1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 25, 1991.

Medalists

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Gold   Jackie Joyner-Kersee
United States (USA)
Silver   Heike Drechsler
Germany (GER)
Bronze   Larysa Berezhna
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
24.08.1991 – 18:20h 24.08.1991 – 18:20h
Final Round
25.08.1991 – 18:30h

Records

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World Record   Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52 Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 June 1988
Championship Record   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 Rome, Italy 4 September 1987

Results

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Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.32 x - x - 7.11 7.32 m
    Heike Drechsler (GER) 7.09 7.16 7.29 6.99 7.08 6.94 7.29 m
    Larysa Berezhna (URS) 7.11 6.92 x 6.86 6.81 6.91 7.11 m
4   Yelena Sinchukova (URS) 6.84 6.95 7.00 6.68 7.04 6.90 7.04 m
5   Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.55 6.65 6.63 x 6.77 6.74 6.77 m
6   Marieta Ilcu (ROM) 6.55 x 6.70 6.70 6.68 6.72 6.72 m
7   Ljudmila Ninova (AUT) x 6.72 6.33 x x x 6.72 m
8   Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 6.49 6.54 6.68 x 6.41 6.69 6.69 m
9   Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN) 6.45 6.56 6.63 6.63 m
10   Jackie Edwards (BAH) 6.21 6.33 6.37 6.37 m
11   Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 6.05 6.28 6.22 6.28 m
12   Oluyinka Idowu (GBR) 6.05 6.16 5.99 6.16 m

Qualifying round

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  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-24
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.91 m
2.   Larysa Berezhna (URS) 6.87 m
3.   Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.85 m
4.   Yelena Sinchukova (URS) 6.80 m
5.   Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 6.68 m
6.   Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN) 6.66 m
6.   Jackie Edwards (BAH) 6.66 m
8.   Liu Shuzhen (CHN) 6.57 m
9.   Yang Juan (CHN) 6.56 m
10.   Fiona May (GBR) 6.54 m
11.   Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) 6.48 m
12.   Iva Prandzheva (BUL) 6.30 m
13.   Jayne Moffitt (NZL) 6.29 m
14.   Tamara Malesev (YUG) 6.27 m
15.   Flora Hyacinth (ISV) 6.17 m


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.   Heike Drechsler (GER) 6.87 m
2.   Ljudmila Ninova (AUT) 6.79 m
3.   Marieta Ilcu (ROM) 6.77 m
4.   Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 6.70 m
5.   Oluyinka Idowu (GBR) 6.63 m
6.   Helga Radtke (GER) 6.62 m
7.   Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.57 m
8.   Wang Chunfang (CHN) 6.55 m
9.   Agata Karczmarek (POL) 6.55 m
10.   Sheila Echols (USA) 6.47 m
11.   Cindy Greiner (USA) 6.41 m
12.   Wang Shu-Hwa (TPE) 6.38 m
13.   Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM) 6.37 m
  Solange Ostiana (AHO) NM
  Ragne Kytölä (FIN) NM
  Renata Nielsen (DEN) NM

See also

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References

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