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

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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.

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

Final classification

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	7.12 m
	Fiona May (ITA)	7.02 m
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.00 m
4.	Niki Xanthou (GRE)	6.97 m
5.	Iryna Chekhovtsova (UKR)	6.97 m
6.	Agata Karczmarek (POL)	6.90 m
7.	Nicole Boegman (AUS)	6.73 m
8.	Tunde Vaszi (HUN)	6.60 m
9.	Chantal Brunner (NZL)	6.49 m
10.	Voula Patoulidou (GRE)	6.37 m
—	Sharon Jaklofsky (NED)	NM
—	Iva Prandzheva (BUL)	DQ

Non-qualifiers

RANK	QUALIFYING HEATS	DISTANCE
—	Flora Hyacinth (ISV)	6.58 m
—	Lisette Cuza (CUB)	6.56 m
—	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	6.55 m
—	Yelena Pershina (KAZ)	6.50 m
—	Marieke Veltman (USA)	6.49 m
—	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	6.48 m
—	Olga Rublyova (RUS)	6.47 m
—	Eunice Barber (SLE)	6.45 m
—	Regla Cardenas (CUB)	6.42 m
—	Ksenija Predikaka (SLO)	6.37 m
—	Galina Cistjaková (SVK)	6.33 m
—	Denise Lewis (GBR)	6.33 m
—	Yelena Sinchukova (RUS)	6.31 m
—	Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM)	6.27 m
—	Virge Naeris (EST)	6.26 m
—	Valentīna Gotovska (LAT)	6.08 m
—	Ana Liku (TGA)	6.06 m
—	Elma Muros (PHI)	6.04 m
—	Rita Ináncsi (HUN)	6.02 m
—	Andrea Avila (ARG)	6.00 m
—	Anzhela Atroshchenko (BLR)	5.94 m
—	Shabana Akhtar (PAK)	5.80 m
—	Nicole Devonish (CAN)	5.74 m
—	Yelena Koshcheyeva (KAZ)	5.55 m
—	Nilufar Yasmin (BAN)	5.24 m
—	Beryl Larame (SEY)	3.88 m
—	Mihaela Gheorghiu (ROU)	NM
—	Renata Nielsen (DEN)	NM
—	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	NM
—	Lacena Golding (JAM)	NM
—	Heli Koivula (FIN)	NM
—	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	NM
—	Ljudmila Ninova (AUT)	NM
—	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)	NM
—	Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR)	NM
—	Shana Williams (USA)	NM
—	Michelle Baptiste (LCA)	DNS
—	Dione Rose (JAM)	DNS

Final results

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
	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	Iva Prandzheva	Bulgaria	X	X	6.81	X	6.82	X	6.82
8	Nicole Boegman	Australia	6.73	X	X	X	6.55	6.23	6.73
9	Tunde Vaszi	Hungary	6.60	X	X				6.60
10	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	6.45	6.49	6.45				6.49
11	Voula Patoulidou	Greece	X	6.26	6.37				6.37
12	Sharon Jaklofsky	Netherlands	X	X	X				NM

See also

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

References

• Official Report
• Results