The Women's Long Jump at the

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had an entry list of 21 competitors, with two qualifying groups (21 jumpers) before the final (13) took place on Thursday July 31, 1980. The Top-12 and ties and all those reaching 6.50 metres advanced to the final.

Summary

Veteran

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led the qualifying, her 6.78m was just .04 off

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's Olympic record from

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a dozen years earlier. In the first round of the final, Tatyana Skachko bounced the Olympic record by 12 cm to 6.96m. By the end of the round,

Brigitte Wujak Brigitte Wujak, née Künzel (born 6 March 1955 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a retired long jumper who represented East Germany with the SC Dynamo Berlin. She won the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a personal best jump o ...

(6.88m) and

Tatyana Kolpakova Tatyana Alekseyevna Kolpakova (Abbyasova) () (born October 18, 1959 in village Alamedin, Kyrgyz SSR) is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR. Kolpakova began athletics at the age of 15. On May 9, 1974 she competed at the All-Union ...

had also surpassed the previous mark. In the second round, Anna Włodarczyk also jumped past the old mark. In the third round, Skachko upped the mark past 7 metres to 7.01m. Over the next two rounds, the silver medal position tightened as Włodarczyk equalled Wujak's 6.88m, though Wujak held the second best 6.87m tiebreaker, while Kolpakova also had a 6.87m. In the final round, Siegrun Siegl also added yet another 6.87m to the competition. Skachko didn't improve but Włodarczyk jumped 6.95m to take over the silver position for a moment. The next jumper was Kolpakova, who took off remarkably close to the edge of the board. TV replays showed the Soviet judge hesitate, start to hold up the red (foul) flag, then settling on the white flag to make it a legal jump for the Soviet athlete. The jump was measured at 7.06m, a new Olympic record, Kolpakova had leapfrogged the field to take the lead. Wujak followed her with a 7.04m to take the silver position, pushing Skachko to bronze and Włodarczyk off the podium.

Medalists

Qualification round

* Held on Wednesday July 30, 1980

Final

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