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 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 1972.

Results Qualification Qualifying distance: 5.70 metres Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes 1 Elżbieta Krzesińska 6.13w 6.13w Q 2 Willye White 6.00 6.00 Q 3 Nadezhda Dvalishvili 5.95w 5.95w Q 4 Valentina Shaprunova 5.86w 5.86w Q 5 Nancy Borwick 5.80w 5.80w Q 6 Maria Kusion 5.80 5.80 Q 7 Beverly Weigel 5.79 5.79 Q 8 Marthe Lambert 5.79 5.79 Q 9 Erika Fisch 5.78w 5.78w Q 10 Olga Gyarmati 5.76w 5.76w Q 11 Helga Hoffmann 5.73 5.73 Q 12 Genowefa Minicka 5.72 5.72 Q 13 Yoshie Takahashi 5.66 x 5.68 5.68 14 Erica Willis x 5.57 5.64 5.64 15 Thelma Hopkins 5.56 5.13 5.59w 5.59w 16 Margaret Johnson 5.38 5.50 5.59 5.59 17 Dorothy Kozak 5.40 5.41 5.50 5.50 18 Margaret Johnson x x 5.12 5.12 Sheila Hoskin x x x Reinelde Knapp Maureen Rever Galina Popova

Final Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes Elżbieta Krzesińska 6.20 6.35 x x 6.02 x 6.35 = Willye White 5.96 5.91 6.06 5.95 5.96 6.09 6.09 Nadezhda Dvalishvili 6.00 5.81 x 5.91 6.07 5.98 6.07 4 Erika Fisch 5.89w 5.62 5.75 5.63 5.49 x 5.89w 5 Marthe Lambert 5.88 5.80 5.78 x 4.35 5.77 5.88 6 Valentina Shaprunova 5.85 5.69 5.61 5.52 5.82 5.76 5.85 7 Beverly Weigel 5.85 5.66 5.68 x x 5.72 5.85 8 Nancy Borwick 5.71 5.82 5.47 5.82 9 Maria Kusion 5.74 5.72 5.79 5.79 10 Helga Hoffmann 5.73w 5.70 5.58 5.73w 11 Olga Gyarmati 5.66 5.45 5.63 5.66 12 Genowefa Minicka x 5.64 5.62 5.64

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