Women's long jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Date | October 13–14 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 6.82 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
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 | |
20 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 | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The Women's long jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.[1]
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Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times. At least the top twelve athletes (including ties) moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Mary Rand (GBR) | 6.76 m | Tokyo, Japan | October 14, 1964 |
Olympic record |
Results
Qualifying round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 6.35m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q). Ties between jumpers were broken by comparing their second best marks.
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | X | 6.54 | – | 6.54 | Q |
2 | B | Berit Berthelsen | Norway | 6.32 | 6.48 | – | 6.48 | Q |
3 | B | Viorica Viscopoleanu | Romania | 6.48 | – | – | 6.48 | Q |
4 | A | Violet Odogwu | Nigeria | 6.45 | 6.09 | – | 6.45 | Q |
5 | B | Mirosława Sarna | Poland | 6.32 | 6.44 | – | 6.44 | Q |
6 | B | Willye White | United States | 6.17 | 6.42 | – | 6.42 | Q |
7 | A | Sheila Sherwood | Great Britain | 6.42 | – | – | 6.42 | Q |
8 | B | Ingrid Becker | West Germany | 6.25 | 6.40 | – | 6.40 | Q |
9 | A | Bärbel Löhnert | East Germany | 6.35 | – | – | 6.35 | Q |
10 | A | Tatyana Talysheva | Soviet Union | 6.34 | 6.30 | 6.28 | 6.34 | q |
11 | A | Maureen Barton | Great Britain | 6.27 | X | 6.34 | 6.34 | q |
12 | A | Martha Watson | United States | 6.30 | 6.18 | 5.99 | 6.30 | q |
13 | B | Burghild Wieczorek | East Germany | 6.28 | 6.30 | 6.15 | 6.30 | q |
14 | B | Ann Wilson | Great Britain | 6.10 | 5.85 | 6.30 | 6.30 | q |
15 | B | Manon Bornholdt | West Germany | 6.27 | 6.09 | X | 6.27 | |
16 | A | Irena Szewińska | Poland | X | 6.19 | X | 6.19 | |
17 | B | Marcia Garbey | Cuba | 5.55 | 6.14 | X | 6.14 | |
18 | A | Etelka Kispál | Hungary | 5.98 | 5.93 | X | 5.98 | |
19 | B | Helēna Ringa | Soviet Union | X | 5.84 | X | 5.84 | |
20 | A | Mercedes Román | Mexico | 5.75 | X | 5.72 | 5.75 | |
21 | A | Gunilla Cederström | Sweden | X | 5.57 | 5.72 | 5.72 | |
22 | A | Alice Anum | Ghana | 5.57 | 5.43 | 5.61 | 5.61 | |
23 | B | Lin Chun-yu | Taiwan | 5.23 | X | 5.59 | 5.59 | |
24 | A | Jean Robotham | Costa Rica | 4.75 | 4.55 | 4.40 | 4.75 | |
— | A | Sieglinde Ammann | Switzerland | X | X | X | NM | |
— | B | Cecilia Sosa | El Salvador | X | X | X | NM | |
— | B | Joan Hendry | Canada | X | X | X | NM |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Viorica Viscopoleanu | Romania | 6.82 | X | 6.64 | 6.54 | 6.52 | 6.57 | 6.82 | WR | |
Sheila Sherwood | Great Britain | 6.60 | X | 6.50 | 6.59 | 6.68 | 6.61 | 6.68 | ||
Tatyana Talysheva | Soviet Union | 6.55 | 6.66 | 5.38 | 6.38 | 4.49 | X | 6.66 | ||
4 | Burghild Wieczorek | East Germany | X | 6.48 | 6.45 | 6.33 | 6.42 | 6.25 | 6.48 | |
5 | Mirosława Sarna | Poland | 6.47 | X | 4.98 | 6.44 | 6.31 | 6.45 | 6.47 | |
6 | Ingrid Becker | West Germany | X | 6.32 | X | 6.43 | X | 6.27 | 6.43 | |
7 | Berit Berthelsen | Norway | 6.38 | 6.40 | 6.27 | 6.22 | X | 6.32 | 6.40 | |
8 | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | X | X | 6.24 | 6.05 | 6.37 | 6.40 | 6.40 | |
9 | Violet Odogwu | Nigeria | 6.23 | 5.89 | 6.15 | — | 6.23 | |||
10 | Martha Watson | United States | 6.20 | X | 6.06 | — | 6.20 | |||
11 | Willye White | United States | 6.01 | 5.44 | 6.08 | — | 6.08 | |||
12 | Maureen Barton | Great Britain | 5.93 | X | 5.95 | — | 5.95 | |||
13 | Ann Wilson | Great Britain | X | 5.90 | 5.59 | — | 5.90 | |||
14 | Bärbel Löhnert | East Germany | X | X | 4.49 | — | 4.49 |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
External links
- Official Olympic Report[permanent dead link], la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 16, 2012.