SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
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OLYMPIC GAMES. HISTORY 
WOMEN'S Long Jump
 
1928-1936 (not contested)

1948
1. Olga Gyarmati (Hun) ................... 18-8 .............. 5.69
2. Noemi Simonetto (Arg) ................ 18-4 1/2 ........ 5.60
3. Ann-Britt Leyman (Swe) .............. 18-3 1/4 ......... 5.57
1952
1. Yvette Williams (NZ) ................... 20-5 1/4 ........ 6.24
2. Aleksandra Chudina (SU) ............ 20-1 3/4 ........ 6.14
3. Shirley Cawley (GB) ................... 19-5 .............. 5.92
 1956
1. Elzbieta Krzesinska (Pol) ............ 20-10 ............ 6.35 =WR
2. Willye White (US) ....................... 19-11 3/4 ...... 6.09
3. Nadezhda Dvalishvili (SU) ............. 19-11 ........... 6.07
1960
1. Vyera Krepkina (SU) ................... 20-10 3/4 ...... 6.37
2. Elzbieta Krzesinska (Pol) ............ 20-7 .............. 6.27
3. Hildrun Claus (EG) ...................... 20-4 1/2 ........ 6.21
1964
1. Mary Rand (GB) .......................... 22-2 1/4 ....... 6.76 WR
2. Irena Szewinska  (Pol) ................. 21-8 ............. 6.60
3. Tatyana Shchelkanova (SU) .......... 21-3/4 .......... 6.42
1968
1. Viorica Viscopoleanu (Rom) ......... 22-4 1/2 ....... 6.82(A)WR
2. Sheila Sherwood (GB) ................. 21-11 ........... 6.68
3. Tatyana Talisheva (SU) ................ 21-10 3/4 ..... 6.66
1972
1. Heide Rosendahl (WG) ............... 22-3 .............. 6.78
2. Diana Yorgova (Bul) .................... 22-2 1/2 ........ 6.77
3. Eva Suranova (Cze) .................... 21-10 3/4 ...... 6.67
1976
1. Angela Voigt (EG) ....................... 22-3/4 .......... 6.72
2. Kathy McMillan (US) ................... 21-10 1/4 ...... 6.66
3. Lidia Alfeyeva (SU) ...................... 21-8 ............. 6.60
1980
1. Tatyana Kolpakova (SU) .............. 23-2 ............. 7.06
2. Brigitte Wujak (EG) ..................... 23-1 1/4 ....... 7.04
3. Tatyana Skachko (SU) ................ 23-0 ............. 7.01
1984
1. Anisoara Stanciu (Rom) .............. 22-10 ............ 6.96
2. Valy Ionescu (Rom) .................... 22-4 1/4 ........ 6.81
3. Sue Hearnshaw (GB) .................. 22-3 3/4 w ..... 6.80
1988
1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) ......... 24-3 1/2 ........ 7.40
2. Heike Drechsler (EG) ................. 23-8 1/4 ........ 7.22
3. Galina Chistyakova (SU) ............ 23-4 .............. 7.11
1992
1. Heike Drechsler (Ger) ................. 23-5 1/4 ........ 7.14
2. Inessa Kravets (Ukr) ................... 23-4 1/2 ........ 7.12
3. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) ......... 23-2 1/2 ......... 7.07
1996
1. Chioma Ajunwa (Ngr) ................. 23-4 1/2 ......... 7.12
2. Fiona May (Ita) .......................... 23-1/2 ........... 7.02
3. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) ......... 22-11 3/4 ....... 7.00
2000
1. Heike Daute-Drechsler (GER) ............................ 6.99
2. Fiona May (ITA) ................................................ 6.92 
3. Marion Jones (USA)........................................... 6.92 

Medals
2 - 1 - 6  Soviet Union
2 - 1 - 0  Romania
2 - 0 - 0  Germany
1 - 2 - 3  USA
1 - 2 - 1  East Germany
1 - 2 - 0  Poland
1 - 1 - 2  Great Britain
1 - 0 - 0  Hungary
1 - 0 - 0  New Zealand
1 - 0 - 0  West Germany
1 - 0 - 0  Nigeria
0 - 2 - 0  Italy
0 - 1 - 0  Argentine
0 - 1 - 0  Bulgaria
0 - 1 - 0  Ukraine
0 - 0 - 1  Sweden
0 - 0 - 1  Czech

More Gold Medals: Heike Drechsler (2)
More Medals: Heike Drechsler (2-1-0), Jackie Joyner Kersee (1-0-2)