1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships 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 GalkinaRussia (RUS)Silver Niki XanthouGreece (GRE)Bronze Fiona MayItaly (ITA)

Records World Record7.52Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988Championship Record7.36Rome, Italy4 September 1987

Results

Qualifying round Held on Thursday 1997-08-07 RankNameResult1.7.01 m2.6.80 m3.6.75 m4.6.73 m5.6.64 m6.6.63 m7.6.62 m8.6.59 m9.6.57 m10.6.52 m11.6.52 m12.6.50 m13.6.49 m14.6.46 m15.6.20 m16.6.20 m17.6.08 m18.5.90 m19.5.83 m20.5.51 m—DNS

RankNameResult1.6.73 m2.6.72 m3.6.66 m4.6.62 m5.6.52 m6.6.50 m7.6.45 m8.6.44 m9.6.38 m10.6.38 m11.6.37 m12.6.37 m13.6.29 m14.6.26 m15.6.19 m16.6.18 m17.6.07 m18.5.92 m19.5.77 m20.5.67 m21.5.58 m22.5.25 m23.5.08 m

Final RankNameAttemptsResultNotes1st2nd3rd4th5th6th 6.896.85x7.05xx7.05WL x6.696.936.94xx6.94SB6.91xx6.786.66x6.9146.626.69x4.906.876.896.8956.796.78x6.726.786.60 6.7966.75xx6.786.546.776.7874.286.71xx6.566.54 6.718 x6.546.646.545.346.416.649 xx6.64xx6.456.64SB10 xx6.63---6.63116.616.606.38--- 6.61125.21xx---5.21

See also 1994 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Helsinki) 1995 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Gothenburg) 1996 Women's Olympic Long Jump (Atlanta) 1998 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Budapest) 1999 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Seville)

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