1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21 and 22 August.

Medalists

KEY:	q	Better non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification: Qualification Performance 6.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	B	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	6.83	Q
2	A	Heike Drechsler	Germany	6.79	Q
2	A	Johanna Halkoaho	Finland	6.79	Q, PB
4	A	Erica Johansson	Sweden	6.74	Q
5	B	Fiona May	Italy	6.73	Q
6	B	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.70	Q
7	A	Linda Ferga	France	6.69	Q
8	A	Magdalena Khristova	Bulgaria	6.60	q
9	A	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	6.58	q
9	B	Nadine Caster	France	6.58	q
11	A	Zita Ajkler	Hungary	6.57	q
12	B	Sarah Gautreau	France	6.56	q
13	B	Camilla Johansson	Sweden	6.53
14	B	Nina Perevedentseva	Russia	6.52
15	A	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia	6.47
16	B	Olena Shekhovtsova	Ukraine	6.46
17	A	Olga Rublyova	Russia	6.45
18	A	Dorota Brodowska	Poland	6.40
19	B	Agata Karczmarek	Poland	6.38
20	A	Hristína Athanasíou	Greece	6.34
21	B	Éva Miklós	Romania	6.29
22	B	Sofia Schulte	Germany	6.28
23	B	Heli Koivula	Finland	6.23
24	A	Anja Valant	Slovenia	6.19
	A	Olga Vasdeki	Greece	DNS
	B	Paraskevi Tsiamita	Greece	DNS
	B	Iva Prandzheva	Bulgaria	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Heike Drechsler	Germany	x	7.16	7.16	x	x	x	7.16
	Fiona May	Italy	6.85	6.76	7.01	7.11	7.04	6.61	7.11	NR
	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	x	x	6.74	7.06	6.82	x	7.06
4	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.51	6.82	6.53	x	6.51	6.55	6.82
5	Erica Johansson	Sweden	6.54	6.57	6.75	6.59	6.49	x	6.75
6	Zita Ajkler	Hungary	6.43	6.64	x	6.42	x	6.39	6.64	SB
7	Linda Ferga	France	x	6.36	6.64	x	6.36	6.40	6.64
8	Susen Tiedtke	Germany	6.43	x	6.62	5.06	6.62	x	6.62
9	Nadine Caster	France	6.25	6.45	6.55				6.55
10	Johanna Halkoaho	Finland	x	6.31	6.54				6.54
11	Sarah Gautreau	France	6.02	6.29	6.22				6.29
	Magdalena Khristova	Bulgaria	x	x	x				NM