Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 4 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
Olga Gyarmati Hungary   Noemí Simonetto Argentina   Ann-Britt Leyman Sweden

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's long jump event was, for the first time, part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4, 1948. The final was won by Hungarian Olga Gyarmati.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World record was as follows.

World record

Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)

6.25 m

Leiden, Netherlands

19 September 1943

Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
4 August	Final	Olga Gyarmati (HUN)	5.695	OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Qualifying Round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 5.30m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	France	5.640	Q OR
2	Kathleen Russell	Jamaica	5.610	Q
3	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	Argentina	5.560	Q
4	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	5.470	Q
5	Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs	Netherlands	5.440	Q
6	Vinton Beckett	Jamaica	5.435	Q
7	Olga Gyarmati	Hungary	5.430	Q
8	Nel Karelse	Netherlands	5.360	Q
9	Maria Overbreyer-Trösch	Austria	5.350	Q
10	Ilse Steinegger	Austria	5.300	Q
11	Judy Canty	Australia	5.290	q
11	Emma Reed	United States	5.290	q
13	Kaisa Parviainen	Finland	5.270
14	Silvana Pierucci	Italy	5.235
15	Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones	United States	5.230
16	Elaine Silburn	Canada	5.220
17	Henryka Słomczewska-Nowak	Poland	5.180
17	Jean Walraven	United States	5.180
19	Margaret Erskine	Great Britain	5.140
20	Lorna Lee	Great Britain	5.120
20	Gertrudes Morg	Brazil	5.120
22	June Maston	Australia	5.060
23	Joan Shepherd	Great Britain	5.005
24	Marguerite Martel	France	4.950
25	Milly Ludwig	Luxembourg	4.505
26 !-	Lillian Young	United States	0.000 !NM

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
01 !	Olga Gyarmati	Hungary	5.695	OR
02 !	Noemí Simonetto	Argentina	5.600
03 !	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	5.575
4	Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs	Netherlands	5.570
5	Nel Karelse	Netherlands	5.545
6	Kathleen Russell	Jamaica	5.495
7	Judy Canty	Australia	5.380
8	Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	France	5.350
9	Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch	Austria	5.240
10	Ilse Steinegger	Austria	5.195
11	Vinton Beckett	Jamaica	5.145
12	Emma Reed	United States	4.845

Key: OR = Olympic record

External links

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Women's long jump, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-09-23.
• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.