Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
Women's long jump at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 1 August 1996 (qualifications) 2 August 1996 (finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 35 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 7.12 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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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.[1]
Medalists[]
Gold | Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria |
Silver | Fiona May Italy |
Bronze | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States |
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[]
Qualification[]
Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Fiona May | Italy | 6.58 | 6.85 | 6.85 | Q | |
2 | A | Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria | 6.64 | 6.81 | 6.81 | Q | |
3 | A | Sharon Jaklofsky | Netherlands | x | 6.69 | 6.75 | 6.75 | Q |
4 | A | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.41 | 6.73 | 6.73 | Q | |
5 | A | Iryna Chekhovtsova | Ukraine | 6.44 | 6.70 | 6.70 | Q | |
6 | A | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States | 6.70 | 6.70 | Q | ||
6 | A | Agata Karczmarek | Poland | 6.70 | 6.70 | Q | ||
8 | A | Nicole Boegman | Australia | x | x | 6.67 | 6.67 | q |
B | Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | q | |||||
9 | B | Chantal Brunner | New Zealand | x | 6.47 | 6.62 | 6.62 | q |
10 | A | Niki Xanthou | Greece | x | x | 6.60 | 6.60 | q |
11 | B | Voula Patoulidou | Greece | 6.58 | 6.09 | 6.13 | 6.58 | q |
12 | B | Flora Hyacinth | Virgin Islands | x | x | 6.58 | 6.58 | |
13 | A | Lisette Cuza | Cuba | 6.45 | 6.56 | 6.39 | 6.56 | |
14 | B | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | 6.44 | 6.55 | 6.27 | 6.55 | |
15 | A | Yelena Pershina | Kazakhstan | 6.50 | x | x | 6.50 | |
16 | A | Marieke Veltman | United States | 6.43 | 6.49 | x | 6.49 | |
17 | B | Niurka Montalvo | Cuba | 6.48 | x | x | 6.48 | |
18 | A | Olga Rublyova | Russia | 6.47 | x | – | 6.47 | |
19 | B | Eunice Barber | Sierra Leone | 6.20 | 6.20 | 6.45 | 6.45 | |
20 | A | Regla Cárdenas | Cuba | 6.36 | 6.21 | 6.42 | 6.42 | |
21 | A | Ksenija Predikaka | Slovenia | x | 6.37 | x | 6.37 | |
22 | B | Galina Čisťaková | Slovakia | 6.33 | x | 6.26 | 6.33 | |
23 | B | Denise Lewis | Great Britain | x | x | 6.33 | 6.33 | |
24 | B | Yelena Sinchukova | Russia | x | 6.31 | x | 6.31 | |
25 | B | Diane Guthrie-Gresham | Jamaica | 6.27 | x | x | 6.27 | |
26 | A | Virge Naeris | Estonia | x | 6.26 | 6.17 | 6.26 | |
27 | A | Valentina Gotovska | Latvia | x | x | 6.08 | 6.08 | |
28 | B | Ana Liku | Tonga | x | x | 6.06 | 6.06 | |
29 | B | Elma Muros | Philippines | 5.98 | 6.04 | 5.99 | 6.04 | |
30 | B | Rita Ináncsi | Hungary | 6.02 | x | x | 6.02 | |
31 | A | Andrea Ávila | Argentina | x | 5.92 | 6.00 | 6.00 | |
32 | A | Anzhela Atroschenko | Belarus | x | x | 5.94 | 5.94 | |
33 | B | Shabana Akhtar | Pakistan | 5.72 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.80 | |
34 | B | Nicole Devonish | Canada | 5.74 | 5.59 | x | 5.74 | |
35 | B | Yelena Koshcheyeva | Kazakhstan | x | 5.49 | 5.55 | 5.55 | |
36 | A | Nilufar Yasmin | Bangladesh | 5.19 | 4.65 | 5.24 | 5.24 | |
37 | A | Beryl Larame | Seychelles | x | 3.88 | x | 3.88 | |
A | Mihaela Gheorghiu | Romania | x | NM | ||||
A | Renata Nielsen | Denmark | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Lacena Golding | Jamaica | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Heli Koivula | Finland | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Ljudmila Ninova | Austria | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Natallia Sazanovich | Belarus | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Viktoriya Vershynina | Ukraine | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Shana Williams | United States | x | x | x | NM | ||
A | Michelle Baptiste | Saint Lucia | DNS | |||||
A | Dione Rose | Jamaica | DNS |
Final[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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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 | Nicole Boegman | Australia | 6.73 | X | X | X | 6.55 | 6.23 | 6.73 | |
8 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.60 | X | X | 6.60 | ||||
9 | Chantal Brunner | New Zealand | 6.45 | 6.49 | 6.45 | 6.49 | ||||
10 | Voula Patoulidou | Greece | X | 6.26 | 6.37 | 6.37 | ||||
Sharon Jaklofsky | Netherlands | X | X | X | NM | |||||
Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | DPG |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Long jump at the Olympics
- 1996 in women's athletics
- Women's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics