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
Chioma Ajunwa
 Nigeria
Fiona May
 Italy
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States
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Athletics at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

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

Abbreviations
  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason 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
RankNameNationality123456ResultNotes
Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria 7.126.996.856.84-X7.12
Fiona May Italy 6.687.026.786.736.766.887.02
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
9Tünde 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
  • 1995 Women's World Championships Long Jump
  • 1997 Women's World Championships Long Jump

References
  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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