1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 6.75 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Fiona May Italy (ITA) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Niurka Montalvo Cuba (CUB) |
| Bronze | Irina Mushailova Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 05.08.1995 – 16:00h | 05.08.1995 – 16:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 06.08.1995 – 16:50h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres

| Q | automatic qualification |
| - | - |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.52 m | June 11, 1988 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.36 m | September 4, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Qualifying round

Qualifying mark: 6.75 metres

### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | | Fiona May (ITA) | 6.76w | | | 6.76w | |
| 2 | | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 6.50 | 6.70 | x | 6.70 | |
| 3 | | Niurka Montalvo (CUB) | | | | 6.69 | |
| 4 | | Irina Mushailova (RUS) | | | | 6.63 | |
| 5 | | Olena Khlopotnova (UKR) | | | | 6.63 | |
| 6 | | Jackie Edwards (BAH) | | | | 6.59 | |
| 7 | | Chantal Brunner (NZL) | | | | 6.53 | |
| 8 | | Nicole Boegman (AUS) | | | | 6.51 | |
| 9 | | Niki Xanthou (GRE) | | | | 6.50 | |
| 10 | | Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) | | | | 6.49 | |
| 11 | | Yao Weili (CHN) | | | | 6.49 | |
| 12 | | Andrea Ávila (ARG) | | | | 6.39 | |
| 13 | | Valentīna Gotovska (LAT) | | | | 6.32 | |
| 14 | | Sharon Couch-Jewell (USA) | | | | 6.30 | |
| 15 | | Ksenija Predikaka (SLO) | | | | 6.30 | |
| 16 | | Dionne Rose (JAM) | | | | 6.07 | |
| 17 | | Elma Muros-Posadas (PHI) | | | | 6.01 | |
| 18 | | Nilufar Yeasmin (BAN) | | | | 5.40 | |
| — | — | Tünde Vaszi (HUN) | x | x | x | NM | |
| — | — | Pastora Chavez (HON) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | | Olga Rublyova (RUS) | | | | 6.74 | |
| 2 | | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 6.66 | 6.73 | | 6.73 | |
| 3 | | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 6.33 | 6.73 | | 6.73 | |
| 4 | | Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) | | | | 6.72 | |
| 5 | | Agata Karczmarek (POL) | | | | 6.54 | |
| 6 | | Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) | | | | 6.53 | |
| 7 | | Marieke Veltman (USA) | | | | 6.50 | |
| 8 | | Patience Itanyi (NGR) | | | | 6.46 | |
| 9 | | Lacena Golding (JAM) | | | | 6.45 | |
| 10 | | Nadine Caster (FRA) | | | | 6.43 | |
| 11 | | Renata Nielsen (DEN) | | | | 6.42 | |
| 12 | | Claudia Gerhardt (GER) | | | | 6.40 | |
| 13 | | Flora Hyacinth (ISV) | | | | 6.36 | |
| 14 | | Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT) | | | | 6.32 | |
| 15 | | Fatma Yuksel-Dulkan (TUR) | | | | 6.22 | |
| 16 | | Beryl Larame (SEY) | | | | 5.50 | |
| 17 | | Deborah Rugama (NCA) | | | | 4.88 | |
| — | — | Heli Koivula (FIN) | x | x | x | NM | |
| — | — | Paraskevi Patoulidou (GRE) | x | x | x | NM | |
| — | — | Ana Liku (TGA) | x | x | x | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Fiona May (ITA) | 6.93 | X | 6.87 | X | 6.64 | 6.98 | 6.98 m | |
| | Niurka Montalvo (CUB) | 6.42 | X | 6.70 | 6.62 | X | 6.86 | 6.86 m | |
| | Irina Mushailova (RUS) | 6.75 | 6.52 | 6.82 | X | 6.76 | 6.83 | 6.83 m | |
| 4 | Olga Rublyova (RUS) | 6.61 | 6.65 | 6.78 | 6.77 | 6.68 | 6.31 | 6.78 m | |
| 5 | Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) | X | 6.76 | X | X | 6.74 | 6.40 | 6.76 m | |
| 6 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 6.74 | X | 6.69 | 6.25 | 6.59 | 6.46 | 6.74 m | |
| 7 | Agata Karczmarek (POL) | X | 5.57 | 6.71 | 5.96 | 6.71 | 6.56 | 6.71 m | |
| 8 | Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) | X | 6.66 | X | 6.62 | 3.56 | 6.41 | 6.66 m | |
| 9 | Heike Drechsler (GER) | X | X | 6.64 | | | | 6.64 m | |
| 10 | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | X | 6.57 | X | | | | 6.57 m | |
| 11 | Olena Khlopotnova (UKR) | X | 6.53 | 6.31 | | | | 6.53 m | |
| 12 | Chantal Brunner (NZL) | X | X | 6.43 | | | | 6.43 m | |
| — | Jackie Edwards (BAH) | X | X | X | | | | NM | |
