Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Women's long jump; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Date	July 23
Competitors	34 from 22 nations
Winning distance	6.24 OR
Medalists
	← 1948 1956 →

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.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	6.25 m	Leiden, Netherlands	19 September 1943
Olympic record	Olga Gyarmati (HUN)	5.69 m	London, United Kingdom	4 August 1948

The following new Olympic records was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Zeit	OR	WR
23 July	Final	Yvette Williams (NZL)	6.24 m	OR

Qualifying Performance 5.30 advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Mark
1	B	Yvette Williams	Neuseeland	6.16 OR
2	B	Mabel Landry	Vereinigte Staaten	5.88
3	A	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	5.77
4	B	Nina Tyurkina	Soviet Union	5.77
5	A	Shirley Cawley	Great Britain	5.73
6	B	Wilhelmina Lust	Niederlande	5.63
7	B	Elfriede von Nitzsch	Deutschland	5.62
7	B	Maire Österdahl	Finnland	5.62
9	B	Irmgard Schmelzer	Deutschland	5.61
10	A	Verna Johnston	Australien	5.58
11	A	Thelma Jones	Bermuda	5.55
12	A	Gladys Erbetta	Argentinien	5.51
13	B	Valentina Lituyeva	Soviet Union	5.51
14	A	Olga Gyarmati	Ungarn	5.50
15	B	Adriana Millard	Chile	5.49
16	B	Greta Magnusson	Schweden	5.45
17	B	Constance Willoughby	Great Britain	5.44
18	A	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Polen	5.43
19	A	Leni Hofknecht	Deutschland	5.41
20	A	Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	Frankreich	5.36
21	B	Wanda dos Santos	Brasilien	5.35
22	B	Dawn Josephs	Kanada	5.34
22	B	Ayako Yoshikawa	Japan	5.34
24	A	Helena de Menezes	Brasilien	5.33
25	A	Ursel Finger	Saar	5.27
26	A	Suzanne Glotin	Frankreich	5.26
27	A	Lilián Buglia	Argentinien	5.25
28	A	Éliane Dudal	Frankreich	5.21
29	B	Tamara Metal	Israel	5.16
30	A	Gretel Bolliger	Schweiz	5.14
31	B	Kathleen Russell	Jamaika	5.10
32	A	Maria Piątkowska	Polen	5.09
33	A	Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones	Bermuda	4.92
	B	Rosella Thorne	Kanada	NM

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Yvette Williams	Neuseeland	x	x	5.90	6.24	6.11	5.99	6.24 OR
	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	5.99	6.14	5.74	5.90	5.95	6.07	6.14
	Shirley Cawley	Great Britain	5.92	x	5.53	5.46	5.78	5.82	5.92
4	Irmgard Schmelzer	Deutschland	5.89	5.76	5.90	x	5.84	x	5.90
5	Wilhelmina Lust	Niederlande	5.68	5.65	5.79	x	5.81	x	5.81
6	Nina Tyurkina	Soviet Union	5.61	5.81	5.76	5.52	x	x	5.81
7	Mabel Landry	Vereinigte Staaten	x	x	5.75				5.75
8	Verna Johnston	Australien	5.51	5.60	5.74				5.74
9	Maire Österdahl	Finnland	5.62	5.73	5.70				5.73
10	Olga Gyarmati	Ungarn	5.48	5.67	5.60				5.67
11	Valentina Lituyeva	Soviet Union	5.50	5.63	5.65				5.65
12	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Polen	5.65	5.40	5.55				5.65
13	Adriana Millard	Chile	5.58	5.56	5.59				5.59
14	Elfriede von Nitzsch	Deutschland	x	5.57	x				5.57
15	Leni Hofknecht	Deutschland	5.45	5.54	5.55				5.55
16	Ayako Yoshikawa	Japan	5.54	x	5.38				5.54
17	Dawn Josephs	Kanada	5.17	5.47	5.44				5.47
18	Gladys Erbetta	Argentinien	5.39	5.40	5.47				5.47
19	Constance Willoughby	Great Britain	5.39	5.44	5.13				5.44
20	Greta Magnusson	Schweden	5.37	5.43	5.40				5.43
21	Wanda dos Santos	Brasilien	5.36	5.30	5.21				5.36
22	Thelma Jones	Bermuda	5.33	5.27	5.31				5.33
23	Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	Frankreich	5.28	4.94	5.09				5.28
24	Helena de Menezes	Brasilien	x	4.98	4.66				4.98

NM — No Mark

^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2017.