| Event: | Women's long jump |
| Games: | 1968 Summer |
| Venue: | Estadio Olímpico Universitario |
| Date: | October 13–14 |
| Competitors: | 27 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Viorica Viscopoleanu |
| Goldnoc: | ROU |
| Silver: | Sheila Sherwood |
| Silvernoc: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Tatyana Talysheva |
| Bronzenoc: | URS |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Win Value: | 6.82 WR |
| Prev: | 1964 |
| Next: | 1972 |
The Women's long jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.[1]
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).
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | 6.76 m | Tokyo, Japan | October 14, 1964 | |
| Olympic record |
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 |
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| Result | Notes | |
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| A | 6.54 | – | 6.54 | Q | |||||
| B | 6.32 | 6.48 | – | 6.48 | Q | ||||
| B | 6.48 | – | – | 6.48 | Q | ||||
| A | 6.45 | 6.09 | – | 6.45 | Q | ||||
| B | 6.32 | 6.44 | – | 6.44 | Q | ||||
| B | 6.17 | 6.42 | – | 6.42 | Q | ||||
| A | 6.42 | – | – | 6.42 | Q | ||||
| B | 6.25 | 6.40 | – | 6.40 | Q | ||||
| A | 6.35 | – | – | 6.35 | Q | ||||
| 10 | A | 6.34 | 6.30 | 6.28 | 6.34 | q | |||
| 11 | A | 6.27 | 6.34 | 6.34 | q | ||||
| 12 | A | 6.30 | 6.18 | 5.99 | 6.30 | q | |||
| 13 | B | 6.28 | 6.30 | 6.15 | 6.30 | q | |||
| 14 | B | 6.10 | 5.85 | 6.30 | 6.30 | q | |||
| 15 | B | 6.27 | 6.09 | 6.27 | |||||
| 16 | A | 6.19 | 6.19 | ||||||
| 17 | B | 5.55 | 6.14 | 6.14 | |||||
| 18 | A | 5.98 | 5.93 | 5.98 | |||||
| 19 | B | 5.84 | 5.84 | ||||||
| 20 | A | 5.75 | 5.72 | 5.75 | |||||
| 21 | A | 5.57 | 5.72 | 5.72 | |||||
| 22 | A | 5.57 | 5.43 | 5.61 | 5.61 | ||||
| 23 | B | Lin Chun-yu | 5.23 | 5.59 | 5.59 | ||||
| 24 | A | 4.75 | 4.55 | 4.40 | 4.75 | ||||
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| Rank | Name | Nationality |
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| Result | Notes |
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| 6.82 | X | 6.64 | 6.54 | 6.52 | 6.57 | 6.82 | WR | |||
| 6.60 | X | 6.50 | 6.59 | 6.68 | 6.61 | 6.68 | ||||
| 6.55 | 6.66 | 5.38 | 6.38 | 4.49 | X | 6.66 | ||||
| X | 6.48 | 6.45 | 6.33 | 6.42 | 6.25 | 6.48 | ||||
| 6.47 | X | 4.98 | 6.44 | 6.31 | 6.45 | 6.47 | ||||
| X | 6.32 | X | 6.43 | X | 6.27 | 6.43 | ||||
| 6.38 | 6.40 | 6.27 | 6.22 | X | 6.32 | 6.40 | ||||
| X | X | 6.24 | 6.05 | 6.37 | 6.40 | 6.40 | ||||
| 6.23 | 5.89 | 6.15 | colspan=3 | 6.23 | ||||||
| 10 | 6.20 | X | 6.06 | colspan=3 | 6.20 | |||||
| 11 | 6.01 | 5.44 | 6.08 | colspan=3 | 6.08 | |||||
| 12 | 5.93 | X | 5.95 | colspan=3 | 5.95 | |||||
| 13 | X | 5.90 | 5.59 | colspan=3 | 5.90 | |||||
| 14 | X | X | 4.49 | colspan=3 | 4.49 |