Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
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| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 10 km walk | women | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
| Wheelchair races | ||||
These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 50 competitors, with two non-starters.
Iva Prandzheva from Bulgaria, ranking 7th with 6.82 was disqualified because of doping.
Medalists
| Gold | Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria |
| Silver | Fiona May Italy |
| Bronze | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Results
Non-qualifiers
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria |
7.12 | 6.99 | 6.85 | 6.84 | - | X | 7.12 | |
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Fiona May | Italy |
6.68 | 7.02 | 6.78 | 6.73 | 6.76 | 6.88 | 7.02 | |
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States |
6.55 | 6.75 | 6.86 | X | 6.52 | 7.00 | 7.00 | |
| 4 | Niki Xanthou |  Greece |
X | 6.97 | X | 6.67 | 6.95 | 6.85 | 6.97 | |
| 5 | Iryna Chekhovtsova |  Ukraine |
6.84 | 6.88 | X | 6.97 | X | X | 6.97 | |
| 6 | Agata Karczmarek |  Poland |
6.90 | X | X | X | X | 6.65 | 6.90 | |
| 7 | Iva Prandzheva |  Bulgaria |
X | X | 6.81 | X | 6.82 | X | 6.82 | |
| 8 | Nicole Boegman |  Australia |
6.73 | X | X | X | 6.55 | 6.23 | 6.73 | |
| 9 | Tunde Vaszi |  Hungary |
6.60 | X | X | 6.60 | ||||
| 10 | Chantal Brunner |  New Zealand |
6.45 | 6.49 | 6.45 | 6.49 | ||||
| 11 | Voula Patoulidou | Greece |
X | 6.26 | 6.37 | 6.37 | ||||
| Sharon Jaklofsky |  Netherlands |
X | X | X | NM | |||||
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