Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the women's long jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 35 participating athletes and one non starter. 6.75 metres to reach final or best 12.[1]

Women's Long jump
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Pictogram for Athletics
VenuesEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates6 August (qualification)
7 August (final)
Competitors34 from 24 nations
Winning distance7.14
Medalists
Heike Drechsler
 Germany
Inessa Kravets
 Unified Team
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States
Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

Medalists
GoldHeike Drechsler
 Germany
SilverInessa Kravets
 Unified Team
BronzeJackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States

Abbreviations
  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 7.52 Galina Chistyakova Leningrad (URS) June 11, 1988
Olympic Record 7.40 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Seoul (KOR) September 29, 1988

Final
RANK FINAL DISTANCE
 Heike Drechsler (GER) 7.14 m
 Inessa Kravets (EUN) 7.12 m
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.07 m
4.  Mirela Dulgheru (ROM) 6.71 m
5.  Irina Mushailova (EUN) 6.68 m
6.  Sharon Couch (USA) 6.66 m
7.  Sheila Echols (USA) 6.62 m
8.  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.60 m
9.  Flora Hyacinth (ISV) 6.52 m
10.  Agata Karczmarek (POL) 6.41 m
11.  Renata Nielsen (DEN) 6.06 m
DSQ  Nijolė Medvedeva (LTU) 6.76 m (4th)

Qualification
  • All athletes ( excluding top six ) promoted one place after drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva
RANK GROUP Athlete DISTANCE
1. A  Heike Drechsler (GER) 7.08 m
2. B  Irina Mushailova (EUN) 6.86 m
3. A  Mirela Dulgheru (ROM) 6.83 m
4. B  Inessa Kravets (EUN) 6.79 m
5. B  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6.75 m
6. B  Susen Tiedtke (GER) 6.74 m
7. A  Flora Hyacinth (ISV) 6.71 m
8. A  Sharon Couch (USA) 6.64 m
9. B  Renata Nielsen (DEN) 6.63 m
10. B  Sheila Echols (USA) 6.55 m
11. A  Agata Karczmarek (POL) 6.55 m
12. A  Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT) 6.53 m
13. B  Ringa Ropa-Junnila (FIN) 6.52 m
14. A  Yang Juan (CHN) 6.49 m
15. B  Marieta Ilcu (ROM) 6.46 m
16. B  Liu Shuzhen (CHN) 6.44 m
17. B  Karen Botha (RSA) 6.43 m
18. B  Antonella Capriotti (ITA) '6.43 m
19. A  Helga Radtke (GER) 6.42 m
20. B  Jackie Edwards (BAH) 6.40 m
21. A  Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) 6.40 m
22. A  Tamara Malešev (IOP) 6.35 m
23. B  Oluyinka Idowu (GBR) 6.29 m
24. A  Dionne Rose (JAM) 6.22 m
25. A  Li Yong-Ae (PRK) 6.17 m
26. B  Joanne Wise (GBR) 5.87 m
27. B  Natalia Toledo (PAR) 5.73 m
28. B  Sonia Agbessi (BEN) 5.63 m
29. A  Eunice Barber (SLE) 5.55 m
— A  Larisa Bereznaya (EUN) NM
— B  Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM) NM
— A  Rita Ináncsi (HUN) NM
— A  Fiona May (GBR) NM
— B  Nicole Staines (AUS) NM
— A  Muyegbe Mubala (ZAI) DNS
DISQ B  Nijole Medvedeva (LTU) 6.71 m (7th)

Note: Guthrie-Gresham, Inancsi and Staines all had three fouls, while both Bereznaya and May had one foul before withdrawing from the rest of the competition due to injury.

See also

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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