Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's long jump

The women's long jump event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy. The final took place on 28 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olena Shekhovtsova  Ukraine	Viktoriya Vershynina  Ukraine	Cristina Nicolau  Romania

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	?	Viktoriya Vershynina	Ukraine	6.59
?	?	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.44
6	A	Shonda Swift	United States	6.37
6	A	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	6.30
6	A	Tina Čarman	Slovenia	6.05
?	?	Kym Burns	Australia	5.97	[1]
?	?	Vicky Piggin	Australia	5.97	[1]
?	?	Anja Valant	Slovenia	5.80

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.78
	Viktoriya Vershynina	Ukraine	6.44
	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	6.40
4	Shonda Swift	United States	6.24
5	Maria de Souza	Brazil	6.23
6	Angee Henry	United States	6.17
7	Sofia Schulte	Germany	6.12
8	Kym Burns	Australia	6.09
11	Vicky Piggin	Australia	5.99	[1]
12	Tina Čarman	Slovenia	5.88

References

1. Australian 1997 Almanac
2. "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-11.