Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
DateJuly 23
Competitors34 from 22 nations
Medalists
   New Zealand
   Soviet Union
   Great Britain
Athletics at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
10 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The Women's long jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 23 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Yvette Williams from New Zealand won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Netherlands Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 6.25 m Leiden, Netherlands 19 September 1943
Olympic record  Olga Gyarmati (HUN) 5.69 m London, United Kingdom 4 August 1948

The following new Olympic records was set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Time OR WR
23 July Final  Yvette Williams (NZL) 6.24 m OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 5.30 advance to the Final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Mark
1B Yvette Williams New Zealand6.16 OR
2B Mabel Landry United States5.88
3A Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union5.77
4B Nina Tyurkina Soviet Union5.77
5A Shirley Cawley Great Britain5.73
6B Wilhelmina Lust Netherlands5.63
7B Elfriede von Nitzsch Germany5.62
7B Maire Österdahl Finland5.62
9B Irmgard Schmelzer Germany5.61
10A Verna Johnston Australia5.58
11A Thelma Jones Bermuda5.55
12A Gladys Erbetta Argentina5.51
13B Valentina Lituyeva Soviet Union5.51
14A Olga Gyarmati Hungary5.50
15B Adriana Millard Chile5.49
16B Greta Magnusson Sweden5.45
17B Constance Willoughby Great Britain5.44
18A Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland5.43
19A Leni Hofknecht Germany5.41
20A Yvonne Chabot-Curtet France5.36
21B Wanda dos Santos Brazil5.35
22B Dawn Josephs Canada5.34
22B Ayako Yoshikawa Japan5.34
24A Helena de Menezes Brazil5.33
25A Ursel Finger Saar5.27
26A Suzanne Glotin France5.26
27A Lilián Buglia Argentina5.25
28A Éliane Dudal France5.21
29B Tamara Metal Israel5.16
30A Gretel Bolliger Switzerland5.14
31B Kathleen Russell Jamaica5.10
32A Maria Piątkowska Poland5.09
33A Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones Bermuda4.92
B Rosella Thorne Canada

NM

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456Result
1 Yvette Williams New Zealandxx5.906.246.115.996.24 OR
2 Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union5.996.145.745.905.956.076.14
3 Shirley Cawley Great Britain5.92x5.535.465.785.825.92
4 Irmgard Schmelzer Germany5.895.765.90x5.84x5.90
5 Willy Lust Netherlands5.685.655.79x5.81x5.81
6 Nina Tyurkina Soviet Union5.615.815.765.52xx5.81
7 Mabel Landry United Statesx x5.75 5.75
8 Verna Johnston Australia5.515.605.74 5.74
9 Maire Österdahl Finland5.625.735.70 5.73
10 Olga Gyarmati Hungary5.485.675.60 5.67
11 Valentina Lituyeva Soviet Union5.505.635.65 5.65
12 Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland5.655.405.55 5.65
13 Adriana Millard Chile5.585.565.59 5.59
14 Elfriede von Nitzsch Germanyx5.57x 5.57
15 Leni Hofknecht Germany5.455.545.55 5.55
16 Ayako Yoshikawa Japan5.54x5.38 5.54
17 Dawn Josephs Canada5.175.475.44 5.47
18 Gladys Erbetta Argentina5.395.405.47 5.47
19 Constance Willoughby Great Britain5.395.445.13 5.44
20 Greta Magnusson Sweden5.375.435.40 5.43
21 Wanda dos Santos Brazil5.365.305.21 5.36
22 Thelma Jones Bermuda5.335.275.31 5.33
23 Yvonne Chabot-Curtet France5.284.945.09 5.28
24 Helena de Menezes Brazilx4.984.66 4.98

NM No Mark

References

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