# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 6, 1997.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lyudmila Galkina Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Niki Xanthou Greece (GRE) |
| Bronze | Fiona May Italy (ITA) |

## Records

| World Record | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.52 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 11 June 1988 |
| Championship Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.36 | Rome, Italy | 4 September 1987 |

## Results
### Qualifying round

* Held on Thursday 1997-08-07
| Rank | Name | Result |
| 1. | Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) | 7.01 m |
| 2. | Heike Daute-Drechsler (GER) | 6.80 m |
| 3. | Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) | 6.75 m |
| 4. | Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) | 6.73 m |
| 5. | Erica Johansson (SWE) | 6.64 m |
| 6. | Magdalena Khristova (BUL) | 6.63 m |
| 7. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 6.62 m |
| 8. | Marion Jones (USA) | 6.59 m |
| 9. | Heli Koivula (FIN) | 6.57 m |
| 10. | Olena Shekhovtsova (UKR) | 6.52 m |
| 11. | Tünde Vaszi (HUN) | 6.52 m |
| 12. | Lacena Golding (JAM) | 6.50 m |
| 13. | Renata Nielsen (DEN) | 6.49 m |
| 14. | Linda Ferga (FRA) | 6.46 m |
| 15. | Valentīna Gotovska (LAT) | 6.20 m |
| 16. | Sabine Braun (GER) | 6.20 m |
| 17. | Andrea Avila (ARG) | 6.08 m |
| 18. | Paraskevi Patoulidou (GRE) | 5.90 m |
| 19. | Siulolo Liku (TON) | 5.83 m |
| 20. | Gilda Massa (PER) | 5.51 m |
| — | Flora Hyacinth (ISV) | DNS |
| Rank | Name | Result |
| 1. | Fiona May (ITA) | 6.73 m |
| 2. | Susen Tiedtke (GER) | 6.72 m |
| 3. | Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) | 6.66 m |
| 4. | Niki Xanthou (GRE) | 6.62 m |
| 5. | Joanne Wise (GBR) | 6.52 m |
| 6. | Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT) | 6.50 m |
| 7. | Nina Perevedentseva (RUS) | 6.45 m |
| 8. | Agata Karczmarek (POL) | 6.44 m |
| 9. | Yelena Pershina (KAZ) | 6.38 m |
| 10. | Jackie Edwards (BAH) | 6.38 m |
| 11. | Sharon Couch-Jewell (USA) | 6.37 m |
| 12. | Nadine Caster (FRA) | 6.37 m |
| 13. | Yelena Donkina (RUS) | 6.29 m |
| 14. | Chantal Brunner (NZL) | 6.26 m |
| 15. | Eunice Barber (SLE) | 6.19 m |
| 16. | Jeļena Blaževiča (LAT) | 6.18 m |
| 17. | Yelena Lemeshevskaya (BLR) | 6.07 m |
| 18. | Luciana Alves dos Santos (BRA) | 5.92 m |
| 19. | Anja Valant (SLO) | 5.77 m |
| 20. | Elisa Perez (DOM) | 5.67 m |
| 21. | Vera Bregu-Bitanji (ALB) | 5.58 m |
| 22. | María Fletschmann (GUA) | 5.25 m |
| 23. | Isis Moreno (PAN) | 5.08 m |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Result | Notes |
| | Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) | 6.89 | 6.85 | x | 7.05 | x | x | 7.05 | WL |
| | Niki Xanthou (GRE) | x | 6.69 | 6.93 | 6.94 | x | x | 6.94 | SB |
| | Fiona May (ITA) | 6.91 | x | x | 6.78 | 6.66 | x | 6.91 | |
| 4 | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 6.62 | 6.69 | x | 4.90 | 6.87 | 6.89 | 6.89 | |
| 5 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 6.79 | 6.78 | x | 6.72 | 6.78 | 6.60 | 6.79 | |
| 6 | Susen Tiedtke (GER) | 6.75 | x | x | 6.78 | 6.54 | 6.77 | 6.78 | |
| 7 | Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) | 4.28 | 6.71 | x | x | 6.56 | 6.54 | 6.71 | |
| 8 | Erica Johansson (SWE) | x | 6.54 | 6.64 | 6.54 | 5.34 | 6.41 | 6.64 | |
| 9 | Magdalena Khristova (BUL) | x | x | 6.64 | x | x | 6.45 | 6.64 | SB |
| 10 | Marion Jones (USA) | x | x | 6.63 | - | - | - | 6.63 | |
| 11 | Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) | 6.61 | 6.60 | 6.38 | - | - | - | 6.61 | |
| 12 | Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) | 5.21 | x | x | - | - | - | 5.21 | |