Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Stadium Australia
Dates	29 September
Winning distance	6.99 m
Medalists
Heike Drechsler  Germany Fiona May  Italy Tatyana Kotova  Russia

Athletics at the 2000 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
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

The Women's long jump competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia was held at the Stadium Australia on 29 September 2000.^[1]

In the final, German Heike Drechsler finished in first place, with a jump distance on 6.99 metres. Italian Fiona May finished in second, while American Marion Jones claimed the third place, being fouled four times.^[2] On 5 October 2007, Jones admitted that she had taken performance-enhancing drugs.^[3] As a result, she was disqualified and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped of her bronze medal on 9 December.^[4] Russian Tatyana Kotova, who originally finished in fourth place, was instead awarded the bronze.^[4]

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52 m	11 June 1988	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.40 m	29 September 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualifying

Held on Wednesday 27 September 2000.

The qualifying distance was 6.70m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Group A

Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	2	Fiona May	Italy	6.81	6.48	6.65	6.81	Q
2	5	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	6.68	6.35	6.52	6.68	q
3	8	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.65	6.56	6.65	x	q
4	9	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	6.65	6.55	6.65	x	q
5	10	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	6.62	6.62	x	6.31	q
6	11	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	6.60	6.60	x	6.47	q
7	13	Yelena Kashcheyeva	Kazakhstan	6.57	6.42	x	6.57
8	16	Erica Johansson	Sweden	6.53	6.53	x	6.49
9	17	Niki Xanthou	Greece	6.50	6.50	x	x
10	18	Yingnan Guan	China	6.48	x	x	6.48
11	20	Shana Williams	United States	6.44	6.24	6.28	6.44
12	21	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	6.42	6.14	6.42	6.31
13	23	Zita Ajkler	Hungary	6.36	6.35	6.36	x
14	24	Maurren Higa Maggi	Brazil	6.35	6.35	6.28	x
15	26	Lissette Cuza	Cuba	6.25	x	6.19	6.25
16	30	Elena Bobrovskaia	Kyrgyzstan	6.19	5.94	6.19	6.03
17	32	Flora Hyacinth	Virgin Islands	6.08	6.08	x	5.89
18	33	Monica Falcioni	Uruguay	6.05	6.05	6.04	5.96		SB
		Concepcion Montaner	Spain	NM	x	x	x
		Françoise Mbango	Cameroon	DNS

Group B

Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	1	Heike Drechsler	Germany	6.84	6.84			Q
2	3	Dawn Burrell	United States	6.77	x	6.68	6.77	Q
3	4	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.70	x	x	6.70	Q	SB
4	6	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	6.66	6.41	6.66	4.21	q
5	7	Olga Rublyova	Russia	6.65	6.62	x	6.65	q
6	12	Jo Wise	Great Britain	6.59	6.39	6.54	6.59		SB
7	14	Viktoriya Vershynina	Ukraine	6.56	6.46	6.56	6.47
8	15	Bronwyn Thompson	Australia	6.55	6.55	x	6.21
9	19	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia	6.47	6.44	x	6.47
10	22	Lacena Golding	Jamaica	6.39	6.37	6.39	6.39
11	25	Patience Itanyi	Nigeria	6.33	6.33	6.22	6.12
12	27	Viorica Tigau	Romania	6.25	x	x	6.25
13	28	Yelena Pershina	Kazakhstan	6.24	6.24	x	6.22
14	29	Sofia Schulte	Germany	6.23	6.15	x	6.23
15	31	Andrea Avila	Argentina	6.11	6.11	x	6.07
16	34	Despoina Papavasilaki	Greece	5.86	x	x	5.86
		Guo Chunfang	China	NM	x	x	x
		Luciana Santos	Brazil	NM	x	x	x
		Anna Tarasova	Kazakhstan	NM	x	x	x
DSQ		Marion Jones	United States	6.78 m	6.78 m			Q

