Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's long jump

Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sheila Hoskin England	Mary Bignal England	Bev Watson Australia

Qualifying distance: 18 ft (5.49 m)^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	Bev Watson	Australia	18 ft 11+3⁄4 in (5.78 m)	Q^[3]
?	Beverly Weigel	New Zealand	18 ft 11+3⁄4 in (5.78 m)	Q
9	Bronwen Jones	Wales	17 ft 8+3⁄4 in (5.40 m)
10	Helen Frith	Australia	17 ft 8+1⁄2 in (5.40 m)
11	Olu Onwuchekwa	Nigeria	17 ft 8+1⁄4 in (5.39 m)
12	Violet Odogwu	Nigeria	17 ft 7 in (5.36 m)
13	Florette Iyo	Nigeria	16 ft 11 in (5.16 m)
14	Sally Jones	Wales	15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)
	Maureen Rever	Canada	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Sheila Hoskin	England	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
	Mary Bignal	England	19 ft 7 in (5.97 m)
	Bev Watson	Australia	19 ft 7 in (5.97 m)
4	Jean Whitehead	England	18 ft 11+3⁄4 in (5.78 m)
5	Jessica Donaghy	New Zealand	18 ft 11 in (5.77 m)
6	Marian Needham	England	18 ft 8+1⁄4 in (5.70 m)
7	Thelma Hopkins	Northern Ireland	18 ft 2+3⁄4 in (5.56 m)
	Beverly Weigel	New Zealand	NM

^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Qualification & Final results". The Manchester Guardian. 28 July 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ Australian results

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