1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Events at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's long jump event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.

Medalists

Gold	Fiona May United Kingdom
Silver	Anu Kaljurand Soviet Union
Bronze	Joanne Wise United Kingdom

Results

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fiona May	United Kingdom	6.77 (w: +1.2 m/s)	6.88 w (w: +2.1 m/s)	x	6.75 w (w: +2.4 m/s)	6.82 (w: +1.7 m/s)	6.83 w (w: +3.0 m/s)	6.88 w (w: +2.1 m/s)
	Anu Kaljurand	Soviet Union	6.78 w (w: +3.3 m/s)	x	6.41 w (w: +3.2 m/s)	x	6.37 (w: +1.8 m/s)	x	6.78 w (w: +3.3 m/s)
	Joanne Wise	United Kingdom	6.47 (w: +1.7 m/s)	6.69 w (w: +4.6 m/s)	6.14 w (w: +3.7 m/s)	6.40 w (w: +2.1 m/s)	x	6.38 w (w: +3.7 m/s)	6.69 w (w: +4.6 m/s)
4	Mirela Belu	Romania	6.26 w (w: +3.6 m/s)	x	x	6.37 w (w: +3.0 m/s)	6.28 w (w: +2.3 m/s)	6.06 w (w: +3.1 m/s)	6.37 w (w: +3.0 m/s)
5	Wang Shu-Hua	Chinese Taipei	6.32 w (w: +3.8 m/s)	6.14 w (w: +2.2 m/s)	6.13 w (w: +3.2 m/s)	x	6.20 w (w: +2.7 m/s)	x	6.32 w (w: +3.8 m/s)
6	Anisoara Ghebuta	Romania	6.18 w (w: +3.8 m/s)	6.26 w (w: +3.0 m/s)	6.19 w (w: +3.6 m/s)	6.18 w (w: +5.7 m/s)	x	5.62 (w: +1.1 m/s)	6.26 w (w: +3.0 m/s)
7	Katalin Csapo	Hungary	6.03 (w: +1.3 m/s)	x	6.22 w (w: +3.8 m/s)	x	x	x	6.22 w (w: +3.8 m/s)
8	Maria Costanza Moroni	Italy	6.09 w (w: +2.8 m/s)	x	x	5.93 w (w: +3.2 m/s)	5.85 w (w: +2.4 m/s)	6.13 (w: +1.8 m/s)	6.13 (w: +1.8 m/s)
9	Simonetta Santoni	Italy	5.81 w (w: +2.9 m/s)	6.05 w (w: +2.1 m/s)	5.79 w (w: +3.1 m/s)				6.05 w (w: +2.1 m/s)
10	Yuki Inoue	Japan	6.02 (w: +1.8 m/s)	3.80 w (w: +2.9 m/s)	x				6.02 (w: +1.8 m/s)
11	Sharon Couch	United States	x	6.00 w (w: +2.9 m/s)	x				6.00 w (w: +2.9 m/s)
12	Wang Wenhong	China	5.76 (w: +1.9 m/s)	5.83 w (w: +2.5 m/s)	5.81 w (w: +2.6 m/s)				5.83 w (w: +2.5 m/s)

