Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's long jump

Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	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
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The women's long jump event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 7 July at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.^[1][2][3]

Results[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Yvette Williams	New Zealand	19 ft 11+1⁄2 in (6.08 m)	GR
	Thelma Hopkins	Northern Ireland	19 ft 2 in (5.84 m)
	Jean Desforges	England	19 ft 2 in (5.84 m)
4	Rosella Thorne	Canada	17 ft 10+1⁄4 in (5.44 m)
5	Ann Johnson	England	17 ft 9+1⁄2 in (5.42 m)
6		Canada	17 ft 8+1⁄2 in (5.40 m)
7	Gwen Wallace	Australia	17 ft 4+3⁄4 in (5.30 m)
8		Canada	17 ft 4+3⁄4 in (5.30 m)
9	Thelma Jones	Bermuda	17 ft 2+3⁄4 in (5.25 m)
10	Edna Maskell	Northern Rhodesia	16 ft 7+3⁄4 in (5.07 m)
11	Dorothy Tyler	England	16 ft 7+1⁄4 in (5.06 m)
12		Northern Rhodesia	16 ft 4+1⁄4 in (4.98 m)
13		New Zealand	16 ft 0+1⁄2 in (4.89 m)
14		Fiji	15 ft 7+1⁄4 in (4.76 m)
		Australia	DNS
		Canada	DNS
	Patricia Devine	Scotland	DNS

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