1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump explained

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 6.75 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Fiona May Italy (ITA)
Silver	Niurka Montalvo Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Irina Mushailova Russia (RUS)

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
05.08.1995 - 16:00h	05.08.1995 - 16:00h
Final Round
06.08.1995 - 16:50h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
		7.52 m	June 11, 1988
		7.36 m	September 4, 1987

Qualifying round

Qualifying mark: 6.75 metres

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1			6.76w			6.76w
2			6.50	6.70	x	6.70
3						6.69
4						6.63
5						6.63
6						6.59
7						6.53
8						6.51
9						6.50
10						6.49
11						6.49
12						6.39
13						6.32
14						6.30
15						6.30
16						6.07
17						6.01
18						5.40
-	-		x	x	x	NM
-	-		x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1						6.74
2			6.66	6.73		6.73
3			6.33	6.73		6.73
4						6.72
5						6.54
6						6.53
7						6.50
8						6.46
9						6.45
10						6.43
11						6.42
12						6.40
13						6.36
14						6.32
15						6.22
16						5.50
17						4.88
-	-		x	x	x	NM
-	-		x	x	x	NM
-	-		x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		6.93	X	6.87	X	6.64	6.98	6.98 m
		6.42	X	6.70	6.62	X	6.86	6.86 m
		6.75	6.52	6.82	X	6.76	6.83	6.83 m
4		6.61	6.65	6.78	6.77	6.68	6.31	6.78 m
5		X	6.76	X	X	6.74	6.40	6.76 m
6		6.74	X	6.69	6.25	6.59	6.46	6.74 m
7		X	5.57	6.71	5.96	6.71	6.56	6.71 m
8		X	6.66	X	6.62	3.56	6.41	6.66 m

9		X	X	6.64				6.64 m
10		X	6.57	X				6.57 m
11		X	6.53	6.31				6.53 m
12		X	X	6.43				6.43 m
-		X	X	X				NM

References

Results