1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump explained

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 6, 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Lyudmila Galkina Russia (RUS)
Silver	Niki Xanthou Greece (GRE)
Bronze	Fiona May Italy (ITA)

Records

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

Results

Qualifying round

Held on Thursday 1997-08-07

Rank	Name	Result
1.		7.01 m
2.		6.80 m
3.		6.75 m
4.		6.73 m
5.		6.64 m
6.		6.63 m
7.		6.62 m
8.		6.59 m
9.		6.57 m
10.		6.52 m
11.		6.52 m
12.		6.50 m
13.		6.49 m
14.		6.46 m
15.		6.20 m
16.		6.20 m
17.		6.08 m
18.		5.90 m
19.		5.83 m
20.		5.51 m
-		DNS

Rank	Name	Result
1.		6.73 m
2.		6.72 m
3.		6.66 m
4.		6.62 m
5.		6.52 m
6.		6.50 m
7.		6.45 m
8.		6.44 m
9.		6.38 m
10.		6.38 m
11.		6.37 m
12.		6.37 m
13.		6.29 m
14.		6.26 m
15.		6.19 m
16.		6.18 m
17.		6.07 m
18.		5.92 m
19.		5.77 m
20.		5.67 m
21.		5.58 m
22.		5.25 m
23.		5.08 m

Final

Rank	Name	Attempts						Result	Notes
Rank	Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Result	Notes
		6.89	6.85	x	7.05	x	x	7.05	WL
		x	6.69	6.93	6.94	x	x	6.94	SB
		6.91	x	x	6.78	6.66	x	6.91
4		6.62	6.69	x	4.90	6.87	6.89	6.89
5		6.79	6.78	x	6.72	6.78	6.60	6.79
6		6.75	x	x	6.78	6.54	6.77	6.78
7		4.28	6.71	x	x	6.56	6.54	6.71
8		x	6.54	6.64	6.54	5.34	6.41	6.64
9		x	x	6.64	x	x	6.45	6.64	SB
10		x	x	6.63	-	-	-	6.63
11		6.61	6.60	6.38	-	-	-	6.61
12		5.21	x	x	-	-	-	5.21

References

Results