Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 13–14
Competitors	27 from 19 nations
Winning distance	6.82 WR
Medalists
Viorica Viscopoleanu   Romania   Sheila Sherwood   Great Britain   Tatyana Talysheva   Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1968 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 competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times. At least the top twelve athletes (including ties) moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Mary Rand (GBR)	6.76 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 14, 1964
Olympic record

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 6.35m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q). Ties between jumpers were broken by comparing their second best marks.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Rosendahl, HeideHeide Rosendahl	West Germany	X	6.54	–	6.54	Q
2	B	Berthelsen, BeritBerit Berthelsen	Norway	6.32	6.48	–	6.48	Q
3	B	Viscopoleanu, VioricaViorica Viscopoleanu	Romania	6.48	–	–	6.48	Q
4	A	Odogwu, VioletViolet Odogwu	Nigeria	6.45	6.09	–	6.45	Q
5	B	Sarna, MirosławaMirosława Sarna	Poland	6.32	6.44	–	6.44	Q
6	B	White, WillyeWillye White	United States	6.17	6.42	–	6.42	Q
7	A	Sherwood, SheilaSheila Sherwood	Great Britain	6.42	–	–	6.42	Q
8	B	Becker, IngridIngrid Becker	West Germany	6.25	6.40	–	6.40	Q
9	A	Löhnert, BärbelBärbel Löhnert	East Germany	6.35	–	–	6.35	Q
10	A	Talysheva, TatyanaTatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	6.34	6.30	6.28	6.34	q
11	A	Barton, MaureenMaureen Barton	Great Britain	6.27	X	6.34	6.34	q
12	A	Watson, MarthaMartha Watson	United States	6.30	6.18	5.99	6.30	q
13	B	Wieczorek, BurghildBurghild Wieczorek	East Germany	6.28	6.30	6.15	6.30	q
14	B	Wilson, AnnAnn Wilson	Great Britain	6.10	5.85	6.30	6.30	q
15	B	Bornholdt, ManonManon Bornholdt	West Germany	6.27	6.09	X	6.27
16	A	Szewińska, IrenaIrena Szewińska	Poland	X	6.19	X	6.19
17	B	Garbey, MarciaMarcia Garbey	Cuba	5.55	6.14	X	6.14
18	A	Kispál, EtelkaEtelka Kispál	Hungary	5.98	5.93	X	5.98
19	B	Ringa, HelēnaHelēna Ringa	Soviet Union	X	5.84	X	5.84
20	A	Román, MercedesMercedes Román	Mexico	5.75	X	5.72	5.75
21	A	Cederström, GunillaGunilla Cederström	Sweden	X	5.57	5.72	5.72
22	A	Anum, AliceAlice Anum	Ghana	5.57	5.43	5.61	5.61
23	B	Lin Chun-Yu	Republic of China	5.23	X	5.59	5.59
24	A	Robotham, JeanJean Robotham	Costa Rica	4.75	4.55	4.40	4.75
N/A	A	Ammann, SieglindeSieglinde Ammann	Switzerland	X	X	X	NM
N/A	B	Sosa, CeciliaCecilia Sosa	El Salvador	X	X	X	NM
N/A	B	Hendry, JoanJoan Hendry	Canada	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Viscopoleanu, VioricaViorica Viscopoleanu	Romania	6.82	X	6.64	6.54	6.52	6.57	6.82	WR
	Sherwood, SheilaSheila Sherwood	Great Britain	6.60	X	6.50	6.59	6.68	6.61	6.68
	Talysheva, TatyanaTatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	6.55	6.66	5.38	6.38	4.49	X	6.66
4	Wieczorek, BurghildBurghild Wieczorek	East Germany	X	6.48	6.45	6.33	6.42	6.25	6.48
5	Sarna, MirosławaMirosława Sarna	Poland	6.47	X	4.98	6.44	6.31	6.45	6.47
6	Becker, IngridIngrid Becker	West Germany	X	6.32	X	6.43	X	6.27	6.43
7	Berthelsen, BeritBerit Berthelsen	Norway	6.38	6.40	6.27	6.22	X	6.32	6.40
8	Rosendahl, HeideHeide Rosendahl	West Germany	X	X	6.24	6.05	6.37	6.40	6.40
9	Odogwu, VioletViolet Odogwu	Nigeria	6.23	5.89	6.15	N/A			6.23
10	Watson, MarthaMartha Watson	United States	6.20	X	6.06	N/A			6.20
11	White, WillyeWillye White	United States	6.01	5.44	6.08	N/A			6.08
12	Barton, MaureenMaureen Barton	Great Britain	5.93	X	5.95	N/A			5.95
13	Wilson, AnnAnn Wilson	Great Britain	X	5.90	5.59	N/A			5.90
14	Löhnert, BärbelBärbel Löhnert	East Germany	X	X	4.49	N/A			4.49

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 16, 2012.