Events at the 2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

These are the results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The winning margin was 1 cm. As of 2024, this is the only time the women's long jump has been won by less than 2 cm at these championships.

Gold	Fiona May Italy (ITA)
Silver	Tatyana Kotova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Niurka Montalvo Spain (ESP)

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Fiona May	Italy	6.80			6.80	Q, SB
2	B	Maurren Maggi	Brazil	6.46	6.49	6.74	6.74	Q
3	A	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.36	6.71		6.71	Q
4	B	Yingnan Guan	China	6.61	6.66	6.40	6.66	q
5	B	Niki Xanthou	Greece	6.66	6.47	x	6.66	q
6	A	Niurka Montalvo	Spain	6.34	6.65	6.43	6.65	q
7	A	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	6.62	6.59	6.58	6.62	q
8	A	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	6.46	6.60	x	6.60	q
9	B	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia	6.47	6.58	6.41	6.58	q
10	B	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	6.27	x	6.54	6.54	q
11	B	Kumiko Ikeda	Japan	6.44	6.49	6.49	6.49	q
12	A	Jenny Adams	United States	6.41	6.48	6.31	6.48	q
13	A	Yelena Kashcheyeva	Kazakhstan	6.35	6.13	6.46	6.46
14	A	Maho Hanaoka	Japan	6.43	6.36	6.38	6.43
15	A	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	x	6.25	6.43	6.43	SB
16	A	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	5.90	x	6.42	6.42
17	B	Chantal Brunner	New Zealand	6.39	6.39	x	6.39
18	B	Aurélie Felix	France	x	x	6.37	6.37
19	A	Olga Rublyova	Russia	6.27	x	x	6.27
20	B	Alice Falaiye	Canada	x	x	6.04	6.04
21	B	Elena Bobrovskaya	Kyrgyzstan	5.89	5.93	5.78	5.93
22	B	Heike Drechsler	Germany	x	4.45	-	4.45

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Fiona May	Italy	6.86	6.97	7.02	6.73	6.97	6.80	7.02
	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	6.60	6.82	6.67	7.01	6.81	x	7.01
	Niurka Montalvo	Spain	6.73	x	6.59	6.88	6.76	6.54	6.88
4	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	6.68	x	6.86	6.84	x	x	6.86	NR
5	Valentīna Gotovska	Latvia	6.84	6.67	6.66	x	6.59	6.23	6.84
6	Niki Xanthou	Greece	6.61	x	6.76	6.67	x	6.57	6.76
7	Maurren Maggi	Brazil	6.40	6.46	6.73	x	6.67	x	6.73
8	Lyudmila Galkina	Russia	6.56	6.67	6.70	x	6.61	x	6.70
9	Yingnan Guan	China	6.69	x	5.12				6.69
10	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	6.62	x	x				6.62
11	Kumiko Ikeda	Japan	6.44	6.38	-				6.44
	Jenny Adams	United States	x	x	x				NM

• Results
• IAAF