1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Events at the 1995 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
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		women
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 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 6.75 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Fiona May Italy (ITA)
Silver	Niurka Montalvo Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Irina Mushailova Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
05.08.1995 – 16:00h	05.08.1995 – 16:00h
Final Round
06.08.1995 – 16:50h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52 m	June 11, 1988	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Event Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.36 m	September 4, 1987	Rome, Italy

Qualifying round

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1		Fiona May (ITA)				6.76 m
2		Heike Drechsler (GER)				6.70 m
3		Niurka Montalvo (CUB)				6.69 m
4		Irina Mushailova (RUS)				6.63 m
5		Olena Khlopotnova (UKR)				6.63 m
6		Jackie Edwards (BAH)				6.59 m
7		Chantal Brunner (NZL)				6.53 m
8		Nicole Boegman (AUS)				6.51 m
9		Niki Xanthou (GRE)				6.50 m
10		Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)				6.49 m
11		Yao Weili (CHN)				6.49 m
12		Andrea Ávila (ARG)				6.39 m
13		Valentīna Gotovska (LAT)				6.32 m
14		Sharon Couch-Jewell (USA)				6.30 m
15		Ksenija Predikaka (SLO)				6.30 m
16		Dionne Rose (JAM)				6.07 m
17		Elma Muros-Posadas (PHI)				6.01 m
18		Nilufar Yeasmin (BAN)				5.40 m
—	—	Tünde Vaszi (HUN)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Pastora Chavez (HON)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1		Olga Rublyova (RUS)				6.74 m
2		Inessa Kravets (UKR)				6.73 m
3		Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)				6.73 m
4		Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR)				6.72 m
5		Agata Karczmarek (POL)				6.54 m
6		Valentina Uccheddu (ITA)				6.53 m
7		Marieke Veltman (USA)				6.50 m
8		Patience Itanyi (NGR)				6.46 m
9		Lacena Golding (JAM)				6.45 m
10		Nadine Caster (FRA)				6.43 m
11		Renata Nielsen (DEN)				6.42 m
12		Claudia Gerhardt (GER)				6.40 m
13		Flora Hyacinth (ISV)				6.36 m
14		Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT)				6.32 m
15		Fatma Yuksel-Dulkan (TUR)				6.22 m
16		Beryl Larame (SEY)				5.50 m
17		Deborah Rugama (NCA)				4.88 m
—	—	Heli Koivula (FIN)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Paraskevi Patoulidou (GRE)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Ana Liku (TGA)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fiona May (ITA)	6.93	X	6.87	X	6.64	6.98	6.98 m
	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	6.42	X	6.70	6.62	X	6.86	6.86 m
	Irina Mushailova (RUS)	6.75	6.52	6.82	X	6.76	6.83	6.83 m
4	Olga Rublyova (RUS)	6.61	6.65	6.78	6.77	6.68	6.31	6.78 m
5	Valentina Uccheddu (ITA)	X	6.76	X	X	6.74	6.40	6.76 m
6	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	6.74	X	6.69	6.25	6.59	6.46	6.74 m
7	Agata Karczmarek (POL)	X	5.57	6.71	5.96	6.71	6.56	6.71 m
8	Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR)	X	6.66	X	6.62	3.56	6.41	6.66 m
9	Heike Drechsler (GER)	X	X	6.64				6.64 m
10	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	X	6.57	X				6.57 m
11	Olena Khlopotnova (UKR)	X	6.53	6.31				6.53 m
12	Chantal Brunner (NZL)	X	X	6.43				6.43 m
—	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	X	X	X				NM

See also

• 1994 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Helsinki)
• 1996 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Atlanta)
• 1998 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Budapest)

References

• Results