1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump explained

The women's long jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Fiona May	Chioma Ajunwa	Agata Karczmarek

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 6.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			6.55	6.77		6.77	Q
2	B			6.76			6.76	Q
3	A			6.67			6.67	Q
4	A			6.59	6.56	6.65	6.65	Q
5	B			6.62			6.62	Q, PB
6	B			6.28	6.40	6.60	6.60	Q
7	B			6.24	6.58	–	6.58	q
8	A			x	6.52	6.33	6.52	q
9	B			x	6.51	–	6.51	q
10	B			x	x	6.47	6.47	q
11	B			x	6.40	6.45	6.45	q
12	A			6.44	5.97	6.24	6.44	q
13	A			6.12	6.43	6.30	6.43
14	A			6.40	6.35	6.42	6.42
15	A			6.22	6.42	6.22	6.42
16	B			6.28	6.30	6.41	6.41
17	A			6.36	6.38	x	6.38
18	A			6.10	6.29	6.34	6.34
19	B			6.34	6.26	x	6.34
20	B			x	x	6.34	6.34
21	B			6.07	6.16	5.91	6.16
22	A			6.15	x	x	6.15
	A			x	x	x
	A			x	x	x
	A			x	x	x

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			6.85	–	–	6.86	6.80	–	6.86	NR
			6.73	6.68	6.78	–	6.80	6.63	6.80
			6.71	–	6.67	–	–	–	6.71	PB
			6.70	6.65	5.27	–	6.56	6.51	6.70	=NR
			6.69	–	–	6.69	–	6.67	6.69
			6.65	–	6.57	–	6.36	–	6.65
			6.63	6.62	–	6.57	–	–	6.63
			6.59	6.59	6.37	–	6.35	6.25	6.59
			6.49	–	–				6.49
10			6.40	6.47	6.40				6.47
11			–	6.37	–				6.37
12			5.89	–	6.34				6.34

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819043006/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/lj/rq.html Qualification results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819043039/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/lj/rf.html Final results