Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump

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...

at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

in Sydney, Australia took place on Thursday September 29, 2000 and Friday September 29, 2000.

Medalists

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
27.09.2000 – 10:45h 27.09.2000 – 10:45h
Final Round
29.09.2000 – 19:20h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
27.09.2000 – 10:45h	27.09.2000 – 10:45h
Final Round
29.09.2000 – 19:20h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
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

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record		7.52 m	June 11, 1988	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
Olympic Record		7.40 m	September 29, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualifying

Held on Wednesday September 27, 2000.

The qualifying distance was 6.70m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Group A

Heat	Overall	Athlete	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	2	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...	6.71	6.48	6.65	6.71	Q
2	6	Elva Goulbourne Elva Goulbourne Elva Elizabeth Goulbourne is a Jamaican athlete competing in the long jump. Her personal best result is 7.16 metres, achieved in 2004.- Achievements :*1st IAAF World Athletics Final - sixth place...	6.68	6.35	6.52	6.68	q
3	9	Olena Shekhovtsova Olena Shekhovtsova Olena Shekhovtsova is a retired Ukrainian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.97 metres, achieved at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.-Achievements:-External links:...	6.65	6.56	6.65	x	q
4	10	Susen Tiedtke Susen Tiedtke Susen Tiedtke is a German former long jumper, who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 1993 and 1995 respectively.Tiedtke represented Germany in the long jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where...	6.65	6.55	6.65	x	q
5	11	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...	6.62	6.62	x	6.31	q
6	12	Jackie Edwards Jackie Edwards (athlete) Jacqueline Lois Elizabeth Edwards is a Bahamian long jumper, who was born in Jamaica....	6.60	6.60	x	6.47	q
7	14	Yelena Kashcheyeva Yelena Kashcheyeva Yelena Kashcheyeva is a Kazakhstani long jumper.Her most successful year was 2002, when she won a bronze medal at the Asian Games and a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Colombo. In 2004 she reached the long jump final at the Olympic Games, finishing twelfth...	6.57	6.42	x	6.57
8	17	Erica Johansson Erica Johansson Erica Johansson is a former Swedish athlete who specialized in long jump.She was very promising as a junior long jumper. At the age of 15 she equalled the Swedish record with 6.50 meters. One year later she won the silver medal in the 1990 World Junior Championships, jumping 6.50 again. She won...	6.53	6.53	x	6.49
9	18	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...	6.50	6.50	x	x
10	19	Yingnan Guan	6.48	x	x	6.48
11	21	Shana Williams Shana Williams Shana L. Williams is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the long jump. She is a two-time Olympian, having competed in her event at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Williams won the silver medal at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi...	6.44	6.24	6.28	6.44
12	22	Chantal Brunner Chantal Brunner Chantal Margarita Brunner is a New Zealand sprinter and long jumper. She was born in Wellington. Her personal best jump is 6.68 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Melbourne....	6.42	6.14	6.42	6.31
13	24	Zita Ajkler Zita Ajkler -Achievements:-References:...	6.36	6.35	6.36	x
14	25	Maurren Higa Maggi	6.35	6.35	6.28	x
15	27	Lissette Cuza	6.25	x	6.19	6.25
16	31	Elena Bobrovskaia	6.19	5.94	6.19	6.03
17	33	Flora Hyacinth Flora Hyacinth Flora Hyacinth is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands who specialized in the long jump. Earlier in her career, especially while competing for the Crimson Tide Track and Field Team at the University of Alabama, she also competed in the triple jump and...	6.08	6.08	x	5.89
18	34	Monica Falcioni Mónica Falcioni Mónica Jacqueline Falcioni Costa is a retired long and triple jumper from Uruguay.Falcioni represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was the flag bearer for her native country at the opening ceremony.-References:*...	6.05	6.05	6.04	5.96		SB
		Concepcion Montaner Concepción Montaner Concepción Montaner is a Spanish long jumper.She took the gold medal the World Junior Championships in 2000. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships she came close to her first major international senior medal, when she finished fourth with 6.76 metres - the same result as the bronze medalist Naide...	NM	x	x	x
		Françoise Mbango	DNS

