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.

Date Event Athlete Time OR WR 23 July Final 6.24 m OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 5.30 advance to the Final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Mark B Yvette Williams 6.16 ORB Mabel Landry 5.88A Aleksandra Chudina 5.77B Nina Tyurkina 5.77A Shirley Cawley 5.73B Wilhelmina Lust 5.63B Elfriede von Nitzsch 5.62B Maire Österdahl 5.62B Irmgard Schmelzer 5.6110A Verna Johnston 5.5811A Thelma Jones 5.5512A Gladys Erbetta 5.5113B Valentina Lituyeva 5.5114A Olga Gyarmati 5.5015B Adriana Millard 5.4916B Greta Magnusson 5.4517B Constance Willoughby 5.4418A Elżbieta Krzesińska 5.4319A Leni Hofknecht 5.4120A Yvonne Chabot-Curtet 5.3621B Wanda dos Santos 5.3522B Dawn Josephs 5.3422B Ayako Yoshikawa 5.3424A Helena de Menezes 5.3325A Ursel Finger 5.2726A Suzanne Glotin 5.2627A Lilián Buglia 5.2528A Éliane Dudal 5.2129B Tamara Metal 5.1630A Gretel Bolliger 5.1431B Kathleen Russell 5.1032A Maria Piątkowska 5.0933A Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones 4.92B Rosella Thorne A Barbara Jones

Final RankAthleteNationality123456Result Yvette Williams5.906.246.115.996.24 OR Aleksandra Chudina5.996.145.745.905.956.076.14 Shirley Cawley5.925.535.465.785.825.924 Irmgard Schmelzer5.895.765.905.845.905 Wilhelmina Lust5.685.655.795.815.816 Nina Tyurkina5.615.815.765.525.817 Mabel Landry5.75 5.758 Verna Johnston5.515.605.74 5.749 Maire Österdahl5.625.735.70 5.7310 Olga Gyarmati5.485.675.60 5.6711 Valentina Lituyeva5.505.635.65 5.6512 Elżbieta Krzesińska5.655.405.55 5.6513 Adriana Millard5.585.565.59 5.5914 Elfriede von Nitzsch5.57 5.5715 Leni Hofknecht5.455.545.55 5.5516 Ayako Yoshikawa5.545.38 5.5417 Dawn Josephs5.175.475.44 5.4718 Gladys Erbetta5.395.405.47 5.4719 Constance Willoughby5.395.445.13 5.4420 Greta Magnusson5.375.435.40 5.4321 Wanda dos Santos5.365.305.21 5.3622 Thelma Jones5.335.275.31 5.3323 Yvonne Chabot-Curtet5.284.945.09 5.2824 Helena de Menezes4.984.66 4.98

NM — No Mark

References

External links Official Olympic Report, la84.org.