Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
{{short description|Olympic athletics event}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Women's Long jump
|games = 1992 Summer
|image = Athletics pictogram.svg
|image_size = 50px
|caption = Pictogram for Athletics
|dates = 6 August (qualification)
7 August (final)
|venues = Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
|competitors = 34
|nations = 24
|win_label = Winning distance
|win_value = 7.14
|longnames = yes
|gold = Heike Drechsler
|goldNOC = GER
|silver = Inessa Kravets
|silverNOC = EUN
|bronze = Jackie Joyner-Kersee
|bronzeNOC = USA
|prev = 1988
|next = 1996
}}
{{AthleticsAt1992SummerOlympics}}
These are the official results of the women's long jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 35 participating athletes and one non starter. 6.75 metres to reach final or best 12.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/womens-long-jump.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/womens-long-jump.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Long Jump |access-date=19 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Medalists
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| {{OlympicGoldMedalist|Heike Drechsler|GER|1992 Summer}} |
| {{OlympicSilverMedalist|Inessa Kravets|EUN|1992 Summer}} |
| {{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Jackie Joyner-Kersee|USA|1992 Summer}} |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
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| bgcolor="ccffcc"| Q | automatic qualification |
| bgcolor="ddffdd"| 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 |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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| World Record
| 7.52 | {{flagicon|URS}} Galina Chistyakova | June 11, 1988 |
|---|
| Olympic Record
| 7.40 | {{flagicon|USA}} Jackie Joyner-Kersee | September 29, 1988 |
Final
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|FINAL !style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE |
| align="center"|Image:Med 1.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Heike Drechsler|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|7.14 m |
| align="center"|Image:Med 2.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Inessa Kravets|EUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|7.12 m |
| align="center"|Image:Med 3.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Jackie Joyner-Kersee|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|7.07 m |
| align="center"|4.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Mirela Dulgheru|ROM|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.71 m |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Irina Mushailova|EUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.68 m |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Sharon Couch|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.66 m |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Sheila Echols|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.62 m |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Susen Tiedtke|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.60 m |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Flora Hyacinth|ISV|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.52 m |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Agata Karczmarek|POL|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.41 m |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Renata Nielsen|DEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.06 m |
| align="center"|DSQ
|{{flagIOCathlete|Nijolė Medvedeva|LTU|1992 Summer}} |align="center"| |
Qualification
- All athletes ( excluding top six ) promoted one place after drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva
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!style="width: 5em"|RANK !style="width: 5em"|GROUP !style="width: 20em"|Athlete !style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE |
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|align="center"|1. |align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Heike Drechsler|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|7.08 m |
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|align="center"|2. |align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Irina Mushailova|EUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.86 m |
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|align="center"|3. |align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Mirela Dulgheru|ROM|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.83 m |
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|align="center"|4. |align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Inessa Kravets|EUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.79 m |
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|align="center"|5. |align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Jackie Joyner-Kersee|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.75 m |
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|align="center"|6. |align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Susen Tiedtke|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.74 m |
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|align="center"|7. |align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Flora Hyacinth|ISV|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.71 m |
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|align="center"|8. |align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Sharon Couch|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.64 m |
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|align="center"|9. |align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Renata Nielsen|DEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.63 m |
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|align="center"|10. |align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Sheila Echols|USA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.55 m |
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|align="center"|11. |align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Agata Karczmarek|POL|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.55 m |
| align="center"|12.
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll|AUT|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.53 m |
| align="center"|13.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Ringa Ropa-Junnila|FIN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.52 m |
| align="center"|14.
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Yang Juan|CHN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.49 m |
| align="center"|15.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Marieta Ilcu|ROM|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.46 m |
| align="center"|16.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Liu Shuzhen|CHN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.44 m |
| align="center"|17.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Karen Botha|RSA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.43 m |
| align="center"|18.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Antonella Capriotti|ITA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|'6.43 m |
| align="center"|19.
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Helga Radtke|GER|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.42 m |
| align="center"|20.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Jackie Edwards|BAH|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.40 m |
| align="center"|21.
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Valentina Uccheddu|ITA|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.40 m |
| align="center"|22.
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Tamara Malešev|IOP|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.35 m |
| align="center"|23.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Oluyinka Idowu|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.29 m |
| align="center"|24.
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Dionne Rose|JAM|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.22 m |
| align="center"|25.
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Li Yong-Ae|PRK|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|6.17 m |
| align="center"|26.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Joanne Wise|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|5.87 m |
| align="center"|27.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Natalia Toledo|PAR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|5.73 m |
| align="center"|28.
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Sonia Agbessi|BEN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|5.63 m |
| align="center"|29.
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Eunice Barber|SLE|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|5.55 m |
| align="center"|—
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Larisa Bereznaya|EUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|NM |
| align="center"|—
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Diane Guthrie-Gresham|JAM|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|NM |
| align="center"|—
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Rita Ináncsi|HUN|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|NM |
| align="center"|—
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Fiona May|GBR|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|NM |
| align="center"|—
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Nicole Staines|AUS|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|NM |
| align="center"|—
|align="center"|A |{{flagIOCathlete|Muyegbe Mubala|ZAI|1992 Summer}} |align="center"|DNS |
| align="center"|DISQ
|align="center"|B |{{flagIOCathlete|Nijole Medvedeva|LTU|1992 Summer}} |align="center"| |
Note: Guthrie-Gresham, Inancsi and Staines all had three fouls, while both Bereznaya and May had one foul before withdrawing from the rest of the competition due to injury.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090508115750/http://www.olympic-museum.de/o-reports/report1992.htm Official Report]
- [http://todor66.com/olim/1992/Athletics/Women_Long_Jump.html Results]
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