2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump explained

These are the results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The winning margin was 1 cm. As of 2024, this is the only time the women's long jump has been won by less than 2 cm at these championships.

Medalists

Gold	Fiona May Italy (ITA)
Silver	Tatyana Kotova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Niurka Montalvo Spain (ESP)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
05.08.2001  - 14:30	05.08.2001  - 14:30
Final Round
07.08.2001  - 18:05

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
	A			6.80			6.80	Q, SB
	B			6.46	6.49	6.74	6.74	Q
	A			6.36	6.71		6.71	Q
	B			6.61	6.66	6.40	6.66	q
	B			6.66	6.47		6.66	q
	A			6.34	6.65	6.43	6.65	q
	A			6.62	6.59	6.58	6.62	q
	A			6.46	6.60		6.60	q
	B			6.47	6.58	6.41	6.58	q
10	B			6.27		6.54	6.54	q
11	B			6.44	6.49	6.49	6.49	q
12	A			6.41	6.48	6.31	6.48	q
13	A			6.35	6.13	6.46	6.46
14	A			6.43	6.36	6.38	6.43
15	A				6.25	6.43	6.43	SB
16	A			5.90		6.42	6.42
17	B			6.39	6.39		6.39
18	B					6.37	6.37
19	A			6.27			6.27
20	B					6.04	6.04
21	B			5.89	5.93	5.78	5.93
22	B				4.45		4.45

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			6.86	6.97	7.02	6.73	6.97	6.80	7.02
			6.60	6.82	6.67	7.01	6.81		7.01
			6.73		6.59	6.88	6.76	6.54	6.88
			6.68		6.86	6.84			6.86	NR
			6.84	6.67	6.66		6.59	6.23	6.84
			6.61		6.76	6.67		6.57	6.76
			6.40	6.46	6.73		6.67		6.73
			6.56	6.67	6.70		6.61		6.70
			6.69		5.12				6.69
10			6.62						6.62
11			6.44	6.38					6.44

References

• Results
• IAAF