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Long Jump, Women

Date	13 – 14 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants	27 from 19 countries

The rarified air of Ciudad de México had the pundits expecting a world record and they were not disappointed. The favorites should have been the 1966 champions at the Europeans and Commonwealth Games – Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein (POL) and defending gold medalist Mary Rand (GBR) – but neither competed in the long jump in México. This left the field somewhat open and in round one Romania’s Viorica Viscopoleanu jumped a world record 6.82 (22-4½) and that settled the gold medal. The other medalists were also settled in round one. Sheila Sherwood (GBR) jumped 6.60 (21-8), bettering that in round five with 6.68 (21-11) for the silver; while Soviet Tatyana Talysheva jumped 6.55 (21-6) in round one and went 6.66 (21-10¼) in round two for her bronze medal winning leap.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	216	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROU	6.48 (3)	6.82 (1)	Gold	WR
2	139	Sheila Sherwood	GBR	6.42 (7)	6.68 (2)	Silver
3	245	Tatyana Talysheva	URS	6.34 (10)	6.66 (3)	Bronze
4	30	Burghild Wieczorek	GDR	6.30 (13)	6.48 (4)
5	204	Mirosława Sarna	POL	6.44 (5)	6.47 (5)
6	1	Ingrid Becker	FRG	6.40 (8)	6.43 (6)
7	198	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	6.48 (2)	6.40 (7)
8	11	Heide Rosendahl	FRG	6.54 (1)	6.40 (8)
9	196	Violet Odogwu	NGR	6.45 (4)	6.23 (9)
10	107	Martha Rae Watson	USA	6.30 (12)	6.20 (10)
11	108	Willye White	USA	6.42 (6)	6.08 (11)
12	125	Maureen Barton	GBR	6.34 (11)	5.95 (12)
13	144	Ann Wilson	GBR	6.30 (14)	5.90 (13)
14	23	Bärbel Löhnert	GDR	6.35 (9)	4.49 (14)
15 r1/2	3	Manon Bornholdt	FRG	6.27 (15)	–
16 r1/2	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	6.19 (16)	–
17 r1/2	67	Marcia Garbey	CUB	6.14 (17)	–
18 r1/2	159	Etelka Kispál	HUN	5.98 (18)	–
19 r1/2	241	Helēna Ringa	URS	5.84 (19)	–
20 r1/2	190	Mercedes Román	MEX	5.75 (20)	–
21 r1/2	217	Gunilla Cederström	SWE	5.72 (21)	–
22 r1/2	124	Alice Annum	GHA	5.61 (22)	–
23 r1/2	224	Lin Chun-Yu	TPE	5.59 (23)	–
24 r1/2	64	Jean Robotham	CRC	4.75 (24)	–
AC r1/2	57	Joan Hendry	CAN	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	83	Cecilia Sosa	ESA	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	221	Sieglinde Ammann	SUI	– (NM)	–
DNS	31	Alicia Kaufmanas	ARG	– (DNS)	–
DNS	80	Nina Hansen	DEN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	175	Maria Vittoria Trio	ITA	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	13 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	11	Heide Rosendahl	FRG	6.54	0.0	–	Q
2	198	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	6.48	0.0	6.32	Q
3	216	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROU	6.48	0.0	p	Q
4	196	Violet Odogwu	NGR	6.45	0.0	–	Q
5	204	Mirosława Sarna	POL	6.44	0.0	–	Q
6	108	Willye White	USA	6.42	-1.2	6.17	Q
7	139	Sheila Sherwood	GBR	6.42	0.0	p	Q
8	1	Ingrid Becker	FRG	6.40	0.0	–	Q
9	23	Bärbel Löhnert	GDR	6.35	0.0	–	Q
10	245	Tatyana Talysheva	URS	6.34	-1.0	6.30	q
11	125	Maureen Barton	GBR	6.34	0.0	6.27	q
12	107	Martha Rae Watson	USA	6.30	-1.0	6.18	q
13	30	Burghild Wieczorek	GDR	6.30	0.0	6.15	q
14	144	Ann Wilson	GBR	6.30	0.0	6.10	q
15	3	Manon Bornholdt	FRG	6.27	0.0	–
16	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	6.19	+0.1	–
17	67	Marcia Garbey	CUB	6.14	0.0	–
18	159	Etelka Kispál	HUN	5.98	0.0	–
19	241	Helēna Ringa	URS	5.84	0.0	–
20	190	Mercedes Román	MEX	5.75	+2.0	–
21	217	Gunilla Cederström	SWE	5.72	0.0	–
22	124	Alice Annum	GHA	5.61	0.0	–
23	224	Lin Chun-Yu	TPE	5.59	-1.4	–
24	64	Jean Robotham	CRC	4.75	-1.6	–
NM	221	Sieglinde Ammann	SUI	–	–	–
NM	83	Cecilia Sosa	ESA	–	–	–
NM	57	Joan Hendry	CAN	–	–	–
DNS	80	Nina Hansen	DEN	–	–	–
DNS	31	Alicia Kaufmanas	ARG	–	–	–
DNS	175	Maria Vittoria Trio	ITA	–	–	–

