The Women's Long Jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

 in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 32 competitors, with two qualifying groups (32 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Thursday September 29, 1988.

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	7.52	Galina Chistyakova Galina Chistyakova Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Slovakia.She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later...	Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...  (URS)	June 11, 1988
Olympic Record	7.06	Tatyana Kolpakova	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...  (URS)	July 31, 1980

The following Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Athlete	Distance	OR	WR
September 24, 1988		7.27m	OR
September 29, 1988		7.40m	OR

Final

RANK	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	1	2	3	4	5	6
		7.40m	7.00	X	7.16	X	7.40	X
		7.22m	6.92	7.06	7.18	7.22	7.16	7.17
		7.11m	7.11	6.24	X	7.02	6.96	6.84
4.		7.04m	6.36	7.04	6.99	X	X	6.66
5.		6.73m	6.59	X	X	X	6.71	6.73
6.		6.62m	X	X	6.53	6.62	6.52	X
7.		6.60m	X	6.40	6.60	X	6.48	6.23
8.		6.55m	6.47	6.55	6.45	6.43	X	X
9.		6.50m	6.49	6.50	6.46
10.		6.46m	6.36	6.46	6.37
11.		6.40m	6.30	6.40	X
12.		6.38m	6.28	6.38	X

Non-qualifiers

RANK	ATHLETE	DISTANCE
13.		6.47m
14.		6.44m
15.		6.39m
16.		6.37m
17.		6.34m
18.		6.34m
19.		6.31m
20.		6.30m
21.		6.29m
22.		6.13m
23.		6.08m
24.		5.90m
25.		5.87m
26.		5.50m
27.		5.40m
28.		5.23m
29.		5.04m
–		NM
–		DNS
–		DNS

See also

• 1987 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Rome)
  1987 World Championships in Athletics - Women's long jump
  These are the official results of the women's long jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 4 September 1987....
  
  
• 1990 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Split)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Long Jump
  These are the official results of the Women's long jump event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were 17 participating athletes...
  
  
• 1991 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Tokyo)
  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:...