title: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
text: # Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
  
  These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 50 competitors, with two non-starters. Iva Prandzheva from Bulgaria, ranking 7th with 6.82 was disqualified because of doping.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Fiona May Italy |
  | Bronze | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States |
  
  ## Abbreviations
  
  * All results shown are in metres
  
  | Q | automatic qualification |
  | - | - |
  | q | qualification by rank |
  | DNS | did not start |
  | NM | no mark |
  | OR | olympic record |
  | WR | world record |
  | AR | area record |
  | NR | national record |
  | PB | personal best |
  | SB | season best |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
  
  | Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A | Fiona May | Italy | 6.58 | 6.85 | | 6.85 | Q |
  | 2 | A | Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria | 6.64 | 6.81 | | 6.81 | Q |
  | 3 | A | Sharon Jaklofsky | Netherlands | x | 6.69 | 6.75 | 6.75 | Q |
  | 4 | A | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.41 | 6.73 | | 6.73 | Q |
  | 5 | A | Olena Shekhovtsova | Ukraine | 6.44 | 6.70 | | 6.70 | Q |
  | 6 | A | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States | 6.70 | | | 6.70 | Q |
  | 6 | A | Agata Karczmarek | Poland | 6.70 | | | 6.70 | Q |
  | 8 | A | Nicole Boegman | Australia | x | x | 6.67 | 6.67 | q |
  | 9 | B | Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | 6.58 | 6.62 | x | 6.62 | q |
  | 9 | B | Chantal Brunner | New Zealand | x | 6.47 | 6.62 | 6.62 | q |
  | 10 | A | Niki Xanthou | Greece | x | x | 6.60 | 6.60 | q |
  | 11 | B | Voula Patoulidou | Greece | 6.58 | 6.09 | 6.13 | 6.58 | q |
  | 12 | B | Flora Hyacinth | Virgin Islands | x | x | 6.58 | 6.58 | |
  | 13 | A | Lisette Cuza | Cuba | 6.45 | 6.56 | 6.39 | 6.56 | |
  | 14 | B | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | 6.44 | 6.55 | 6.27 | 6.55 | |
  | 15 | A | Yelena Pershina | Kazakhstan | 6.50 | x | x | 6.50 | |
  | 16 | A | Marieke Veltman | United States | 6.43 | 6.49 | x | 6.49 | |
  | 17 | B | Niurka Montalvo | Cuba | 6.48 | x | x | 6.48 | |
  | 18 | A | Olga Rublyova | Russia | 6.47 | x | – | 6.47 | |
  | 19 | B | Eunice Barber | Sierra Leone | 6.20 | 6.20 | 6.45 | 6.45 | |
  | 20 | A | Regla Cárdenas | Cuba | 6.36 | 6.21 | 6.42 | 6.42 | |
  | 21 | A | Ksenija Predikaka | Slovenia | x | 6.37 | x | 6.37 | |
  | 22 | B | Galina Čisťaková | Slovakia | 6.33 | x | 6.26 | 6.33 | |
  | 23 | B | Denise Lewis | Great Britain | x | x | 6.33 | 6.33 | |
  | 24 | B | Yelena Sinchukova | Russia | x | 6.31 | x | 6.31 | |
  | 25 | B | Diane Guthrie-Gresham | Jamaica | 6.27 | x | x | 6.27 | |
  | 26 | A | Virge Naeris | Estonia | x | 6.26 | 6.17 | 6.26 | |
  | 27 | A | Valentina Gotovska | Latvia | x | x | 6.08 | 6.08 | |
  | 28 | B | Ana Liku | Tonga | x | x | 6.06 | 6.06 | |
  | 29 | B | Elma Muros | Philippines | 5.98 | 6.04 | 5.99 | 6.04 | |
  | 30 | B | Rita Ináncsi | Hungary | 6.02 | x | x | 6.02 | |
  | 31 | A | Andrea Ávila | Argentina | x | 5.92 | 6.00 | 6.00 | |
  | 32 | A | Anzhela Atroschenko | Belarus | x | x | 5.94 | 5.94 | |
  | 33 | B | Shabana Akhtar | Pakistan | 5.72 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.80 | |
  | 34 | B | Nicole Devonish | Canada | 5.74 | 5.59 | x | 5.74 | |
  | 35 | B | Yelena Koshcheyeva | Kazakhstan | x | 5.49 | 5.55 | 5.55 | |
  | 36 | A | Nilufar Yasmin | Bangladesh | 5.19 | 4.65 | 5.24 | 5.24 | |
  | 37 | A | Beryl Larame | Seychelles | x | 3.88 | x | 3.88 | |
  | | A | Mihaela Gheorghiu | Romania | x | | | NM | |
  | | A | Renata Nielsen | Denmark | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Lacena Golding | Jamaica | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Heli Koivula | Finland | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Ljudmila Ninova | Austria | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Natallia Sazanovich | Belarus | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Viktoriya Vershynina | Ukraine | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Shana Williams | United States | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | A | Michelle Baptiste | Saint Lucia | | | | DNS | |
  | | A | Dione Rose | Jamaica | | | | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria | 7.12 | 6.99 | 6.85 | 6.84 | - | X | 7.12 | |
  | | Fiona May | Italy | 6.68 | 7.02 | 6.78 | 6.73 | 6.76 | 6.88 | 7.02 | |
  | | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States | 6.55 | 6.75 | 6.86 | X | 6.52 | 7.00 | 7.00 | |
  | 4 | Niki Xanthou | Greece | X | 6.97 | X | 6.67 | 6.95 | 6.85 | 6.97 | |
  | 5 | Iryna Chekhovtsova | Ukraine | 6.84 | 6.88 | X | 6.97 | X | X | 6.97 | |
  | 6 | Agata Karczmarek | Poland | 6.90 | X | X | X | X | 6.65 | 6.90 | |
  | 7 | Nicole Boegman | Australia | 6.73 | X | X | X | 6.55 | 6.23 | 6.73 | |
  | 8 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.60 | X | X | | | | 6.60 | |
  | 9 | Chantal Brunner | New Zealand | 6.45 | 6.49 | 6.45 | | | | 6.49 | |
  | 10 | Voula Patoulidou | Greece | X | 6.26 | 6.37 | | | | 6.37 | |
  | | Sharon Jaklofsky | Netherlands | X | X | X | | | | NM | |
  | | Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | X | X | 6.81 | X | 6.82 | X | 6.82 | DPG |
  