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2000 Olympic Games Sydney - Women's Long jump

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Category: 2000 Olympic Games Sydney - (Athletics)
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Host City: Sydney, Australia Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 6.70 metres advanced to the final.
Date Started: September 27, 2000  
Date Finished: September 27, 2000  
(Competitors: 39; Countries: 25; Finalists: 12)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Overview by IAAF    2000_olympic_stadium.jpg
The focus was on Marion Jones and her “drive for five” Olympic gold medals, though of course her efforts have since been completely discredited due to long-term doping violations (see page 208). She had already “won” the 100m and 200m as the long jump final began. Drechsler (6.84) led the qualifiers, ahead of co-favourite May (6.81) and Jones (6.78). May led the final with her first two efforts of 6.76 and 6.82, but was overtaken by ’92 champion Drechsler, who sailed out to 6.99 in the third round. She was followed immediately by Jones, who reached 6.92 with her typically low trajectory. Kotova, the other favourite, had a poor competition, reaching her best in round 3 with 6.83. None of the top eight positions changed after round 3, with Jones fouling all three of her jumps, and May again taking the silver. Drechsler equalled Joyner-Kersee’s event record of three Olympic medals in the event. In December 2007 the IOC confirmed Jones’s disqualification, and two years later approved the upgrading for Kotova to bronze.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
Media attention centered on Marion Jones who was trying to win five gold medals – 100, 200, long jump, and both relays. But she had never won a major international in the long jump. Back was perennial favorite Heike Drechsler, gold medalist from Barcelona and winner of the last four European Championships. Italy's Fiona May was also a threat but she had a habit of finishing second in major championships – 1996 Olympics, 1999 Worlds, 1998 Europeans, although she had been World Champion in 1995. Drechsler, May and Jones decided the medals, in that order, in round three, as they all produced their best efforts in that round. May and Jones tied with 6.92 (22-8½) and it fell to the countback with May winning with a best second mark of 6.82 (22-4½) produced in round two. Jones had only one other legal mark.
But the results of this event and every 2000 event in which Marion Jones competed are not what they seem. Dogged by rumors of drug use, Jones was married to shot putter C. J. Hunter and during the Sydney Olympics it was revealed that he tested positive for steroids several times earlier in the year. They later divorced, and she then married sprinter Tim Montgomery. In 2003 he was found to have participated with the BALCO Scandal and was banned for two years by the IAAF. In 2006 Jones almost tested positive for the only time in her career, with a sample showing use of eryrthropoietin (EPO) after the US Championships. But her B sample was negative and it was not considered a positive drug test. Shortly thereafter Montgomery was charged in a check-kiting scheme and Jones was implicated as well, and they later divorced. She then married Barbadian sprinter Obadele Thompson, who had, at least, no drug charges against him. In October 2007, Jones admitted to federal prosecutors that she had lied to them and had used steroids in the months prior to the Sydney Olympics. Her 2000 results were stricken by the IAAF and the medals were returned to the IOC.
 

Records

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

The Women's long jump competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia was held at the Stadium Australia on 29 September 2000.