Overall Qualifying

Overall	Athlete	Nation	Group	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	Heike Drechsler	Germany	B	6.84	6.84			Q
2	Fiona May	Italy	A	6.81	6.48	6.65	6.81	Q
3	Dawn Burrell	United States	B	6.77	x	6.68	6.77	Q
4	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	B	6.70	x	x	6.70	Q	SB
5	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	A	6.68	6.35	6.52	6.68	q
6	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	B	6.66	6.41	6.66	4.21	q
7	Olga Rublyova	Russia	B	6.65	6.62	x	6.65	q
8	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	A	6.65	6.56	6.65	x	q
9	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	A	6.65	6.55	6.65	x	q
10	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	A	6.62	6.62	x	6.31	q
11	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	A	6.60	6.60	x	6.47	q
12	Jo Wise	Great Britain	B	6.59	6.39	6.54	6.59		SB
13	Yelena Kashcheyeva	Kazakhstan	A	6.57	6.42	x	6.57
14	Viktoriya Vershynina	Ukraine	B	6.56	6.46	6.56	6.47
15	Bronwyn Thompson	Australia	B	6.55	6.55	x	6.21
16	Erica Johansson	Sweden	A	6.53	6.53	x	6.49
17	Niki Xanthou	Greece	A	6.50	6.50	x	x
18	Yingnan Guan	China	A	6.48	x	x	6.48
19	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia	B	6.47	6.44	x	6.47
20	Shana Williams	United States	A	6.44	6.24	6.28	6.44
21	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	A	6.42	6.14	6.42	6.31
22	Lacena Golding	Jamaica	B	6.39	6.37	6.39	6.39
23	Zita Ajkler	Hungary	A	6.36	6.35	6.36	x
24	Maurren Higa Maggi	Brazil	A	6.35	6.35	6.28	x
25	Patience Itanyi	Nigeria	B	6.33	6.33	6.22	6.12
26	Lissette Cuza	Cuba	A	6.25	x	6.19	6.25
27	Viorica Tigau	Romania	B	6.25	x	x	6.25
28	Yelena Pershina	Kazakhstan	B	6.24	6.24	x	6.22
29	Sofia Schulte	Germany	B	6.23	6.15	x	6.23
30	Elena Bobrovskaia	Kyrgyzstan	A	6.19	5.94	6.19	6.03
31	Andrea Avila	Argentina	B	6.11	6.11	x	6.07
32	Flora Hyacinth	Virgin Islands	A	6.08	6.08	x	5.89
33	Monica Falcioni	Uruguay	A	6.05	6.05	6.04	5.96		SB
34	Despoina Papavasilaki	Greece	B	5.86	x	x	5.86
	Concepcion Montaner	Spain	A	NM	x	x	x
	Guo Chunfang	China	B	NM	x	x	x
	Luciana Santos	Brazil	B	NM	x	x	x
	Anna Tarassova	Kazakhstan	B	NM	x	x	x
	Françoise Mbango	Cameroon	B	DNS
DSQ	Marion Jones	United States	B	6.78 m	6.78 m			Q

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Record
	Heike Drechsler	Germany	6.99	6.48	x	6.99	6.79	x	x	SB
	Fiona May	Italy	6.92	6.76	6.82	6.92	6.72	6.73	6.72
	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	6.83	X	6.76	6.83	X	X	6.73
4	Olga Rublyova	Russia	6.79	X	6.79	X	6.79	X	X
5	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	6.74	X	6.52	6.74	X	4.94	X
6	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	6.59	6.59	6.52	6.51	6.31	6.35	6.42
7	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.59	6.32	X	6.59	X	X	X
8	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	6.56	6.42	6.56	6.05
9	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	6.43	X	6.43	6.20
10	Dawn Burrell	United States	6.38	X	X	6.38
11	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.37	X	X	6.37
DSQ	Marion Jones	United States	6.92	X	6.68	X	6.92	X	X

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Athens)
• 1998 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Seville)
• 2001 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Edmonton)
• 2002 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Munich)
• 2004 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Athens)

References

External links

• Results
• Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm