1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
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
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's long jump at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Jean Desforges  Great Britain
Silver	Aleksandra Chudina  Soviet Union
Bronze	Elżbieta Krzesińska  Poland

Results[]

Final[]

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jean Desforges	Great Britain	6.04	CR
	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	5.93
	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Poland	5.83
4	Erika Fisch	West Germany	5.81
5	Galina Popova	Soviet Union	5.79
6	Maria Piątkowska	Poland	5.73
7	Shirley Cawley	Great Britain	5.73
8	Maria Bibro	Poland	5.63
9		West Germany	5.63
10		West Germany	5.53
11		France	5.53
12		Romania	5.48
13		Soviet Union	5.46
14	Helga Hoffmann	Saar	5.46
15	Olga Gyarmati	Hungary	5.39
16		France	5.32
17		Sweden	5.26
18	Ursula Finger	Saar	5.24
19		Austria	5.24
20	Reinelde Knapp	Austria	5.13
21	Sheila Hoskin	Great Britain	5.06
22		Netherlands	5.03
23	Inge Eckel	Saar	4.90

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References[]