1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

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Events at the
1991 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 25, 1991.

Medalists

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Gold United States Jackie Joyner-Kersee
United States (USA)
Silver Germany Heike Drechsler
Germany (GER)
Bronze Soviet Union Larysa Berezhna
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
24.08.1991 – 18:20h 24.08.1991 – 18:20h
Final Round
25.08.1991 – 18:30h

Records

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World Record  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52 Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 June 1988
Championship Record  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 Rome, Italy 4 September 1987

Results

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Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.32 x - x - 7.11 7.32 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Heike Drechsler (GER) 7.09 7.16 7.29 6.99 7.08 6.94 7.29 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Larysa Berezhna (URS) 7.11 6.92 x 6.86 6.81 6.91 7.11 m
4  Yelena Sinchukova (URS) 6.84 6.95 7.00 6.68 7.04 6.90 7.04 m
5  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.55 6.65 6.63 x 6.77 6.74 6.77 m
6  Marieta Ilcu (ROM) 6.55 x 6.70 6.70 6.68 6.72 6.72 m
7  Ljudmila Ninova (AUT) x 6.72 6.33 x x x 6.72 m
8  Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 6.49 6.54 6.68 x 6.41 6.69 6.69 m
9  Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN) 6.45 6.56 6.63 6.63 m
10  Jackie Edwards (BAH) 6.21 6.33 6.37 6.37 m
11  Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 6.05 6.28 6.22 6.28 m
12  Oluyinka Idowu (GBR) 6.05 6.16 5.99 6.16 m

Qualifying round

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  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-24
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.91 m
2.  Larysa Berezhna (URS) 6.87 m
3.  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.85 m
4.  Yelena Sinchukova (URS) 6.80 m
5.  Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 6.68 m
6.  Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN) 6.66 m
6.  Jackie Edwards (BAH) 6.66 m
8.  Liu Shuzhen (CHN) 6.57 m
9.  Yang Juan (CHN) 6.56 m
10.  Fiona May (GBR) 6.54 m
11.  Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) 6.48 m
12.  Iva Prandzheva (BUL) 6.30 m
13.  Jayne Moffitt (NZL) 6.29 m
14.  Tamara Malesev (YUG) 6.27 m
15.  Flora Hyacinth (ISV) 6.17 m


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Heike Drechsler (GER) 6.87 m
2.  Ljudmila Ninova (AUT) 6.79 m
3.  Marieta Ilcu (ROM) 6.77 m
4.  Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 6.70 m
5.  Oluyinka Idowu (GBR) 6.63 m
6.  Helga Radtke (GER) 6.62 m
7.  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.57 m
8.  Wang Chunfang (CHN) 6.55 m
9.  Agata Karczmarek (POL) 6.55 m
10.  Sheila Echols (USA) 6.47 m
11.  Cindy Greiner (USA) 6.41 m
12.  Wang Shu-Hwa (TPE) 6.38 m
13.  Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM) 6.37 m
—  Solange Ostiana (AHO) NM
—  Ragne Kytölä (FIN) NM
—  Renata Nielsen (DEN) NM

See also

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References

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