# Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

The Women's long jump competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia was held at the Stadium Australia on 29 September 2000. The winning margin was 7cm.
In the final, German Heike Drechsler finished in first place, with a jump distance on 6.99 metres (22 ft 11 in). Italian Fiona May finished in second, while American Marion Jones claimed the third place. On 5 October 2007, Jones admitted that she had taken performance-enhancing drugs. As a result, she was disqualified and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped her of bronze medal on 9 December. Russian Tatyana Kotova, who originally finished in fourth place, was instead awarded the bronze. Kotova was later found guilty of doping, but her Olympic results were unaffected.

## Schedule

* All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 27.09.2000 – 10:45h | 27.09.2000 – 10:45h |
| Final Round ||
| 29.09.2000 – 19:20h ||

## 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 |
| DSQ | disqualification |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.52 m | 11 June 1988 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Olympic Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.40 m | 29 September 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |

## Qualifying

Held on Wednesday 27 September 2000.
The qualifying distance was 6.70m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers.

### Group A

| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | Qual | Record |
| 1 | 2 | Fiona May | Italy | 6.81 | 6.48 | 6.65 | 6.81 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Elva Goulbourne | Jamaica | 6.68 | 6.35 | 6.52 | 6.68 | q | |
| 3 | 8 | Olena Shekhovtsova | Ukraine | 6.65 | 6.56 | 6.65 | x | q | |
| 4 | 9 | Susen Tiedtke | Germany | 6.65 | 6.55 | 6.65 | x | q | |
| 5 | 10 | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | 6.62 | 6.62 | x | 6.31 | q | |
| 6 | 11 | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | 6.60 | 6.60 | x | 6.47 | q | |
| 7 | 13 | Yelena Kashcheyeva | Kazakhstan | 6.57 | 6.42 | x | 6.57 | | |
| 8 | 16 | Erica Johansson | Sweden | 6.53 | 6.53 | x | 6.49 | | |
| 9 | 17 | Niki Xanthou | Greece | 6.50 | 6.50 | x | x | | |
| 10 | 18 | Yingnan Guan | China | 6.48 | x | x | 6.48 | | |
| 11 | 20 | Shana Williams | United States | 6.44 | 6.24 | 6.28 | 6.44 | | |
| 12 | 21 | Chantal Brunner | New Zealand | 6.42 | 6.14 | 6.42 | 6.31 | | |
| 13 | 23 | Zita Ajkler | Hungary | 6.36 | 6.35 | 6.36 | x | | |
| 14 | 24 | Maurren Higa Maggi | Brazil | 6.35 | 6.35 | 6.28 | x | | |
| 15 | 26 | Lissette Cuza | Cuba | 6.25 | x | 6.19 | 6.25 | | |
| 16 | 30 | Elena Bobrovskaia | Kyrgyzstan | 6.19 | 5.94 | 6.19 | 6.03 | | |
| 17 | 32 | Flora Hyacinth | Virgin Islands | 6.08 | 6.08 | x | 5.89 | | |
| 18 | 33 | Mónica Falcioni | Uruguay | 6.05 | 6.05 | 6.04 | 5.96 | | SB |
| | | Concepción Montaner | Spain | NM | x | x | x | | |
| | | Françoise Mbango | Cameroon | DNS | | | | | |

### Group B

| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | Qual | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 6.84 | 6.84 | | | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Dawn Burrell | United States | 6.77 | x | 6.68 | 6.77 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.70 | x | x | 6.70 | Q | SB |
| 4 | 6 | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | 6.66 | 6.41 | 6.66 | 4.21 | q | |
| 5 | 7 | Olga Rublyova | Russia | 6.65 | 6.62 | x | 6.65 | q | |
| 6 | 12 | Jo Wise | Great Britain | 6.59 | 6.39 | 6.54 | 6.59 | | SB |
| 7 | 14 | Viktoriya Vershynina | Ukraine | 6.56 | 6.46 | 6.56 | 6.47 | | |
| 8 | 15 | Bronwyn Thompson | Australia | 6.55 | 6.55 | x | 6.21 | | |
| 9 | 19 | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | 6.47 | 6.44 | x | 6.47 | | |
| 10 | 22 | Lacena Golding | Jamaica | 6.39 | 6.37 | 6.39 | 6.39 | | |
| 11 | 25 | Patience Itanyi | Nigeria | 6.33 | 6.33 | 6.22 | 6.12 | | |
| 12 | 27 | Viorica Țigău | Romania | 6.25 | x | x | 6.25 | | |
| 13 | 28 | Yelena Pershina | Kazakhstan | 6.24 | 6.24 | x | 6.22 | | |
| 14 | 29 | Sofia Schulte | Germany | 6.23 | 6.15 | x | 6.23 | | |
| 15 | 31 | Andrea Ávila | Argentina | 6.11 | 6.11 | x | 6.07 | | |
| 16 | 34 | Despoina Papavasilaki | Greece | 5.86 | x | x | 5.86 | | |
| | | Guo Chunfang | China | NM | x | x | x | | |
| | | Luciana Santos | Brazil | NM | x | x | x | | |
| | | Anna Tarasova | Kazakhstan | NM | x | x | x | | |

