# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

The women's long jump event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Fiona May United Kingdom |
| Silver | Anu Kaljurand Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Joanne Wise United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

30 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Fiona May | United Kingdom | 6.77 (w: +1.2 m/s) | 6.88 w (w: +2.1 m/s) | x | 6.75 w (w: +2.4 m/s) | 6.82 (w: +1.7 m/s) | 6.83 w (w: +3.0 m/s) | 6.88 w (w: +2.1 m/s) | |
| | Anu Kaljurand | Soviet Union | 6.78 w (w: +3.3 m/s) | x | 6.41 w (w: +3.2 m/s) | x | 6.37 (w: +1.8 m/s) | x | 6.78 w (w: +3.3 m/s) | |
| | Joanne Wise | United Kingdom | 6.47 (w: +1.7 m/s) | 6.69 w (w: +4.6 m/s) | 6.14 w (w: +3.7 m/s) | 6.40 w (w: +2.1 m/s) | x | 6.38 w (w: +3.7 m/s) | 6.69 w (w: +4.6 m/s) | |
| 4 | Mirela Belu | Romania | 6.26 w (w: +3.6 m/s) | x | x | 6.37 w (w: +3.0 m/s) | 6.28 w (w: +2.3 m/s) | 6.06 w (w: +3.1 m/s) | 6.37 w (w: +3.0 m/s) | |
| 5 | Wang Shu-Hua | Chinese Taipei | 6.32 w (w: +3.8 m/s) | 6.14 w (w: +2.2 m/s) | 6.13 w (w: +3.2 m/s) | x | 6.20 w (w: +2.7 m/s) | x | 6.32 w (w: +3.8 m/s) | |
| 6 | Anisoara Ghebuta | Romania | 6.18 w (w: +3.8 m/s) | 6.26 w (w: +3.0 m/s) | 6.19 w (w: +3.6 m/s) | 6.18 w (w: +5.7 m/s) | x | 5.62 (w: +1.1 m/s) | 6.26 w (w: +3.0 m/s) | |
| 7 | Katalin Csapo | Hungary | 6.03 (w: +1.3 m/s) | x | 6.22 w (w: +3.8 m/s) | x | x | x | 6.22 w (w: +3.8 m/s) | |
| 8 | Maria Costanza Moroni | Italy | 6.09 w (w: +2.8 m/s) | x | x | 5.93 w (w: +3.2 m/s) | 5.85 w (w: +2.4 m/s) | 6.13 (w: +1.8 m/s) | 6.13 (w: +1.8 m/s) | |
| 9 | Simonetta Santoni | Italy | 5.81 w (w: +2.9 m/s) | 6.05 w (w: +2.1 m/s) | 5.79 w (w: +3.1 m/s) | | | | 6.05 w (w: +2.1 m/s) | |
| 10 | Yuki Inoue | Japan | 6.02 (w: +1.8 m/s) | 3.80 w (w: +2.9 m/s) | x | | | | 6.02 (w: +1.8 m/s) | |
| 11 | Sharon Couch | United States | x | 6.00 w (w: +2.9 m/s) | x | | | | 6.00 w (w: +2.9 m/s) | |
| 12 | Wang Wenhong | China | 5.76 (w: +1.9 m/s) | 5.83 w (w: +2.5 m/s) | 5.81 w (w: +2.6 m/s) | | | | 5.83 w (w: +2.5 m/s) | |

