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Athletics At The 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's Long Jump
The women's long jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualification mark was set at 5.70 metres. Seven athletes didn't surpass that distance in the morning heats. Summary In the final, the three medalists separated from the rest of the field on their first attempts, just as they had in qualifying. Elżbieta Krzesińska, who had set the Women's long jump world record progression, world record three months earlier, jumped 6.20m, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili went 6.00 meters exactly and 16 year old Willye White jumped 5.96m. In the second round, Krzesińska equalled her world record . In the third round, White jumped 6.06m to move into silver position. On her fifth attempt Khnykina-Dvalishvili edged into silver with a 6.07m jump. On her final attempt, White jumped 6.09m to take the silver for good. 16 years later, White was still a finalist in Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump, 1972. Final classification Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Borwick
Nancy Borwick (20 March 1935 – 24 November 2013) was an Australian athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1935 births 2013 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Australia Place of birth missing {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Jump At The Olympics
The long jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's long jump was introduced over fifty years later in 1948 and was the second Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump, which was added in 1928. The Olympic records for the event are for men, set by Bob Beamon in 1968, and for women, set by Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. Beamon's mark is the longest-standing Olympic athletics record by a margin of twelve years and remains the only time a man has set a long jump world record at the competition. The women's world record has been broken on two occasions at the Olympics, with Elżbieta Krzesińska jumping in 1956 and Viorica Viscopoleanu clearing in 1968. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 720 participating athletes from 61 countries. Medal summary Men Women Medal table ReferencesInternational Olympic Committee results database {{Athletics at the Summer Olympics 1956 Summer Olympics events O |
Thelma Hopkins (athlete)
Thelma Elizabeth Hopkins (born 16 March 1936) is a Northern Irish athlete, who competed in the high and the long jump. On 5 May 1956 she broke the world record in high jump in Belfast with a jump of 1.74 metres, breaking the record of 1.73 metres set by Aleksandra Chudina of the USSR on 22 May 1954. Her record was broken on 14 July 1956 in Bucharest by Iolanda Balaș of Romania. Her achievement in breaking the world record is commemorated by a plaque in Cherryvale Playing Fields, South Belfast. Hopkins was born in Kingston upon Hull. She competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, in the high jump event, where she won the silver medal jointly with Maria Pisareva. In the 1954 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal for Northern Ireland. As well as athletics she excelled at hockey where she was a regular choice for the Ireland women's national field hockey team The Ireland women's national field hockey team is organised by Hockey Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Matthews
Margaret Rejean Matthews (born August 5, 1935) is an American track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 100 meters and long jump events. She competed for United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. Matthews, a native Atlantan and captain of the TSU Tigerbelles, captured the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 meters with three of her U.S. teammates Mae Faggs, Wilma Rudolph and Isabelle Daniels. Matthews was the first American woman to leap a record 20 feet in the long jump. At the 1956 Olympic trials in Washington, D.C. she set an American record of 19 feet, 9 inches. She won the national AAU outdoor meet four straight times from 1956 to 1959. In 1958 she set a new American long jump record of 20 feet, one inch. She won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1959 Pan American Games. Matthews was born in Griffin, Georgia. She was the first person in her family to finish high school and has devoted 35 years to public education in Memphis. Her son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Johnson (athlete)
Margaret Johnson (15 June 1937 – 24 February 2015) was an Australian athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1937 births 2015 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Australia Place of birth missing {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshie Takahashi
was a Japanese track and field athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ... . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Willis
Erica Willis (born 11 May 1934) is an Australian athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1934 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Hoskin
Sheila Hilary Hoskin (born 14 October 1936) is a former female track and field athlete from England. Athletics career Hoskin competed in the women's long jump events during her career. She represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. She represented England and won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. At one point Hoskin held the British record for the long jump. She was born in Hammersmith Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. .... References 1936 births Living people English female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain British female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Kozak
Dorothy Kozak (17 April 1932 – 14 June 2009) was a Canadian sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fi ..., Kozak competed in the 100 yards not progressing past the heats and the 4×110 yards relay winning a bronze medal with Annabelle Murray, Geraldine Bemister and Margery Squires. References 1932 births 2009 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Canadian female sprinters Canadian female long jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medalli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genowefa Minicka
Genowefa Minicka (27 June 1926 – 26 April 1992) was a Polish sprinter. She competed in the 200 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1926 births 1992 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Polish female sprinters Polish female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Poland Place of birth missing {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
