The women's long jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeFiona MayChioma AjunwaAgata Karczmarek
Results
Qualification Qualification: 6.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.Qualification results
Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Fiona May 6.55 6.77 6.77 Q 2 B Chioma Ajunwa 6.76 6.76 Q 3 A Olena Khlopotnova 6.67 6.67 Q 4 A Heike Drechsler 6.59 6.56 6.65 6.65 Q 5 B Jo Wise 6.62 6.62 Q, PB 6 B Nina Perevedentseva 6.28 6.40 6.60 6.60 Q 7 B Agata Karczmarek 6.24 6.58 – 6.58 q 8 A Jackie Edwards x 6.52 6.33 6.52 q 9 B Linda Ferga x 6.51 – 6.51 q 10 B Niki Xanthou x x 6.47 6.47 q 11 B Tünde Vaszi x 6.40 6.45 6.45 q 12 A Shana Williams 6.44 5.97 6.24 6.44 q 13 A Valentīna Gotovska 6.12 6.43 6.30 6.43 14 A Renata Nielsen 6.40 6.35 6.42 6.42 15 A Yu Yiqun 6.22 6.42 6.22 6.42 16 B Niurka Montalvo 6.28 6.30 6.41 6.41 17 A Flora Hyacinth 6.36 6.38 x 6.38 18 A Chantal Brunner 6.10 6.29 6.34 6.34 19 B Marieke Veltman 6.34 6.26 x 6.34 20 B Guan Yingnan x x 6.34 6.34 21 B Iolanta Khropach 6.07 6.16 5.91 6.16 22 A Vera Olenchenko 6.15 x x 6.15 A Eunice Barber x x x A Corinne Hérigault x x x A Paraskevi Patoulidou x x x
Final Final results Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Fiona May 6.85 – – 6.86 6.80 – 6.86 NR Chioma Ajunwa 6.73 6.68 6.78 – 6.80 6.63 6.80 Agata Karczmarek 6.71 – 6.67 – – – 6.71 PB Jo Wise 6.70 6.65 5.27 – 6.56 6.51 6.70 =NR Niki Xanthou 6.69 – – 6.69 – 6.67 6.69 Nina Perevedentseva 6.65 – 6.57 – 6.36 – 6.65 Heike Drechsler 6.63 6.62 – 6.57 – – 6.63 Olena Khlopotnova 6.59 6.59 6.37 – 6.35 6.25 6.59 Tünde Vaszi 6.49 – – 6.49 10 Jackie Edwards 6.40 6.47 6.40 6.47 11 Linda Ferga – 6.37 – 6.37 12 Shana Williams 5.89 – 6.34 6.34
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