Group B

Heat	Overall	Athlete	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	1	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...	6.84	6.84			Q
2	3	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...	6.78	6.78			Q
3	4	Dawn Burrell Dawn Burrell Dawn C. Burrell-Campbell is a retired long jumper from the United States, who is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships.. BBC Sport . Retrieved on 2011-01-05. She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	6.77	x	6.68	6.77	Q
4	5	Tunde Vaszi Tünde Vaszi Tünde Vaszi is a retired Hungarian long jumper. Her greatest success so far is the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, and her personal best is 6.86 metres from when she placed fourth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.She lived in Carei/Nagykároly, Romania till...	6.70	x	x	6.70	Q	SB
5	7	Tatyana Kotova Tatyana Kotova Tatyana Vladimirovna Kotova is an athlete who competes for Russia in the long jump. Her personal best was a jump of 7.42 m at Annecy in 2002. In September, 2000 she was injured in a car accident....	6.66	6.41	6.66	4.21	q
6	8	Olga Rublyova Olga Rublyova Olga Rublyova is a retired Russian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.90 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.-Achievements:-External links:...	6.65	6.62	x	6.65	q
7	13	Jo Wise	6.59	6.39	6.54	6.59		SB
8	15	Viktoriya Vershynina Viktoriya Vershynina Viktoriya Vershynina is a retired Ukrainian long jumper.Her personal best was 6.92 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Belaya Tserkov. In the triple jump she has a personal best of 13.84 metres, from 1994.-Achievements:-References:...	6.56	6.46	6.56	6.47
9	16	Bronwyn Thompson Bronwyn Thompson Bronwyn Thompson is a long jumper from Australia. She holds the Commonwealth and Australian record for the long jump and has been ranked as high as number two in the world. Her greatest achievements include winning gold in the long jump at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and placing fourth at the 2004...	6.55	6.55	x	6.21
10	20	Valentīna Gotovska Valentina Gotovska Valentīna Gotovska is a retired Latvian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.91 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu. In her earlier career she was a high jumper, with a personal best of 1.97 metres from 1990. Gotovska retired after the 2005 season.-Achievements:-External links:...	6.47	6.44	x	6.47
11	23	Lacena Golding	6.39	6.37	6.39	6.39
12	26	Patience Itanyi	6.33	6.33	6.22	6.12
13	28	Viorica Tigau Viorica Tigau Viorica Ţigău is a Romanian heptathlete.She won the bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships and finished 18th at the 2000 Olympic Games.Her personal best result is 6289 points, achieved in June 2000 in Bucharest....	6.25	x	x	6.25
14	29	Yelena Pershina Yelena Pershina Yelena Pershina is a retired female long jumper from Kazakhstan. Her personal best jump was 6.91 metres, achieved in August 1992 in Alma Ata ....	6.24	6.24	x	6.22
15	30	Sofia Schulte	6.23	6.15	x	6.23
16	32	Andrea Avila Andrea Ávila Andrea Verónica Ávila is a retired long and triple jumper from Argentina, who won two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996.-References:*...	6.11	6.11	x	6.07
17	35	Despoina Papavasilaki	5.86	x	x	5.86
		Guo Chunfang	NM	x	x	x
		Luciana Santos	NM	x	x	x
		Anna Tarassova	NM	x	x	x

