1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Events at the
1997 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 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 6, 1997.

Medalists

GoldRussia Lyudmila Galkina
Russia (RUS)
SilverGreece Niki Xanthou
Greece (GRE)
BronzeItaly Fiona May
Italy (ITA)

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

Qualifying Round

Rank Name Result
1.  Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) 7.01 m
2.  Heike Daute-Drechsler (GER) 6.80 m
3.  Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) 6.75 m
4.  Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) 6.73 m
5.  Erica Johansson (SWE) 6.64 m
6.  Magdalena Khristova (BUL) 6.63 m
7.  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.62 m
8.  Marion Jones (USA) 6.59 m
9.  Heli Koivula (FIN) 6.57 m
10.  Olena Shekhovtsova (UKR) 6.52 m
11.  Tünde Vaszi (HUN) 6.52 m
12.  Lacena Golding (JAM) 6.50 m
13.  Renata Nielsen (DEN) 6.49 m
14.  Linda Ferga (FRA) 6.46 m
15.  Valentīna Gotovska (LAT) 6.20 m
16.  Sabine Braun (GER) 6.20 m
17.  Andrea Avila (ARG) 6.08 m
18.  Paraskevi Patoulidou (GRE) 5.90 m
19.  Siulolo Liku (TON) 5.83 m
20.  Gilda Massa (PER) 5.51 m
 Flora Hyacinth (ISV) DNS


Rank Name Result
1.  Fiona May (ITA) 6.73 m
2.  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.72 m
3.  Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) 6.66 m
4.  Niki Xanthou (GRE) 6.62 m
5.  Joanne Wise (GBR) 6.52 m
6.  Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT) 6.50 m
7.  Nina Perevedentseva (RUS) 6.45 m
8.  Agata Karczmarek (POL) 6.44 m
9.  Yelena Pershina (KAZ) 6.38 m
10.  Jackie Edwards (BAH) 6.38 m
11.  Sharon Couch-Jewell (USA) 6.37 m
12.  Nadine Caster (FRA) 6.37 m
13.  Yelena Donkina (RUS) 6.29 m
14.  Chantal Brunner (NZL) 6.26 m
15.  Eunice Barber (SLE) 6.19 m
16.  Jeļena Blaževiča (LAT) 6.18 m
17.  Yelena Lemeshevskaya (BLR) 6.07 m
18.  Luciana Alves dos Santos (BRA) 5.92 m
19.  Anja Valant (SLO) 5.77 m
20.  Elisa Perez (DOM) 5.67 m
21.  Vera Bregu-Bitanji (ALB) 5.58 m
22.  Maria Fletschmann (GUA) 5.25 m
23.  Isis Moreno (PAN) 5.08 m

Final

RankNameAttemptsResultNotes
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
 Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) 6.896.85-7.05-- 7.05 WL
 Niki Xanthou (GRE) -6.696.936.94-- 6.94 SB
 Fiona May (ITA) 6.91--6.786.66- 6.91
4  Heike Daute-Drechsler (GER) 6.626.69-4.906.876.89 6.89
5  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.796.78-6.726.786.60 6.79
6  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.75--6.786.546.77 6.78
7  Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) 4.286.71--6.566.54 6.71
8  Erica Johansson (SWE) -6.546.646.545.346.41 6.64
9  Magdalena Khristova (BUL) --6.64--6.45 6.64 SB
10  Marion Jones (USA) --6.63--- 6.63
11  Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) 6.616.606.38--- 6.61
12  Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) 5.21----- 5.21

See also

References

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