1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Women's_long_jump

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.

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Gold	Lyudmila Galkina Russia (RUS)
Silver	Niki Xanthou Greece (GRE)
Bronze	Fiona May Italy (ITA)

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

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

Rank	Name	Attempts						Result	Notes
Rank	Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Result	Notes
	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

1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Women's_long_jump

1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Medalists

Records

Results

Qualifying round

Final

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