1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Fiona May Italy
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Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria
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Agata Karczmarek Poland
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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 | Fiona May | Italy |
6.55 | 6.77 | 6.77 | Q | |
| 2 | B | Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria |
6.76 | 6.76 | Q | ||
| 3 | A | Olena Khlopotnova |  Ukraine |
6.67 | 6.67 | Q | ||
| 4 | A | Heike Drechsler |  Germany |
6.59 | 6.56 | 6.65 | 6.65 | Q |
| 5 | B | Jo Wise |  Great Britain |
6.62 | 6.62 | Q, PB | ||
| 6 | B | Nina Perevedentseva |  Russia |
6.28 | 6.40 | 6.60 | 6.60 | Q |
| 7 | B | Agata Karczmarek | Poland |
6.24 | 6.58 | – | 6.58 | q |
| 8 | A | Jackie Edwards |  Bahamas |
x | 6.52 | 6.33 | 6.52 | q |
| 9 | B | Linda Ferga |  France |
x | 6.51 | – | 6.51 | q |
| 10 | B | Niki Xanthou |  Greece |
x | x | 6.47 | 6.47 | q |
| 11 | B | Tünde Vaszi |  Hungary |
x | 6.40 | 6.45 | 6.45 | q |
| 12 | A | Shana Williams |  United States |
6.44 | 5.97 | 6.24 | 6.44 | q |
| 13 | A | Valentīna Gotovska |  Latvia |
6.12 | 6.43 | 6.30 | 6.43 | |
| 14 | A | Renata Nielsen |  Denmark |
6.40 | 6.35 | 6.42 | 6.42 | |
| 15 | A | Yu Yiqun |  China |
6.22 | 6.42 | 6.22 | 6.42 | |
| 16 | B | Niurka Montalvo |  Cuba |
6.28 | 6.30 | 6.41 | 6.41 | |
| 17 | A | Flora Hyacinth |  United States Virgin Islands |
6.36 | 6.38 | x | 6.38 | |
| 18 | A | Chantal Brunner |  New Zealand |
6.10 | 6.29 | 6.34 | 6.34 | |
| 19 | B | Marieke Veltman | United States |
6.34 | 6.26 | x | 6.34 | |
| 20 | B | Guan Yingnan | China |
x | x | 6.34 | 6.34 | |
| 21 | B | Iolanta Khropach | Ukraine |
6.07 | 6.16 | 5.91 | 6.16 | |
| 22 | A | Vera Olenchenko | Russia |
6.15 | x | x | 6.15 | |
| A | Eunice Barber |  Sierra Leone |
x | x | x | NM | ||
| A | Corinne Hérigault | France |
x | x | x | NM | ||
| A | Paraskevi Patoulidou | Greece |
x | x | x | NM |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Fiona May | Italy |
6.85 | – | – | 6.86 | 6.80 | – | 6.86 | NR |
 |
Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria |
6.73 | 6.68 | 6.78 | – | 6.80 | 6.63 | 6.86 | |
 |
Agata Karczmarek | Poland |
6.71 | – | 6.67 | – | – | – | 6.71 | PB |
| 4 | Jo Wise | Great Britain |
6.70 | 6.65 | 5.27 | – | 6.56 | 6.51 | 6.70 | =NR |
| 5 | Niki Xanthou | Greece |
6.69 | – | – | 6.69 | – | 6.67 | 6.69 | |
| 6 | Nina Perevedentseva | Russia |
6.65 | – | 6.57 | – | 6.36 | – | 6.65 | |
| 7 | Heike Drechsler | Germany |
6.63 | 6.62 | – | 6.57 | – | – | 6.63 | |
| 8 | Olena Khlopotnova | Ukraine |
6.59 | 6.59 | 6.37 | – | 6.35 | 6.25 | 6.59 | |
| 9 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary |
6.49 | – | – | 6.49 | ||||
| 10 | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas |
6.40 | 6.47 | 6.40 | 6.47 | ||||
| 11 | Linda Ferga | France |
– | 6.37 | – | 6.37 | ||||
| 12 | Shana Williams | United States |
5.89 | – | 6.34 | 6.34 |