| Event: | Women's long jump |
| Games: | 1952 Summer |
| Date: | July 23 |
| Competitors: | 34 |
| Nations: | 22 |
| Win Value: | 6.24 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Yvette Williams |
| Goldnoc: | NZL |
| Silver: | Aleksandra Chudina |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Shirley Cawley |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Prev: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1956 |
The Women's long jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 23 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Yvette Williams from New Zealand won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new Olympic records was set during this competition.
Qualifying Performance 5.30 advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 6.16 OR | ||||
| B | 5.88 | ||||
| A | 5.77 | ||||
| B | 5.77 | ||||
| A | 5.73 | ||||
| B | 5.63 | ||||
| B | 5.62 | ||||
| B | 5.62 | ||||
| B | 5.61 | ||||
| 10 | A | 5.58 | |||
| 11 | A | 5.55 | |||
| 12 | A | 5.51 | |||
| 13 | B | 5.51 | |||
| 14 | A | 5.50 | |||
| 15 | B | 5.49 | |||
| 16 | B | 5.45 | |||
| 17 | B | 5.44 | |||
| 18 | A | 5.43 | |||
| 19 | A | 5.41 | |||
| 20 | A | 5.36 | |||
| 21 | B | 5.35 | |||
| 22 | B | 5.34 | |||
| 22 | B | 5.34 | |||
| 24 | A | 5.33 | |||
| 25 | A | 5.27 | |||
| 26 | A | 5.26 | |||
| 27 | A | 5.25 | |||
| 28 | A | 5.21 | |||
| 29 | B | 5.16 | |||
| 30 | A | 5.14 | |||
| 31 | B | 5.10 | |||
| 32 | A | 5.09 | |||
| 33 | A | 4.92 | |||
| B |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvette Williams | 5.90 | 6.24 | 6.11 | 5.99 | 6.24 OR | |||||
| Aleksandra Chudina | 5.99 | 6.14 | 5.74 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.07 | 6.14 | |||
| Shirley Cawley | 5.92 | 5.53 | 5.46 | 5.78 | 5.82 | 5.92 | ||||
| 4 | Irmgard Schmelzer | 5.89 | 5.76 | 5.90 | 5.84 | 5.90 | ||||
| 5 | Wilhelmina Lust | 5.68 | 5.65 | 5.79 | 5.81 | 5.81 | ||||
| 6 | Nina Tyurkina | 5.61 | 5.81 | 5.76 | 5.52 | 5.81 | ||||
| 7 | Mabel Landry | 5.75 | 5.75 | |||||||
| 8 | Verna Johnston | 5.51 | 5.60 | 5.74 | 5.74 | |||||
| 9 | Maire Österdahl | 5.62 | 5.73 | 5.70 | 5.73 | |||||
| 10 | Olga Gyarmati | 5.48 | 5.67 | 5.60 | 5.67 | |||||
| 11 | Valentina Lituyeva | 5.50 | 5.63 | 5.65 | 5.65 | |||||
| 12 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | 5.65 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | |||||
| 13 | Adriana Millard | 5.58 | 5.56 | 5.59 | 5.59 | |||||
| 14 | Elfriede von Nitzsch | 5.57 | 5.57 | |||||||
| 15 | Leni Hofknecht | 5.45 | 5.54 | 5.55 | 5.55 | |||||
| 16 | Ayako Yoshikawa | 5.54 | 5.38 | 5.54 | ||||||
| 17 | Dawn Josephs | 5.17 | 5.47 | 5.44 | 5.47 | |||||
| 18 | Gladys Erbetta | 5.39 | 5.40 | 5.47 | 5.47 | |||||
| 19 | Constance Willoughby | 5.39 | 5.44 | 5.13 | 5.44 | |||||
| 20 | Greta Magnusson | 5.37 | 5.43 | 5.40 | 5.43 | |||||
| 21 | Wanda dos Santos | 5.36 | 5.30 | 5.21 | 5.36 | |||||
| 22 | Thelma Jones | 5.33 | 5.27 | 5.31 | 5.33 | |||||
| 23 | Yvonne Chabot-Curtet | 5.28 | 4.94 | 5.09 | 5.28 | |||||
| 24 | Helena de Menezes | 4.98 | 4.66 | 4.98 |
NM - No Mark