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

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)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 4 August 1948 | 11:00 | Qualifications |
| Wednesday, 4 August 1948 | 16:30 | Finals |

## 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 | Neeltje Karelse | Netherlands | 5.360 | Q |
| 9 | Maria Oberbreyer | 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 | |
| - | Lillian Young | United States | NM | |

### Final standings

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Olga Gyarmati | Hungary | 5.695 | OR |
| | Noemí Simonetto | Argentina | 5.600 | |
| | Ann-Britt Leyman | Sweden | 5.575 | |
| 4 | Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs | Netherlands | 5.570 | |
| 5 | Neeltje 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 | 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

