Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 50 competitors, with two non-starters. Iva Prandzheva from Bulgaria, ranking 7th with 6.82 was disqualified because of doping.^[1]

Women's long jump at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	1 August 1996 (qualifications) 2 August 1996 (finals)
Competitors	48 from 35 nations
Winning distance	7.12
Medalists
Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria Fiona May  Italy Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States
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Medalists

Gold	Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria
Silver	Fiona May  Italy
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

Results

Qualification

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Fiona May	Italy	6.58	6.85		6.85	Q
2	A	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	6.64	6.81		6.81	Q
3	A	Sharon Jaklofsky	Netherlands	x	6.69	6.75	6.75	Q
4	A	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.41	6.73		6.73	Q
5	A	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.44	6.70		6.70	Q
6	A	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	6.70			6.70	Q
6	A	Agata Karczmarek	Poland	6.70			6.70	Q
8	A	Nicole Boegman	Australia	x	x	6.67	6.67	q
9	B	Iva Prandzheva	Bulgaria	6.58	6.62	x	6.62	q
9	B	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	x	6.47	6.62	6.62	q
10	A	Niki Xanthou	Greece	x	x	6.60	6.60	q
11	B	Voula Patoulidou	Greece	6.58	6.09	6.13	6.58	q
12	B	Flora Hyacinth	Virgin Islands	x	x	6.58	6.58
13	A	Lisette Cuza	Cuba	6.45	6.56	6.39	6.56
14	B	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	6.44	6.55	6.27	6.55
15	A	Yelena Pershina	Kazakhstan	6.50	x	x	6.50
16	A	Marieke Veltman	United States	6.43	6.49	x	6.49
17	B	Niurka Montalvo	Cuba	6.48	x	x	6.48
18	A	Olga Rublyova	Russia	6.47	x	–	6.47
19	B	Eunice Barber	Sierra Leone	6.20	6.20	6.45	6.45
20	A	Regla Cárdenas	Cuba	6.36	6.21	6.42	6.42
21	A	Ksenija Predikaka	Slovenia	x	6.37	x	6.37
22	B	Galina Čisťaková	Slovakia	6.33	x	6.26	6.33
23	B	Denise Lewis	Great Britain	x	x	6.33	6.33
24	B	Yelena Sinchukova	Russia	x	6.31	x	6.31
25	B	Diane Guthrie-Gresham	Jamaica	6.27	x	x	6.27
26	A	Virge Naeris	Estonia	x	6.26	6.17	6.26
27	A	Valentina Gotovska	Latvia	x	x	6.08	6.08
28	B	Ana Liku	Tonga	x	x	6.06	6.06
29	B	Elma Muros	Philippines	5.98	6.04	5.99	6.04
30	B	Rita Ináncsi	Hungary	6.02	x	x	6.02
31	A	Andrea Ávila	Argentina	x	5.92	6.00	6.00
32	A	Anzhela Atroschenko	Belarus	x	x	5.94	5.94
33	B	Shabana Akhtar	Pakistan	5.72	5.70	5.80	5.80
34	B	Nicole Devonish	Canada	5.74	5.59	x	5.74
35	B	Yelena Koshcheyeva	Kazakhstan	x	5.49	5.55	5.55
36	A	Nilufar Yasmin	Bangladesh	5.19	4.65	5.24	5.24
37	A	Beryl Larame	Seychelles	x	3.88	x	3.88
	A	Mihaela Gheorghiu	Romania	x			NM
	A	Renata Nielsen	Denmark	x	x	x	NM
	B	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	x	x	x	NM
	B	Lacena Golding	Jamaica	x	x	x	NM
	B	Heli Koivula	Finland	x	x	x	NM
	B	Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	x	x	x	NM
	B	Ljudmila Ninova	Austria	x	x	x	NM
	B	Natallia Sazanovich	Belarus	x	x	x	NM
	B	Viktoriya Vershynina	Ukraine	x	x	x	NM
	B	Shana Williams	United States	x	x	x	NM
	A	Michelle Baptiste	Saint Lucia				DNS
	A	Dione Rose	Jamaica				DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	7.12	6.99	6.85	6.84	-	X	7.12	NR, AR, CR
	Fiona May	Italy	6.68	7.02	6.78	6.73	6.76	6.88	7.02
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	6.55	6.75	6.86	X	6.52	7.00	7.00
4	Niki Xanthou	Greece	X	6.97	X	6.67	6.95	6.85	6.97
5	Iryna Chekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.84	6.88	X	6.97	X	X	6.97
6	Agata Karczmarek	Poland	6.90	X	X	X	X	6.65	6.90
7	Nicole Boegman	Australia	6.73	X	X	X	6.55	6.23	6.73
8	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.60	X	X				6.60
9	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	6.45	6.49	6.45				6.49
10	Voula Patoulidou	Greece	X	6.26	6.37				6.37
	Sharon Jaklofsky	Netherlands	X	X	X				NM
	Iva Prandzheva	Bulgaria	X	X	6.81	X	6.82	X	6.82	DPG

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships Long Jump
• 1997 Women's World Championships Long Jump