| | Event type
Long Jump, Women
| Date | 27 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Participants | 19 from 11 countries |
Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) had finished third at the 1954 European Championships. In Melbourne she took the lead in round one with 6.20 (20-4¼), and equaled her own world record in round two with 6.35 (20-10), winning easily. America’s Willye White went 6.06 (19-10¾) in the third round to move into second. But in round five, Nadezhda Dvalishvili jumped 6.07 (19-11) to take over second spot, only to see White take back the silver medal in the final round with 6.09 (19-11¾).
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 530 | Elżbieta Krzesińska |  POL | 6.13w (1) | 6.35 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 548 | Willye White |  USA | 6.00 (2) | 6.09 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 551 | Nadezhda Dvalishvili |  URS | 5.95w (3) | 6.07 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 543 | Erika Fisch |  GER | 5.78w (9) | 5.89w (4) | |||
| 5 | 523 | Marthe Lambert |  FRA | 5.79 (8) | 5.88 (5) | |||
| 6 | 550 | Valentina Shaprunova | URS | 5.86w (4) | 5.85 (6) | |||
| 7 | 547 | Beverly Weigel |  NZL | 5.79 (7) | 5.85 (7) | |||
| 8 | 538 | Nancy Borwick |  AUS | 5.80w (5) | 5.82 (8) | |||
| 9 | 499 | Maria Kusion | POL | 5.80 (6) | 5.79 (9) | |||
| 10 | 542 | Helga Hoffmann | GER | 5.73 (11) | 5.73w (10) | |||
| 11 | 661 | Olga Gyarmati |  HUN | 5.76w (10) | 5.66 (11) | |||
| 12 | 515 | Genowefa Minicka | POL | 5.72 (12) | 5.64 (12) | |||
| 13 r1/2 | 546 | Yoshie Takahashi |  JPN | 5.68 (13) | – | |||
| 14 r1/2 | 540 | Erica Willis | AUS | 5.64 (14) | – | |||
| 15 r1/2 | 545 | Thelma Hopkins |  GBR | 5.59w (15) | – | |||
| 16 r1/2 | 539 | Margaret Johnson | AUS | 5.59 (16) | – | |||
| 17 r1/2 | 541 | Dorothy Kozak |  CAN | 5.50 (17) | – | |||
| 18 r1/2 | 549 | Margaret Matthews | USA | 5.12 (18) | – | |||
| 19 r1/2 | 544 | Sheila Hoskin | GBR | – (19) | – | |||
| 690 | Reinelde Knapp |  AUT | – ( | – | ||||
| 474 | Maureen Rever | CAN | – ( | – | ||||
| 508 | Galina Popova | URS | – ( | – |
Qualifying Round (27 November 1956 — 10:00)
All those reaching 5.70 metres advanced to the final.
| Pos | Ord | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | POL | 6.13w | 6.13 (+2.5) | – | – | |||
| 2 | 7 | Willye White | USA | 6.00 | 6.00 (-1.0) | – | – | |||
| 3 | 18 | Nadezhda Dvalishvili | URS | 5.95w | 5.95 (+4.0) | – | – | |||
| 4 | 3 | Valentina Shaprunova | URS | 5.86w | 5.86 (+5.5) | – | – | |||
| 5 | 4 | Nancy Borwick | AUS | 5.80w | 5.80 (+2.5) | – | – | |||
| 6 | 20 | Maria Kusion | POL | 5.80 | 5.80 (+1.0) | – | – | |||
| 7 | 12 | Beverly Weigel | NZL | 5.79 | 5.79 (+0.0) | – | – | |||
| 8 | 1 | Marthe Lambert | FRA | 5.79 | 5.79 (+2.0) | – | – | |||
| 9 | 15 | Erika Fisch | GER | 5.78w | 5.78 (+3.0) | – | – | |||
| 10 | 8 | Olga Gyarmati | HUN | 5.76w | 5.76 (+4.0) | – | – | |||
| 11 | 9 | Helga Hoffmann | GER | 5.73 | 5.73 (+1.0) | – | – | |||
| 12 | 22 | Genowefa Minicka | POL | 5.72 | 5.72 (-0.5) | – | – | |||
| 13 | 11 | Yoshie Takahashi | JPN | 5.68 | 5.66 | × | 5.68 (-1.0) | |||
| 14 | 10 | Erica Willis | AUS | 5.64 | × | 5.57 | 5.64 (+2.0) | |||
| 15 | 21 | Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 5.59w | 5.56 | 5.13 | 5.59 (+4.0) | |||
| 16 | 16 | Margaret Johnson | AUS | 5.59 | 5.38 | 5.50 | 5.59 (0.0) | |||
| 17 | 5 | Dorothy Kozak | CAN | 5.50 | 5.40 | 5.41 | 5.50 (0.0) | |||
| 18 | 19 | Margaret Matthews | USA | 5.12 | × | × | 5.12 (+1.2) | |||
| 19 | 6 | Sheila Hoskin | GBR | – | × | × | × | |||
| 13 | Reinelde Knapp | AUT | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 17 | Maureen Rever | CAN | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Galina Popova | URS | – | – | – | – |
Final Round (27 November 1956 — 16:05)
| Pos | Ord | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | POL | 6.35 | 6.20 (+2.0) | 6.35 (+0.6) | × | × | 6.02 | × | |||
| 2 | 5 | Willye White | USA | 6.09 | 5.96 | 5.91 | 6.06 | 5.95 | 5.96 | 6.09 | |||
| 3 | 10 | Nadezhda Dvalishvili | URS | 6.07 | 6.00 | 5.81 | × | 5.91 | 6.07 | 5.98 | |||
| 4 | 9 | Erika Fisch | GER | 5.89w | 5.89w (+3.5) | 5.62 (+1.0) | 5.75 | 5.63 | 5.49 | × | |||
| 5 | 1 | Marthe Lambert | FRA | 5.88 | 5.88 (+2.0) | 5.80 | 5.78 | × | 4.35 | 5.77 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Valentina Shaprunova | URS | 5.85 | 5.85 (+1.0) | 5.69 | 5.61 | 5.52 | 5.82 | 5.76 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Beverly Weigel | NZL | 5.85 | 5.85 (0.0) | 5.66 | 5.68 | × | × | 5.72 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Nancy Borwick | AUS | 5.82 | 5.71 | 5.82 (+1.0) | 5.47 | – | – | – | |||
| 9 | 11 | Maria Kusion | POL | 5.79 | 5.74 | 5.72 | 5.79 (0.0) | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | 7 | Helga Hoffmann | GER | 5.73w | 5.73w (+2.5) | 5.70 | 5.58 (0.0) | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | 6 | Olga Gyarmati | HUN | 5.66 | 5.66 (0.0) | 5.45 | 5.63 | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | 12 | Genowefa Minicka | POL | 5.64 | × | 5.64 (+2.0) | 5.62 | – | – | – |