In the final, German Heike Drechsler finished in first place, with a jump distance on 6.99 metres. Italian Fiona May finished in second, while American Marion Jones claimed the third place, being fouled four times. 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 of her bronze medal on 9 December. Russian Tatyana Kotova, who originally finished in fourth place, was instead awarded the bronze.
Long jump Women     Final 29 September      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 6.99 1.9   Heike Drechsler Germany GER 16 Dec 64  
2 6.92 1.1   Fiona May Italy ITA 12 Dec 69  
3 6.83 1.3   Tatyana Kotova Russia RUS 11 Dec 76  
4 6.79 1.4   Olga Rublyova Russia RUS 28 Oct 74  
5 6.74 0.1   Susen Tiedtke Germany GER 23 Jan 69  
6 6.59 0.9   Jackie Edwards Bahamas BAH 14 Apr 71  
7 6.59 0.4   Tünde Vaszi Hungary HUN 18 Apr 72  
8 6.56w 2.9   Lyudmila Galkina Russia RUS 20 Jan 72  
9 6.43 0.9   Elva Goulbourne Jamaica JAM 21 Jan 80  
10 6.38 0.1   Dawn Campbell United States USA 1 Nov 73  
11 6.37 0.8   Olena Bobrovnyk Ukraine UKR 31 May 72  
  DQ 1.0   Marion Jones United States USA 12 Oct 75  
Long jump Women     Qualification 27 September      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 6.84 0.3 Q Heike Drechsler Germany GER 16 Dec 64  
2 6.81 0.5 Q Fiona May Italy ITA 12 Dec 69  
3 6.77 0.2 Q Dawn Campbell United States USA 1 Nov 73  
4 6.70 0.1 Q Tünde Vaszi Hungary HUN 18 Apr 72  
5 6.68 0.7 Q Elva Goulbourne Jamaica JAM 21 Jan 80  
6 6.66 0.0 Q Tatyana Kotova Russia RUS 11 Dec 76  
7 6.65 0.2 Q Olga Rublyova Russia RUS 28 Oct 74  
8 6.65 1.2 Q Olena Bobrovnyk Ukraine UKR 31 May 72  
9 6.65 1.1 Q Susen Tiedtke Germany GER 23 Jan 69  
10 6.62 -0.3 Q Lyudmila Galkina Russia RUS 20 Jan 72  
11 6.60 0.4 Q Jackie Edwards Bahamas BAH 14 Apr 71  
12 6.59 0.1   Jo Wise Great Britain GBR 15 Mar 71  
13 6.57 1.0   Yelena Kashcheyeva Kazakhstan KAZ 17 Feb 73  
14 6.56 0.6   Viktoriya Vershinina Ukraine UKR 11 Jun 71  
15 6.55 -0.8   Bronwyn Thompson Australia AUS 29 Jan 78  
16 6.53 -0.2   Erica Johansson Sweden SWE 5 Feb 74  
17 6.50 -0.9   Níki Xánthou Greece GRE 11 Oct 73  
18 6.48 0.4   Guan Yingnan China CHN 25 Apr 77  
19 6.47 0.1   Valentīna Gotovska Latvia LAT 3 Sep 65  
20 6.44 0.2   Shana Williams United States USA 7 Apr 72  
21 6.42 -0.1   Chantal Brunner New Zealand NZL 5 Nov 70  
22 6.39 0.7   Lacena Golding-Clarke Jamaica JAM 20 Mar 75  
23 6.36 0.4   Zita Ajkler Hungary HUN 9 Jun 75  
24 6.35 -0.2   Maurren Higa Maggi Brazil BRA 25 Jun 76  
25 6.33 0.1   Patience Itanyi Nigeria NGR 21 Jul 73  
26 6.25 -0.3   Lissette Cuza Cuba CUB 26 Feb 75  
27 6.25 0.5   Viorica Ţigău Romania ROU 12 Aug 79  
28 6.24 -0.2   Elena Wolf Kazakhstan KAZ 24 Dec 63  
29 6.23 0.4   Sofia Schmidl Germany GER 8 Apr 76  
30 6.19 -0.7   Yelena Bobrovskaya Kyrgyzstan KGZ 11 Apr 75  
31 6.11 -0.6   Andrea Ávila Argentina ARG 4 Apr 70  
32 6.08 0.5   Flora Hyacinth United States Virgin Islands ISV 10 Mar 66  
33 6.05 -0.7   Mónica Falcioni Uruguay URU 10 Oct 68  
34 5.86 0.7   Déspina Papavasiláki Greece GRE 24 Mar 73  
  DNS     Françoise Mbango Cameroon CMR 14 Apr 76  
  NM     Anna Tarasova Kazakhstan KAZ 23 Mar 80  
  NM     Guo Chunfang China CHN 4 Jan 79  
  NM     Concepción Montaner Spain ESP 14 Jan 81  
  NM     Luciana dos Santos Brazil BRA 10 Feb 70  
  DQ   Q Marion Jones United States USA 12 Oct 75  
 
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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

Group B
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 Monica Falcioni Uruguay 6.05 6.05 6.04 5.96   SB
    Concepcion Montaner Spain NM x x x    
    Françoise Mbango Cameroon DNS          
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 Tunde 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 Tigau 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 Avila 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 Tarassova Kazakhstan NM x x x    
DSQ   Marion Jones United States 6.78 m 6.78 m     Q
 

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Record
1st Heike Drechsler Germany 6.99 6.48 x 6.99 6.79 x x SB
2nd Fiona May Italy 6.92 6.76 6.82 6.92 6.72 6.73 6.72  
3rd 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  
 

 

 

 

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