Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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Pictogram for athletics
Venue Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date1 August 1996 (qualifications)
2 August 1996 (finals)
Competitors48 from 35 nations
Winning distance7.12
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Chioma Ajunwa
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Silver medal icon.svg Fiona May
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1992
2000  
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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]

Medalists

Gold Chioma Ajunwa
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Silver Fiona May
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Bronze Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Results

Qualification

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

RankGroupAthleteNation#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Fiona May Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.586.856.85Q
2A Chioma Ajunwa Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.646.816.81Q
3A Sharon Jaklofsky Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands x6.696.756.75Q
4A Tünde Vaszi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6.416.736.73Q
5A Olena Shekhovtsova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6.446.706.70Q
6A Jackie Joyner-Kersee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.706.70Q
6A Agata Karczmarek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6.706.70Q
8A Nicole Boegman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia xx6.676.67q
9B Iva Prandzheva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6.586.62x6.62q
9B Chantal Brunner Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand x6.476.626.62q
10A Niki Xanthou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece xx6.606.60q
11B Voula Patoulidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6.586.096.136.58q
12B Flora Hyacinth Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands xx6.586.58
13A Lisette Cuza Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 6.456.566.396.56
14B Jackie Edwards Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 6.446.556.276.55
15A Yelena Pershina Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 6.50xx6.50
16A Marieke Veltman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.436.49x6.49
17B Niurka Montalvo Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 6.48xx6.48
18A Olga Rublyova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.47x6.47
19B Eunice Barber Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 6.206.206.456.45
20A Regla Cárdenas Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 6.366.216.426.42
21A Ksenija Predikaka Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia x6.37x6.37
22B Galina Čisťaková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6.33x6.266.33
23B Denise Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain xx6.336.33
24B Yelena Sinchukova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia x6.31x6.31
25B Diane Guthrie-Gresham Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 6.27xx6.27
26A Virge Naeris Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia x6.266.176.26
27A Valentina Gotovska Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia xx6.086.08
28B Ana Liku Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga xx6.066.06
29B Elma Muros Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 5.986.045.996.04
30B Rita Ináncsi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6.02xx6.02
31A Andrea Ávila Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina x5.926.006.00
32A Anzhela Atroschenko Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus xx5.945.94
33B Shabana Akhtar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5.725.705.805.80
34B Nicole Devonish Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5.745.59x5.74
35B Yelena Koshcheyeva Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan x5.495.555.55
36A Nilufar Yasmin Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 5.194.655.245.24
37A Beryl Larame Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles x3.88x3.88
A Mihaela Gheorghiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania xNM
A Renata Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark xxxNM
B Lyudmila Galkina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia xxxNM
B Lacena Golding Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica xxxNM
B Heli Koivula Flag of Finland.svg  Finland xxxNM
B Inessa Kravets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xxxNM
B Ljudmila Ninova Flag of Austria.svg  Austria xxxNM
B Natallia Sazanovich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus xxxNM
B Viktoriya Vershynina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xxxNM
B Shana Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxxNM
A Michelle Baptiste Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002).svg  Saint Lucia DNS
A Dione Rose Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica DNS

Final

RankNameNationality123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Chioma Ajunwa Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 7.126.996.856.84-X7.12NR, AR, CR
Silver medal icon.svg Fiona May Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.687.026.786.736.766.887.02
Bronze medal icon.svg Jackie Joyner-Kersee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.556.756.86X6.527.007.00
4 Niki Xanthou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece X6.97X6.676.956.856.97
5 Iryna Chekhovtsova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6.846.88X6.97XX6.97
6 Agata Karczmarek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6.90XXXX6.656.90
7 Nicole Boegman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.73XXX6.556.236.73
8 Tünde Vaszi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6.60XX6.60
9 Chantal Brunner Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6.456.496.456.49
10 Voula Patoulidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece X6.266.376.37
Sharon Jaklofsky Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands XXXNM
Iva Prandzheva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria XX6.81X6.82X6.82DPG

See also

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.