1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump

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The women's long jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Medalists[]

Gold Silver Bronze
Fiona May
 Italy
Chioma Ajunwa
 Nigeria
Agata Karczmarek
 Poland

Results[]

Qualification[]

Qualification: 6.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Fiona May  Italy 6.55 6.77 6.77 Q
2 B Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria 6.76 6.76 Q
3 A Olena Khlopotnova  Ukraine 6.67 6.67 Q
4 A Heike Drechsler  Germany 6.59 6.56 6.65 6.65 Q
5 B Jo Wise  Great Britain 6.62 6.62 Q, PB
6 B  Russia 6.28 6.40 6.60 6.60 Q
7 B Agata Karczmarek  Poland 6.24 6.58 6.58 q
8 A Jackie Edwards  Bahamas x 6.52 6.33 6.52 q
9 B Linda Ferga  France x 6.51 6.51 q
10 B Niki Xanthou  Greece x x 6.47 6.47 q
11 B Tünde Vaszi  Hungary x 6.40 6.45 6.45 q
12 A Shana Williams  United States 6.44 5.97 6.24 6.44 q
13 A Valentīna Gotovska  Latvia 6.12 6.43 6.30 6.43
14 A Renata Nielsen  Denmark 6.40 6.35 6.42 6.42
15 A Yu Yiqun  China 6.22 6.42 6.22 6.42
16 B Niurka Montalvo  Cuba 6.28 6.30 6.41 6.41
17 A Flora Hyacinth  United States Virgin Islands 6.36 6.38 x 6.38
18 A Chantal Brunner  New Zealand 6.10 6.29 6.34 6.34
19 B Marieke Veltman  United States 6.34 6.26 x 6.34
20 B Guan Yingnan  China x x 6.34 6.34
21 B  Ukraine 6.07 6.16 5.91 6.16
22 A Vera Olenchenko  Russia 6.15 x x 6.15
A Eunice Barber  Sierra Leone x x x NM
A Corinne Hérigault  France x x x NM
A Paraskevi Patoulidou  Greece x x x NM

Final[]

[2]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fiona May  Italy 6.85 6.86 6.80 6.86 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria 6.73 6.68 6.78 6.80 6.63 6.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Agata Karczmarek  Poland 6.71 6.67 6.71 PB
4 Jo Wise  Great Britain 6.70 6.65 5.27 6.56 6.51 6.70 =NR
5 Niki Xanthou  Greece 6.69 6.69 6.67 6.69
6  Russia 6.65 6.57 6.36 6.65
7 Heike Drechsler  Germany 6.63 6.62 6.57 6.63
8 Olena Khlopotnova  Ukraine 6.59 6.59 6.37 6.35 6.25 6.59
9 Tünde Vaszi  Hungary 6.49 6.49
10 Jackie Edwards  Bahamas 6.40 6.47 6.40 6.47
11 Linda Ferga  France 6.37 6.37
12 Shana Williams  United States 5.89 6.34 6.34

References[]

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