Women Long Jump Athletics II World Championship Rome, Italy 1987 - Friday 04.09 - Gold Medal: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States

Women Long Jump Athletics II World Championship Rome, Italy 1987 - Friday 04.09 - Gold Medal: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States

Final 17:50		Distance	wind	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	7.36m CR	+0.4	6.91	7.12	7.36	6.95	6.95	6.99
2. Yelena Belevskaya	URS	7.14m	-0.6	6.17	6.81	6.74	7.14	6.92	6.98
3. Heike Daute-Drechsler	GDR	7.13m	-0.7	6.91	7.03	7.13	X	X	5.62
4. Helga Radtke	GDR	7.01m	-0.1	6.95	6.56	7.01	X	X	6.95
5. Galina Chistyakova	URS	6.99m	+0.9	6.99	6.74	X	X	6.83	6.80
6. Irina Valyukevich	URS	6.89m	-0.9	6.80	6.41	6.80	6.83	6.66	6.89
7. Jennifer Inniss	USA	6.80m	-0.8	6.80	6.77	6.72	X	X	6.51
8. Nicole Boegman	AUS	6.63m	-0.5	X	6.41	6.63	6.37	X	6.22
9. Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll	BUL	6.50m	-0.1
10.Sylvia Khristova-Moneva	BUL	6.45m	-0.3
11.Sheila Echols	USA	6.39m	-1.0
12.Lene Demsitz	DEN	6.11m	-0.8

Women Long Jump History

The clash of the two co-world record holders – Drechsler (née Daute) and Joyner-Kersee – was spoiled by an injury to Drechsler’s left knee which prevented her from taking her last two jumps.
Even so, the GDR athlete would have needed to be at her best to have defeated the American, who leapt 7.36 in the third round. JoynerKersee, who won the heptathlon three days earlier, was initially given a red flag for her winning jump. This decision was reversed on closer inspection of the plasticine.
Drechsler, about to lose for the first time since 1985, was pushed back into third place when Belevskaya leapt 7.14 in the fourth round.

World Record: Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR) 7.45m 21.06.86 Tallin, Soviet Union and 03.07.86 Dresden, East Germany.

World Record: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.45m (+0.6) 13.08.87 Dresden, East Germany.

Championship Record: Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR) 7.27m W 14.08.83 Helsinki, Finland.

Qualification - Thursday 03.09

Mark 6.58m - 12 athletes passed and advanced to Final.

Group A		Dist.	wind	Rk.
1. Heike Daute-Drechsler	GDR	6.95m	+0.7	1.
2. Galina Chistyakova	URS	6.86m	0.0	2.
3. Irina Valyukevich	URS	6.82m	+0.9	4.
4. Jennifer Inniss	USA	6.75m	0.0	5.
5. Sylvia Khristova-Moneva	BUL	6.71m	0.0	6.
6. Lene Demsitz	DEN	6.58m	-0.5	10.
7. Ringa Ropo-Junnila	FIN	6.55m	-0.2	13.
8. Antonella Capriotti	ITA	6.31m	+0.3	16.
9. Zhihui Wang	CHN	6.28m	+0.5	19.
10.Madeline De Jesus	PUR	6.20m	+0.5	22.
11.Beatrice Utondu	NGR	6.17m	+2.2	23.
12.Carmen Sirbu	ROU	6.00m	-0.2	26.
13.See Huey Chan	SIN	5.49m	-0.9	27.
14.Jacqueline Ross	STV	5.29m	+1.7	28.
-. Eva Murkova	TCH	NM

Group B		Dist.	wind	Rk.
1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	6.86m	+2.9	2.
2. Sheila Echols	USA	6.61m	+2.9	7.
3. Nicole Boegman	AUS	6.60m	-0.3	8.
4. Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll	BUL	6.60m	-0.4	9.
5. Helga Radtke	GDR	6.58m	+0.7	10.
6. Yelena Belevskaya	URS	6.58m	-1.3	10.
7. Marieta Ilcu	ROU	6.50m	-0.3	14.
8. Sofiya Bozhanova	BUL	6.43m	+0.7	15.
9. Eva Karblom	SWE	6.31m	+1.3	16.
10.Vali Ionescu-Constantin	ROU	6.30m	+1.8	18.
11.Euphemia Huggins	TRI	6.26m	+0.9	20.
12.Eloina Echevarria	CUB	6.23m	+1.2	21.
13.Tracy Smith	CAN	6.17m	+1.1	23.
14.Sigal Gonen	ISR	6.03m	+0.6	25.