Voigt (6.92) and Siegl (6.99) had each broken the world record during
the season, but the competition produced the worst winning jump since
1960. Alfeyeva led the qualifiers with 6.54, then Voigt won the competition
with her first jump of 6.72. Siegl, Nygrýnová and Szabó were the
only other jumpers over 6.50 in the first half of the competition, with
Alfeyeva (6.60 in the fourth) and McMillan (6.66 in the fifth) the athletes nearest to Voigt.