# 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 25, 1991.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA) |
| Silver | Heike Drechsler Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Larysa Berezhna Soviet Union (URS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 24.08.1991 – 18:20h | 24.08.1991 – 18:20h |
| Final Round ||
| 25.08.1991 – 18:30h ||

## 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
### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.32 | x | - | x | - | 7.11 | 7.32 m | |
| | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 7.09 | 7.16 | 7.29 | 6.99 | 7.08 | 6.94 | 7.29 m | |
| | Larysa Berezhna (URS) | 7.11 | 6.92 | x | 6.86 | 6.81 | 6.91 | 7.11 m | |
| 4 | Yelena Sinchukova (URS) | 6.84 | 6.95 | 7.00 | 6.68 | 7.04 | 6.90 | 7.04 m | |
| 5 | Susen Tiedtke (GER) | 6.55 | 6.65 | 6.63 | x | 6.77 | 6.74 | 6.77 m | |
| 6 | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.55 | x | 6.70 | 6.70 | 6.68 | 6.72 | 6.72 m | |
| 7 | Ljudmila Ninova (AUT) | x | 6.72 | 6.33 | x | x | x | 6.72 m | |
| 8 | Yelena Belevskaya (URS) | 6.49 | 6.54 | 6.68 | x | 6.41 | 6.69 | 6.69 m | |
| 9 | Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN) | 6.45 | 6.56 | 6.63 | | | | 6.63 m |
| 10 | Jackie Edwards (BAH) | 6.21 | 6.33 | 6.37 | | | | 6.37 m |
| 11 | Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) | 6.05 | 6.28 | 6.22 | | | | 6.28 m |
| 12 | Oluyinka Idowu (GBR) | 6.05 | 6.16 | 5.99 | | | | 6.16 m |

### Qualifying round

* Held on Saturday 1991-08-24
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 6.91 m |
| 2. | Larysa Berezhna (URS) | 6.87 m |
| 3. | Susen Tiedtke (GER) | 6.85 m |
| 4. | Yelena Sinchukova (URS) | 6.80 m |
| 5. | Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) | 6.68 m |
| 6. | Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN) | 6.66 m |
| 6. | Jackie Edwards (BAH) | 6.66 m |
| 8. | Liu Shuzhen (CHN) | 6.57 m |
| 9. | Yang Juan (CHN) | 6.56 m |
| 10. | Fiona May (GBR) | 6.54 m |
| 11. | Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) | 6.48 m |
| 12. | Iva Prandzheva (BUL) | 6.30 m |
| 13. | Jayne Moffitt (NZL) | 6.29 m |
| 14. | Tamara Malesev (YUG) | 6.27 m |
| 15. | Flora Hyacinth (ISV) | 6.17 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 6.87 m |
| 2. | Ljudmila Ninova (AUT) | 6.79 m |
| 3. | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.77 m |
| 4. | Yelena Belevskaya (URS) | 6.70 m |
| 5. | Oluyinka Idowu (GBR) | 6.63 m |
| 6. | Helga Radtke (GER) | 6.62 m |
| 7. | Nicole Boegman (AUS) | 6.57 m |
| 8. | Wang Chunfang (CHN) | 6.55 m |
| 9. | Agata Karczmarek (POL) | 6.55 m |
| 10. | Sheila Echols (USA) | 6.47 m |
| 11. | Cindy Greiner (USA) | 6.41 m |
| 12. | Wang Shu-Hwa (TPE) | 6.38 m |
| 13. | Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM) | 6.37 m |
| — | Solange Ostiana (AHO) | NM |
| — | Ragne Kytölä (FIN) | NM |
| — | Renata Nielsen (DEN) | NM |