The Women's
long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
at the
1952 Olympic Games took place on July 23 at the
Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
Yvette Williams
Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett (née Williams; 25 April 1929 – 13 April 2019) was a New Zealand track-and-field athlete who was the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal and to hold the world record in the women's long jum ...
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.
Results
Qualifying round
Qualifying Performance 5.30 advance to the Final.
Final
NM — No Mark
References
External links
Official Olympic Report ''la84.org''.
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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Long jump at the Olympics
1952 in women's athletics
Women's events at the 1952 Summer Olympics