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

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date1 August 1996 (qualifications)
2 August 1996 (finals)
Competitors48 from 35 nations
Winning distance7.12
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chioma Ajunwa
 Nigeria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fiona May
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States
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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.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Chioma Ajunwa
 Nigeria
Silver Fiona May
 Italy
Bronze Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Qualification

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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

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Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria 7.12 6.99 6.85 6.84 - X 7.12 NR, AR, CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fiona May  Italy 6.68 7.02 6.78 6.73 6.76 6.88 7.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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