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

Women's long jump
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Women's long jump; at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 31, 1960
Competitors	30 from 18 nations
Winning distance	6.37 OR
Medalists
	← 1956 1964 →

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

DatesAugust 31, 1960

Competitors30 from 18 nations

Winning distance6.37 OR

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3
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	NM	foul	foul	foul
	Gertrude Fries	Austria	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
	Vera Kolashnikova	Soviet Union	6.37	6.17	6.01	6.22	6.37 OR	6.17	foul	OR
	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Poland	6.27	foul	6.17	foul	6.25	foul	6.27
	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

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