Final 16:50 Distance SO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Yvette Williams NZL6.24m OR 20 X X 5.90 6.24 6.11 5.99 2. Aleksandra Tshudina URS6.14m 5 5.99 6.14 5.74 5.90 5.95 6.07 3. Shirley Cawley GBR5.92m 13 5.92 X 5.53 5.46 5.78 5.82 4. Irmgard Schmelzer GER5.90m 19 5.89 5.76 5.90 X 5.84 X 5. Wilhelmina Lust NED5.81m 16 5.68 5.65 5.79 X 5.81 X 6. Nina Tshurkina URS5.81m 1 5.61 5.81 5.76 5.52 X X eliminated after 3 attempts 7. Mabel Landru USA5.75m 23 X X 5.75 8. Verna Johnson AUS5.74m 22 5.51 5.60 5.74 9. Maire Österdahl FIN5.73m 5.62 5.73 5.70 10.Olga Gyarmati HUN5.67m 5.48 5.67 5.60 11.Valentina Litujeva URS5.65m 5.50 5.63 5.65 12.Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska POL5.65m 5.65 5.40 5.55 13.Adriana Millard CHI5.59m 5.58 5.56 5.59 14.Elfriede von Nitzsch GER5.57m X 5.57 X 15.Leni Hofknecht GER5.55m 5.45 5.54 5.55 16.Ayako Yoshikawa JPN5.54m 5.54 X 5.38 17.Dawn Josephs CAN5.47m 5.17 5.47 5.44 18.Gladys Erbetta ARG5.47m 5.39 5.40 5.47 19.Constance Willoughby GBR5.44m 5.39 5.44 5.13 20.Greta Magnusson SWE5.43m 5.37 5.43 5.40 21.Wanda dos Santos BRA5.36m 5.36 5.30 5.21 22.Thelma Jones BER5.33m 5.33 5.27 5.31 23.Yvonne Chabot-Curtet FRA5.28m 5.28 4.94 5.09 24.Helena Cardoso de Menezes BRA4.98m X 4.98 4.66
_ world Women Long Jump History. Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Cappacity: 70,000. 34 competitors from 22 nations.
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.
Qualification - Wednesday 23.07 10:00 Mark 5.30m 24 Athletes
Group A Distance Rk. 1. 2. 3. 1. Aleksandra Tshudina URS5.77m 3. 5.77 2. Shirley Cawley GBR5.73m 5. 5.73 3. Verna Johnson AUS5.58m 10. X 5.58 4. Thelma Jones BER5.55m 11. 4.99 5.25 5.55 5. Gladys Erbetta ARG5.51m 12. 5.04 X 5.51 6. Olga Gyarmati HUN5.50m 14. 5.50 7. Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska POL5.43m 18. 5.43 8. Leni Hofknecht GER5.41m 19. X 5.41 9. Yvonne Chabot-Curtet FRA5.36m 20. 5.20 5.36 10.Helena Cardoso de Menezes BRA5.33m 24. X 5.22 5.33 eliminated 11.Ursula Finger SAA5.27m 25. 5.27 X 5.09 12.Suzanne Glotin FRA5.26m 26. X X 5.26 13.Lilian Buglia ARG5.25m 27. 4.48 5.20 5.25 14.Eliane Dudal FRA5.21m 28. 5.16 5.21 5.19 15.Gretel Bolliger SUI5.14m 30. 5.07 5.12 5.14 16.Maria Piątkowska-Ilwicka POL5.09m 32. X 4.81 5.09 17.Phyllis Jones BER4.92m 33. X X 4.92
Group 2 Distance Rk. 1. 2. 3. 1. Yvette Williams NZL6.16m 1. 6.16 2. Mabel Landry USA5.88m 2. X X 5.88 3. Nina Tshurkina URS5.77m 3. 5.77 4. Wilhelmina Lust NED5.63m 6. X 5.63 5. Elfiede von Nitzsch GER5.62m 7. 5.62 5. Maire Österdahl FIN5.62m 7. 5.62 7. Irmgard Schmelzer GER5.61m 9. 5.61 8. Valentina Litujeva URS5.51m 13. 5.51 9. Adriana Millard CHI5.49m 15. 5.49 10.Greta Magnusson SWE5.45m 16. 5.17 5.45 11.Constance Willoughby GBR5.44m 17. 5.07 5.44 12.Wanda dos Santos BRA5.35m 21. 5.02 5.35 13.Ayako Yoshikawa JPN5.34m 22. 5.34 13.Dawn Josephs Can5.34m 22. 5.34 eliminated 15.Tamar Mettal ISR5.16m 29. X 5.06 5.16 15.Kathleen Russell JAM5.10m 31. 4.47 5.10 4.70 -. Rosella Thorne CanNM X X X
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