Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 50 competitors, with two non-starters.

Iva Prandzheva from Bulgaria, ranking 7th with 6.82 was disqualified because of doping.

Medalists

Gold	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria (NGR)
Silver	Fiona May Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Results

Non-qualifiers

RANK	QUALIFYING HEATS	DISTANCE
—	Flora Hyacinth (ISV)	6.58 m
—	Lisette Cuza (CUB)	6.56 m
—	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	6.55 m
—	Yelena Pershina (KAZ)	6.50 m
—	Marieke Veltman (USA)	6.49 m
—	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	6.48 m
—	Olga Rublyova (RUS)	6.47 m
—	Eunice Barber (SLE)	6.45 m
—	Regla Cardenas (CUB)	6.42 m
—	Ksenija Predikaka (SLO)	6.37 m
—	Galina Cistjaková (SVK)	6.33 m
—	Denise Lewis (GBR)	6.33 m
—	Yelena Sinchukova (RUS)	6.31 m
—	Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM)	6.27 m
—	Virge Naeris (EST)	6.26 m
—	Valentīna Gotovska (LAT)	6.08 m
—	Ana Liku (TGA)	6.06 m
—	Elma Muros (PHI)	6.04 m
—	Rita Ináncsi (HUN)	6.02 m
—	Andrea Avila (ARG)	6.00 m
—	Anzhela Atroshchenko (BLR)	5.94 m
—	Shabana Akhtar (PAK)	5.80 m
—	Nicole Devonish (CAN)	5.74 m
—	Yelena Koshcheyeva (KAZ)	5.55 m
—	Nilufar Yasmin (BAN)	5.24 m
—	Beryl Larame (SEY)	3.88 m
—	Mihaela Gheorghiu (ROU)	NM
—	Renata Nielsen (DEN)	NM
—	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	NM
—	Lacena Golding (JAM)	NM
—	Heli Koivula (FIN)	NM
—	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	NM
—	Ljudmila Ninova (AUT)	NM
—	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)	NM
—	Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR)	NM
—	Shana Williams (USA)	NM
—	Michelle Baptiste (LCA)	DNS
—	Dione Rose (JAM)	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	7.12	6.99	6.85	6.84	-	X	7.12
	Fiona May	Italy	6.68	7.02	6.78	6.73	6.76	6.88	7.02
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	6.55	6.75	6.86	X	6.52	7.00	7.00
4	Niki Xanthou	Greece	X	6.97	X	6.67	6.95	6.85	6.97
5	Iryna Chekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.84	6.88	X	6.97	X	X	6.97
6	Agata Karczmarek	Poland	6.90	X	X	X	X	6.65	6.90
7	Iva Prandzheva	Bulgaria	X	X	6.81	X	6.82	X	6.82
8	Nicole Boegman	Australia	6.73	X	X	X	6.55	6.23	6.73
9	Tunde Vaszi	Hungary	6.60	X	X				6.60
10	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	6.45	6.49	6.45				6.49
11	Voula Patoulidou	Greece	X	6.26	6.37				6.37
	Sharon Jaklofsky	Netherlands	X	X	X				NM

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships Long Jump
• 1997 Women's World Championships Long Jump

References

• Official Report
• Results