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Long Jump, Women

Date28 – 29 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationOl-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants30 from 20 countries

The co-world record holders were Heike Drechsler-Daute (GDR) and Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA), who had both jumped 7.45 (24-5½) – twice for Drechsler. Joyner-Kersee was 1987 World Champion while Drechsler had won that event in 1983 and was 1986 European Champion. They were solid co-favorites at the beginning of 1988. But then in June, Galina Chistyakova broke the world record twice at the Znamenskiy Memorial meet in Leningrad. Chistyakova led round one with 7.11 (23-4), but would never better that mark. Drechsler took the lead in the third round with 7.18 (23-6¾), Joyner-Kersee moving into second with 7.16 (23-6). Drechsler extended her lead in the fourth round with 7.22 (23-8¼), only to see Joyner-Kersee win the gold medal with 7.40 (24-3½) in round five.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1578Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA6.96 (3)7.40 (1)GoldOR
2261Heike DrechslerGDR6.72 (=6)7.22 (2)Silver
3550Halyna ChystiakovaURS6.97 (2)7.11 (3)Bronze
4513Yelena BelevskayaURS7.06 (1)7.04 (4)
59Nicole BoegmanAUS6.72 (=6)6.73w (5)
6230Fiona MayGBR6.66 (9)6.62 (6)
7449Agata KarczmarekPOL6.67 (8)6.60 (7)
8270Sabine JohnGDR6.81 (4)6.55 (8)
9107Xiong QiyingCHN6.61 (10)6.50 (9)
10531Inesa KravetsURS6.72 (5)6.46 (10)
1199Liu ShuzhenCHN6.48 (12)6.40 (11)
12130Lene DemsitzDEN6.59 (11)6.38 (12)
13 r1/2582Carol LewisUSA6.47 (13)–
14 r1/296Liao WenfenCHN6.44 (14)–
15 r1/2324Marjon WijnsmaNED6.39 (15)–
16 r1/2565Sheila EcholsUSA6.37 (16)–
17 r1/2220Kim HaggerGBR6.34 (17)–
18 r1/225Shonel FergusonBAH6.34 (18)–
19 r1/2351Antonella CapriottiITA6.31 (19)–
20 r1/2446Jolanta BartczakPOL6.30 (20)–
21 r1/2129Maroula TeloniCYP6.29 (21)–
22 r1/222Ulrike KleindlAUT6.13 (22)–
23 r1/2462Madeline de JesúsPUR6.08 (23)–
24 r1/2401Park Suk-JaKOR5.90 (24)–
25 r1/2500Wang Shu-HuaTPE5.87 (25)–
26 r1/2604Jacqueline RossVIN5.50 (26)–
27 r1/2298Juliana YendorkGHA5.40 (27)–
28 r1/2616Melvina VulahLBR5.23 (28)–
29 r1/2211Mary BerkeleyGBR5.04 (29)–
AC r1/281Tracy SmithCAN– (NM)–
DNS119Erin TierneyCOK– (DNS)–
DNS254Anke BehmerGDR– (DNS)–

Qualifying Round (28 September 1988 — 14:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 6.65 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
1Yelena BelevskayaURS7.06–Q
2Halyna ChystiakovaURS6.97–Q
3Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA6.96–Q
4Sabine JohnGDR6.81–Q
5Inesa KravetsURS6.726.50Q
=6Heike DrechslerGDR6.72–Q
=6Nicole BoegmanAUS6.72–Q
8Agata KarczmarekPOL6.67–Q
9Fiona MayGBR6.66–Q
10Xiong QiyingCHN6.61–q
11Lene DemsitzDEN6.59–q
12Liu ShuzhenCHN6.48–q
13Carol LewisUSA6.47–
14Liao WenfenCHN6.44–
15Marjon WijnsmaNED6.39–
16Sheila EcholsUSA6.37–
17Kim HaggerGBR6.346.33
18Shonel FergusonBAH6.346.21
19Antonella CapriottiITA6.31–
20Jolanta BartczakPOL6.30–
21Maroula TeloniCYP6.29–
22Ulrike KleindlAUT6.13–
23Madeline de JesúsPUR6.08–
24Park Suk-JaKOR5.90–
25Wang Shu-HuaTPE5.87–
26Jacqueline RossVIN5.50–
27Juliana YendorkGHA5.40–
28Melvina VulahLBR5.23–
29Mary BerkeleyGBR5.04–
NMTracy SmithCAN––
DNSErin TierneyCOK––
DNSAnke BehmerGDR––

