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Events at the
1997 World Championships
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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.  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.  María Fletschmann (GUA) 5.25 m
23.  Isis Moreno (PAN) 5.08 m

Final

Rank Name Attempts Result Notes
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
 Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) 6.89 6.85 x 7.05 x x 7.05 WL
 Niki Xanthou (GRE) x 6.69 6.93 6.94 x x 6.94 SB
 Fiona May (ITA) 6.91 x x 6.78 6.66 x 6.91
4  Heike 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

See also

References

Long jump at the World Athletics Championships
Complete event overview
Men
Women
World champions in women's long jump
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