# Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

The women's long jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August. The winning margin was 2cm.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 25 August 2004 | 21:20 | Qualification |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 20:00 | Final |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:
| World record | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.52 m | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 11 June 1988 |
| Olympic record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.40 m | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| World Leading | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 7.33 | Tula, Russia | 31 July 2004 |
No new records were set during the competition.

## Results
### Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 6.65 (Q) or at least 12 best qualified (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | 6.95 | — | — | 6.95 | Q |
| 2 | B | Bronwyn Thompson | Australia | 6.63 | x | 6.80 | 6.80 | Q, =SB |
| 3 | B | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | 6.79 | — | — | 6.79 | Q |
| 4 | A | Irina Simagina | Russia | 6.75 | — | — | 6.75 | Q |
| 5 | B | Carolina Klüft | Sweden | 6.73 | — | — | 6.73 | Q |
| 6 | A | Jade Johnson | Great Britain | x | 5.01 | 6.71 | 6.71 | Q |
| 7 | A | Marion Jones | United States | x | 6.70 | — | 6.70 | Q |
| 8 | A | Bianca Kappler | Germany | 6.59 | 6.36 | 6.69 | 6.69 | Q |
| 9 | A | Anju Bobby George | India | 6.69 | — | — | 6.69 | Q |
| 10 | A | Grace Upshaw | United States | 6.55 | 6.68 | — | 6.68 | Q |
| 11 | A | Yelena Kashcheyeva | Kazakhstan | x | 6.43 | 6.57 | 6.57 | q |
| 12 | A | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.41 | 6.55 | 6.36 | 6.55 | q |
| 13 | A | Ineta Radēviča | Latvia | 6.53 | 6.42 | — | 6.53 | SB |
| 14 | A | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | x | 6.53 | x | 6.53 | |
| 14 | B | Wang Lina | China | 6.53 | x | x | 6.53 | |
| 16 | B | Heli Koivula Kruger | Finland | x | 6.49 | 6.50 | 6.50 | |
| 17 | A | Ioanna Kafetzi | Greece | 6.49 | x | 6.41 | 6.49 | |
| 18 | B | Adina Anton | Romania | 6.45 | 6.47 | 6.14 | 6.47 | |
| 19 | A | Guan Yingnan | China | 6.38 | 6.46 | x | 6.46 | |
| 20 | B | Rose Richmond | United States | 6.46 | 6.14 | 6.29 | 6.46 | |
| 21 | A | Antoniya Yordanova | Bulgaria | 6.45 | 6.31 | 6.28 | 6.45 | |
| 22 | A | Kene Ndoye | Senegal | 6.10 | 6.25 | 6.45 | 6.45 | |
| 23 | B | Stiliani Pilatou | Greece | 6.42 | x | 6.27 | 6.42 | |
| 24 | B | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | x | 6.41 | 6.40 | 6.41 | |
| 25 | A | Denisa Ščerbová | Czech Republic | 6.31 | 6.39 | x | 6.39 | |
| 26 | B | Zita Ajkler | Hungary | 6.39 | 6.25 | x | 6.39 | |
| 27 | B | Anastasiya Juravleva | Uzbekistan | x | 6.39 | x | 6.39 | |
| 28 | A | Fiona May | Italy | 6.24 | 6.36 | 6.38 | 6.38 | |
| 29 | A | Eunice Barber | France | 6.28 | 6.37 | 6.35 | 6.37 | |
| 30 | B | Yudelkis Fernández | Cuba | 6.36 | 6.28 | 6.19 | 6.36 | |
| 31 | B | Keila Costa | Brazil | x | 6.33 | 6.26 | 6.33 | |
| 32 | B | Niki Xanthou | Greece | x | 6.31 | 6.27 | 6.31 | |
| 33 | A | Lerma Gabito | Philippines | 6.31 | 5.96 | 6.13 | 6.31 | |
| 34 | B | Maho Hanaoka | Japan | 4.67 | x | 6.31 | 6.31 | |
| 35 | B | Liang Shuyan | China | x | 5.92 | x | 5.92 | |
| 36 | A | Tina Čarman | Slovenia | x | x | 5.72 | 5.72 | |
| 37 | B | Svetlana Pessova | Turkmenistan | x | 5.64 | 5.58 | 5.64 | |
| | A | Alina Militaru | Romania | x | — | — | NM | |
| | B | Niurka Montalvo | Spain | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | x | 7.07 | x | 6.82 | 7.05 | x | 7.07 | |
| | Irina Simagina | Russia | 7.05 | 7.02 | x | x | x | x | 7.05 | |
| | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | 7.05 | x | 6.84 | 6.70 | x | 6.76 | 7.05 | SB |
| 4 | Bronwyn Thompson | Australia | 6.79 | x | 6.92 | 6.96 | x | 6.70 | 6.96 | SB |
| 5 | Anju Bobby George | India | 6.83 | 6.75 | x | 6.68 | 6.61 | x | 6.83 | NR |
| 6 | Jade Johnson | Great Britain | 6.74 | 6.80 | x | x | x | 6.67 | 6.80 | PB |
| 7 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.73 | 6.53 | 6.64 | 6.59 | x | 6.63 | 6.73 | SB |
| 8 | Bianca Kappler | Germany | 6.26 | 6.49 | 6.66 | | | | 6.66 | |
| 9 | Grace Upshaw | United States | 6.64 | x | 6.64 | | | | 6.64 | |
| 10 | Carolina Klüft | Sweden | 6.63 | 6.62 | x | | | | 6.63 | |
| 11 | Yelena Kashcheyeva | Kazakhstan | x | 6.53 | 6.27 | | | | 6.53 | |
| | Marion Jones | United States | x | 6.85 | 6.82 | 6.73 | x | 6.63 | 6.85 | DSQ |