<page_title> Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump </page_title> <section_title> Final </section_title> <table> <cell> Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) <col_header> ATHLETE </col_header> </cell> <cell> 7.00 <col_header> 1 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Heike Drechsler (GDR) <col_header> ATHLETE </col_header> </cell> <cell> 6.92 <col_header> 1 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Galina Chistyakova (URS) <col_header> ATHLETE </col_header> </cell> <cell> 7.11 <col_header> 1 </col_header> </cell> </table>
Drechsler opened with 6.92m, followed by Joyner-Kersee´s 7.00m and Chistyakova took the first round lead with 7.11m.