 Chistyakova's Soviet teammates Yelena Belevskaya and Inessa Kravets were the #5 and #7 jumpers of all time.Joyner-Kersee was the reigning world champion and had set the Olympic record at 7.27m the day before en route to her still standing world record in the heptathlon.She had to qualify for this final in the midst of that heptathlon.