### Overall Qualifying

| Overall | Athlete | Nation | Group | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | Qual | Record |
| 1 | Heike Drechsler | Germany | B | 6.84 | 6.84 | | | Q | |
| 2 | Fiona May | Italy | A | 6.81 | 6.48 | 6.65 | 6.81 | Q | |
| 3 | Dawn Burrell | United States | B | 6.77 | x | 6.68 | 6.77 | Q | |
| 4 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | B | 6.70 | x | x | 6.70 | Q | SB |
| 5 | Elva Goulbourne | Jamaica | A | 6.68 | 6.35 | 6.52 | 6.68 | q | |
| 6 | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | B | 6.66 | 6.41 | 6.66 | 4.21 | q | |
| 7 | Olga Rublyova | Russia | B | 6.65 | 6.62 | x | 6.65 | q | |
| 8 | Olena Shekhovtsova | Ukraine | A | 6.65 | 6.56 | 6.65 | x | q | |
| 9 | Susen Tiedtke | Germany | A | 6.65 | 6.55 | 6.65 | x | q | |
| 10 | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | A | 6.62 | 6.62 | x | 6.31 | q | |
| 11 | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | A | 6.60 | 6.60 | x | 6.47 | q | |
| 12 | Jo Wise | Great Britain | B | 6.59 | 6.39 | 6.54 | 6.59 | | SB |
| 13 | Yelena Kashcheyeva | Kazakhstan | A | 6.57 | 6.42 | x | 6.57 | | |
| 14 | Viktoriya Vershynina | Ukraine | B | 6.56 | 6.46 | 6.56 | 6.47 | | |
| 15 | Bronwyn Thompson | Australia | B | 6.55 | 6.55 | x | 6.21 | | |
| 16 | Erica Johansson | Sweden | A | 6.53 | 6.53 | x | 6.49 | | |
| 17 | Niki Xanthou | Greece | A | 6.50 | 6.50 | x | x | | |
| 18 | Yingnan Guan | China | A | 6.48 | x | x | 6.48 | | |
| 19 | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | B | 6.47 | 6.44 | x | 6.47 | | |
| 20 | Shana Williams | United States | A | 6.44 | 6.24 | 6.28 | 6.44 | | |
| 21 | Chantal Brunner | New Zealand | A | 6.42 | 6.14 | 6.42 | 6.31 | | |
| 22 | Lacena Golding | Jamaica | B | 6.39 | 6.37 | 6.39 | 6.39 | | |
| 23 | Zita Ajkler | Hungary | A | 6.36 | 6.35 | 6.36 | x | | |
| 24 | Maurren Higa Maggi | Brazil | A | 6.35 | 6.35 | 6.28 | x | | |
| 25 | Patience Itanyi | Nigeria | B | 6.33 | 6.33 | 6.22 | 6.12 | | |
| 26 | Lissette Cuza | Cuba | A | 6.25 | x | 6.19 | 6.25 | | |
| 27 | Viorica Țigău | Romania | B | 6.25 | x | x | 6.25 | | |
| 28 | Yelena Pershina | Kazakhstan | B | 6.24 | 6.24 | x | 6.22 | | |
| 29 | Sofia Schulte | Germany | B | 6.23 | 6.15 | x | 6.23 | | |
| 30 | Elena Bobrovskaia | Kyrgyzstan | A | 6.19 | 5.94 | 6.19 | 6.03 | | |
| 31 | Andrea Ávila | Argentina | B | 6.11 | 6.11 | x | 6.07 | | |
| 32 | Flora Hyacinth | Virgin Islands | A | 6.08 | 6.08 | x | 5.89 | | |
| 33 | Mónica Falcioni | Uruguay | A | 6.05 | 6.05 | 6.04 | 5.96 | | SB |
| 34 | Despoina Papavasilaki | Greece | B | 5.86 | x | x | 5.86 | | |
| | Concepción Montaner | Spain | A | NM | x | x | x | | |
| | Guo Chunfang | China | B | NM | x | x | x | | |
| | Luciana Santos | Brazil | B | NM | x | x | x | | |
| | Anna Tarasova | Kazakhstan | B | NM | x | x | x | | |
| | Françoise Mbango | Cameroon | B | DNS | | | | | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Record |
| | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 6.99 | 6.48 | x | 6.99 | 6.79 | x | x | SB |
| | Fiona May | Italy | 6.92 | 6.76 | 6.82 | 6.92 | 6.72 | 6.73 | 6.72 | |
| | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | 6.83 | X | 6.76 | 6.83 | X | X | 6.73 | |
| 4 | Olga Rublyova | Russia | 6.79 | X | 6.79 | X | 6.79 | X | X | |
| 5 | Susen Tiedtke | Germany | 6.74 | X | 6.52 | 6.74 | X | 4.94 | X | |
| 6 | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | 6.59 | 6.59 | 6.52 | 6.51 | 6.31 | 6.35 | 6.42 | |
| 7 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.59 | 6.32 | X | 6.59 | X | X | X | |
| 8 | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | 6.56 | 6.42 | 6.56 | 6.05 | | | | |
| 9 | Elva Goulbourne | Jamaica | 6.43 | X | 6.43 | 6.20 | | | | |
| 10 | Dawn Burrell | United States | 6.38 | X | X | 6.38 | | | | |
| 11 | Olena Shekhovtsova | Ukraine | 6.37 | X | X | 6.37 | | | | |
| DSQ | Marion Jones | United States | 6.92 | X | 6.68 | X | 6.92 | X | X | |