Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's long jump

The women's long jump event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 22–24.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bronwyn Thompson Australia	Kerrie Taurima Australia	Céline Laporte Seychelles

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 6.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Bronwyn Thompson	Australia	6.71			6.71	Q, SB
2	A	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	6.55			6.55	Q
3	B	Jade Johnson	England	6.52			6.52	Q, SB
4	B	Kerrie Taurima	Australia	6.48	–	–	6.48	q
5	B	Jacqueline Edwards	Bahamas	x	6.42	x	6.42	q
6	A	Anju Bobby George	India	6.38	6.38	6.41	6.41	q
7	A	Tanika Liburd	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.35	5.78	4.09	6.35	q
8	A	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	x	6.33	x	6.33	q
9	A	Lisa Morrison	Australia	6.04	6.31	6.14	6.31	q
10	B	Esther Aghatise	Nigeria	6.24	x	6.30	6.30	q
11	B	Gillian Cooke	Scotland	5.61	6.23	6.10	6.23	q
12	B	Céline Laporte	Seychelles	x	x	6.21	6.21	q
13	B	Shara Proctor	Anguilla	5.99	6.06	6.01	6.06
14	B	Arantxa King	Bermuda	5.95	5.98	x	5.98
15	A	Foujia Huda	Bangladesh	5.69	5.71	5.72	5.72
16	A	Soko Salaniqiqi	Fiji	x	5.61	4.81	5.61
17	A	Rosina Amenebede	Ghana	x	x	5.21	5.21
	A	Tricia Flores	Belize				DNS
	A	Chinedu Onikeku	Nigeria				DNS
	B	Marion Bangura	Sierra Leone				DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Bronwyn Thompson	Australia	x	6.97	6.91	x	6.93	6.83	6.97
	Kerrie Taurima	Australia	6.55	6.45	6.42	6.48	6.57	6.54	6.57
	Céline Laporte	Seychelles	6.24	6.57	6.33	6.33	x	x	6.57
4	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	6.34	6.50	6.41	6.56	6.52	x	6.56
5	Jade Johnson	England	6.39	x	6.25	x	6.55	x	6.55
6	Anju Bobby George	India	6.39	6.49	6.54	6.35	x	6.53	6.54
7	Esther Aghatise	Nigeria	x	x	6.47	6.37	6.19	5.95	6.47
8	Jacqueline Edwards	Bahamas	x	x	6.46	6.29	x	6.37	6.46
9	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	6.34	5.63	5.81				6.34
10	Tanika Liburd	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.27	6.10	6.11				6.27
11	Gillian Cooke	Scotland	5.98	x	6.14				6.14
12	Lisa Morrison	Australia	5.94	6.11	6.12				6.12

References

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