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

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]

Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date1 August 1996 (qualifications)
2 August 1996 (finals)
Competitors48 from 35 nations
Winning distance7.12
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chioma Ajunwa
 Nigeria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fiona May
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States
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Medalists

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Gold Chioma Ajunwa
  Nigeria
Silver Fiona May
  Italy
Bronze Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  United States

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Qualification

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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
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 Olena Shekhovtsova   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
9 B Iva Prandzheva   Bulgaria 6.58 6.62 x 6.62 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

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Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
  Chioma Ajunwa   Nigeria 7.12 6.99 6.85 6.84 - X 7.12 NR, AR, CR
  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 X X 6.81 X 6.82 X 6.82 DPG

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
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