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.

Medalists

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

Schedule

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

Records

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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.

Date Event Name Result WR CR
September 4 Final   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 CR

Final

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Rank Name Result Notes
    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

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  • Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

Pool 1

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Rank Name Result Notes
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

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Rank Name Result Notes
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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