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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
DateOctober 13–14
Competitors27 from 19 nations
Winning distance6.82 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viorica Viscopoleanu
 Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sheila Sherwood
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Talysheva
 Soviet Union
← 1964
1972 →

The Women's long jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.[1]

Competition format

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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

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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

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Qualifying round

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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
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

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Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viorica Viscopoleanu  Romania 6.82 X 6.64 6.54 6.52 6.57 6.82 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sheila Sherwood  Great Britain 6.60 X 6.50 6.59 6.68 6.61 6.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ "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.
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