Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	14 October
Competitors	32 from 20 nations
Medalists
Mary Rand   Great Britain   Irena Kirszenstein   Poland   Tatyana Schelkanova   Soviet Union

Official Video Highlights

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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 was one of two women's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October 1964. 32 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 6.00 metres. Each jumper had three opportunities.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3
1	Mary Rand	Great Britain	6.52 metres OR		6.52	—
2	Helga Hoffmann	United Team of Germany	6.44 metres		6.44	—
3	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	6.43 metres		5.80	6.43	—
4	Ingrid Becker	United Team of Germany	6.37 metres		6.37	—
	Viorica Viscopoleanu	Romania	6.37 metres		X	6.37	—
6	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	6.32 metres		X	6.32	—
	Tatyana Schelkanova	Soviet Union	6.32 metres		6.32	—
8	Hildrun Laufer	United Team of Germany	6.28 metres		X	6.28	—
	Willye White	United States	6.28 metres		6.28	—
10	Maria Vittoria Trio	Italy	6.18 metres		6.18	—
11	Diana Jorgova	Bulgaria	6.11 metres		X	X	6.11
12	Tatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	6.08 metres		6.08	—
13	Sheila Parkin	Great Britain	6.04 metres		6.04	—
14	Oddrun Hokland	Norway	6.03 metres		5.90	5.93	6.03
15	Johanna Bijleveld	Netherlands	6.02 metres		X	6.02	—
16	Aida Chuiko	Soviet Union	6.00 metres		5.71	5.88	6.00
	Alix Jamieson	Great Britain	6.00 metres		6.00	—
18	Martha Watson	United States	5.94 metres		X	5.94	5.88
19	Joann Grissom	United States	5.91 metres		5.65	5.59	5.91
20	Nina Hansen	Denmark	5.89 metres		5.89	5.73	5.58
21	Kishimoto Sachiko	Japan	5.87 metres		5.87	5.80	5.70
22	Helen Frith	Australia	5.83 metres		5.83	5.71	5.83
23	Skultety Kispal	Hungary	5.69 metres		5.69	5.64	5.48
24	Chi Cheng	Taiwan	5.67 metres		5.67	5.64	X
25	Koumaru Emiko	Japan	5.66 metres		5.26	5.44	5.66
26	Evelia Farina	Argentina	5.57 metres		5.56	5.39	5.57
27	Lolita Lagrosas	Philippines	5.52 metres		5.18	5.52	5.19
28	Alice Anum	Ghana	5.45 metres		5.45	5.27	4.80
	Han Jook Hee	South Korea	5.45 metres		5.38	5.45	5.25
30	Alicia Kaufmanas	Argentina	5.29 metres		X	X	5.29
31	Simin Safa-Mehr	Iran	5.06 metres		5.06	4.99	4.80
—	Pam Kilborn	Australia	Did not start		—

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Jump 4	Jump 5	Jump 6
1	Mary Rand	Great Britain	6.76 metres WR		6.59	6.56	6.57	6.63	6.76	6.61
2	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	6.60 metres		5.86	6.43	6.56	6.03	6.60	X
3	Tatyana Schelkanova	Soviet Union	6.42 metres		6.21	6.09	6.42	6.34	6.39	X
4	Ingrid Becker	United Team of Germany	6.40 metres		5.97	6.24	6.34	6.25	6.38	6.40
5	Viorica Viscopoleanu	Romania	6.35 metres		X	6.35	X	6.32	X	6.32
6	Diana Jorgova	Bulgaria	6.24 metres		6.24	6.01	6.21	X	5.63	6.06
7	Hildrun Laufer	United Team of Germany	6.24 metres		6.06	6.24	6.04
8	Helga Hoffmann	United Team of Germany	6.23 metres		6.03	6.23	X
9	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	6.19 metres		6.19	X	6.03
10	Tatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	6.18 metres		6.18	6.04	6.03
11	Aida Chuiko	Soviet Union	6.13 metres		6.13	5.53	X
12	Willye White	United States	6.07 metres		5.90	5.65	6.07
13	Sheila Parkin	Great Britain	6.04 metres		4.77	X	6.04
14	Maria Vittoria Trio	Italy	5.98 metres		X	5.98	5.82
15	Johanna Bijleveld	Netherlands	5.93 metres		5.77	5.88	5.93
16	Oddrun Hokland	Norway	5.68 metres		5.54	5.61	5.68
17	Alix Jamieson	Great Britain	5.65 metres		5.64	5.65	X

References

• Official Report