European Athletics Championships 1990 / women long jump
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| discipline | Long jump | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
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| Competition location | Poljud Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 27 (qualifying) August 31 (final) |
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The women's long jump at the 1990 European Athletics Championships was held on August 27 and 28, 1990 in the Poljud Stadium in Split .
In this competition, the long jumpers from the GDR won two gold and bronze medals. European champion was Heike Drechsler , the defending champion, world champion from 1983 , world champion third in 1987 and Olympic runner-up in 1988 , who also had numerous successes as a sprinter and here two days later became vice European champion over 200 meters . Second place went to Romanian Marieta Ilcu . Helga Radtke repeated her third place at the European Championships in 1986 .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 7.52 m |
 Galina Chistjakova
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Leningrad (today St. Petersburg ), Soviet Union (today Russia ) | June 11, 1988 |
| European record | ||||
| EM record | 7.27 m |
 Heike Drechsler
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EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany | August 27, 1986 |
Record improvement
European champion Heike Drechsler improved her own EM record in the final on August 29th by three centimeters to 7.30 m.
Wind conditions
In the following summary of results, the wind conditions for the best jumps are named. The permitted limit is two meters per second. With stronger wind support, the distance will be counted for the competition, but will not be included in the lists of records and the best.
qualification
August 27, 1990
Seventeen participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 6.60 m. Seven athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the five athletes placed next to twelve jumpers (highlighted in light green). So finally 6.35 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.
Group A
| space | Surname | nation | Width (m) | Wind (m / s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heike Drechsler |
GDR
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6.92 | +0.9 |
| 2 | Marieta Ilcu |
 Romania
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6.83 | ± 0.0 |
| 3 | Ringa Ropo-Junnila |
 Finland
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6.76 | +1.0 |
| 4th | Fiona May |
 Great Britain
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6.69 | ± 0.0 |
| 5 | Inessa Krawez |
Soviet Union
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6.55 | -0.1 |
| 6th | Renata Nielsen |
 Denmark
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6.35 | -0.1 |
| 7th | Ana Oliveira |
 Portugal
|
6.23 | ± 0.0 |
| 8th | Silvija Babic |
Yugoslavia
|
6.23 | ± 0.0 |
Group B
| space | Surname | nation | Width (m) | Wind (m / s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laryssa Bereschna |
Soviet Union
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6.91 | -0.3 |
| 2 | Helga Radtke |
GDR
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6.74 | +0.2 |
| 3 | Valentina Uccheddu |
 Italy
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6.61 | ± 0.0 |
| 4th | Iolanda Tschen |
Soviet Union
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6.46 | +0.3 |
| 5 | Tamara Malesev |
Yugoslavia
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6.43 | ± 0.0 |
| 6th | Sandrine Hennart |
 Belgium
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6.39 | ± 0.0 |
| 7th | Stefanie Hühn |
 BR Germany
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6.31 | +0.8 |
| 8th | Mary Berkeley |
Great Britain
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6.27 | ± 0.0 |
| 9 | Vera Bregu |
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6.02 | +0.3 |
final
August 28, 1990
| space | Surname | nation | Width (m) | Wind (m / s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heike Drechsler |
GDR
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7.30 CR | +0.6 |
| 2 | Marieta Ilcu |
Romania
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7.02 | +0.5 |
| 3 | Helga Radtke |
GDR
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6.94 | +0.5 |
| 4th | Laryssa Bereschna |
Soviet Union
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6.93 | +1.7 |
| 5 | Iolanda Tschen |
Soviet Union
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6.90 | +0.8 |
| 6th | Inessa Krawez |
Soviet Union
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6.85 | +1.3 |
| 7th | Fiona May |
Great Britain
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6.77 | +1.3 |
| 8th | Ringa Ropo-Junnila |
Finland
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6.76 | +0.6 |
| 9 | Valentina Uccheddu |
Italy
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6.58 | -0.4 |
| 10 | Tamara Malesev |
Yugoslavia
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6.50 | +0.1 |
| 11 | Renata Nielsen |
Denmark
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6.35 | -1.5 |
| 12 | Sandrine Hennart |
Belgium
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6.27 | ± 0.0 |
Like four years before, Helga Radtke won the bronze medal
Inessa Krawez - later very successful especially in the triple jump - came in sixth place
Fiona May (here in 2016) came in seventh
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
- European Championship 1990 Split, Women Long Jump on todor66.com, accessed September 19, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1990 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 19, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women Long Jump European Championship 1990 Split, p. 458f (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 19, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1990, long jump women on sportschau.de, accessed on September 19, 2019
- 15th European Athletics Championships 1990 in Split, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on September 19, 2019
Video
- 1990 Split Heike Drechsler 7.30 , published on June 20, 2008 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 19, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Long jump women , accessed September 19, 2019