Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 31
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vera Kolashnikova
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elżbieta Krzesińska
 Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hildrun Claus
 United Team of Germany
← 1956
1964 →

The women's long jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31.[1]

Results[]

Top 12 jumpers and all ties plus all jumpers reaching 5.80 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying[]

Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 Notes
1 Mary Bignal  Great Britain 6.33 foul 6.33 pass
2 Hildrun Claus  United Team of Germany 6.21 6.21 pass pass
3 Vera Kolashnikova  Soviet Union 6.14 6.14 pass pass
4 Elżbieta Krzesińska  Poland 6.13 6.13 pass pass
5 Beverly Weigel  New Zealand 6.12 foul 6.12 pass
6 Willye White  United States 6.07 6.07 pass pass
7 Renate Junker  United Team of Germany 6.00 6.00 pass pass
8 Helen Frith  Australia 5.98 5.98 pass pass
9 Madeleine Thétu  France 5.96 5.74 5.96 foul
10 Maria Piątkowska  Poland 5.95 5.95 pass pass
11 Maria Kusion  Poland 5.92 5.92 foul foul
12 Helga Hoffmann  United Team of Germany 5.90 5.62 foul 5.90
13 Joke Bijleveld  Netherlands 5.90 5.90 pass pass
14 Fumiko Ito  Japan 5.88 5.71 5.88 foul
15 Brita Johansson  Finland 5.84 5.65 5.84 foul
16 Liudmyla Radchenko  Soviet Union 5.83 5.70 5.83 pass
17 Christina Persighetti  Great Britain 5.82 5.82 pass pass
18T Norma Croker  Australia 5.80 5.80 pass pass
18T Valentina Shaprunova  Soviet Union 5.80 5.80 pass pass
20 Akiko Fukuda  Japan 5.78 5.78 foul foul
21 Piera Tizzoni  Italy 5.65 5.63 foul 5.65
22 Vlasta Přikrylová  Czechoslovakia 5.64 5.64 5.57 foul
23 Sylvia Mitchell  Australia 5.60 5.47 5.20 5.60
24 Visitación Badana  Philippines 5.59 5.38 5.59 foul
25 Lin Chau-tai  Formosa 5.51 5.51 4.54 5.10
26 Yasuko Kimura  Japan 5.45 foul foul 5.45
27 Sally McCallum  Canada 5.22 4.97 foul 5.22
28 Ilana Karaszyk  Israel 5.08 4.78 4.92 5.08
29 Aycan Önel  Turkey 4.97 4.97 4.92 4.84
- Annie Smith  United States - foul foul foul NM

Final[]

Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vera Kolashnikova  Soviet Union 6.37 6.17 6.01 6.22 6.37 OR 6.17 foul OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elżbieta Krzesińska  Poland 6.27 foul 6.17 foul 6.25 foul 6.27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hildrun Claus  United Team of Germany 6.21 6.21 6.18 foul foul 6.13 6.11
4 Renate Junker  United Team of Germany 6.19 6.17 5.94 6.05 6.19 6.11 6.10
5 Liudmyla Radchenko  Soviet Union 6.16 5.99 6.00 6.16 5.83 5.91 5.90
6 Helga Hoffmann  United Team of Germany 6.11 6.02 5.88 6.11 foul foul 6.09
7 Joke Bijleveld  Netherlands 6.11 6.11 foul foul
8 Valentina Shaprunova  Soviet Union 6.01 6.01 5.95 5.77
9 Mary Bignal  Great Britain 6.01 foul foul 6.01
10 Beverly Weigel  New Zealand 5.98 5.98 5.81 5.91
11 Maria Piątkowska  Poland 5.98 5.98 5.67 5.86
12 Fumiko Ito  Japan 5.98 5.82 5.98 5.74
13 Maria Kusion  Poland 5.86 5.86 5.50 foul
14 Madeleine Thétu  France 5.85 5.73 5.85 5.83
15 Norma Croker  Australia 5.82 5.82 5.64 5.75
16 Willye White  United States 5.77 5.77 foul 5.28
17 Helen Frith  Australia 5.62 foul 5.62 5.61
18 Brita Johansson  Finland 5.57 5.57 5.56 5.52
19 Christina Persighetti  Great Britain 5.57 5.46 5.42 5.57

Key: OR = Olympic record; NM = no mark

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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