1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21 and 22 August.

Medalists

Gold	Heike Drechsler Germany
Silver	Fiona May Italy
Bronze	Lyudmila Galkina Russia

Results

KEY:

q

Better non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 6.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia				6.83	Q
2	A	Heike Drechsler	Germany				6.79	Q
2	A	Johanna Halkoaho	Finland				6.79	Q, PB
4	A	Erica Johansson	Sweden				6.74	Q
5	B	Fiona May	Italy				6.73	Q
6	B	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary				6.70	Q
7	A	Linda Ferga	France				6.69	Q
8	A	Magdalena Khristova	Bulgaria				6.60	q
9	A	Susen Tiedtke	Germany				6.58	q
9	B	Nadine Caster	France				6.58	q
11	A	Zita Ajkler	Hungary				6.57	q
12	B	Sarah Gautreau	France				6.56	q
13	B	Camilla Johansson	Sweden				6.53
14	B	Nina Perevedentseva	Russia				6.52
15	A	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia				6.47
16	B	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine				6.46
17	A	Olga Rublyova	Russia				6.45
18	A	Dorota Brodowska	Poland				6.40
19	B	Agata Karczmarek	Poland				6.38
20	A	Hristína Athanasíou	Greece				6.34
21	B	Éva Miklós	Romania				6.29
22	B	Sofia Schulte	Germany				6.28
23	B	Heli Koivula	Finland				6.23
24	A	Anja Valant	Slovenia				6.19
	A	Olga Vasdeki	Greece				DNS
	B	Paraskevi Tsiamita	Greece				DNS
	B	Iva Prandzheva	Bulgaria				DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Heike Drechsler	Germany	x	7.16	7.16	x	x	x	7.16
	Fiona May	Italy	6.85	6.76	7.01	7.11	7.04	6.61	7.11	NR
	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	x	x	6.74	7.06	6.82	x	7.06
4	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.51	6.82	6.53	x	6.51	6.55	6.82
5	Erica Johansson	Sweden	6.54	6.57	6.75	6.59	6.49	x	6.75
6	Zita Ajkler	Hungary	6.43	6.64	x	6.42	x	6.39	6.64	SB
7	Linda Ferga	France	x	6.36	6.64	x	6.36	6.40	6.64
8	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	6.43	x	6.62	5.06	6.62	x	6.62
9	Nadine Caster	France	6.25	6.45	6.55				6.55
10	Johanna Halkoaho	Finland	x	6.31	6.54				6.54
11	Sarah Gautreau	France	6.02	6.29	6.22				6.29
	Magdalena Khristova	Bulgaria	x	x	x				NM

References

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