Women Long Jump Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) - Saturday 09.08

Women Long Jump Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) - Saturday 09.08 - Gold Medal: Lyudmila Galkina, Russia

Final 18:25		Distance	wind	1.	2.	3.	4.	5	6.
1. Lyudmila Galkina	RUS	7.05m	+0.6	6.89	6.85	X	7.05	X	X
2. Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.94m	+0.1	X	6.69	6.93	6.94	X	X
3. Fiona May	ITA	6.91m	+0.8	6.91	X	X	6.78	6.66	X
4. Heike Daute-Drechsler	GER	6.89m	-0.1	6.62	6.69	X	4.90	6.87	6.89
5. Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	6.79m	+0.7	6.79	6.78	X	6.72	6.78	6.60
6. Susen Tiedtke	GER	6.78m	-0.1	6.75	X	X	6.78	6.54	6.77
7. Viktoriya Vershinina	UKR	6.71m	+0.8	4.28	6.71	X	X	6.56	6.54
8. Erica Johansson	SWE	6.64m	-0.3	X	6.54	6.64	6.54	5.34	6.41
9. Magdalena Khristova	BUL	6.64m	+0.4	X	X	6.64	X	X	6.45
10.Marion Jones	USA	6.63m	0.0	X	X	6.63
11.Sharon Jaklofsky	NED	6.61m	+1.0	6.61	6.60	6.38
12.Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	5.21m	-0.3	5.21	X	X

The shock winner of the Olympic gold medal, Ajunwa, led the qualifiers by a whopping 21cm margin at 7.01 but, her left thigh heavily strapped, she hurt herself on her first jump in the final and had to be carried off on a stretcher. Defending champion May led the final with her opening leap of 6.91 until local heroine Xanthou went ahead by 2cm in the third round. However, one round later the 1995 world indoor champion Galkina, a former world junior triple jump record holder, stretched out to a timely personal best of 7.05. Xanthou improved slightly to 6.94 to consolidate second place. May’s 6.91 held up for bronze but, with thousands of Greeks whistling in an unsporting attempt to distract her, the British-born Italian marginally fouled her final attempt, landing beyond 7 metres. Drechsler, champion in 1983 and 1993, fell just short of a medal with her last jump and one place ahead of another former world champion and record holder in Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The 100m champion Jones, a novice at this event, placed tenth.

Qualification - Thursday 07.08 8.20h

mark 6.70m 6+6 Athletes

Group A		Distance	wind	1.	2.	3.
1. Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	7.01m	+1.1	6.67	7.01
2. Heike Daute-Drechsler	GER	6.80m	-0.3	6.31	6.80
3. Lyudmila Galkina	RUS	6.75m	+0.2	6.57	6.75	X
4. Sharon Jaklofsky	NED	6.73m	+0.5	X	6.73	X
5. Erica Johansson	SWE	6.64m	-0.4	6.27	6.36	6.64
6. Magdalena Khristova	BUL	6.63m	+0.2	X	6.63	X
7. Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	6.62m	-0.8	6.51	6.62	6.28
8. Marion Jones	USA	6.59m	-0.3	6.59	6.37	X
9. Heli Koivula	FIN	6.57m	-0.2	6.45	X	6.57
10.Yelena Shekhovtsova	UKR	6.52m	-0.4	6.48	X	6.52
11.Tunde Vaszi	HUN	6.52m	+0.4	6.35	X	6.52
12.Lacena Golding	JAM	6.50m	+0.1	X	X	6.50
13.Renata Nielsen	DEN	6.49m	+0.1	6.43	6.34	6.49
14.Linda Ferga	FRA	6.46m	-0.2	6.46	6.20	6.35
15.Valentina Gotovska	LAT	6.20m	+0.2	6.20	X	6.19
16.Sabine Braun	GER	6.20m	+0.4	6.20	6.03	X
17.Andrea Avila	ARG	6.08m	+1.1	X	6.08	X
18.Paraskevi Patoulidou	GRE	5.90m	-0.9	X	X	5.90
19.Siulolo Liku	TON	5.83m	+0.7	5.83
20.Gilda Massa	PER	5.51m	-0.6	5.51
-. Flora Hyacinth	ISV	DNS

Group B		Distance	wind	1.	2.	3.
1. Fiona May	ITA	6.73m	6.61	6.54	6.73
2. Susen Tiedtke	GER	6.72m	6.59	6.72
3. Viktoriya Vershinina	UKR	6.66m	6.34	6.50	6.66
4. Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.62m	6.62	6.61	X
5. Joanne Wise	GBR	6.52m	6.52	6.42	X
6. Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll	AUT	6.50m	6.20	X	6.50
7. Nina Perevedentseva	RUS	6.45m	5.70	6.45	6.30
8. Agata Karczmarek	POL	6.44m	6.44	X	X
9. Yelena Pershina	KZK	6.38m	6.38	X	6.34
10.Jackie Edwards	BAH	6.38m	5.99	6.04	6.38
11.Sharon Couch-Jewell	USA	6.37m	6.37	X	6.29
12.Nadine Caster	FRA	6.37m	6.14	6.37	X
13.Yelena Donkina	RUS	6.29m	5.95	6.17	6.29
14.Chantal Brunner	NZL	6.26m	5.98	6.07	6.26
15.Eunice Barber	SLE	6.19m	6.19	X	X
16.Jelena Blazevica	LAT	6.18m	6.18	X	X
17.Yelena Lemeshevskaya	BLR	6.07m	6.07	5.90
18.Luciana Alves Dos Santos	BRA	5.92m	X	5.82	5.92
19.Anja Valant	SLO	5.77m	5.77	X	5.50
20.Elisa Perez	DOM	5.67m	5.67	5.63
21.Vera Bregu-Bitanji	ALB	5.58m	5.58	X	5.52
22.Maria Fletschmann	GUA	5.25m	5.25
23.Isis Moreno	PAN	5.08m	4.88	5.08	4.76