Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the women's long jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 35 participating athletes and one non starter. 6.75 metres to reach final or best 12.^[1]

Women's Long jump at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Pictogram for Athletics
Venues	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates	6 August (qualification) 7 August (final)
Competitors	34 from 24 nations
Winning distance	7.14
Medalists
Heike Drechsler  Germany Inessa Kravets  Unified Team Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States
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Medalists

Gold	Heike Drechsler  Germany
Silver	Inessa Kravets  Unified Team
Bronze	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	7.52	Galina Chistyakova	Leningrad (URS)	June 11, 1988
Olympic Record	7.40	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Seoul (KOR)	September 29, 1988

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Heike Drechsler (GER)	7.14 m
	Inessa Kravets (EUN)	7.12 m
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.07 m
4.	Mirela Dulgheru (ROM)	6.71 m
5.	Irina Mushailova (EUN)	6.68 m
6.	Sharon Couch (USA)	6.66 m
7.	Sheila Echols (USA)	6.62 m
8.	Susen Tiedtke (GER)	6.60 m
9.	Flora Hyacinth (ISV)	6.52 m
10.	Agata Karczmarek (POL)	6.41 m
11.	Renata Nielsen (DEN)	6.06 m
DSQ	Nijolė Medvedeva (LTU)	6.76 m (4th)

Qualification

• All athletes ( excluding top six ) promoted one place after drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva

RANK	GROUP	Athlete	DISTANCE
1.	A	Heike Drechsler (GER)	7.08 m
2.	B	Irina Mushailova (EUN)	6.86 m
3.	A	Mirela Dulgheru (ROM)	6.83 m
4.	B	Inessa Kravets (EUN)	6.79 m
5.	B	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	6.75 m
6.	B	Susen Tiedtke (GER)	6.74 m
7.	A	Flora Hyacinth (ISV)	6.71 m
8.	A	Sharon Couch (USA)	6.64 m
9.	B	Renata Nielsen (DEN)	6.63 m
10.	B	Sheila Echols (USA)	6.55 m
11.	A	Agata Karczmarek (POL)	6.55 m
12.	A	Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT)	6.53 m
13.	B	Ringa Ropa-Junnila (FIN)	6.52 m
14.	A	Yang Juan (CHN)	6.49 m
15.	B	Marieta Ilcu (ROM)	6.46 m
16.	B	Liu Shuzhen (CHN)	6.44 m
17.	B	Karen Botha (RSA)	6.43 m
18.	B	Antonella Capriotti (ITA)	'6.43 m
19.	A	Helga Radtke (GER)	6.42 m
20.	B	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	6.40 m
21.	A	Valentina Uccheddu (ITA)	6.40 m
22.	A	Tamara Malešev (IOP)	6.35 m
23.	B	Oluyinka Idowu (GBR)	6.29 m
24.	A	Dionne Rose (JAM)	6.22 m
25.	A	Li Yong-Ae (PRK)	6.17 m
26.	B	Joanne Wise (GBR)	5.87 m
27.	B	Natalia Toledo (PAR)	5.73 m
28.	B	Sonia Agbessi (BEN)	5.63 m
29.	A	Eunice Barber (SLE)	5.55 m
—	A	Larisa Bereznaya (EUN)	NM
—	B	Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM)	NM
—	A	Rita Ináncsi (HUN)	NM
—	A	Fiona May (GBR)	NM
—	B	Nicole Staines (AUS)	NM
—	A	Muyegbe Mubala (ZAI)	DNS
DISQ	B	Nijole Medvedeva (LTU)	6.71 m (7th)

Note: Guthrie-Gresham, Inancsi and Staines all had three fouls, while both Bereznaya and May had one foul before withdrawing from the rest of the competition due to injury.

See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Helsinki)