Group A

Date	13 October 1968

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	7	Heide Rosendahl	FRG	6.54	0.0	–	x (-)	6.54 (0.0)	p	Q
2	4	Violet Odogwu	NGR	6.45	0.0	–	6.45 (0.0)	6.09 (0.0)	p	Q
3	12	Sheila Sherwood	GBR	6.42	0.0	–	6.42 (0.0)	p	p	Q
4	2	Bärbel Löhnert	GDR	6.35	0.0	–	6.35 (0.0)	p	p	Q
5	10	Tatyana Talysheva	URS	6.34	-1.0	6.30	6.34 (-0.5)	6.30 (-3.0)	6.28 (-1.0)	q
6	9	Maureen Barton	GBR	6.34	0.0	6.27	6.27 (-2.0)	x (-)	6.34 (0.0)	q
7	6	Martha Rae Watson	USA	6.30	-1.0	–	6.30 (-1.0)	6.18 (+0.2)	5.99 (-1.0)	q
8	1	Irena Szewińska	POL	6.19	+0.1	–	x (-)	6.19 (+0.1)	x (-)
9	3	Etelka Kispál	HUN	5.98	0.0	–	5.98 (0.0)	5.93 (0.0)	x (-)
10	15	Mercedes Román	MEX	5.75	+2.0	–	5.75 (0.0)	x (-)	5.72 (+2.0)
11	8	Gunilla Cederström	SWE	5.72	0.0	–	x (-)	5.57 (-1.4)	5.72 (0.0)
12	13	Alice Annum	GHA	5.61	0.0	–	5.57 (0.0)	5.43 (-2.2)	5.61 (0.0)
13	5	Jean Robotham	CRC	4.75	-1.6	–	4.75 (0.0)	4.55 (0.0)	4.40 (-1.6)
NM	11	Sieglinde Ammann	SUI	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
DNS	14	Nina Hansen	DEN	–	–	–	–	–	–

Group B

Date	13 October 1968

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	7	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	6.48	0.0	6.32	6.32 (-1.0)	6.48 (0.0)	p	Q
2	2	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROU	6.48	0.0	p	6.48 (0.0)	p	p	Q
3	9	Mirosława Sarna	POL	6.44	0.0	–	6.32 (0.0)	6.44 (0.0)	p	Q
4	11	Willye White	USA	6.42	-1.2	–	6.17 (0.0)	6.42 (-1.2)	p	Q
5	10	Ingrid Becker	FRG	6.40	0.0	–	6.25 (0.0)	6.40 (0.0)	p	Q
6	6	Burghild Wieczorek	GDR	6.30	0.0	6.15	6.28 (-0.6)	6.30 (0.0)	6.15 (0.0)	q
7	1	Ann Wilson	GBR	6.30	0.0	6.10	6.10 (-1.3)	5.85 (-0.1)	6.30 (0.0)	q
8	12	Manon Bornholdt	FRG	6.27	0.0	–	6.27 (0.0)	6.09 (0.0)	x (-)
9	5	Marcia Garbey	CUB	6.14	0.0	–	5.55 (0.0)	6.14 (0.0)	x (-)
10	4	Helēna Ringa	URS	5.84	0.0	–	x (-)	5.84 (0.0)	x (-)
11	15	Lin Chun-Yu	TPE	5.59	-1.4	–	5.23 (0.0)	x (-)	5.59 (-1.4)
NM	3	Cecilia Sosa	ESA	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
NM	14	Joan Hendry	CAN	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
DNS	8	Alicia Kaufmanas	ARG	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	13	Maria Vittoria Trio	ITA	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	14 October 1968 — 16:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #4 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #5 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #6 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	6	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROU	6.82	0.0	–	6.82 (0.0)	x (-)	6.64 (-1.3)	6.54 (0.0)	6.52 (-1.6)	6.57 (0.0)	WR
2	5	Sheila Sherwood	GBR	6.68	-0.6	–	6.60 (+0.6)	x (-)	6.50 (-2.1)	6.59 (0.0)	6.68 (-0.6)	6.61 (-0.2)
3	3	Tatyana Talysheva	URS	6.66	0.0	–	6.55 (0.0)	6.66 (0.0)	5.38 (-2.1)	6.38 (-1.0)	4.49 (-1.1)	x (-)
4	4	Burghild Wieczorek	GDR	6.48	0.0	–	x (-)	6.48 (0.0)	6.45 (-2.1)	6.33 (-1.0)	6.42 (-1.2)	6.25 (-3.2)
5	10	Mirosława Sarna	POL	6.47	-2.0	–	6.47 (-2.0)	x (-)	4.98 (0.0)	6.44 (0.0)	6.31 (-1.6)	6.45 (-0.2)
6	12	Ingrid Becker	FRG	6.43	+1.0	–	x (-)	6.32 (0.0)	x (-)	6.43 (+1.0)	x (-)	6.27 (-1.0)
7	13	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	6.40	0.0	6.38	6.38 (0.0)	6.40 (0.0)	6.27 (0.0)	6.22 (0.0)	x (-)	6.32 (0.0)
8	9	Heide Rosendahl	FRG	6.40	-1.2	6.37	x (-)	x (-)	6.24 (-0.8)	6.05 (+1.1)	6.37 (0.0)	6.40 (-1.2)
9	2	Violet Odogwu	NGR	6.23	0.0	–	6.23 (0.0)	5.89 (0.0)	6.15 (0.0)	–	–	–
10	14	Martha Rae Watson	USA	6.20	0.0	–	6.20 (0.0)	x (-)	6.06 (0.0)	–	–	–
11	11	Willye White	USA	6.08	-3.0	–	6.01 (0.0)	5.44 (0.0)	6.08 (-3.0)	–	–	–
12	7	Maureen Barton	GBR	5.95	-0.1	–	5.93 (-0.1)	x (-)	5.95 (-0.1)	–	–	–
13	1	Ann Wilson	GBR	5.90	0.0	–	x (-)	5.90 (0.0)	5.59 (0.0)	–	–	–
14	8	Bärbel Löhnert	GDR	4.49	0.0	–	x (-)	x (-)	4.49 (0.0)	–	–	–