1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 9–10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Renata Nielsen Denmark | Yelena Sinchukova Russia | Claudia Gerhardt Germany |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification performance: 6.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ljudmila Ninova | Austria | 6.68 | Q |
| 2 | Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | 6.58 | Q |
| 3 | Renata Nielsen | Denmark | 6.57 | Q |
| 4 | Nina Perevedentseva | Russia | 6.54 | Q |
| 5 | Claudia Gerhardt | Germany | 6.52 | Q |
| 6 | Yelena Khlopotnova | Ukraine | 6.49 | q |
| 6 | Denise Lewis | Great Britain | 6.49 | q |
| 8 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.48 | q |
| 9 | Heli Koivula | Finland | 6.45 | q |
| 10 | Yelena Sinchukova | Russia | 6.40 | q |
| 11 | Niki Xanthou | Greece | 6.38 | q |
| 12 | Paraskevi Patoulidou | Greece | 6.34 | q |
| 13 | Marieta Ilcu | Romania | 6.30 | |
| 14 | Linda Ferga | France | 6.25 | |
| 14 | Magdalena Khristova | Bulgaria | 6.25 | |
| 14 | Yelena Lemeshevskaya | Belarus | 6.25 | |
| 17 | Dorota Brodowska | Poland | 6.22 | |
| 18 | Ksenija Predikaka | Slovenia | 6.11 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Renata Nielsen | Denmark | 6.53 | x | 6.61 | 6.76 | x | x | 6.76 |
| | Yelena Sinchukova | Russia | 6.47 | x | 6.58 | 6.75 | 6.57 | x | 6.75 |
| | Claudia Gerhardt | Germany | 6.42 | 6.51 | x | x | 6.74 | x | 6.74 |
| 4 | Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | 6.67 | 6.58 | x | 6.68 | 6.69 | 6.73 | 6.73 |
| 5 | Ljudmila Ninova | Austria | x | 6.65 | x | 6.64 | x | x | 6.65 |
| 6 | Heli Koivula | Finland | x | 6.35 | 6.55 | 6.39 | 4.84 | 6.34 | 6.55 |
| 7 | Nina Perevedentseva | Russia | 6.53 | 6.53 | 6.47 | 6.48 | x | x | 6.53 |
| 8 | Denise Lewis | Great Britain | 6.42 | x | 6.37 | x | x | 6.28 | 6.42 |
| 9 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | | | | | | | 6.33 |
| 10 | Yelena Khlopotnova | Ukraine | | | | | | | 6.27 |
| 11 | Paraskevi Patoulidou | Greece | | | | | | | 6.15 |
| 12 | Niki Xanthou | Greece | | | | | | | 6.11 |
