m
10.	Fiona May (GBR)	6.54 m
11.	Valentina Uccheddu (ITA)	6.48 m
12.	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	6.30 m
13.	Jayne Moffitt (NZL)	6.29 m
14.	Tamara Malesev (YUG)	6.27 m
15.	Flora Hyacinth (ISV)	6.17 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Heike Drechsler (GER)	6.87 m
2.	Ljudmila Ninova (AUT)	6.79 m
3.	Marieta Ilcu (ROM)	6.77 m
4.	Yelena Belevskaya (URS)	6.70 m
5.	Oluyinka Idowu (GBR)	6.63 m
6.	Helga Radtke (GER)	6.62 m
7.	Nicole Boegman (AUS)	6.57 m
8.	Wang Chunfang (CHN)	6.55 m
9.	Agata Karczmarek (POL)	6.55 m
10.	Sheila Echols (USA)	6.47 m
11.	Cindy Greiner (USA)	6.41 m
12.	Wang Shu-Hwa (TPE)	6.38 m
13.	Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM)	6.37 m
—	Solange Ostiana (AHO)	NM
—	Ragne Kytölä (FIN)	NM
—	Renata Nielsen (DEN)	NM

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart)

References

• Results