Women Long Jump Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - Friday 2nd August - Gold Medal: Chioma Ajunwa, Nigeria
Final 19:15DistanceSO1.2.4.4.5.6.
1. Chioma AjunwaNGR Nigeria7.12m67.126.996.856.84-X
2. Fiona MayITA Italy7.02m26.687.026.786.736.766.88
3. Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA United States7.00m76.556.756.86X6.527.00
4. Niki XanthouGRE Greece6.97m3X6.97X6.676.956.85
5. Iryna ChekhovtsovaUKR Ukraine6.97m126.846.88X6.97XX
6. Agata KarczmarekPOL Poland6.90m96.90XXXX6.65
7. Nicole BoegmanAUS Australia6.73m16.73XXX6.556.23
8. Tunde VasziHUN Hungary6.60m 6.60XX
9. Chantal BrunnerNZL New Zealand6.49m 6.456.496.45
10.Voula PatoulidouGRE Greece6.37m X6.266.37
-. Sharon JaklofskyNED NetherlandsNM XXX
DQ.Iva PrandzhevaBUL Bulgaria6.82m4XX6.81X6.82X

world Women Long Jump History

Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium.
46 competitors from 34 nations.
World Record: 7.52m Galina Chistyakova, Soviet Union - Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 June 1988
Olympic Record: 7.40m Jackie Joyner- Kersee, United States - Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
Favourite Joyner-Kersee was suffering from a hamstring injury, and Drechsler had a thigh injury which prevented her from defending her title. World Champion May led the qualifying with 6.85, from Ajunwa (6.81). The Nigerian, who had just missed making the 100m final, used her speed effectively in the first round of the final, stretching out to 7.12. Ajunwa had been suspended for four years in 1992 for a doping violation and was banned from the Nigerian soccer team as well as international athletics. May reached a personal best 7.02 in the second round, but could get no closer. She was reported to say after the com- petition that drug bans should last forever. Just that fate befell Ajunwa from June 2002, when she failed another doping test. Drugs did directly affect the event, if not the medals, as Iva Prandzheva (BUL) – finishing seventh with 6.82 – was subsequently disqualified for failing a doping test. The bronze medal was a contest between Xánthou and Shekhovtsova, both of whom jumped 6.97, until the final round, when Joyner-Kersee, slowed by injury, managed a jump of 7.00 – about 7.10 from toe to heel – to take third place and the last of her six Olympic medals.

Qualification - Thursday, 1st August 10:05

mark 6.70m 7+5 Athletes
Group ADistance1.2.3.
1. Fiona MayITA Italy6.85m6.586.85
2. Chioma AjunwaNGR Nigeria6.81m6.646.81
3. Sharon JaklofskyNED Netherlands6.75mX6.696.75
4. Tunde VasziHUN Hungary6.73m6.416.73
5. Iryna ChekhovtsovaUKR Ukraine6.70m6.446.70
6. Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA United States6.70m6.70
6. Agata KarczmarekPOL Poland6.70m6.70
8. Nicole BoegmanAUS Australia6.67mXX6.67
9. Niki XanthouGRE Greece6.60mXX6.60
10.Lisette CuzaCUB Cuba6.56m6.456.566.39
11.Yelena PershinaKAZ Kazakhstan6.50m6.50XX
12.Marieke VeltmanUSA United States6.49m6.436.49X
13.Olga RublyovaRUS Russia6.47m6.47X-
14.Regla CardenasCUB Cuba6.42m6.366.216.42
15.Ksenija PredikakaSLO Slovenia6.37mX6.37X
16.Virge NaerisEST Estonia6.26mX6.266.17
17.Valentina GotovskaLAT Latvia6.08mXX6.08
18.Andrea AvilaARG Argentina6.00mX5.926.00
19.Anzhela AtroschenkoBLR Belarus5.94mXX5.94
20.Nilufar YasminBAN Bangladesh5.24m5.194.655.24
21.Beryl LarameSEY Seychelles3.88mX3.88X
-. Mihaela GheorghiuROU RomaniaNMX
-. Renata NielsenDEN DenmarkNMXXX
-. Michelle BaptisteLCALCADNS
-. Dione RoseJAM JamaicaDNS
Group BDistance1.2.3.
1. Iva PrandzhevaBUL Bulgaria6.62m6.586.62X
2. Chantal BrunnerNZL New Zealand6.62mX6.476.62
3. Voula PatoulidouGRE Greece6.58m6.586.096.13
4. Flora HyacinthISV US Virgin Islands6.58mXX6.58
5. Jackie EdwardsBAH Bahamas6.55m6.446.556.27
6. Niurka MontalvoCUB Cuba6.48m6.48XX
7. Eunice BarberSLE Siera Leone6.45m6.206.206.45
8. Galina CistjakovaSVK Slovakia6.33m6.33X6.26
9. Denise LewisGBR Great Britain6.33mXX6.33
10.Yelena SinchukovaRUS Russia6.31mX6.31X
11.Diane Guthrie-GreshamJAM Jamaica6.27m6.27XX
12.Ana LikuTGA Tonga6.06mXX6.06
13.Elma MurosPHI Philippines6.04m5.986.045.99
14.Rita InancsiHUN Hungary6.02m6.02XX
15.Shabana AkhtarPAK Pakistan5.80m5.725.705.80
16.Nicole DevonishCAN Canada5.74m5.745.59X
17.Yelena KoshcheyevaKAZ Kazakhstan5.55mX5.495.55
-. Lyudmila GalkinaRUS RussiaNMXXX
-. Lacena GoldingJAM JamaicaNMXXX
-. Heli KoivulaFIN FinlandNMXXX
-. Inessa KravetsUKR UkraineNMXXX
-. Ljudmila NinovaAUT AustriaNMXXX
-. Natasha SazanovichBLR BelarusNMXXX
-. Viktoriya VershyninaUKR UkraineNMXXX
-. Shana WilliamsUSA United StatesNMXXX
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index Athletics
Atlanta 1996 index
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Athletics Los Angeles 1996
Men 100mWomen 100m
Men 200mWomen 200m
Men 400mWomen 400m
Men 800mWomen 800m
Men 1500mWomen 1500m
Men 5000mWomen 5000m
Men 10000mWomen 10000m
Men MarathonWomen Marathon
Men 110m HurdlesWomen 100m Hurdles
Men 400m HurdlesWomen 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m RelayWomen 4x400m Relay
Men High JumpWomen High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long JumpWomen Long Jump
Men Triple JumpWomen Triple Jump
Men Shot PutWomen Shot Put
Men Discus ThrowWomen Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin ThrowWomen Javelin Throw
Men 20km WalkWomen 10km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men DecathlonWomen Heptathlon
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