Events at the 1999 World Championships | ||
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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 | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.
Gold | Niurka Montalvo Spain (ESP) |
Silver | Fiona May Italy (ITA) |
Bronze | Marion Jones United States (USA) |
Qualification Round | |
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Group A | Group B |
21.08.1999 – 11:30h | 21.08.1999 – 11:30h |
Final Round | |
23.08.1999 – 20:05h |
Q | automatic qualification |
q | qualification by rank |
DNS | did not start |
NM | no mark |
WR | world record |
AR | area record |
NR | national record |
PB | personal best |
SB | season best |
Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
1 | 1 | Fiona May (ITA) | 7.04 | — | — | 7.04 m | SB |
2 | 5 | Niurka Montalvo (ESP) | 6.56 | X | 6.78 | 6.78 m | |
3 | 6 | Olga Rublyova (RUS) | X | 6.52 | 6.76 | 6.76 m | |
4 | 7 | Joanne Wise (GBR) | 6.75 | 6.45 | X | 6.75 m | |
5 | 10 | Nicole Boegman (AUS) | 6.63 | X | 6.56 | 6.63 m | |
6 | 12 | Dawn Burrell (USA) | 6.45 | 6.62 | 6.56 | 6.62 m | |
7 | 13 | Tatyana Kotova (RUS) | 6.09 | 6.62 | 6.53 | 6.62 m | |
8 | 16 | Baya Rahouli (ALG) | 6.55 | X | 6.51 | 6.55 m | NR |
9 | 18 | Aurélie Felix (FRA) | 6.23 | 6.54 | 6.24 | 6.54 m | |
10 | 23 | Yelena Kashcheyeva (KAZ) | X | 6.40 | X | 6.40 m | |
11 | 24 | Yelena Shekhovtsova (UKR) | X | 6.28 | 6.39 | 6.39 m | |
12 | 28 | Jackie Edwards (BAH) | 6.20 | 6.23 | 6.20 | 6.23 m | |
13 | 30 | Elena Bobrovskaya (KGZ) | 5.87 | 6.07 | 5.70 | 6.07 m | |
14 | 31 | Luciana Alves dos Santos (BRA) | X | X | 6.00 | 6.00 m | |
— | — | Vanessa Monar-Enweani (CAN) | X | X | X | NM | |
— | — | Camilla Johansson (SWE) | DNS | ||||
— | — | Heike Drechsler (GER) | DNS | ||||
— | — | Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) | DNS |
Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
1 | 2 | Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) | 6.53 | 6.88 | — | 6.88 m | |
2 | 3 | Marion Jones (USA) | 6.63 | 6.81 | — | 6.81 m | |
3 | 4 | Erica Johansson (SWE) | 6.68 | 6.79 | X | 6.79 m | |
4 | 8 | Susen Tiedtke (GER) | 6.49 | 6.67 | 6.49 | 6.67 m | |
5 | 9 | Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA) | 6.66 | 6.62 | X | 6.66 m | |
6 | 11 | Shana Williams (USA) | X | X | 6.63 | 6.63 m | |
7 | 14 | Agata Karczmarek (POL) | X | 6.53 | 6.58 | 6.58 m | |
8 | 15 | Valentīna Gotovska (LAT) | 6.28 | 6.55 | 6.53 | 6.55 m | |
9 | 17 | Guan Yingnan (CHN) | 6.55 | 6.44 | X | 6.55 m | |
10 | 19 | Yelena Pershina (KAZ) | 6.29 | 6.39 | 6.51 | 6.51 m | |
11 | 20 | Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan (RUS) | 6.47 | X | X | 6.47 m | |
12 | 21 | Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) | 6.36 | 6.40 | 6.44 | 6.44 m | |
13 | 22 | Chantal Brunner (NZL) | 6.40 | 6.34 | 6.27 | 6.40 m | |
14 | 25 | Tünde Vaszi (HUN) | 6.31 | 6.12 | 6.39 | 6.39 m | |
15 | 26 | Niki Xanthou (GRE) | X | 6.34 | 6.25 | 6.34 m | |
16 | 27 | Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) | 6.31 | X | X | 6.31 m | |
17 | 29 | Eva Dolezalová (CZE) | 6.22 | X | X | 6.22 m | |
— | — | Flora Hyacinth (ISV) | X | X | — | NM |
Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Niurka Montalvo (ESP) | 6.80 | 6.77 | X | 6.88 | X | 7.06 | 7.06 m | NR | |
Fiona May (ITA) | 6.92 | X | 6.94 | X | X | 6.87 | 6.94 m | ||
Marion Jones (USA) | 6.79 | 6.62 | 6.73 | X | 6.83 | X | 6.83 m | ||
4 | Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) | 6.70 | 6.71 | 6.52 | 6.64 | 6.68 | 6.82 | 6.82 m | |
5 | Joanne Wise (GBR) | 6.75 | 6.55 | 6.46 | 6.69 | 4.83 | 6.71 | 6.75 m | |
6 | Dawn Burrell (USA) | 6.60 | 6.74 | 6.51 | 6.69 | 6.57 | 4.84 | 6.74 m | |
7 | Susen Tiedtke (GER) | 6.68 | X | X | X | X | 6.59 | 6.68 m | |
8 | Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA) | X | 6.53 | 6.68 | X | 6.47 | X | 6.68 m | |
9 | Nicole Boegman (AUS) | 6.63 | 6.48 | 6.52 | 6.63 m | ||||
10 | Erica Johansson (SWE) | X | X | 6.63 | 6.63 m | ||||
11 | Olga Rublyova (RUS) | 6.56 | 6.49 | 6.34 | 6.56 m | ||||
12 | Shana Williams (USA) | 6.49 | X | 6.52 | 6.52 m |
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