1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the women's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 4 September 1987.

Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
Gold Jackie Joyner-Kersee
United States (USA)
Silver Yelena Belevskaya
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Heike Drechsler
East Germany (GDR)

Schedule
Qualification Round
Group A Group B
03.09.1987 – ??:??h 03.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
04.09.1987 – 17:50h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.45 Dresden, East Germany August 13, 1987
Championship Record  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.27 Helsinki, Finland August 14, 1983

The following new world and championship records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameResultWRCR
September 4Final Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)7.36CR

Final
RankNameResultNotes
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 CR
 Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 7.14
 Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.13
4  Helga Radtke (GDR) 7.01
5  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 6.99
6  Irina Valyukevich (URS) 6.89
7  Jennifer Inniss (USA) 6.80
8  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.63
9  Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (BUL) 6.50
10  Sylvia Khristova-Moneva (BUL) 6.45
11  Sheila Echols (USA) 6.39
12  Lene Demsitz (DEN) 6.11

Qualifying round
  • Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

Pool 1
RankNameResultNotes
1  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 6.95 Q
2  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 6.86 Q
3  Irina Valyukevich (URS) 6.82 Q
4  Jennifer Inniss (USA) 6.75 Q
5  Sylvia Khristova-Moneva (BUL) 6.71 Q
6  Lene Demsitz (DEN) 6.58 Q
7  Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN) 6.55
8  Antonella Capriotti (ITA) 6.31
9  Wang Zhihui (CHN) 6.28
10  Madeline de Jesús (PUR) 6.20
11  Beatrice Utondu (NGR) 6.17
12  Carmen Sirbu (ROU) 6.00
13  See Huey Chan (SIN) 5.49
14  Jacqueline Ross (VIN) 5.29
 Eva Murková (TCH) NM

Pool 2
RankNameResultNotes
1  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.86 Q
2  Sheila Echols (USA) 6.61 Q
3  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.60 Q
4  Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (BUL) 6.60 Q
5  Helga Radtke (GDR) 6.58 Q
6  Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 6.58 Q
7  Marieta Ilcu (ROU) 6.50
8  Sofiya Bozhanova (BUL) 6.43
9  Eva Karblom (SWE) 6.31
10  Vali Ionescu-Constantin (ROU) 6.30
11  Euphemia Huggins (TRI) 6.26
12  Eloína Echevarría (CUB) 6.23
13  Tracy Smith (CAN) 6.17
14  Sigal Gonen (ISR) 6.03

References
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