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

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's Long Jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place on Thursday September 29, 2000 and Friday September 29, 2000.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Schedule 3 Abbreviations 4 Records 5 Qualifying 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 5.3 Overall Qualifying 6 Final 7 See also 8 References

Medalists

Gold	Heike Drechsler Germany (GER)
Silver	Fiona May Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Tatyana Kotova Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

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	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52 m	June 11, 1988	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	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	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	2	Fiona May	Italy	6.71	6.48	6.65	6.71	Q
2	6	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	6.68	6.35	6.52	6.68	q
3	9	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.65	6.56	6.65	x	q
4	10	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	6.65	6.55	6.65	x	q
5	11	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	6.62	6.62	x	6.31	q
6	12	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	6.60	6.60	x	6.47	q
7	14	Yelena Kashcheyeva	Kazakhstan	6.57	6.42	x	6.57
8	17	Erica Johansson	Sweden	6.53	6.53	x	6.49
9	18	Niki Xanthou	Greece	6.50	6.50	x	x
10	19	Yingnan Guan	China	6.48	x	x	6.48
11	21	Shana Williams	United States	6.44	6.24	6.28	6.44
12	22	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	6.42	6.14	6.42	6.31
13	24	Zita Ajkler	Hungary	6.36	6.35	6.36	x
14	25	Maurren Higa Maggi	Brazil	6.35	6.35	6.28	x
15	27	Lissette Cuza	Cuba	6.25	x	6.19	6.25
16	31	Elena Bobrovskaia	Kyrgyzstan	6.19	5.94	6.19	6.03
17	33	Flora Hyacinth	Virgin Islands	6.08	6.08	x	5.89
18	34	Monica Falcioni	Uruguay	6.05	6.05	6.04	5.96		SB
		Concepcion Montaner	Spain	NM	x	x	x
		Françoise Mbango	Cameroon	DNS

Group B

Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	1	Heike Drechsler	Germany	6.84	6.84			Q
2	3	Marion Jones	United States	6.78	6.78			Q
3	4	Dawn Burrell	United States	6.77	x	6.68	6.77	Q
4	5	Tunde Vaszi	Hungary	6.70	x	x	6.70	Q	SB
5	7	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	6.66	6.41	6.66	4.21	q
6	8	Olga Rublyova	Russia	6.65	6.62	x	6.65	q
7	13	Jo Wise	Great Britain	6.59	6.39	6.54	6.59		SB
8	15	Viktoriya Vershynina	Ukraine	6.56	6.46	6.56	6.47
9	16	Bronwyn Thompson	Australia	6.55	6.55	x	6.21
10	20	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia	6.47	6.44	x	6.47
11	23	Lacena Golding	Jamaica	6.39	6.37	6.39	6.39
12	26	Patience Itanyi	Nigeria	6.33	6.33	6.22	6.12
13	28	Viorica Tigau	Romania	6.25	x	x	6.25
14	29	Yelena Pershina	Kazakhstan	6.24	6.24	x	6.22
15	30	Sofia Schulte	Germany	6.23	6.15	x	6.23
16	32	Andrea Avila	Argentina	6.11	6.11	x	6.07
17	35	Despoina Papavasilaki	Greece	5.86	x	x	5.86
		Guo Chunfang	China	NM	x	x	x
		Luciana Santos	Brazil	NM	x	x	x
		Anna Tarassova	Kazakhstan	NM	x	x	x

Overall Qualifying

Overall	Athlete	Nation	Group	Mark	1	2	3	Qual	Record
1	Heike Drechsler	Germany	B	6.84	6.84			Q
2	Fiona May	Italy	A	6.71	6.48	6.65	6.71	Q
3	Marion Jones	United States	B	6.78	6.78			Q
4	Dawn Burrell	United States	B	6.77	x	6.68	6.77	Q
5	Tunde Vaszi	Hungary	B	6.70	x	x	6.70	Q	SB
6	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	A	6.68	6.35	6.52	6.68	q
7	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	B	6.66	6.41	6.66	4.21	q
8	Olga Rublyova	Russia	B	6.65	6.62	x	6.65	q
9	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	A	6.65	6.56	6.65	x	q
10	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	A	6.65	6.55	6.65	x	q
11	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	A	6.62	6.62	x	6.31	q
12	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	A	6.60	6.60	x	6.47	q
13	Jo Wise	Great Britain	B	6.59	6.39	6.54	6.59		SB
14	Yelena Kashcheyeva	Kazakhstan	A	6.57	6.42	x	6.57
15	Viktoriya Vershynina	Ukraine	B	6.56	6.46	6.56	6.47
16	Bronwyn Thompson	Australia	B	6.55	6.55	x	6.21
17	Erica Johansson	Sweden	A	6.53	6.53	x	6.49
18	Niki Xanthou	Greece	A	6.50	6.50	x	x
19	Yingnan Guan	China	A	6.48	x	x	6.48
20	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia	B	6.47	6.44	x	6.47
21	Shana Williams	United States	A	6.44	6.24	6.28	6.44
22	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	A	6.42	6.14	6.42	6.31
23	Lacena Golding	Jamaica	B	6.39	6.37	6.39	6.39
24	Zita Ajkler	Hungary	A	6.36	6.35	6.36	x
25	Maurren Higa Maggi	Brazil	A	6.35	6.35	6.28	x
26	Patience Itanyi	Nigeria	B	6.33	6.33	6.22	6.12
27	Lissette Cuza	Cuba	A	6.25	x	6.19	6.25
28	Viorica Tigau	Romania	B	6.25	x	x	6.25
29	Yelena Pershina	Kazakhstan	B	6.24	6.24	x	6.22
30	Sofia Schulte	Germany	B	6.23	6.15	x	6.23
31	Elena Bobrovskaia	Kyrgyzstan	A	6.19	5.94	6.19	6.03
32	Andrea Avila	Argentina	B	6.11	6.11	x	6.07
33	Flora Hyacinth	Virgin Islands	A	6.08	6.08	x	5.89
34	Monica Falcioni	Uruguay	A	6.05	6.05	6.04	5.96		SB
35	Despoina Papavasilaki	Greece	B	5.86	x	x	5.86
	Concepcion Montaner	Spain	A	NM	x	x	x
	Guo Chunfang	China	B	NM	x	x	x
	Luciana Santos	Brazil	B	NM	x	x	x
	Anna Tarassova	Kazakhstan	B	NM	x	x	x
	Françoise Mbango	Cameroon	B	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Record
1	Heike Drechsler	Germany	6.99	6.48	x	6.99	6.79	x	x	SB
2	Fiona May	Italy	6.92	6.76	6.82	6.92	6.72	6.73	6.72
3	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	6.83	X	6.76	6.83	X	X	6.73
4	Olga Rublyova	Russia	6.79	X	6.79	X	6.79	X	X
5	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	6.74	X	6.52	6.74	X	4.94	X
6	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	6.59	6.59	6.52	6.51	6.31	6.35	6.42
7	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.59	6.32	X	6.59	X	X	X
8	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	6.56	6.42	6.56	6.05
9	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	6.43	X	6.43	6.20
10	Dawn Burrell	United States	6.38	X	X	6.38
11	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.37	X	X	6.37
DSQ	Marion Jones	United States	6.92	X	6.68	X	6.92	X	X

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Athens)
• 1998 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Seville)
• 2001 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Edmonton)
• 2002 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Munich)
• 2004 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Athens)

References

• Results

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

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