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1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

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Events at the
1995 World Championships
Track events
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These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 6.75 metres.

Medalists

Gold Italy Fiona May
Italy (ITA)
Silver Cuba Niurka Montalvo
Cuba (CUB)
Bronze Russia Irina Mushailova
Russia (RUS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
05.08.1995 – 16:00h 05.08.1995 – 16:00h
Final Round
06.08.1995 – 16:50h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52 m June 11, 1988 Soviet Union Leningrad, Soviet Union
Event Record  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 m September 4, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy

Qualifying round

Qualifying mark: 6.75 metres

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1  Fiona May (ITA) 6.76w 6.76w
2  Heike Drechsler (GER) 6.50 6.70 x 6.70
3  Niurka Montalvo (CUB) 6.69
4  Irina Mushailova (RUS) 6.63
5  Olena Khlopotnova (UKR) 6.63
6  Jackie Edwards (BAH) 6.59
7  Chantal Brunner (NZL) 6.53
8  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.51
9  Niki Xanthou (GRE) 6.50
10  Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) 6.49
11  Yao Weili (CHN) 6.49
12  Andrea Ávila (ARG) 6.39
13  Valentīna Gotovska (LAT) 6.32
14  Sharon Couch-Jewell (USA) 6.30
15  Ksenija Predikaka (SLO) 6.30
16  Dionne Rose (JAM) 6.07
17  Elma Muros-Posadas (PHI) 6.01
18  Nilufar Yeasmin (BAN) 5.40
 Tünde Vaszi (HUN) x x x NM
 Pastora Chavez (HON) x x x NM

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1  Olga Rublyova (RUS) 6.74
2  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 6.66 6.73 6.73
3  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.33 6.73 6.73
4  Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) 6.72
5  Agata Karczmarek (POL) 6.54
6  Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) 6.53
7  Marieke Veltman (USA) 6.50
8  Patience Itanyi (NGR) 6.46
9  Lacena Golding (JAM) 6.45
10  Nadine Caster (FRA) 6.43
11  Renata Nielsen (DEN) 6.42
12  Claudia Gerhardt (GER) 6.40
13  Flora Hyacinth (ISV) 6.36
14  Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT) 6.32
15  Fatma Yuksel-Dulkan (TUR) 6.22
16  Beryl Larame (SEY) 5.50
17  Deborah Rugama (NCA) 4.88
 Heli Koivula (FIN) x x x NM
 Paraskevi Patoulidou (GRE) x x x NM
 Ana Liku (TGA) x x x NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiona May (ITA) 6.93 X 6.87 X 6.64 6.98 6.98 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Niurka Montalvo (CUB) 6.42 X 6.70 6.62 X 6.86 6.86 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Irina Mushailova (RUS) 6.75 6.52 6.82 X 6.76 6.83 6.83 m
4  Olga Rublyova (RUS) 6.61 6.65 6.78 6.77 6.68 6.31 6.78 m
5  Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) X 6.76 X X 6.74 6.40 6.76 m
6  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.74 X 6.69 6.25 6.59 6.46 6.74 m
7  Agata Karczmarek (POL) X 5.57 6.71 5.96 6.71 6.56 6.71 m
8  Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) X 6.66 X 6.62 3.56 6.41 6.66 m
9  Heike Drechsler (GER) X X 6.64 6.64 m
10  Inessa Kravets (UKR) X 6.57 X 6.57 m
11  Olena Khlopotnova (UKR) X 6.53 6.31 6.53 m
12  Chantal Brunner (NZL) X X 6.43 6.43 m
 Jackie Edwards (BAH) X X X NM

See also

References

Long jump at the World Athletics Championships
Complete event overview
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Women
World champions in women's long jump
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