1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 6.75 metres.

Medalists edit

Gold	Fiona May Italy (ITA)
Silver	Niurka Montalvo Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Irina Mushailova Russia (RUS)

Schedule edit

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
05.08.1995 – 16:00h	05.08.1995 – 16:00h
Final Round
06.08.1995 – 16:50h

Abbreviations edit

All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52 m	June 11, 1988	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Event Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.36 m	September 4, 1987	Rome, Italy

Qualifying round edit

Qualifying mark: 6.75 metres

Group A edit

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1		Fiona May (ITA)	6.76w			6.76w
2		Heike Drechsler (GER)	6.50	6.70	x	6.70
3		Niurka Montalvo (CUB)				6.69
4		Irina Mushailova (RUS)				6.63
5		Olena Khlopotnova (UKR)				6.63
6		Jackie Edwards (BAH)				6.59
7		Chantal Brunner (NZL)				6.53
8		Nicole Boegman (AUS)				6.51
9		Niki Xanthou (GRE)				6.50
10		Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)				6.49
11		Yao Weili (CHN)				6.49
12		Andrea Ávila (ARG)				6.39
13		Valentīna Gotovska (LAT)				6.32
14		Sharon Couch-Jewell (USA)				6.30
15		Ksenija Predikaka (SLO)				6.30
16		Dionne Rose (JAM)				6.07
17		Elma Muros-Posadas (PHI)				6.01
18		Nilufar Yeasmin (BAN)				5.40
—	—	Tünde Vaszi (HUN)	x	x	x	NM
—	—	Pastora Chavez (HON)	x	x	x	NM

Group B edit

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1		Olga Rublyova (RUS)				6.74
2		Inessa Kravets (UKR)	6.66	6.73		6.73
3		Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	6.33	6.73		6.73
4		Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR)				6.72
5		Agata Karczmarek (POL)				6.54
6		Valentina Uccheddu (ITA)				6.53
7		Marieke Veltman (USA)				6.50
8		Patience Itanyi (NGR)				6.46
9		Lacena Golding (JAM)				6.45
10		Nadine Caster (FRA)				6.43
11		Renata Nielsen (DEN)				6.42
12		Claudia Gerhardt (GER)				6.40
13		Flora Hyacinth (ISV)				6.36
14		Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT)				6.32
15		Fatma Yuksel-Dulkan (TUR)				6.22
16		Beryl Larame (SEY)				5.50
17		Deborah Rugama (NCA)				4.88
—	—	Heli Koivula (FIN)	x	x	x	NM
—	—	Paraskevi Patoulidou (GRE)	x	x	x	NM
—	—	Ana Liku (TGA)	x	x	x	NM

Final edit

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Fiona May (ITA)	6.93	X	6.87	X	6.64	6.98	6.98 m
	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	6.42	X	6.70	6.62	X	6.86	6.86 m
	Irina Mushailova (RUS)	6.75	6.52	6.82	X	6.76	6.83	6.83 m
4	Olga Rublyova (RUS)	6.61	6.65	6.78	6.77	6.68	6.31	6.78 m
5	Valentina Uccheddu (ITA)	X	6.76	X	X	6.74	6.40	6.76 m
6	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	6.74	X	6.69	6.25	6.59	6.46	6.74 m
7	Agata Karczmarek (POL)	X	5.57	6.71	5.96	6.71	6.56	6.71 m
8	Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR)	X	6.66	X	6.62	3.56	6.41	6.66 m

9	Heike Drechsler (GER)	X	X	6.64				6.64 m
10	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	X	6.57	X				6.57 m
11	Olena Khlopotnova (UKR)	X	6.53	6.31				6.53 m
12	Chantal Brunner (NZL)	X	X	6.43				6.43 m
—	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	X	X	X				NM