1999 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 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold Spain Niurka Montalvo
Spain (ESP)
Silver Italy Fiona May
Italy (ITA)
Bronze United States Marion Jones
United States (USA)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
21.08.1999 – 11:30h 21.08.1999 – 11:30h
Final Round
23.08.1999 – 20:05h

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

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1  Fiona May (ITA) 7.04 7.04 m SB
2 5  Niurka Montalvo (ESP) 6.56 X 6.78 6.78 m
3 6  Olga Rublyova (RUS) X 6.52 6.76 6.76 m
4 7  Joanne Wise (GBR) 6.75 6.45 X 6.75 m
5 10  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.63 X 6.56 6.63 m
6 12  Dawn Burrell (USA) 6.45 6.62 6.56 6.62 m
7 13  Tatyana Kotova (RUS) 6.09 6.62 6.53 6.62 m
8 16  Baya Rahouli (ALG) 6.55 X 6.51 6.55 m NR
9 18  Aurélie Felix (FRA) 6.23 6.54 6.24 6.54 m
10 23  Yelena Kashcheyeva (KAZ) X 6.40 X 6.40 m
11 24  Yelena Shekhovtsova (UKR) X 6.28 6.39 6.39 m
12 28  Jackie Edwards (BAH) 6.20 6.23 6.20 6.23 m
13 30  Elena Bobrovskaya (KGZ) 5.87 6.07 5.70 6.07 m
14 31  Luciana Alves dos Santos (BRA) X X 6.00 6.00 m
 Vanessa Monar-Enweani (CAN) X X X NM
 Camilla Johansson (SWE) DNS
 Heike Drechsler (GER) DNS
 Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) DNS

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 2  Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) 6.53 6.88 6.88 m
2 3  Marion Jones (USA) 6.63 6.81 6.81 m
3 4  Erica Johansson (SWE) 6.68 6.79 X 6.79 m
4 8  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.49 6.67 6.49 6.67 m
5 9  Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA) 6.66 6.62 X 6.66 m
6 11  Shana Williams (USA) X X 6.63 6.63 m
7 14  Agata Karczmarek (POL) X 6.53 6.58 6.58 m
8 15  Valentīna Gotovska (LAT) 6.28 6.55 6.53 6.55 m
9 17  Guan Yingnan (CHN) 6.55 6.44 X 6.55 m
10 19  Yelena Pershina (KAZ) 6.29 6.39 6.51 6.51 m
11 20  Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan (RUS) 6.47 X X 6.47 m
12 21  Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) 6.36 6.40 6.44 6.44 m
13 22  Chantal Brunner (NZL) 6.40 6.34 6.27 6.40 m
14 25  Tünde Vaszi (HUN) 6.31 6.12 6.39 6.39 m
15 26  Niki Xanthou (GRE) X 6.34 6.25 6.34 m
16 27  Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) 6.31 X X 6.31 m
17 29  Eva Dolezalová (CZE) 6.22 X X 6.22 m
 Flora Hyacinth (ISV) X X NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Niurka Montalvo (ESP) 6.80 6.77 X 6.88 X 7.06 7.06 m NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiona May (ITA) 6.92 X 6.94 X X 6.87 6.94 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Marion Jones (USA) 6.79 6.62 6.73 X 6.83 X 6.83 m
4  Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) 6.70 6.71 6.52 6.64 6.68 6.82 6.82 m
5  Joanne Wise (GBR) 6.75 6.55 6.46 6.69 4.83 6.71 6.75 m
6  Dawn Burrell (USA) 6.60 6.74 6.51 6.69 6.57 4.84 6.74 m
7  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.68 X X X X 6.59 6.68 m
8  Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA) X 6.53 6.68 X 6.47 X 6.68 m
9  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.63 6.48 6.52 6.63 m
10  Erica Johansson (SWE) X X 6.63 6.63 m
11  Olga Rublyova (RUS) 6.56 6.49 6.34 6.56 m
12  Shana Williams (USA) 6.49 X 6.52 6.52 m

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