The Women's long jump competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia was held at the Stadium Australia on 29 September 2000. The winning margin was 7 cm.
In the final, German Heike Drechsler finished in first place, with a jump distance on . Italian Fiona May finished in second, while American Marion Jones claimed the third place. On 5 October 2007, Jones admitted that she had taken performance-enhancing drugs. As a result, she was disqualified and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped her of bronze medal on 9 December. Russian Tatyana Kotova, who originally finished in fourth place, was instead awarded the bronze. Kotova was later found guilty of doping, but her Olympic results were unaffected.2005 World Athletics: Kotova disqualified, Anju's silver turns into gold
Schedule All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B27.09.2000 – 10:45h27.09.2000 – 10:45hFinal Round29.09.2000 – 19:20h
Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season bestDSQ disqualification
Records Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics World Record 7.52 m 11 June 1988 Leningrad, Soviet Union Olympic Record 7.40 m 29 September 1988 Seoul, South Korea
Qualifying Held on Wednesday 27 September 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 May6.816.486.656.81Q25Elva Goulbourne6.686.356.526.68q38Olena Shekhovtsova6.656.566.65xq 4 9Susen Tiedtke6.656.556.65xq510Lyudmila Galkina6.626.62x6.31 q611Jackie Edwards6.606.60x6.47 q713Yelena Kashcheyeva6.576.42x6.57816Erica Johansson6.536.53x6.49917Niki Xanthou6.506.50xx1018Yingnan Guan6.48xx6.481120Shana Williams6.446.246.286.441221Chantal Brunner6.426.146.426.311323Zita Ajkler6.366.356.36x1424Maurren Higa Maggi6.356.356.28x1526Lissette Cuza6.25x6.196.251630Elena Bobrovskaia6.195.946.196.031732Flora Hyacinth6.086.08x5.891833Mónica Falcioni6.056.056.045.96SBConcepción MontanerNMxxxFrançoise MbangoDNS
Group B Heat Overall Athlete Nation Mark 1 2 3 Qual Record11Heike Drechsler6.846.84 Q23Dawn Burrell6.77x6.686.77Q34Tünde Vaszi6.70xx6.70QSB46Tatyana Kotova6.666.416.664.21q57Olga Rublyova6.656.62x6.65q612Jo Wise6.596.396.546.59SB7 14Viktoriya Vershynina6.566.466.566.47815Bronwyn Thompson6.556.55x6.21919Valentīna Gotovska6.476.44x6.471022Lacena Golding6.396.376.396.391125Patience Itanyi6.336.336.226.121227Viorica Țigău6.25xx6.251328Yelena Pershina6.246.24x6.221429Sofia Schulte6.236.15x6.231531Andrea Ávila6.116.11x6.071634Despoina Papavasilaki5.86xx5.86Guo ChunfangNMxxxLuciana SantosNMxxxAnna TarasovaNMxxx
Overall Qualifying Overall Athlete Nation Group Mark 1 2 3 Qual Record1Heike Drechsler B6.846.84 Q2 Fiona May A6.816.486.656.81Q3Dawn Burrell B6.77x6.686.77Q4Tünde Vaszi B6.70xx6.70QSB5Elva Goulbourne A6.686.356.526.68q6Tatyana Kotova B6.666.416.664.21q7Olga Rublyova B6.656.62x6.65q8Olena Shekhovtsova A6.656.566.65xq9Susen Tiedtke A6.656.556.65xq10Lyudmila Galkina A6.626.62x6.31 q11Jackie Edwards A6.606.60x6.47 q12Jo Wise B6.596.396.546.59SB13Yelena Kashcheyeva A6.576.42x6.5714Viktoriya Vershynina B6.566.466.566.4715Bronwyn Thompson B6.556.55x6.2116Erica Johansson A6.536.53x6.4917Niki Xanthou A6.506.50xx18Yingnan Guan A6.48xx6.4819Valentīna Gotovska B6.476.44x6.4720Shana Williams A6.446.246.286.4421Chantal Brunner A6.426.146.426.3122Lacena Golding B6.396.376.396.3923Zita Ajkler A6.366.356.36x24Maurren Higa Maggi A6.356.356.28x25Patience Itanyi B6.336.336.226.1226Lissette Cuza A6.25x6.196.2527Viorica Țigău B6.25xx6.2528Yelena Pershina B6.246.24x6.2229Sofia Schulte B6.236.15x6.2330Elena Bobrovskaia A6.195.946.196.0331Andrea Ávila B6.116.11x6.0732Flora Hyacinth A6.086.08x5.8933Mónica Falcioni A6.056.056.045.96SB34Despoina Papavasilaki B5.86xx5.86Concepción Montaner ANMxxxGuo Chunfang BNMxxxLuciana Santos BNMxxxAnna Tarasova BNMxxxFrançoise Mbango BDNS
Final
Rank Athlete Nation Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 RecordHeike Drechsler6.996.48x6.996.79xxSBFiona May6.926.766.826.926.726.736.72Tatyana Kotova6.83X6.766.83XX6.734Olga Rublyova6.79X6.79X6.79XX5Susen Tiedtke6.74X6.526.74X4.94X6Jackie Edwards6.596.596.526.516.316.356.427Tünde Vaszi6.596.32X6.59XXX8Lyudmila Galkina6.566.426.566.059Elva Goulbourne6.43X6.436.2010Dawn Burrell6.38XX6.3811Olena Shekhovtsova6.37XX6.37DSQMarion Jones6.92X6.68X6.92XX
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
External links Results Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm