1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Long Jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships
1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 6, 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Lyudmila Galkina Lyudmila Galkina Lyudmila Galkina is a Russian athlete. She won the European Junior Championships in 1991 as a triple jumper, but thereafter later focused on the long jump. Her greatest achievement was taking the World Championship title in 1997, with a personal best jump of 7.05 metres.-Achievements:- External... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS)
Silver	Niki Xanthou Niki Xanthou Niki Xanthou is a Greek long jumper.Xanthou set nine national record in long jump during her career. Her personal best, and national record, is 7.03 metres, achieved in August 1997 in Bellinzona... Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... (GRE)
Bronze	Fiona May Fiona May Fiona May was an athlete who competed for the Great Britain and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals... Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... (ITA)

Records

World Record		7.52	Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	11 June 1988
Championship Record		7.36	Rome, Italy	4 September 1987

Qualifying Round

Held on Thursday 1997-08-07

Rank	Name	Result
1.		7.01 m
2.		6.80 m
3.		6.75 m
4.		6.73 m
5.		6.64 m
6.		6.63 m
7.		6.62 m
8.		6.59 m
9.		6.57 m
10.		6.52 m
11.		6.52 m
12.		6.50 m
13.		6.49 m
14.		6.46 m
15.		6.20 m
16.		6.20 m
17.		6.08 m
18.		5.90 m
19.		5.83 m
20.		5.51 m
—		DNS

Rank	Name	Result
1.		6.73 m
2.		6.72 m
3.		6.66 m
4.		6.62 m
5.		6.52 m
6.		6.50 m
7.		6.45 m
8.		6.44 m
9.		6.38 m
10.		6.38 m
11.		6.37 m
12.		6.37 m
13.		6.29 m
14.		6.26 m
15.		6.19 m
16.		6.18 m
17.		6.07 m
18.		5.92 m
19.		5.77 m
20.		5.67 m
21.		5.58 m
22.		5.25 m
23.		5.08 m

Final

Rank	\|Attempts	\|Notes
Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
		6.89	6.85
7.05
7.05	WL
		-	6.69	6.93	6.94
6.94	SB
		6.91
6.78	6.66
6.91
4		6.62	6.69
4.90	6.87	6.89	6.89
5		6.79	6.78
6.72	6.78	6.60	6.79
6		6.75
6.78	6.54	6.77	6.78
7		4.28	6.71
6.56	6.54	6.71
8		-	6.54	6.64	6.54	5.34	6.41	6.64
9		-
6.64
6.45	6.64	SB
10		-
6.63
6.63
11		6.61	6.60	6.38
6.61
12		5.21
5.21

Medalists

Records

Qualifying Round

Final

See also