### Qualifications

29 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Katalin Csapo | Hungary | 6.17 (w: +1.9 m/s) | 6.09 (w: +1.3 m/s) | x | 6.17 (w: +1.9 m/s) | q |
| 2 | Maria Costanza Moroni | Italy | x | 6.10 (w: +1.1 m/s) | x | 6.10 (w: +1.1 m/s) | q |
| 3 | Anisoara Ghebuta | Romania | 6.04 w (w: +2.5 m/s) | 6.08 (w: +1.8 m/s) | 6.08 w (w: +2.5 m/s) | 6.08 (w: +1.8 m/s) | q |
| 4 | Joanne Wise | United Kingdom | x | x | 6.04 w (w: +2.3 m/s) | 6.04 w (w: +2.3 m/s) | q |
| 5 | Katrin Bartschat | West Germany | x | 5.65 (w: +1.2 m/s) | 5.96 (w: +0.9 m/s) | 5.96 (w: +0.9 m/s) | |
| 6 | Súsanna Helgadóttir | Iceland | x | 5.94 (w: +1.3 m/s) | 5.66 (w: +1.2 m/s) | 5.94 (w: +1.3 m/s) | |
| 7 | Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 5.57 (w: +0.9 m/s) | 5.72 (w: +0.2 m/s) | 5.93 (w: +1.4 m/s) | 5.93 (w: +1.4 m/s) | |
| 8 | Yvonne Mathesius | East Germany | x | x | 5.92 (w: +2.0 m/s) | 5.92 (w: +2.0 m/s) | |
| 9 | Sanni Suhonen | Finland | 5.89 (w: NWI) | x | 5.88 w (w: +2.2 m/s) | 5.89 (w: NWI) | |
| 10 | Natasha Brown | Bahamas | 5.68 w (w: +2.9 m/s) | 5.73 (w: +1.8 m/s) | 5.32 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 5.73 (w: +1.8 m/s) | |
| 11 | Svetlana Shtatnova | Soviet Union | 5.24 w (w: +2.9 m/s) | 4.98 (w: +0.9 m/s) | 5.67 (w: +1.8 m/s) | 5.67 (w: +1.8 m/s) | |
| 12 | Kathi Sabernig | Austria | 5.57 (w: +0.4 m/s) | 5.59 (w: +2.0 m/s) | 5.66 (w: +1.5 m/s) | 5.66 (w: +1.5 m/s) | |
| 13 | Daphne Saunders | Bahamas | x | 5.48 (w: +1.8 m/s) | 5.10 (w: +1.4 m/s) | 5.48 (w: +1.8 m/s) | |
| 14 | Tsoseletso Sekgweng | Botswana | 4.30 (w: NWI) | 5.08 (w: +1.5 m/s) | 4.79 (w: +0.8 m/s) | 5.08 (w: +1.5 m/s) | |
| | Erin Tierney | Cook Islands | x | x | x | NM | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Fiona May | United Kingdom | x | 6.54 (w: +0.7 m/s) | - | 6.54 (w: +0.7 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Anu Kaljurand | Soviet Union | x | x | 6.34 (w: +1.4 m/s) | 6.34 (w: +1.4 m/s) | Q |
| 3 | Mirela Belu | Romania | x | 6.22 (w: +0.3 m/s) | 6.14 w (w: +2.6 m/s) | 6.22 (w: +0.3 m/s) | q |
| 4 | Wang Shu-Hua | Chinese Taipei | 6.03 (w: +0.5 m/s) | x | 6.20 (w: +1.0 m/s) | 6.20 (w: +1.0 m/s) | q |
| 5 | Yuki Inoue | Japan | x | 5.75 (w: +0.6 m/s) | 6.18 w (w: +2.9 m/s) | 6.18 w (w: +2.9 m/s) | q |
| 6 | Wang Wenhong | China | x | 5.87 (w: +1.0 m/s) | 6.13 w (w: +3.2 m/s) | 6.13 w (w: +3.2 m/s) | q |
| 7 | Simonetta Santoni | Italy | 5.81 (w: +0.7 m/s) | 6.05 (w: +1.3 m/s) | 5.90 w (w: +3.5 m/s) | 6.05 (w: +1.3 m/s) | q |
| 8 | Sharon Couch | United States | 5.96 (w: +0.9 m/s) | x | 5.99 (w: +1.1 m/s) | 5.99 (w: +1.1 m/s) | q |
| 9 | Monique Dunstan | Australia | 5.69 w (w: +2.1 m/s) | 5.61 (w: +1.0 m/s) | 5.98 (w: +1.3 m/s) | 5.98 (w: +1.3 m/s) | |
| 10 | Judit Kovács | Hungary | 5.91 (w: +0.8 m/s) | x | 5.90 (w: +1.6 m/s) | 5.91 (w: +0.8 m/s) | |
| 11 | Sonya Roberts | United States | 5.75 (w: +1.3 m/s) | x | 5.28 (w: +0.9 m/s) | 5.75 (w: +1.3 m/s) | |
| 12 | Jacqueline Ross | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | x | x | 5.54 (w: +0.7 m/s) | 5.54 (w: +0.7 m/s) | |
| 13 | Evelyn Cobbina | Ghana | 4.80 (w: +0.8 m/s) | 5.17 (w: +1.3 m/s) | x | 5.17 (w: +1.3 m/s) | |
| 14 | Lorraine Nanton | Montserrat | 5.12 (w: +0.8 m/s) | 4.96 (w: +1.4 m/s) | x | 5.12 (w: +0.8 m/s) | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Bahamas (2)
* Botswana (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (1)
* Ghana (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Montserrat (1)
* Romania (2)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (1)