Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
| Women's long jump at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for athletics | ||||||||||
| Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 1 August 1996 (qualifications) 2 August 1996 (finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 35 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 7.12 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
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[edit]
| Gold | Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria
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| Silver | Fiona May Italy
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| Bronze | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States
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Abbreviations[edit]
- 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[edit]
Qualification[edit]
Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Final[edit]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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Chioma Ajunwa |  Nigeria
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7.12 | 6.99 | 6.85 | 6.84 | - | X | 7.12 | NR, AR, CR |
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Fiona May |  Italy
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6.68 | 7.02 | 6.78 | 6.73 | 6.76 | 6.88 | 7.02 | |
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee |  United States
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6.55 | 6.75 | 6.86 | X | 6.52 | 7.00 | 7.00 | |
| 4 | Niki Xanthou |  Greece
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X | 6.97 | X | 6.67 | 6.95 | 6.85 | 6.97 | |
| 5 | Iryna Chekhovtsova |  Ukraine
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6.84 | 6.88 | X | 6.97 | X | X | 6.97 | |
| 6 | Agata Karczmarek |  Poland
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6.90 | X | X | X | X | 6.65 | 6.90 | |
| 7 | Nicole Boegman |  Australia
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6.73 | X | X | X | 6.55 | 6.23 | 6.73 | |
| 8 | Tünde Vaszi |  Hungary
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6.60 | X | X | 6.60 | ||||
| 9 | Chantal Brunner |  New Zealand
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6.45 | 6.49 | 6.45 | 6.49 | ||||
| 10 | Voula Patoulidou | Greece
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X | 6.26 | 6.37 | 6.37 | ||||
| Sharon Jaklofsky |  Netherlands
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X | X | X | NM | |||||
| Iva Prandzheva |  Bulgaria
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DPG | ||||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.