Women Long Jump Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Wednesday 23 July

Women Long Jump Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Wednesday 23 July - Gold Medal: Yvette Williams, New Zealand

Final 16:50		Distance	SO	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Yvette Williams	NZL	6.24m OR	20	X	X	5.90	6.24	6.11	5.99
2. Aleksandra Tshudina	URS	6.14m	5	5.99	6.14	5.74	5.90	5.95	6.07
3. Shirley Cawley	GBR	5.92m	13	5.92	X	5.53	5.46	5.78	5.82
4. Irmgard Schmelzer	GER	5.90m	19	5.89	5.76	5.90	X	5.84	X
5. Wilhelmina Lust	NED	5.81m	16	5.68	5.65	5.79	X	5.81	X
6. Nina Tshurkina	URS	5.81m	1	5.61	5.81	5.76	5.52	X	X
eliminated after 3 attempts
7. Mabel Landru	USA	5.75m	23	X	X	5.75
8. Verna Johnson	AUS	5.74m	22	5.51	5.60	5.74
9. Maire Österdahl	FIN	5.73m		5.62	5.73	5.70
10.Olga Gyarmati	HUN	5.67m		5.48	5.67	5.60
11.Valentina Litujeva	URS	5.65m		5.50	5.63	5.65
12.Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska	POL	5.65m		5.65	5.40	5.55
13.Adriana Millard	CHI	5.59m		5.58	5.56	5.59
14.Elfriede von Nitzsch	GER	5.57m		X	5.57	X
15.Leni Hofknecht	GER	5.55m		5.45	5.54	5.55
16.Ayako Yoshikawa	JPN	5.54m		5.54	X	5.38
17.Dawn Josephs	CAN	5.47m		5.17	5.47	5.44
18.Gladys Erbetta	ARG	5.47m		5.39	5.40	5.47
19.Constance Willoughby	GBR	5.44m		5.39	5.44	5.13
20.Greta Magnusson	SWE	5.43m		5.37	5.43	5.40
21.Wanda dos Santos	BRA	5.36m		5.36	5.30	5.21
22.Thelma Jones	BER	5.33m		5.33	5.27	5.31
23.Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	FRA	5.28m		5.28	4.94	5.09
24.Helena Cardoso de Menezes	BRA	4.98m		X	4.98	4.66

_ world Women Long Jump
History.

Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Cappacity: 70,000. 34 competitors from 22 nations.

Williams, the Empire Champion, was favourite after an early season national record of 6.14, but reigning champion Gyarmati and Chudina (6.05) were also highly regarded. The Kiwi broke her national record with 6.16 in the qualifying round, but had two fouls in the final while Chudina stretched out to a Soviet record 6.14. Williams then reached the second best jump ever – 6.24 – in round 4, missing Blankers-Koen’s world record by a single centimetre.

Qualification - Wednesday 23.07 10:00

Mark 5.30m 24 Athletes

Group A		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Aleksandra Tshudina	URS	5.77m	3.	5.77
2. Shirley Cawley	GBR	5.73m	5.	5.73
3. Verna Johnson	AUS	5.58m	10.	X	5.58
4. Thelma Jones	BER	5.55m	11.	4.99	5.25	5.55
5. Gladys Erbetta	ARG	5.51m	12.	5.04	X	5.51
6. Olga Gyarmati	HUN	5.50m	14.	5.50
7. Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska	POL	5.43m	18.	5.43
8. Leni Hofknecht	GER	5.41m	19.	X	5.41
9. Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	FRA	5.36m	20.	5.20	5.36
10.Helena Cardoso de Menezes	BRA	5.33m	24.	X	5.22	5.33
eliminated
11.Ursula Finger	SAA	5.27m	25.	5.27	X	5.09
12.Suzanne Glotin	FRA	5.26m	26.	X	X	5.26
13.Lilian Buglia	ARG	5.25m	27.	4.48	5.20	5.25
14.Eliane Dudal	FRA	5.21m	28.	5.16	5.21	5.19
15.Gretel Bolliger	SUI	5.14m	30.	5.07	5.12	5.14
16.Maria Piątkowska-Ilwicka	POL	5.09m	32.	X	4.81	5.09
17.Phyllis Jones	BER	4.92m	33.	X	X	4.92

Group 2		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Yvette Williams	NZL	6.16m	1.	6.16
2. Mabel Landry	USA	5.88m	2.	X	X	5.88
3. Nina Tshurkina	URS	5.77m	3.	5.77
4. Wilhelmina Lust	NED	5.63m	6.	X	5.63
5. Elfiede von Nitzsch	GER	5.62m	7.	5.62
5. Maire Österdahl	FIN	5.62m	7.	5.62
7. Irmgard Schmelzer	GER	5.61m	9.	5.61
8. Valentina Litujeva	URS	5.51m	13.	5.51
9. Adriana Millard	CHI	5.49m	15.	5.49
10.Greta Magnusson	SWE	5.45m	16.	5.17	5.45
11.Constance Willoughby	GBR	5.44m	17.	5.07	5.44
12.Wanda dos Santos	BRA	5.35m	21.	5.02	5.35
13.Ayako Yoshikawa	JPN	5.34m	22.	5.34
13.Dawn Josephs	Can	5.34m	22.	5.34
eliminated
15.Tamar Mettal	ISR	5.16m	29.	X	5.06	5.16
15.Kathleen Russell	JAM	5.10m	31.	4.47	5.10	4.70
-. Rosella Thorne	Can	NM		X	X	X

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Helsinki 1952 index

Athletics Helsinki 1952
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m
Men 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 10km Track Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon
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