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 | |
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_ world Women Long Jump History. | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Cappacity: 70,000. 34 competitors from 22 nations. |
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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.
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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 | |
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