1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fiona May Italy	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria	Agata Karczmarek Poland

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 6.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Fiona May	Italy	6.55	6.77		6.77	Q
2	B	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	6.76			6.76	Q
3	A	Olena Khlopotnova	Ukraine	6.67			6.67	Q
4	A	Heike Drechsler	Germany	6.59	6.56	6.65	6.65	Q
5	B	Jo Wise	Great Britain	6.62			6.62	Q, PB
6	B	Nina Perevedentseva	Russia	6.28	6.40	6.60	6.60	Q
7	B	Agata Karczmarek	Poland	6.24	6.58	–	6.58	q
8	A	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	x	6.52	6.33	6.52	q
9	B	Linda Ferga	France	x	6.51	–	6.51	q
10	B	Niki Xanthou	Greece	x	x	6.47	6.47	q
11	B	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	x	6.40	6.45	6.45	q
12	A	Shana Williams	United States	6.44	5.97	6.24	6.44	q
13	A	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia	6.12	6.43	6.30	6.43
14	A	Renata Nielsen	Denmark	6.40	6.35	6.42	6.42
15	A	Yu Yiqun	China	6.22	6.42	6.22	6.42
16	B	Niurka Montalvo	Cuba	6.28	6.30	6.41	6.41
17	A	Flora Hyacinth	United States Virgin Islands	6.36	6.38	x	6.38
18	A	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	6.10	6.29	6.34	6.34
19	B	Marieke Veltman	United States	6.34	6.26	x	6.34
20	B	Guan Yingnan	China	x	x	6.34	6.34
21	B	Iolanta Khropach	Ukraine	6.07	6.16	5.91	6.16
22	A	Vera Olenchenko	Russia	6.15	x	x	6.15
	A	Eunice Barber	Sierra Leone	x	x	x	NM
	A	Corinne Hérigault	France	x	x	x	NM
	A	Paraskevi Patoulidou	Greece	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Fiona May	Italy	6.85	–	–	6.86	6.80	–	6.86	NR
	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	6.73	6.68	6.78	–	6.80	6.63	6.80
	Agata Karczmarek	Poland	6.71	–	6.67	–	–	–	6.71	PB
4	Jo Wise	Great Britain	6.70	6.65	5.27	–	6.56	6.51	6.70	=NR
5	Niki Xanthou	Greece	6.69	–	–	6.69	–	6.67	6.69
6	Nina Perevedentseva	Russia	6.65	–	6.57	–	6.36	–	6.65
7	Heike Drechsler	Germany	6.63	6.62	–	6.57	–	–	6.63
8	Olena Khlopotnova	Ukraine	6.59	6.59	6.37	–	6.35	6.25	6.59
9	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.49	–	–				6.49
10	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	6.40	6.47	6.40				6.47
11	Linda Ferga	France	–	6.37	–				6.37
12	Shana Williams	United States	5.89	–	6.34				6.34