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


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.
The following new Olympic records was set during this competition.
DateEventAthleteTimeORWR
23 JulyFinal6.24 mOR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 5.30 advance to the Final.
RankGroupNameNationalityMark
BYvette Williams6.16 OR
BMabel Landry5.88
AAleksandra Chudina5.77
BNina Tyurkina5.77
AShirley Cawley5.73
BWilhelmina Lust5.63
BElfriede von Nitzsch5.62
BMaire Österdahl5.62
BIrmgard Schmelzer5.61
10AVerna Johnston5.58
11AThelma Jones5.55
12AGladys Erbetta5.51
13BValentina Lituyeva5.51
14AOlga Gyarmati5.50
15BAdriana Millard5.49
16BGreta Magnusson5.45
17BConstance Willoughby5.44
18AElżbieta Krzesińska5.43
19ALeni Hofknecht5.41
20AYvonne Chabot-Curtet5.36
21BWanda dos Santos5.35
22BDawn Josephs5.34
22BAyako Yoshikawa5.34
24AHelena de Menezes5.33
25AUrsel Finger5.27
26ASuzanne Glotin5.26
27ALilián Buglia5.25
28AÉliane Dudal5.21
29BTamara Metal5.16
30AGretel Bolliger5.14
31BKathleen Russell5.10
32AMaria Piątkowska5.09
33APhyllis Lightbourn-Jones4.92
BRosella Thorne

Final

NM — No Mark