1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

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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[]

Gold Russia Lyudmila Galkina
Russia (RUS)
Silver Greece Niki Xanthou
Greece (GRE)
Bronze Italy 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[]

  • Held on Thursday 1997-08-07
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.   (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.   (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.   (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.   (BLR) 6.07 m
18.  Luciana Alves dos Santos (BRA) 5.92 m
19.  Anja Valant (SLO) 5.77 m
20.   (DOM) 5.67 m
21.  Vera Bregu-Bitanji (ALB) 5.58 m
22.   (GUA) 5.25 m
23.   (PAN) 5.08 m

Final[]

Rank Name Attempts Result Notes
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Gold medal icon.svg  Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) 6.89 6.85 x 7.05 x x 7.05 WL
Silver medal icon.svg  Niki Xanthou (GRE) x 6.69 6.93 6.94 x x 6.94 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg  Fiona May (ITA) 6.91 x x 6.78 6.66 x 6.91
4  Heike Daute-Drechsler (GER) 6.62 6.69 x 4.90 6.87 6.89 6.89
5  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.79 6.78 x 6.72 6.78 6.60 6.79
6  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.75 x x 6.78 6.54 6.77 6.78
7  Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) 4.28 6.71 x x 6.56 6.54 6.71
8  Erica Johansson (SWE) x 6.54 6.64 6.54 5.34 6.41 6.64
9  Magdalena Khristova (BUL) x x 6.64 x x 6.45 6.64 SB
10  Marion Jones (USA) x x 6.63 - - - 6.63
11  Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) 6.61 6.60 6.38 - - - 6.61
12  Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) 5.21 x x - - - 5.21

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