title: Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's long jump
text: # Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's long jump
  
  The women's long jump event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 27 and 28 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Olena Shekhovtsova Ukraine | Viktoriya Vershynina Ukraine | Cristina Nicolau Romania |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ? | Viktoriya Vershynina | Ukraine | 6.59 |
  | 2 | ? | Olena Shekhovtsova | Ukraine | 6.44 |
  | 3 | A | Shonda Swift | United States | 6.37 |
  | 4 | A | Cristina Nicolau | Romania | 6.30 |
  | 5 | ? | Angee Henry | United States | 6.21 |
  | 6 | ? | Maria de Souza | Brazil | 6.15 |
  | 7 | ? | Sofia Schulte | Germany | 6.11 |
  | 8 | ? | Luciana dos Santos | Brazil | 6.10 |
  | 9 | ? | Ksenija Predikaka | Slovenia | 6.04 |
  | 10 | ? | Kym Burns | Australia | 5.97 |
  | 11 | ? | Vicky Piggin | Australia | 5.97 |
  | 12 | ? | Lin Chao-hsiu | Chinese Taipei | 5.93 |
  | 13 | ? | Patience Itanyi | Nigeria | 5.93 |
  | 14 | ? | Mónica Castro | Chile | 5.89 |
  | 15 | ? | Vaida Ūsaitė | Lithuania | 5.82 |
  | 15 | ? | Arianna Zivez | Italy | 5.82 |
  | 17 | ? | Anja Valant | Slovenia | 5.80 |
  | 18 | ? | Anna Smythe | New Zealand | 5.51 |
  | 19 | ? | Isis Moreno | Panama | 5.27 |
  | 20 | ? | Alexandra González | Puerto Rico | 5.26 |
  | 21 | ? | Erika Varillas | Peru | 5.06 |
  | 22 | ? | Patricia Traña | Nicaragua | 4.93 |
  | 23 | ? | Hoa Nguyen Thi Than | Vietnam | 4.91 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Olena Shekhovtsova | Ukraine | 6.78 |
  | | Viktoriya Vershynina | Ukraine | 6.44 |
  | | Cristina Nicolau | Romania | 6.40 |
  | 4 | Shonda Swift | United States | 6.24 |
  | 5 | Maria de Souza | Brazil | 6.23 |
  | 6 | Angee Henry | United States | 6.17 |
  | 7 | Sofia Schulte | Germany | 6.12 |
  | 8 | Kym Burns | Australia | 6.09 |
  | 9 | Luciana dos Santos | Brazil | 6.02 |
  | 10 | Ksenija Predikaka | Slovenia | 6.00 |
  | 11 | Vicky Piggin | Australia | 5.99 |
  | 12 | Lin Chao-hsiu | Chinese Taipei | 5.83 |
  