Qualifying Round, Group A (28 September 1988)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
12Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA6.966.96
(+0.2)		--
23Sabine JohnGDR6.81××6.81
(+1.0)
36Inesa KravetsURS6.726.50
(0.0)		6.72
(0.0)		-
=416Nicole BoegmanAUS6.72×6.72
(+0.4)		-
=414Heike DrechslerGDR6.726.72
(0.0)		--
613Lene DemsitzDEN6.59×6.59×
715Liu ShuzhenCHN6.486.35
(+0.1)		6.48
(+0.6)		6.48
(-0.1)
84Sheila EcholsUSA6.376.37
(+1.2)		6.29
(0.0)		×
910Kim HaggerGBR6.34×6.33
(+0.7)		6.34
(-0.5)
1011Antonella CapriottiITA6.316.31
(+0.8)		××
118Jolanta BartczakPOL6.306.28
(-0.5)		×6.30
(0.0)
1212Maroula TeloniCYP6.296.29
(0.0)		×5.98
(0.0)
135Park Suk-JaKOR5.905.74
(+0.7)		5.79
(-0.7)		5.90
(+1.5)
147Juliana YendorkGHA5.405.40
(-0.6)		5.35
(-0.9)		5.34
(+0.3)
159Melvina VulahLBR5.235.23
(+0.2)		4.91
(+1.5)		5.17
(-0.8)
NM1Tracy SmithCAN–×××

Qualifying Round, Group B (28 September 1988)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
116Yelena BelevskayaURS7.067.06
(-0.5)		--
215Halyna ChystiakovaURS6.976.97
(-0.1)		--
35Agata KarczmarekPOL6.676.57
(+1.2)		6.45
(-0.2)		6.67
(+1.1)
42Fiona MayGBR6.66×6.66
(-0.9)		-
59Xiong QiyingCHN6.616.43
(-0.2)		6.61
(+0.6)		6.44
(-1.3)
68Carol LewisUSA6.476.45
(+0.2)		6.39
(+0.6)		6.47
(0.0)
714Liao WenfenCHN6.44×6.44
(-0.9)		6.41
(-0.4)
86Marjon WijnsmaNED6.396.39
(+1.2)		6.25
(+0.9)		×
93Shonel FergusonBAH6.346.21
(+1.4)		6.34
(0.0)		6.16w
(+2.5)
107Ulrike KleindlAUT6.136.13
(-0.3)		××
111Madeline de JesúsPUR6.086.08
(+0.9)		×5.95
(+1.6)
1211Wang Shu-HuaTPE5.875.75
(+0.3)		5.87
(-0.6)		×
1313Jacqueline RossVIN5.50××5.50
(+0.7)
144Mary BerkeleyGBR5.04××5.04
(+0.6)
DNS10Erin TierneyCOK––––
DNS12Anke BehmerGDR––––

Final Round (29 September 1988 — 12:00)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
111Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA7.407.00
(-0.7)		×7.16
(-0.7)		×7.40
(+0.9)		×OR
28Heike DrechslerGDR7.226.92
(+1.0)		7.06
(-0.6)		7.18
(0.0)		7.22
(+0.5)		7.16
(+0.1)		7.17
(0.0)
312Halyna ChystiakovaURS7.117.11
(+1.3)		6.24
(-0.7)		×7.02
(+1.1)		6.96
(-0.3)		6.84
(-0.1)
45Yelena BelevskayaURS7.046.36
(-0.4)		7.04
(0.0)		6.99
(-0.8)		××6.66
(+0.1)
52Nicole BoegmanAUS6.73w6.59
(-0.8)		×××6.71
(+0.6)		6.73w
(+2.3)
63Fiona MayGBR6.62××6.53
(+0.7)		6.62
(+0.7)		6.52
(+1.2)		×
710Agata KarczmarekPOL6.60×6.40
(-0.9)		6.60
(-0.9)		×6.48
(+0.1)		6.23
(0.0)
89Sabine JohnGDR6.556.47
(-0.1)		6.55
(-0.9)		6.45
(-0.3)		6.43
(-0.9)		××
94Xiong QiyingCHN6.506.49
(-0.5)		6.50
(-0.3)		6.46
(-0.8)		–––
101Inesa KravetsURS6.466.36
(+0.1)		6.46
(-0.8)		6.37
(0.0)		–––
116Liu ShuzhenCHN6.406.30
(-0.3)		6.40
(-0.5)		×–––
127Lene DemsitzDEN6.386.28
(-0.1)		6.38
(+0.6)		×–––