Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

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Women's long jup
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for athletics
Venue Lenin Central Stadium
Date30 July 1980 (qualifications)
31 July 1980 (finals)
Competitors21 from 13 nations
Winning distance7.06 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tatyana Kolpakova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Brigitte Wujak
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Tatyana Skachko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
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The Women's Long Jump at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 21 competitors, with two qualifying groups (21 jumpers) before the final (13) took place on Thursday July 31, 1980. The Top-12 and ties and all those reaching 6.50 metres advanced to the final. [1]

Summary

Veteran Lidiya Alfeyeva led the qualifying, her 6.78m was just .04 off Viorica Viscopoleanu's Olympic record from Mexico City a dozen years earlier.

In the first round of the final, Tatyana Skachko bounced the Olympic record by 12cm to 6.96m. By the end of the round, Brigitte Wujak (6.88m) and Tatyana Kolpakova had also surpassed the previous mark. In the second round, Anna Włodarczyk also jumped past the old mark. In the third round, Skachko upped the mark past 7 metres to 7.01m. Over the next two rounds, the silver medal position tightened as Włodarczyk equalled Wujak's 6.88m, though Wujak held the second best 6.87m tiebreaker, while Kolpakova also had a 6.87m. In the final round, Siegrun Siegl also added yet another 6.87m to the competition. Skachko didn't improve but Włodarczyk jumped 6.95m to take over the silver position for a moment. The next jumper was Kolpakova, who took off remarkably close to the edge of the board. TV replays showed the Soviet judge hesitate, start to hold up the red (foul) flag, then settling on the white flag to make it a legal jump for the Soviet athlete. The jump was measured at 7.06m, a new Olympic record, Kolpakova had leapfrogged the field to take the lead. Wujak followed her with a 7.04m to take the silver position, pushing Skachko to bronze and Włodarczyk off the podium.

Medalists

Gold Tatyana Kolpakova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver Brigitte Wujak
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Bronze Tatyana Skachko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Qualification round

RANKGROUP ADISTANCE
1.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Kolpakova  (URS)6.70 m
2.Olympic flag.svg  Susan Hearnshaw  (GBR)6.66 m
3.Flag of East Germany.svg  Brigitte Wujak  (GDR)6.65 m
4.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jarmila Nygrýnová  (TCH)6.58 m
5.Flag of East Germany.svg  Siegrun Siegl  (GDR)6.53 m
6.Flag of Guyana.svg  Jennifer Inniss  (GUY)6.44 m
7.Flag of Hungary.svg  Mária Pap  (HUN)6.41 m
8.Flag of Greece.svg  Maroula Lambrou  (GRE)6.37 m
9.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Ekaterina Nedeva  (BUL)5.83 m
10.Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Na  (VIE)5.35 m


RANKGROUP BDISTANCE
1.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lidiya Alfeyeva  (URS)6.78 m
2.Flag of East Germany.svg  Siegrid Heimann  (GDR)6.71 m
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Anna Włodarczyk  (POL)6.58 m
4.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Skachko  (URS)6.56 m
5.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lidiya Gusheva  (BUL)6.56 m
6.Olympic flag.svg  Sue Reeve  (GBR)6.48 m
7.Flag of Poland.svg  Barbara Baran-Wojnar  (POL)6.44 m
8.Flag of Hungary.svg  Margit Papp  (HUN)6.32 m
9.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Dorothy Scott  (JAM)5.83 m
Flag of Syria.svg  Dia Toutounji  (SYR)DNS
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Estella Meheux  (SLE)DNS

Final

RANKFINALDISTANCE
Med 1.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Kolpakova  (URS)7.06 m
Med 2.png Flag of East Germany.svg  Brigitte Wujak  (GDR)7.04 m
Med 3.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Skachko  (URS)7.01 m
4.Flag of Poland.svg  Anna Włodarczyk  (POL)6.95 m
5.Flag of East Germany.svg  Siegrun Siegl  (GDR)6.87 m
6.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jarmila Nygrýnová  (TCH)6.83 m
7.Flag of East Germany.svg  Siegrid Heimann  (GDR)6.71 m
8.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lidiya Alfeyeva  (URS)6.71 m
9.Olympic flag.svg  Susan Hearnshaw  (GBR)6.50 m
10.Olympic flag.svg  Sue Reeve  (GBR)6.46 m
11.Flag of Poland.svg  Barbara Baran-Wojnar  (POL)6.33 m
12.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lidiya Gusheva  (BUL)6.24 m
13.Flag of Guyana.svg  Jennifer Inniss  (GUY)6.10 m

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