1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump explained

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

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

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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

Records

World Record		7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
Championship Record		7.36	Rome, Italy	4 September 1987

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		7.32	x	-	x	-	7.11	7.32 m
		7.09	7.16	7.29	6.99	7.08	6.94	7.29 m
		7.11	6.92	x	6.86	6.81	6.91	7.11 m
4		6.84	6.95	7.00	6.68	7.04	6.90	7.04 m
5		6.55	6.65	6.63	x	6.77	6.74	6.77 m
6		6.55	x	6.70	6.70	6.68	6.72	6.72 m
7		x	6.72	6.33	x	x	x	6.72 m
8		6.49	6.54	6.68	x	6.41	6.69	6.69 m

9		6.45	6.56	6.63				6.63 m
10		6.21	6.33	6.37				6.37 m
11		6.05	6.28	6.22				6.28 m
12		6.05	6.16	5.99				6.16 m

Qualifying round

Held on Saturday 1991-08-24

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.		6.91 m
2.		6.87 m
3.		6.85 m
4.		6.80 m
5.		6.68 m
6.		6.66 m
6.		6.66 m
8.		6.57 m
9.		6.56 m
10.		6.54 m
11.		6.48 m
12.		6.30 m
13.		6.29 m
14.		6.27 m
15.		6.17 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.		6.87 m
2.		6.79 m
3.		6.77 m
4.		6.70 m
5.		6.63 m
6.		6.62 m
7.		6.57 m
8.		6.55 m
9.		6.55 m
10.		6.47 m
11.		6.41 m
12.		6.38 m
13.		6.37 m
-		NM
-		NM
-		NM

See also

References

Results