1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Niurka Montalvo Spain (ESP)
Silver	Fiona May Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Marion Jones United States (USA)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
21.08.1999 – 11:30h	21.08.1999 – 11:30h
Final Round
23.08.1999 – 20:05h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Fiona May (ITA)	7.04	—	—	7.04 m	SB
2	5	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)	6.56	X	6.78	6.78 m
3	6	Olga Rublyova (RUS)	X	6.52	6.76	6.76 m
4	7	Joanne Wise (GBR)	6.75	6.45	X	6.75 m
5	10	Nicole Boegman (AUS)	6.63	X	6.56	6.63 m
6	12	Dawn Burrell (USA)	6.45	6.62	6.56	6.62 m
7	13	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	6.09	6.62	6.53	6.62 m
8	16	Baya Rahouli (ALG)	6.55	X	6.51	6.55 m	NR
9	18	Aurélie Felix (FRA)	6.23	6.54	6.24	6.54 m
10	23	Yelena Kashcheyeva (KAZ)	X	6.40	X	6.40 m
11	24	Yelena Shekhovtsova (UKR)	X	6.28	6.39	6.39 m
12	28	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	6.20	6.23	6.20	6.23 m
13	30	Elena Bobrovskaya (KGZ)	5.87	6.07	5.70	6.07 m
14	31	Luciana Alves dos Santos (BRA)	X	X	6.00	6.00 m
—	—	Vanessa Monar-Enweani (CAN)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Camilla Johansson (SWE)				DNS
—	—	Heike Drechsler (GER)				DNS
—	—	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)				DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	6.53	6.88	—	6.88 m
2	3	Marion Jones (USA)	6.63	6.81	—	6.81 m
3	4	Erica Johansson (SWE)	6.68	6.79	X	6.79 m
4	8	Susen Tiedtke (GER)	6.49	6.67	6.49	6.67 m
5	9	Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA)	6.66	6.62	X	6.66 m
6	11	Shana Williams (USA)	X	X	6.63	6.63 m
7	14	Agata Karczmarek (POL)	X	6.53	6.58	6.58 m
8	15	Valentīna Gotovska (LAT)	6.28	6.55	6.53	6.55 m
9	17	Guan Yingnan (CHN)	6.55	6.44	X	6.55 m
10	19	Yelena Pershina (KAZ)	6.29	6.39	6.51	6.51 m
11	20	Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan (RUS)	6.47	X	X	6.47 m
12	21	Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR)	6.36	6.40	6.44	6.44 m
13	22	Chantal Brunner (NZL)	6.40	6.34	6.27	6.40 m
14	25	Tünde Vaszi (HUN)	6.31	6.12	6.39	6.39 m
15	26	Niki Xanthou (GRE)	X	6.34	6.25	6.34 m
16	27	Sharon Jaklofsky (NED)	6.31	X	X	6.31 m
17	29	Eva Dolezalová (CZE)	6.22	X	X	6.22 m
—	—	Flora Hyacinth (ISV)	X	X	—	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)	6.80	6.77	X	6.88	X	7.06	7.06 m	NR
	Fiona May (ITA)	6.92	X	6.94	X	X	6.87	6.94 m
	Marion Jones (USA)	6.79	6.62	6.73	X	6.83	X	6.83 m
4	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	6.70	6.71	6.52	6.64	6.68	6.82	6.82 m
5	Joanne Wise (GBR)	6.75	6.55	6.46	6.69	4.83	6.71	6.75 m
6	Dawn Burrell (USA)	6.60	6.74	6.51	6.69	6.57	4.84	6.74 m
7	Susen Tiedtke (GER)	6.68	X	X	X	X	6.59	6.68 m
8	Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA)	X	6.53	6.68	X	6.47	X	6.68 m
9	Nicole Boegman (AUS)	6.63	6.48	6.52				6.63 m
10	Erica Johansson (SWE)	X	X	6.63				6.63 m
11	Olga Rublyova (RUS)	6.56	6.49	6.34				6.56 m
12	Shana Williams (USA)	6.49	X	6.52				6.52 m

References

• IAAF
• todor66
• athletissimo
• trackandfieldnews