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

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.

## 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 | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 July | Final | Yvette Williams (NZL) | 6.24 m | OR | |

## Results

### Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 5.30 advance to the Final.

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Mark |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | B | Yvette Williams | New Zealand | 6.16 OR |
| 2 | B | Mabel Landry | United States | 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 | Netherlands | 5.63 |
| 7 | B | Elfriede von Nitzsch | Germany | 5.62 |
| 7 | B | Maire Österdahl | Finland | 5.62 |
| 9 | B | Irmgard Schmelzer | Germany | 5.61 |
| 10 | A | Verna Johnston | Australia | 5.58 |
| 11 | A | Thelma Jones | Bermuda | 5.55 |
| 12 | A | Gladys Erbetta | Argentina | 5.51 |
| 13 | B | Valentina Lituyeva | Soviet Union | 5.51 |
| 14 | A | Olga Gyarmati | Hungary | 5.50 |
| 15 | B | Adriana Millard | Chile | 5.49 |
| 16 | B | Greta Magnusson | Sweden | 5.45 |
| 17 | B | Constance Willoughby | Great Britain | 5.44 |
| 18 | A | Elżbieta Krzesińska | Poland | 5.43 |
| 19 | A | Leni Hofknecht | Germany | 5.41 |
| 20 | A | Yvonne Chabot-Curtet | France | 5.36 |
| 21 | B | Wanda dos Santos | Brazil | 5.35 |
| 22 | B | Dawn Josephs | Canada | 5.34 |
| 22 | B | Ayako Yoshikawa | Japan | 5.34 |
| 24 | A | Helena de Menezes | Brazil | 5.33 |
| 25 | A | Ursel Finger | Saar | 5.27 |
| 26 | A | Suzanne Glotin | France | 5.26 |
| 27 | A | Lilián Buglia | Argentina | 5.25 |
| 28 | A | Éliane Dudal | France | 5.21 |
| 29 | B | Tamara Metal | Israel | 5.16 |
| 30 | A | Gretel Bolliger | Switzerland | 5.14 |
| 31 | B | Kathleen Russell | Jamaica | 5.10 |
| 32 | A | Maria Piątkowska | Poland | 5.09 |
| 33 | A | Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones | Bermuda | 4.92 |
| | B | Rosella Thorne | Canada | NM |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yvette Williams | New Zealand | 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 | Germany | 5.89 | 5.76 | 5.90 | x | 5.84 | x | 5.90 |
| 5 | Wilhelmina Lust | Netherlands | 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 | United States | x | x | 5.75 | | | | 5.75 |
| 8 | Verna Johnston | Australia | 5.51 | 5.60 | 5.74 | | | | 5.74 |
| 9 | Maire Österdahl | Finland | 5.62 | 5.73 | 5.70 | | | | 5.73 |
| 10 | Olga Gyarmati | Hungary | 5.48 | 5.67 | 5.60 | | | | 5.67 |
| 11 | Valentina Lituyeva | Soviet Union | 5.50 | 5.63 | 5.65 | | | | 5.65 |
| 12 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | Poland | 5.65 | 5.40 | 5.55 | | | | 5.65 |
| 13 | Adriana Millard | Chile | 5.58 | 5.56 | 5.59 | | | | 5.59 |
| 14 | Elfriede von Nitzsch | Germany | x | 5.57 | x | | | | 5.57 |
| 15 | Leni Hofknecht | Germany | 5.45 | 5.54 | 5.55 | | | | 5.55 |
| 16 | Ayako Yoshikawa | Japan | 5.54 | x | 5.38 | | | | 5.54 |
| 17 | Dawn Josephs | Canada | 5.17 | 5.47 | 5.44 | | | | 5.47 |
| 18 | Gladys Erbetta | Argentina | 5.39 | 5.40 | 5.47 | | | | 5.47 |
| 19 | Constance Willoughby | Great Britain | 5.39 | 5.44 | 5.13 | | | | 5.44 |
| 20 | Greta Magnusson | Sweden | 5.37 | 5.43 | 5.40 | | | | 5.43 |
| 21 | Wanda dos Santos | Brazil | 5.36 | 5.30 | 5.21 | | | | 5.36 |
| 22 | Thelma Jones | Bermuda | 5.33 | 5.27 | 5.31 | | | | 5.33 |
| 23 | Yvonne Chabot-Curtet | France | 5.28 | 4.94 | 5.09 | | | | 5.28 |
| 24 | Helena de Menezes | Brazil | x | 4.98 | 4.66 | | | | 4.98 |

NM — No Mark

