1999 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 1999 World Championships
1999 World Championships in Athletics
The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....

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

Medalists

Gold	Niurka Montalvo Niurka Montalvo Niurka Montalvo Amaro is a former Cuban and Spanish athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump events. Her greatest achievement came in 1999, when she became world champion with a personal best jump of 7.06 metres... Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... (ESP)
Silver	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)
Bronze	Marion Jones Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA)

Schedule

All times are Central European Time
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(UTC+1
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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
21.08.1999 – 11:30h 21.08.1999 – 11:30h
Final Round
23.08.1999 – 20:05h

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

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

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1		7.04	—	—	7.04 m	SB
2	5		6.56	X	6.78	6.78 m
3	6		X	6.52	6.76	6.76 m
4	7		6.75	6.45	X	6.75 m
5	10		6.63	X	6.56	6.63 m
6	12		6.45	6.62	6.56	6.62 m
7	13		6.09	6.62	6.53	6.62 m
8	16		6.55	X	6.51	6.55 m	NR Algerian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Algeria maintained by its national athletics federation: Fédération Algérienne d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not recognised by federation...
9	18		6.23	6.54	6.24	6.54 m
10	23		X	6.40	X	6.40 m
11	24		X	6.28	6.39	6.39 m
12	28		6.20	6.23	6.20	6.23 m
13	30		5.87	6.07	5.70	6.07 m
14	31		X	X	6.00	6.00 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM
—	—					DNS
—	—					DNS
—	—					DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	2		6.53	6.88	—	6.88 m
2	3		6.63	6.81	—	6.81 m
3	4		6.68	6.79	X	6.79 m
4	8		6.49	6.67	6.49	6.67 m
5	9		6.66	6.62	X	6.66 m
6	11		X	X	6.63	6.63 m
7	14		X	6.53	6.58	6.58 m
8	15		6.28	6.55	6.53	6.55 m
9	17		6.55	6.44	X	6.55 m
10	19		6.29	6.39	6.51	6.51 m
11	20		6.47	X	X	6.47 m
12	21		6.36	6.40	6.44	6.44 m
13	22		6.40	6.34	6.27	6.40 m
14	25		6.31	6.12	6.39	6.39 m
15	26		X	6.34	6.25	6.34 m
16	27		6.31	X	X	6.31 m
17	29		6.22	X	X	6.22 m
—	—		X	X	—	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		6.80	6.77	X	6.88	X	7.06	7.06 m	NR Spanish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Spain maintained by its national athletics federation: Real Federación Española de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:* * * *...
		6.92	X	6.94	X	X	6.87	6.94 m
		6.79	6.62	6.73	X	6.83	X	6.83 m
4		6.70	6.71	6.52	6.64	6.68	6.82	6.82 m
5		6.75	6.55	6.46	6.69	4.83	6.71	6.75 m
6		6.60	6.74	6.51	6.69	6.57	4.84	6.74 m
7		6.68	X	X	X	X	6.59	6.68 m
8		X	6.53	6.68	X	6.47	X	6.68 m

9		6.63	6.48	6.52				6.63 m
10		X	X	6.63				6.63 m
11		6.56	6.49	6.34				6.56 m
12		6.49	X	6.52				6.52 m

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