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Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

The Women's long jump competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia was held at the Stadium Australia on 29 September 2000.[1] The winning margin was 7cm.

In the final, German Heike Drechsler finished in first place, with a jump distance on 6.99 metres (22 ft 11 in). Italian Fiona May finished in second, while American Marion Jones claimed the third place.[2] On 5 October 2007, Jones admitted that she had taken performance-enhancing drugs.[3] As a result, she was disqualified and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped her of bronze medal on 9 December.[4] Russian Tatyana Kotova, who originally finished in fourth place, was instead awarded the bronze.[4] Kotova was later found guilty of doping, but her Olympic results were unaffected.[5]

Schedule

Abbreviations

Records

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

Overall Qualifying

Final

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Drechsler shatters Jones' golden dream". BBC Sport. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  3. ^ Shipley, Amy (5 October 2007). "Marion Jones admits to steroid use". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b "IOC reallocates Marion Jones' medals". International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 December 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  5. ^ 2005 World Athletics: Kotova disqualified, Anju's silver turns into gold

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