2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The winning margin was 1 cm. As of 2024, this is the only time the women's long jump has been won by less than 2 cm at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold   Fiona May
Italy (ITA)
Silver   Tatyana Kotova
Russia (RUS)
Bronze   Niurka Montalvo
Spain (ESP)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
05.08.2001 – 14:30 05.08.2001 – 14:30
Final Round
07.08.2001 – 18:05

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Fiona May   Italy 6.80 6.80 Q, SB
2 B Maurren Maggi   Brazil 6.46 6.49 6.74 6.74 Q
3 A Tünde Vaszi   Hungary 6.36 6.71 6.71 Q
4 B Yingnan Guan   China 6.61 6.66 6.40 6.66 q
5 B Niki Xanthou   Greece 6.66 6.47 x 6.66 q
6 A Niurka Montalvo   Spain 6.34 6.65 6.43 6.65 q
7 A Lyudmila Galkina   Russia 6.62 6.59 6.58 6.62 q
8 A Elva Goulbourne   Jamaica 6.46 6.60 x 6.60 q
9 B Valentīna Gotovska   Latvia 6.47 6.58 6.41 6.58 q
10 B Tatyana Kotova   Russia 6.27 x 6.54 6.54 q
11 B Kumiko Ikeda   Japan 6.44 6.49 6.49 6.49 q
12 A Jenny Adams   United States 6.41 6.48 6.31 6.48 q
13 A Yelena Kashcheyeva   Kazakhstan 6.35 6.13 6.46 6.46
14 A Maho Hanaoka   Japan 6.43 6.36 6.38 6.43
15 A Chioma Ajunwa   Nigeria x 6.25 6.43 6.43 SB
16 A Jackie Edwards   Bahamas 5.90 x 6.42 6.42
17 B Chantal Brunner   New Zealand 6.39 6.39 x 6.39
18 B Aurélie Felix   France x x 6.37 6.37
19 A Olga Rublyova   Russia 6.27 x x 6.27
20 B Alice Falaiye   Canada x x 6.04 6.04
21 B Elena Bobrovskaya   Kyrgyzstan 5.89 5.93 5.78 5.93
22 B Heike Drechsler   Germany x 4.45 - 4.45

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Fiona May   Italy 6.86 6.97 7.02 6.73 6.97 6.80 7.02
  Tatyana Kotova   Russia 6.60 6.82 6.67 7.01 6.81 x 7.01
  Niurka Montalvo   Spain 6.73 x 6.59 6.88 6.76 6.54 6.88
4 Tünde Vaszi   Hungary 6.68 x 6.86 6.84 x x 6.86 NR
5 Valentīna Gotovska   Latvia 6.84 6.67 6.66 x 6.59 6.23 6.84
6 Niki Xanthou   Greece 6.61 x 6.76 6.67 x 6.57 6.76
7 Maurren Maggi   Brazil 6.40 6.46 6.73 x 6.67 x 6.73
8 Lyudmila Galkina   Russia 6.56 6.67 6.70 x 6.61 x 6.70
9 Yingnan Guan   China 6.69 x 5.12 6.69
10 Elva Goulbourne   Jamaica 6.62 x x 6.62
11 Kumiko Ikeda   Japan 6.44 6.38 - 6.44
Jenny Adams   United States x x x NM

References

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