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

Official Video Highlights @ 2:33:30
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

GoldChioma Ajunwa
 Nigeria
SilverFiona May
 Italy
BronzeJackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States

Abbreviations

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 123456Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria 7.126.996.856.84 -X7.12
2nd, silver medalist(s) Fiona May Italy 6.687.026.786.736.766.887.02
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 6.556.756.86X6.527.007.00
4Niki Xanthou Greece X 6.97 X 6.67 6.95 6.85 6.97
5Iryna Chekhovtsova Ukraine 6.84 6.88 X 6.97 X X 6.97
6Agata Karczmarek Poland 6.90 X X X X 6.65 6.90
7Iva Prandzheva Bulgaria X X 6.81 X 6.82 X 6.82
8Nicole Boegman Australia 6.73 X X X 6.55 6.23 6.73
9Tunde Vaszi Hungary 6.60 X X 6.60
10Chantal Brunner New Zealand 6.45 6.49 6.45 6.49
11Voula Patoulidou Greece X 6.26 6.37 6.37
Sharon Jaklofsky Netherlands X X X NM

See also

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.