Qualifications

29 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Katalin Csapo	Hungary	6.17 (w: +1.9 m/s)	6.09 (w: +1.3 m/s)	x	6.17 (w: +1.9 m/s)	q
2	Maria Costanza Moroni	Italy	x	6.10 (w: +1.1 m/s)	x	6.10 (w: +1.1 m/s)	q
3	Anisoara Ghebuta	Romania	6.04 w (w: +2.5 m/s)	6.08 (w: +1.8 m/s)	6.08 w (w: +2.5 m/s)	6.08 (w: +1.8 m/s)	q
4	Joanne Wise	United Kingdom	x	x	6.04 w (w: +2.3 m/s)	6.04 w (w: +2.3 m/s)	q
5	Katrin Bartschat	West Germany	x	5.65 (w: +1.2 m/s)	5.96 (w: +0.9 m/s)	5.96 (w: +0.9 m/s)
6	Súsanna Helgadóttir	Iceland	x	5.94 (w: +1.3 m/s)	5.66 (w: +1.2 m/s)	5.94 (w: +1.3 m/s)
7	Dahlia Duhaney	Jamaica	5.57 (w: +0.9 m/s)	5.72 (w: +0.2 m/s)	5.93 (w: +1.4 m/s)	5.93 (w: +1.4 m/s)
8	Yvonne Mathesius	East Germany	x	x	5.92 (w: +2.0 m/s)	5.92 (w: +2.0 m/s)
9	Sanni Suhonen	Finland	5.89 (w: NWI)	x	5.88 w (w: +2.2 m/s)	5.89 (w: NWI)
10	Natasha Brown	Bahamas	5.68 w (w: +2.9 m/s)	5.73 (w: +1.8 m/s)	5.32 (w: -0.3 m/s)	5.73 (w: +1.8 m/s)
11	Svetlana Shtatnova	Soviet Union	5.24 w (w: +2.9 m/s)	4.98 (w: +0.9 m/s)	5.67 (w: +1.8 m/s)	5.67 (w: +1.8 m/s)
12	Kathi Sabernig	Austria	5.57 (w: +0.4 m/s)	5.59 (w: +2.0 m/s)	5.66 (w: +1.5 m/s)	5.66 (w: +1.5 m/s)
13	Daphne Saunders	Bahamas	x	5.48 (w: +1.8 m/s)	5.10 (w: +1.4 m/s)	5.48 (w: +1.8 m/s)
14	Tsoseletso Sekgweng	Botswana	4.30 (w: NWI)	5.08 (w: +1.5 m/s)	4.79 (w: +0.8 m/s)	5.08 (w: +1.5 m/s)
	Erin Tierney	Cook Islands	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Fiona May	United Kingdom	x	6.54 (w: +0.7 m/s)	-	6.54 (w: +0.7 m/s)	Q
2	Anu Kaljurand	Soviet Union	x	x	6.34 (w: +1.4 m/s)	6.34 (w: +1.4 m/s)	Q
3	Mirela Belu	Romania	x	6.22 (w: +0.3 m/s)	6.14 w (w: +2.6 m/s)	6.22 (w: +0.3 m/s)	q
4	Wang Shu-Hua	Chinese Taipei	6.03 (w: +0.5 m/s)	x	6.20 (w: +1.0 m/s)	6.20 (w: +1.0 m/s)	q
5	Yuki Inoue	Japan	x	5.75 (w: +0.6 m/s)	6.18 w (w: +2.9 m/s)	6.18 w (w: +2.9 m/s)	q
6	Wang Wenhong	China	x	5.87 (w: +1.0 m/s)	6.13 w (w: +3.2 m/s)	6.13 w (w: +3.2 m/s)	q
7	Simonetta Santoni	Italy	5.81 (w: +0.7 m/s)	6.05 (w: +1.3 m/s)	5.90 w (w: +3.5 m/s)	6.05 (w: +1.3 m/s)	q
8	Sharon Couch	United States	5.96 (w: +0.9 m/s)	x	5.99 (w: +1.1 m/s)	5.99 (w: +1.1 m/s)	q
9	Monique Dunstan	Australia	5.69 w (w: +2.1 m/s)	5.61 (w: +1.0 m/s)	5.98 (w: +1.3 m/s)	5.98 (w: +1.3 m/s)
10	Judit Kovács	Hungary	5.91 (w: +0.8 m/s)	x	5.90 (w: +1.6 m/s)	5.91 (w: +0.8 m/s)
11	Sonya Roberts	United States	5.75 (w: +1.3 m/s)	x	5.28 (w: +0.9 m/s)	5.75 (w: +1.3 m/s)
12	Jacqueline Ross	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	x	x	5.54 (w: +0.7 m/s)	5.54 (w: +0.7 m/s)
13	Evelyn Cobbina	Ghana	4.80 (w: +0.8 m/s)	5.17 (w: +1.3 m/s)	x	5.17 (w: +1.3 m/s)
14	Lorraine Nanton	Montserrat	5.12 (w: +0.8 m/s)	4.96 (w: +1.4 m/s)	x	5.12 (w: +0.8 m/s)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

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