The women's long jump at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21 and 22 August.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Heike Drechsler Germany
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| Silver | Fiona May Italy
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| Bronze | Lyudmila Galkina Russia
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Results edit
| KEY: | q | Better non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Qualification edit
Qualification: Qualification Performance 6.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | 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 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Heike Drechsler | Germany |
x | 7.16 | 7.16 | x | x | x | 7.16 | |
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Fiona May | Italy |
6.85 | 6.76 | 7.01 | 7.11 | 7.04 | 6.61 | 7.11 | NR |
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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 |