Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 4 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
Olga Gyarmati Hungary   Noemí Simonetto de Portela Argentina   Ann-Britt Leyman Sweden
	1952»

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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
10 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
Decathlon		men

The women's long jump event was, for the first time, part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4, 1948. The final was won by Hungarian Olga Gyarmati.

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
1 !	Olga Gyarmati	Hungary	5.695	OR
2 !	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	Argentina	5.600
3 !	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	5.575
4	Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs	Netherlands	5.570
5	Nel Karelse	Netherlands	5.545
6	Kathleen Russell	Jamaica	5.495
7	Judy Canty	Australia	5.380
8	Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	France	5.350
9	Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch	Austria	5.240
10	Ilse Steinegger	Austria	5.195
11	Vinton Beckett	Jamaica	5.145
12	Emma Reed	United States	4.845

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Women's long jump, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-09-23.