1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Events at the 1998 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		women
10,000 m		men
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
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's long jump event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Peng Fengmei  China
Silver	Lu Xin  China
Bronze	Maria Chiara Baccini  Italy

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Peng Fengmei	China	6.59 (w: +1.2 m/s)	6.39 (w: -0.5 m/s)	x	6.47 (w: -0.1 m/s)	6.47 (w: -0.4 m/s)	x	6.59 (w: +1.2 m/s)
	Lu Xin	China	6.55 (w: +1.0 m/s)	6.57 (w: +0.4 m/s)	6.36 (w: 0.0 m/s)	6.32 (w: +0.2 m/s)	6.23 (w: -0.8 m/s)	6.54 (w: +1.0 m/s)	6.57 (w: +0.4 m/s)
	Maria Chiara Baccini	Italy	6.42 (w: +0.3 m/s)	6.26 (w: +0.8 m/s)	6.55 (w: -0.4 m/s)	x	x	x	6.55 (w: -0.4 m/s)
4	Sarah Claxton	United Kingdom	x	5.95 (w: -1.1 m/s)	6.49 (w: +0.7 m/s)	6.04 (w: +0.2 m/s)	x	6.52 (w: +0.1 m/s)	6.52 (w: +0.1 m/s)
5	Charlene Lawrence	South Africa	6.15 (w: +0.9 m/s)	6.42 (w: -0.1 m/s)	6.20 (w: +1.1 m/s)	6.11 (w: +0.7 m/s)	x	x	6.42 (w: -0.1 m/s)
6	Myra Combs	United States	6.20 (w: +1.9 m/s)	6.15 (w: 0.0 m/s)	6.27 (w: +0.8 m/s)	6.08 (w: +0.1 m/s)	6.01 (w: -1.5 m/s)	6.16 (w: -0.5 m/s)	6.27 (w: +0.8 m/s)
7	Karolina Binas	Poland	x	6.23 (w: +0.3 m/s)	x	6.03 (w: +1.3 m/s)	6.09 (w: -0.9 m/s)	6.25 (w: +0.2 m/s)	6.25 (w: +0.2 m/s)
8	Katrin Wilts	Germany	6.23 (w: +0.8 m/s)	x	6.14 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	5.57 (w: -0.9 m/s)	5.63 (w: -0.5 m/s)	6.23 (w: +0.8 m/s)
9	Polina Konovalenko	Russia	6.19 (w: +1.1 m/s)	6.06 (w: -0.1 m/s)	6.01 (w: +1.3 m/s)				6.19 (w: +1.1 m/s)
10	Keyon Soley	United States	6.18 (w: +0.8 m/s)	6.18 (w: +1.7 m/s)	5.97 (w: +0.6 m/s)				6.18 (w: +0.8 m/s)
11	Olivia Wöckinger	Austria	x	5.84 (w: -0.9 m/s)	5.67 (w: -0.3 m/s)				5.84 (w: -0.9 m/s)
12	Alexcia Papadatos	Australia	5.75 (w: +1.0 m/s)	x	5.73 (w: +0.3 m/s)				5.75 (w: +1.0 m/s)

