Women Long Jump Athletics I World Championship 1983 Helsinki, Finland - Sunday 14.08 - Gold Medal: Heike Daute-Drechsler, East Germany

Women Long Jump Athletics I World Championship 1983 Helsinki, Finland - Sunday 14.08 - Gold Medal: Heike Daute-Drechsler, East Germany

Final		Distance	wind	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Heike Daute-Drechsler	GDR	7.27m w	+2.2	6.91 w	7.02	7.27 w	7.16 w	6.79	7.26 w
2. Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu	ROU	7.15m w	+3.4	7.00	6.87	7.15 w	7.02 w	X	6.99
3. Carol Lewis	USA	7.04m w	+4.3	6.93	6.89	X	7.04 w	6.69	6.73
4. Tatyana Proskuryakova	URS	7.02m	+1.4	6.83	6.91 w	X	6.98	6.96 w	7.02
5. Beverly Kinch	GBR	6.93m w	+4.6	6.90	6.81	6.93 w	6.82	6.82 w	6.87
6. Zsuzsa Vanyek	HUN	6.81m	+1.4	6.81	6.54 w	6.41 w	4.88w	6.81	X
7. Eva Murkova	TCH	6.80m w	+3.3	X	X	6.80 w	X	6.71	6.72 w
8. Robyn Lorraway	AUS	6.65m	+0.8	6.65	X	X	X	X	X
9. Valeria Ionescu	ROU	6.62m	+1.6	6.62	X	X
10.Jarmila Nygrynova-Strejckova	TCH	6.56m	+1.2	6.43	6.56	4.47
11.Jennifer Inniss	GUY	6.54m	+1.4	6.54	X	6.34
12.Helga Radtke	GDR	6.44m	-2.9	6.37	6.35	6.44

Women Long Jump History

An extraordinary standard was evident after the first six jumps of the final, by which time Beverly Kinch’s new Commonwealth record of 6.90 was good enough only for fourth place. The leader on 7.00 was world record holder Cusmir, while in second place was Carol Lewis, younger sister of Carl
. In round 2, European Junior Champion Daute overtook Cusmir with her 7.02. The Romanian countered with 7.15w in the third, but the GDR jumper, only 18, immediately followed with 7.27w despite falling back.
The fourth round saw Proskuryakova move into third place on 6.92, into a headwind. Cusmir and Daute each produced 7m leaps, but neither improved. Lewis did: 7.04w to go into third. No-one improved in the last two rounds except Proskuryakova, whose final effort of 7.02 solidified her fourth place. Daute finished in style with a windy 7.22.

Qualification - Saturday 13.08

Mark 6.40m - 12 Athletes passed and advanced to Final.

Group A		Distance	wind	1.	2.	3.
1. Carol Lewis	USA	6.78m	+1.6	X	6.78	-
2. Heike Daute-Drechsler	GDR	6.65m	+1.1	6.65	-	-
2. Robyn Lorraway	AUS	6.65m	+1.6	6.65	-	-
4. Tatyana Proskuryakova	URS	6.63m	+1.8	6.63	-	-
5. Valeriia Ionescu	ROU	6.44m	-0.9	6.44	-	-
6. Jarmila Nygrynova-Strejckova	TCH	6.40m	+0.5	6.23	6.40	-
7. Shonel Ferguson	BAH	6.29m w	+5.7	6.29	6.24	5.97
8. Lena Wallin	SWE	6.19m	+0.9	6.19	5.84	5.86
9. Esmeralda Garcia	BRA	6.15m w	+2.6	6.15	6.08	6.03
10.Heidi Benserud	NOR	5.92m	+1.2	5.82	5.92	5.66
11.Jacinta Bartholomew	GRN	5.77m w	+2.4	5.65	5.72	5.77
12.Marie-Ange Wirtz	SEY	5.20m	+1.6	4.93	4.71	5.20
13.Kim Mom	CAM	4.90m w	+2.1	4.90	4.90	4.83
-. Sabine Everts	FRG	NM		X	X	X
-. Arja Jussila	FIN	NM		X	X	X
-. Nicole Tombezogo	CAF	NM		X	X	X
-. Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	DNS

Group B		Distance	wind	1.	2.	3.
1. Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu	ROU	6.76m w	+2.4	6.76	-	-
2. Zsuzsa Vanyek	HUN	6.60m	+0.7	6.60	-	-
3. Eva Murkova	TCH	6.57m	+0.3	6.57	-	-
4. Helga Radtke	GDR	6.53m	+1.9	6.53	-	-
5. Jennifer Inniss	GUY	6.45m	+1.2	6.45	-	-
6. Beverly Kinch	GBR	6.43m	+0.4	6.43	-	-
7. Gwen Loud	USA	6.37m	+1.3
8. Madeline De Jesus	PUR	6.12m w	+2.9	6.12	6.10	6.09
9. Halcyon McKnight	JAM	6.03m	+0.8	6.03	X	X
10.Donghuo Huang	CHN	5.90m	+1.6	X	X	5.90
11.Rose Phillips-King	BVI	5.40m w	+2.3	5.31	5.18	5.40
12.Mariam Traore	BKF	4.90m	+1.4	X	4.90	4.77
-. Mercy Mathews-Kuttan	IND	NM		X	X	X
-. Christina Sussiek	FRG	NM		X	X	X
-. Karen Nelson	CAN	DNS
-. Glynis Nunn-Cearns	AUS	DNS
-. Svetlana Zorina	URS	DNS