Overall Qualifying

Overall	Athlete	Group	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	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...	B	6.84	6.84			Q
2	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...	A	6.71	6.48	6.65	6.71	Q
3	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...	B	6.78	6.78			Q
4	Dawn Burrell Dawn Burrell Dawn C. Burrell-Campbell is a retired long jumper from the United States, who is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships.. BBC Sport . Retrieved on 2011-01-05. She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	B	6.77	x	6.68	6.77	Q
5	Tunde Vaszi Tünde Vaszi Tünde Vaszi is a retired Hungarian long jumper. Her greatest success so far is the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, and her personal best is 6.86 metres from when she placed fourth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.She lived in Carei/Nagykároly, Romania till...	B	6.70	x	x	6.70	Q	SB
6	Elva Goulbourne Elva Goulbourne Elva Elizabeth Goulbourne is a Jamaican athlete competing in the long jump. Her personal best result is 7.16 metres, achieved in 2004.- Achievements :*1st IAAF World Athletics Final - sixth place...	A	6.68	6.35	6.52	6.68	q
7	Tatyana Kotova Tatyana Kotova Tatyana Vladimirovna Kotova is an athlete who competes for Russia in the long jump. Her personal best was a jump of 7.42 m at Annecy in 2002. In September, 2000 she was injured in a car accident....	B	6.66	6.41	6.66	4.21	q
8	Olga Rublyova Olga Rublyova Olga Rublyova is a retired Russian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.90 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.-Achievements:-External links:...	B	6.65	6.62	x	6.65	q
9	Olena Shekhovtsova Olena Shekhovtsova Olena Shekhovtsova is a retired Ukrainian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.97 metres, achieved at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.-Achievements:-External links:...	A	6.65	6.56	6.65	x	q
10	Susen Tiedtke Susen Tiedtke Susen Tiedtke is a German former long jumper, who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 1993 and 1995 respectively.Tiedtke represented Germany in the long jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where...	A	6.65	6.55	6.65	x	q
11	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...	A	6.62	6.62	x	6.31	q
12	Jackie Edwards Jackie Edwards (athlete) Jacqueline Lois Elizabeth Edwards is a Bahamian long jumper, who was born in Jamaica....	A	6.60	6.60	x	6.47	q
13	Jo Wise	B	6.59	6.39	6.54	6.59		SB
14	Yelena Kashcheyeva Yelena Kashcheyeva Yelena Kashcheyeva is a Kazakhstani long jumper.Her most successful year was 2002, when she won a bronze medal at the Asian Games and a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Colombo. In 2004 she reached the long jump final at the Olympic Games, finishing twelfth...	A	6.57	6.42	x	6.57
15	Viktoriya Vershynina Viktoriya Vershynina Viktoriya Vershynina is a retired Ukrainian long jumper.Her personal best was 6.92 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Belaya Tserkov. In the triple jump she has a personal best of 13.84 metres, from 1994.-Achievements:-References:...	B	6.56	6.46	6.56	6.47
16	Bronwyn Thompson Bronwyn Thompson Bronwyn Thompson is a long jumper from Australia. She holds the Commonwealth and Australian record for the long jump and has been ranked as high as number two in the world. Her greatest achievements include winning gold in the long jump at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and placing fourth at the 2004...	B	6.55	6.55	x	6.21
17	Erica Johansson Erica Johansson Erica Johansson is a former Swedish athlete who specialized in long jump.She was very promising as a junior long jumper. At the age of 15 she equalled the Swedish record with 6.50 meters. One year later she won the silver medal in the 1990 World Junior Championships, jumping 6.50 again. She won...	A	6.53	6.53	x	6.49
18	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...	A	6.50	6.50	x	x
19	Yingnan Guan	A	6.48	x	x	6.48
20	Valentīna Gotovska Valentina Gotovska Valentīna Gotovska is a retired Latvian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.91 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu. In her earlier career she was a high jumper, with a personal best of 1.97 metres from 1990. Gotovska retired after the 2005 season.-Achievements:-External links:...	B	6.47	6.44	x	6.47
21	Shana Williams Shana Williams Shana L. Williams is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the long jump. She is a two-time Olympian, having competed in her event at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Williams won the silver medal at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi...	A	6.44	6.24	6.28	6.44
