2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Medalists

| Gold | Fiona May Italy (ITA) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Tatyana Kotova Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Niurka Montalvo Spain (ESP) |

## Schedule

* All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 05.08.2001 – 14:30 | 05.08.2001 – 14:30 |
| Final Round ||
| 07.08.2001 – 18:05 ||

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Fiona May | Italy | 6.80 | | | 6.80 | Q, SB |
| 2 | B | Maurren Maggi | Brazil | 6.46 | 6.49 | 6.74 | 6.74 | Q |
| 3 | A | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.36 | 6.71 | | 6.71 | Q |
| 4 | B | Yingnan Guan | China | 6.61 | 6.66 | 6.40 | 6.66 | q |
| 5 | B | Niki Xanthou | Greece | 6.66 | 6.47 | x | 6.66 | q |
| 6 | A | Niurka Montalvo | Spain | 6.34 | 6.65 | 6.43 | 6.65 | q |
| 7 | A | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | 6.62 | 6.59 | 6.58 | 6.62 | q |
| 8 | A | Elva Goulbourne | Jamaica | 6.46 | 6.60 | x | 6.60 | q |
| 9 | B | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | 6.47 | 6.58 | 6.41 | 6.58 | q |
| 10 | B | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | 6.27 | x | 6.54 | 6.54 | q |
| 11 | B | Kumiko Ikeda | Japan | 6.44 | 6.49 | 6.49 | 6.49 | q |
| 12 | A | Jenny Adams | United States | 6.41 | 6.48 | 6.31 | 6.48 | q |
| 13 | A | Yelena Kashcheyeva | Kazakhstan | 6.35 | 6.13 | 6.46 | 6.46 | |
| 14 | A | Maho Hanaoka | Japan | 6.43 | 6.36 | 6.38 | 6.43 | |
| 15 | A | Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria | x | 6.25 | 6.43 | 6.43 | SB |
| 16 | A | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | 5.90 | x | 6.42 | 6.42 | |
| 17 | B | Chantal Brunner | New Zealand | 6.39 | 6.39 | x | 6.39 | |
| 18 | B | Aurélie Felix | France | x | x | 6.37 | 6.37 | |
| 19 | A | Olga Rublyova | Russia | 6.27 | x | x | 6.27 | |
| 20 | B | Alice Falaiye | Canada | x | x | 6.04 | 6.04 | |
| 21 | B | Elena Bobrovskaya | Kyrgyzstan | 5.89 | 5.93 | 5.78 | 5.93 |
| 22 | B | Heike Drechsler | Germany | x | 4.45 | - | 4.45 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Fiona May | Italy | 6.86 | 6.97 | 7.02 | 6.73 | 6.97 | 6.80 | 7.02 | |
| | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | 6.60 | 6.82 | 6.67 | 7.01 | 6.81 | x | 7.01 | |
| | Niurka Montalvo | Spain | 6.73 | x | 6.59 | 6.88 | 6.76 | 6.54 | 6.88 | |
| 4 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.68 | x | 6.86 | 6.84 | x | x | 6.86 | NR |
| 5 | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | 6.84 | 6.67 | 6.66 | x | 6.59 | 6.23 | 6.84 | |
| 6 | Niki Xanthou | Greece | 6.61 | x | 6.76 | 6.67 | x | 6.57 | 6.76 | |
| 7 | Maurren Maggi | Brazil | 6.40 | 6.46 | 6.73 | x | 6.67 | x | 6.73 | |
| 8 | Lyudmila Galkina | Russia | 6.56 | 6.67 | 6.70 | x | 6.61 | x | 6.70 | |
| 9 | Yingnan Guan | China | 6.69 | x | 5.12 | | | | 6.69 | |
| 10 | Elva Goulbourne | Jamaica | 6.62 | x | x | | | | 6.62 | |
| 11 | Kumiko Ikeda | Japan | 6.44 | 6.38 | - | | | | 6.44 | |
| | Jenny Adams | United States | x | x | x | | | | NM | |
