1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Long Jump
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These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump
Long jump
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event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships
1991 World Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...

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

Gold   Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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United States
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 (USA)
Silver   Heike Drechsler
Heike Drechsler
Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...


Germany
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 (GER)
Bronze   Larisa Berezhnaya
Larisa Berezhnaya
Larysa Berezhna is a retired long jumper who represented USSR and later Ukraine. She first gained recognition with a bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships. In 1991 she won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships and a...


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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 (URS)

Schedule

  • All times are Japan Standard Time
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     (UTC+9
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    )
    Qualification Round
    Group A Group B
    24.08.1991 – 18:20h 24.08.1991 – 18:20h
    Final Round
    25.08.1991 – 18:30h

Records

World Record 7.52 Leningrad
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, Soviet Union
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11 June 1988
Championship Record 7.36 Rome, Italy 4 September 1987

Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
7.32 m
7.29 m
7.11 m
4. 7.04 m
5. 6.77 m
6. 6.72 m
7. 6.72 m
8. 6.69 m
9. 6.63 m
10. 6.37 m
11. 6.28 m
12. 6.16 m

Qualifying Round

  • Held on Saturday 1991-08-24
    RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
    1. 6.91 m
    2. 6.87 m
    3. 6.85 m
    4. 6.80 m
    5. 6.68 m
    6. 6.66 m
    6. 6.66 m
    8. 6.57 m
    9. 6.56 m
    10. 6.54 m
    11. 6.48 m
    12. 6.30 m
    13. 6.29 m
    14. 6.27 m
    15. 6.17 m


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1. 6.87 m
2. 6.79 m
3. 6.77 m
4. 6.70 m
5. 6.63 m
6. 6.62 m
7. 6.57 m
8. 6.55 m
9. 6.55 m
10. 6.47 m
11. 6.41 m
12. 6.38 m
13. 6.37 m
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See also

  • 1988 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Seoul)
    Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump
    The Women's Long Jump at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 32 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Thursday September 29, 1988.-Records:...

  • 1990 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Split)
    1990 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Long Jump
    These are the official results of the Women's long jump event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were 17 participating athletes...

  • 1992 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Barcelona)
    Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump
    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 37 participating athletes.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All results shown are in metres-Records:...

  • 1993 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart)
    1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Long Jump
    These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday 1993-08-15....

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