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Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games:
Women's Long Jump
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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Location: Olympic Stadium
Date Started: August 6, 1992
Date Finished: August 7, 1992
| Gold: |  Heike Drechsler |
| Silver: |  Inesa Kravets |
| Bronze: |  Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
Summary
The favorites were again Heike Drechsler-Daute (GDR) and defending champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA). At the 1991 World Championships, JJK had again defeated Drechsler. But in Barcelona, Drechsler would get her revenge. The early leader was Ukrainian Inessa Kravets with 7.12 (23-4½) in round one. She held this until Drechsler produced the gold medal winner of 7.14 (23-5¼) in round four. Joyner-Kersee opened with 7.07 (23-2½) and was in second until Drechsler’s round four jump, but held on for the bronze medal, Kravets getting silver.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heike Drechsler | 27 | Germany | GER | Gold | |
| 2 | Inesa Kravets | 25 | Unified Team | EUN | Silver | |
| 3 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 30 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Mirela Dulgheru | 25 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 5 | Irina Mushaylova | 25 | Unified Team | EUN | ||
| 6 | Sharon Couch-Jewell | 22 | United States | USA | ||
| 7 | Sheila Echols | 27 | United States | USA | ||
| 8 | Susen Tiedtke | 23 | Germany | GER | ||
| 9 | Flora Hyacinth | 26 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | ||
| 10 | Agata Jaroszek-Karczmarek | 28 | Poland | POL | ||
| 11 | Renata Pytełewska-Nielsen | 26 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| AC [4] | Nijolė Medvedeva | 31 | Lithuania | LTU | ||
| 12 QR | Ljudmila Ninova | 32 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 13 QR | Ringa Ropo-Junnila | 26 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 14 QR | Yang Juan | 22 | China | CHN | ||
| 15 QR | Marieta Ilcu | 29 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 16 QR | Liu Shuzhen | 26 | China | CHN | ||
| 17 QR | Karen Botha | 25 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 18 QR | Antonella Capriotti | 30 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 19 QR | Helga Radtke | 30 | Germany | GER | ||
| 20 QR | Jackie Edwards | 21 | Bahamas | BAH | ||
| 21 QR | Valentina Uccheddu | 25 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 22 QR | Tamara Malešev | 25 | Individual Olympic Participants | IOP | ||
| 23 QR | Yinka Idowu | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 24 QR | Dionne Rose | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 25 QR | Li Yong-Ae | 26 | North Korea | PRK | ||
| 26 QR | Jo Wise | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 27 QR | Natalia Toledo | 20 | Paraguay | PAR | ||
| 28 QR | Sonya Agbéssi | 19 | Benin | BEN | ||
| 29 QR | Eunice Barber | 17 | Sierra Leone | SLE | ||
| AC QR | Nicole Boegman-Staines | 25 | Australia | AUS | ||
| AC QR | Larisa Berezhnaya | 31 | Unified Team | EUN | ||
| AC QR | Fiona May | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| AC QR | Rita Ináncsi | 21 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| AC QR | Diane Guthrie-Gresham | 20 | Jamaica | JAM |
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