Qualifications

30 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Maria Chiara Baccini	Italy	6.38 (w: -0.3 m/s)	-	-	6.38 (w: -0.3 m/s)	Q
2	Peng Fengmei	China	6.26 (w: +0.2 m/s)	6.30 (w: +1.4 m/s)	-	6.30 (w: +1.4 m/s)	Q
3	Karolina Binas	Poland	6.18 (w: -0.8 m/s)	6.26 (w: -1.1 m/s)	6.22 (w: -0.5 m/s)	6.26 (w: -1.1 m/s)	q
4	Myra Combs	United States	6.04 (w: -1.0 m/s)	6.23 (w: +0.3 m/s)	5.90 (w: -0.4 m/s)	6.23 (w: +0.3 m/s)	q
5	Alexcia Papadatos	Australia	6.22 (w: +1.0 m/s)	x	x	6.22 (w: +1.0 m/s)	q
6	Yevgeniya Stavchanskaya	Ukraine	x	6.20 (w: -0.2 m/s)	5.94 (w: -0.7 m/s)	6.20 (w: -0.2 m/s)
7	Gisele de Oliveira	Brazil	6.08 (w: -0.1 m/s)	6.18 (w: +1.9 m/s)	6.09 (w: -0.8 m/s)	6.18 (w: +1.9 m/s)
8	Stephanie Pfeiffer	Germany	x	6.05 (w: 0.0 m/s)	6.17 (w: 0.0 m/s)	6.17 (w: 0.0 m/s)
9	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	x	6.06 (w: -0.4 m/s)	6.04 (w: +1.0 m/s)	6.06 (w: -0.4 m/s)
10	Vesna Kostic	Yugoslavia	5.95 (w: +0.2 m/s)	5.94 (w: +1.1 m/s)	6.06 (w: -0.5 m/s)	6.06 (w: -0.5 m/s)
11	Aurélie Félix	France	x	5.93 (w: -0.6 m/s)	x	5.93 (w: -0.6 m/s)
12	Desiree Cooks	Anguilla	5.60 (w: +0.7 m/s)	x	x	5.60 (w: +0.7 m/s)
13	Yael Peled	Israel	x	5.59 (w: +0.1 m/s)	x	5.59 (w: +0.1 m/s)
14	Tatyana Hovhannisyan	Armenia	5.54 (w: +0.1 m/s)	5.29 (w: -1.6 m/s)	5.32 (w: -0.4 m/s)	5.54 (w: +0.1 m/s)

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Keyon Soley	United States	6.37 (w: +1.3 m/s)	-	-	6.37 (w: +1.3 m/s)	Q
2	Sarah Claxton	United Kingdom	x	6.25 (w: +0.9 m/s)	6.29 (w: +0.1 m/s)	6.29 (w: +0.1 m/s)	q
3	Lu Xin	China	6.19 (w: -0.5 m/s)	6.29 (w: +1.1 m/s)	x	6.29 (w: +1.1 m/s)	q
4	Charlene Lawrence	South Africa	5.45 (w: +0.2 m/s)	6.28 (w: -0.1 m/s)	6.23 w (w: +2.4 m/s)	6.28 (w: -0.1 m/s)	q
5	Katrin Wilts	Germany	6.24 (w: +1.0 m/s)	6.04 (w: -1.2 m/s)	x	6.24 (w: +1.0 m/s)	q
6	Olivia Wöckinger	Austria	x	6.21 (w: +0.5 m/s)	x	6.21 (w: +0.5 m/s)	q
7	Polina Konovalenko	Russia	6.07 (w: +0.6 m/s)	6.20 (w: +0.4 m/s)	5.92 (w: 0.0 m/s)	6.20 (w: +0.4 m/s)	q
8	Reïna-Flor Okori	France	x	5.95 (w: 0.0 m/s)	6.15 (w: +0.4 m/s)	6.15 (w: +0.4 m/s)
9	Pamela Lindfors	Finland	6.13 (w: +0.9 m/s)	6.03 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	6.13 (w: +0.9 m/s)
10	Baya Rahouli	Algeria	6.12 (w: -1.1 m/s)	6.08 (w: -0.6 m/s)	x	6.12 (w: -1.1 m/s)
11	Silvia Favre	Italy	x	6.06 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	6.06 (w: -0.8 m/s)
12	Betsabee Berrios	Puerto Rico	x	5.33 (w: -0.4 m/s)	5.97 (w: -1.8 m/s)	5.97 (w: -1.8 m/s)
13	Kerrie Perkins	Australia	x	5.81 (w: -1.2 m/s)	5.91 (w: -1.1 m/s)	5.91 (w: -1.1 m/s)
14	Anna Tarasova	Kazakhstan	x	5.91 (w: 0.0 m/s)	x	5.91 (w: 0.0 m/s)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Anguilla (1)
•  Armenia (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Austria (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  China (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015