title: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
text: # 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.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Heike Drechsler Germany |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Inessa Kravets Unified Team |
  | 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 |
  
  ## 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.
  
  