# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the women's long jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 35 participating athletes and one non starter. 6.75 metres to reach final or best 12.

## Medalists

| Gold | Heike Drechsler Germany |
| Silver | Inessa Kravets Unified Team |
| 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 |

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 7.52 | Galina Chistyakova | Leningrad (URS) | June 11, 1988 |
| Olympic Record | 7.40 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | Seoul (KOR) | September 29, 1988 |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
| | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 7.14 m |
| | Inessa Kravets (EUN) | 7.12 m |
| | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.07 m |
| 4. | Mirela Dulgheru (ROM) | 6.71 m |
| 5. | Irina Mushailova (EUN) | 6.68 m |
| 6. | Sharon Couch (USA) | 6.66 m |
| 7. | Sheila Echols (USA) | 6.62 m |
| 8. | Susen Tiedtke (GER) | 6.60 m |
| 9. | Flora Hyacinth (ISV) | 6.52 m |
| 10. | Agata Karczmarek (POL) | 6.41 m |
| 11. | Renata Nielsen (DEN) | 6.06 m |
| DSQ | Nijolė Medvedeva (LTU) | 6.76 m (4th) |

## Qualification

* All athletes ( excluding top six ) promoted one place after drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva
| RANK | GROUP | Athlete | DISTANCE |
| 1. | A | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 7.08 m |
| 2. | B | Irina Mushailova (EUN) | 6.86 m |
| 3. | A | Mirela Dulgheru (ROM) | 6.83 m |
| 4. | B | Inessa Kravets (EUN) | 6.79 m |
| 5. | B | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 6.75 m |
| 6. | B | Susen Tiedtke (GER) | 6.74 m |
| 7. | A | Flora Hyacinth (ISV) | 6.71 m |
| 8. | A | Sharon Couch (USA) | 6.64 m |
| 9. | B | Renata Nielsen (DEN) | 6.63 m |
| 10. | B | Sheila Echols (USA) | 6.55 m |
| 11. | A | Agata Karczmarek (POL) | 6.55 m |
| 12. | A | Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT) | 6.53 m |
| 13. | B | Ringa Ropa-Junnila (FIN) | 6.52 m |
| 14. | A | Yang Juan (CHN) | 6.49 m |
| 15. | B | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.46 m |
| 16. | B | Liu Shuzhen (CHN) | 6.44 m |
| 17. | B | Karen Botha (RSA) | 6.43 m |
| 18. | B | Antonella Capriotti (ITA) | '6.43 m |
| 19. | A | Helga Radtke (GER) | 6.42 m |
| 20. | B | Jackie Edwards (BAH) | 6.40 m |
| 21. | A | Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) | 6.40 m |
| 22. | A | Tamara Malešev (IOP) | 6.35 m |
| 23. | B | Oluyinka Idowu (GBR) | 6.29 m |
| 24. | A | Dionne Rose (JAM) | 6.22 m |
| 25. | A | Li Yong-Ae (PRK) | 6.17 m |
| 26. | B | Joanne Wise (GBR) | 5.87 m |
| 27. | B | Natalia Toledo (PAR) | 5.73 m |
| 28. | B | Sonia Agbessi (BEN) | 5.63 m |
| 29. | A | Eunice Barber (SLE) | 5.55 m |
| — | A | Larisa Bereznaya (EUN) | NM |
| — | B | Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM) | NM |
| — | A | Rita Ináncsi (HUN) | NM |
| — | A | Fiona May (GBR) | NM |
| — | B | Nicole Staines (AUS) | NM |
| — | A | Muyegbe Mubala (ZAI) | DNS |
| DISQ | B | Nijole Medvedeva (LTU) | 6.71 m (7th) |
Note: Guthrie-Gresham, Inancsi and Staines all had three fouls, while both Bereznaya and May had one foul before withdrawing from the rest of the competition due to injury.