title: 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
text: # 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
  
  The women's long jump at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21 and 22 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Heike Drechsler Germany |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Fiona May Italy |
  | Bronze | Lyudmila Galkina Russia |
  
  ## Results
  
  | KEY: | q | Better non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification: Qualification Performance 6.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
  
  | Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | B | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | 6.83 | Q |
  | 2 | A | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 6.79 | Q |
  | 2 | A | Johanna Halkoaho | Finland | 6.79 | Q, PB |
  | 4 | A | Erica Johansson | Sweden | 6.74 | Q |
  | 5 | B | Fiona May | Italy | 6.73 | Q |
  | 6 | B | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.70 | Q |
  | 7 | A | Linda Ferga | France | 6.69 | Q |
  | 8 | A | Magdalena Khristova | Bulgaria | 6.60 | q |
  | 9 | A | Susen Tiedtke | Germany | 6.58 | q |
  | 9 | B | Nadine Caster | France | 6.58 | q |
  | 11 | A | Zita Ajkler | Hungary | 6.57 | q |
  | 12 | B | Sarah Gautreau | France | 6.56 | q |
  | 13 | B | Camilla Johansson | Sweden | 6.53 | |
  | 14 | B | Nina Perevedentseva | Russia | 6.52 | |
  | 15 | A | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | 6.47 | |
  | 16 | B | Olena Shekhovtsova | Ukraine | 6.46 | |
  | 17 | A | Olga Rublyova | Russia | 6.45 | |
  | 18 | A | Dorota Brodowska | Poland | 6.40 | |
  | 19 | B | Agata Karczmarek | Poland | 6.38 | |
  | 20 | A | Hristína Athanasíou | Greece | 6.34 | |
  | 21 | B | Éva Miklós | Romania | 6.29 | |
  | 22 | B | Sofia Schulte | Germany | 6.28 | |
  | 23 | B | Heli Koivula | Finland | 6.23 | |
  | 24 | A | Anja Valant | Slovenia | 6.19 | |
  | | A | Olga Vasdeki | Greece | DNS | |
  | | B | Paraskevi Tsiamita | Greece | DNS | |
  | | B | Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Heike Drechsler | Germany | x | 7.16 | 7.16 | x | x | x | 7.16 | |
  | | Fiona May | Italy | 6.85 | 6.76 | 7.01 | 7.11 | 7.04 | 6.61 | 7.11 | NR |
  | | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | x | x | 6.74 | 7.06 | 6.82 | x | 7.06 | |
  | 4 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.51 | 6.82 | 6.53 | x | 6.51 | 6.55 | 6.82 | |
  | 5 | Erica Johansson | Sweden | 6.54 | 6.57 | 6.75 | 6.59 | 6.49 | x | 6.75 | |
  | 6 | Zita Ajkler | Hungary | 6.43 | 6.64 | x | 6.42 | x | 6.39 | 6.64 | SB |
  | 7 | Linda Ferga | France | x | 6.36 | 6.64 | x | 6.36 | 6.40 | 6.64 | |
  | 8 | Susen Tiedtke | Germany | 6.43 | x | 6.62 | 5.06 | 6.62 | x | 6.62 | |
  | 9 | Nadine Caster | France | 6.25 | 6.45 | 6.55 | | | | 6.55 | |
  | 10 | Johanna Halkoaho | Finland | x | 6.31 | 6.54 | | | | 6.54 | |
  | 11 | Sarah Gautreau | France | 6.02 | 6.29 | 6.22 | | | | 6.29 | |
  | | Magdalena Khristova | Bulgaria | x | x | x | | | | NM | |
  