22	Chantal Brunner Chantal Brunner Chantal Margarita Brunner is a New Zealand sprinter and long jumper. She was born in Wellington. Her personal best jump is 6.68 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Melbourne....	A	6.42	6.14	6.42	6.31
23	Lacena Golding	B	6.39	6.37	6.39	6.39
24	Zita Ajkler Zita Ajkler -Achievements:-References:...	A	6.36	6.35	6.36	x
25	Maurren Higa Maggi	A	6.35	6.35	6.28	x
26	Patience Itanyi	B	6.33	6.33	6.22	6.12
27	Lissette Cuza	A	6.25	x	6.19	6.25
28	Viorica Tigau Viorica Tigau Viorica Ţigău is a Romanian heptathlete.She won the bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships and finished 18th at the 2000 Olympic Games.Her personal best result is 6289 points, achieved in June 2000 in Bucharest....	B	6.25	x	x	6.25
29	Yelena Pershina Yelena Pershina Yelena Pershina is a retired female long jumper from Kazakhstan. Her personal best jump was 6.91 metres, achieved in August 1992 in Alma Ata ....	B	6.24	6.24	x	6.22
30	Sofia Schulte	B	6.23	6.15	x	6.23
31	Elena Bobrovskaia	A	6.19	5.94	6.19	6.03
32	Andrea Avila Andrea Ávila Andrea Verónica Ávila is a retired long and triple jumper from Argentina, who won two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996.-References:*...	B	6.11	6.11	x	6.07
33	Flora Hyacinth Flora Hyacinth Flora Hyacinth is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands who specialized in the long jump. Earlier in her career, especially while competing for the Crimson Tide Track and Field Team at the University of Alabama, she also competed in the triple jump and...	A	6.08	6.08	x	5.89
34	Monica Falcioni Mónica Falcioni Mónica Jacqueline Falcioni Costa is a retired long and triple jumper from Uruguay.Falcioni represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was the flag bearer for her native country at the opening ceremony.-References:*...	A	6.05	6.05	6.04	5.96		SB
35	Despoina Papavasilaki	B	5.86	x	x	5.86
	Concepcion Montaner Concepción Montaner Concepción Montaner is a Spanish long jumper.She took the gold medal the World Junior Championships in 2000. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships she came close to her first major international senior medal, when she finished fourth with 6.76 metres - the same result as the bronze medalist Naide...	A	NM	x	x	x
	Guo Chunfang	B	NM	x	x	x
	Luciana Santos	B	NM	x	x	x
	Anna Tarassova	B	NM	x	x	x
	Françoise Mbango	B	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Record
1	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...	6.99	6.48	x	6.99	6.79	x	x	SB
2	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...	6.92	6.76	6.82	6.92	6.72	6.73	6.72
3	Tatyana Kotova Tatyana Kotova Tatyana Vladimirovna Kotova is an athlete who competes for Russia in the long jump. Her personal best was a jump of 7.42 m at Annecy in 2002. In September, 2000 she was injured in a car accident....	6.83	X	6.76	6.83	X	X	6.73
4	Olga Rublyova Olga Rublyova Olga Rublyova is a retired Russian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.90 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.-Achievements:-External links:...	6.79	X	6.79	X	6.79	X	X
5	Susen Tiedtke Susen Tiedtke Susen Tiedtke is a German former long jumper, who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 1993 and 1995 respectively.Tiedtke represented Germany in the long jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where...	6.74	X	6.52	6.74	X	4.94	X
6	Jackie Edwards Jackie Edwards (athlete) Jacqueline Lois Elizabeth Edwards is a Bahamian long jumper, who was born in Jamaica....	6.59	6.59	6.52	6.51	6.31	6.35	6.42
7	Tünde Vaszi Tünde Vaszi Tünde Vaszi is a retired Hungarian long jumper. Her greatest success so far is the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, and her personal best is 6.86 metres from when she placed fourth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.She lived in Carei/Nagykároly, Romania till...	6.59	6.32	X	6.59	X	X	X
8	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...	6.56	6.42	6.56	6.05
9	Elva Goulbourne Elva Goulbourne Elva Elizabeth Goulbourne is a Jamaican athlete competing in the long jump. Her personal best result is 7.16 metres, achieved in 2004.- Achievements :*1st IAAF World Athletics Final - sixth place...	6.43	X	6.43	6.20
10	Dawn Burrell Dawn Burrell Dawn C. Burrell-Campbell is a retired long jumper from the United States, who is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships.. BBC Sport . Retrieved on 2011-01-05. She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	6.38	X	X	6.38
11	Olena Shekhovtsova Olena Shekhovtsova Olena Shekhovtsova is a retired Ukrainian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.97 metres, achieved at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.-Achievements:-External links:...	6.37	X	X	6.37
DSQ	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...	~~6.92~~	X	~~6.68~~	X	~~6.92~~	X	X