1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

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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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bgcolor="gold"|Gold{{flagicon|USA}} Jackie Joyner-Kersee
United States (USA)
bgcolor="silver"|Silver{{flagicon|GER}} Heike Drechsler
Germany (GER)
bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze{{flagicon|URS}} Larysa Berezhna
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

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colspan="2"|Qualification Round
Group A

!Group B

24.08.1991 – 18:20h

|24.08.1991 – 18:20h

colspan="2"|Final Round
colspan="2"|25.08.1991 – 18:30h

Records

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World Record

|{{flagathlete|Galina Chistyakova|URS}}

|7.52

|Leningrad, Soviet Union

|11 June 1988

Championship Record

|{{flagathlete|Jackie Joyner-Kersee|USA}}

|7.36

|Rome, Italy

|4 September 1987

Results

=Final=

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rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="6"|Attempts

!rowspan="2"|Distance

!rowspan="2"|Note

1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

{{gold1}}align=left| {{flagathlete|Jackie Joyner-Kersee|USA}}7.32x-x-7.117.32 m
{{Silver2}}align=left| {{flagathlete|Heike Drechsler|GER}}7.097.167.296.997.086.947.29 m
{{Bronze3}}align=left| {{flagathlete|Larysa Berezhna|URS}}7.116.92x6.866.816.917.11 m
4align=left| {{flagathlete|Yelena Sinchukova|URS}}6.846.95

|7.00

|6.68

|7.04

|6.90

|7.04 m

5align=left| {{flagathlete|Susen Tiedtke|GER}}6.556.656.63x6.776.74

|6.77 m

6align=left| {{flagathlete|Marieta Ilcu|ROM}}6.55

|x

|6.70

|6.70

|6.68

|6.72

|6.72 m

7align=left| {{flagathlete|Ljudmila Ninova|AUT}}x6.72

|6.33

|x

|x

|x

|6.72 m

8align=left| {{flagathlete|Yelena Belevskaya|URS}}6.496.54

|6.68

|x

|6.41

|6.69

|6.69 m

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9align=left| {{flagathlete|Ringa Ropo-Junnila|FIN}}6.456.56

|6.63

| colspan="3" |

6.63 m
10align=left| {{flagathlete|Jackie Edwards|BAH}}6.21

|6.33

|6.37

| colspan="3" |

6.37 m
11align=left| {{flagathlete|Christy Opara-Thompson|NGR}}6.05

|6.28

|6.22

| colspan="3" |

6.28 m
12align=left| {{flagathlete|Oluyinka Idowu|GBR}}6.056.165.99

| colspan="3" |

6.16 m

=Qualifying round=

  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-24

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!RANK

!style="width: 20em"|GROUP A

!style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE

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|align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Jackie Joyner-Kersee|USA}}

|align="center"|6.91 m

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|align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Larysa Berezhna|URS}}

|align="center"|6.87 m

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|align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Susen Tiedtke|GER}}

|align="center"|6.85 m

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|align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Sinchukova|URS}}

|align="center"|6.80 m

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|align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Christy Opara-Thompson|NGR}}

|align="center"|6.68 m

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|align="center"|6.

|{{flagathlete|Ringa Ropo-Junnila|FIN}}

|align="center"|6.66 m

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|align="center"|6.

|{{flagathlete|Jackie Edwards|BAH}}

|align="center"|6.66 m

align="center"|8.

|{{flagathlete|Liu Shuzhen|CHN}}

|align="center"|6.57 m

align="center"|9.

|{{flagathlete|Yang Juan|CHN}}

|align="center"|6.56 m

align="center"|10.

|{{flagathlete|Fiona May|GBR}}

|align="center"|6.54 m

align="center"|11.

|{{flagathlete|Valentina Uccheddu|ITA}}

|align="center"|6.48 m

align="center"|12.

|{{flagathlete|Iva Prandzheva|BUL}}

|align="center"|6.30 m

align="center"|13.

|{{flagathlete|Jayne Moffitt|NZL}}

|align="center"|6.29 m

align="center"|14.

|{{flagathlete|Tamara Malesev|YUG}}

|align="center"|6.27 m

align="center"|15.

|{{flagathlete|Flora Hyacinth|ISV}}

|align="center"|6.17 m


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!RANK

!style="width: 20em"|GROUP B

!style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE

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|align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Heike Drechsler|GER}}

|align="center"|6.87 m

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|align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Ljudmila Ninova|AUT}}

|align="center"|6.79 m

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|align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Marieta Ilcu|ROM}}

|align="center"|6.77 m

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|align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Belevskaya|URS}}

|align="center"|6.70 m

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|align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Oluyinka Idowu|GBR}}

|align="center"|6.63 m

align="center"|6.

|{{flagathlete|Helga Radtke|GER}}

|align="center"|6.62 m

align="center"|7.

|{{flagathlete|Nicole Boegman|AUS}}

|align="center"|6.57 m

align="center"|8.

|{{flagathlete|Wang Chunfang|CHN}}

|align="center"|6.55 m

align="center"|9.

|{{flagathlete|Agata Karczmarek|POL}}

|align="center"|6.55 m

align="center"|10.

|{{flagathlete|Sheila Echols|USA}}

|align="center"|6.47 m

align="center"|11.

|{{flagathlete|Cindy Greiner|USA}}

|align="center"|6.41 m

align="center"|12.

|{{flagathlete|Wang Shu-Hwa|TPE}}

|align="center"|6.38 m

align="center"|13.

|{{flagathlete|Diane Guthrie-Gresham|JAM}}

|align="center"|6.37 m

align="center"|—

|{{flagathlete|Solange Ostiana|AHO}}

|align="center"|NM

align="center"|—

|{{flagathlete|Ragne Kytölä|FIN}}

|align="center"|NM

align="center"|—

|{{flagathlete|Renata Nielsen|DEN}}

|align="center"|NM

See also

References

  • [http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1991/Women_Long_Jump.html Results]

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