Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump explained

Event:	Women's long jump
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Date:	July 23 (qualifications and finals)
Competitors:	30
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	6.72
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Angela Voigt
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Kathy McMillan
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Lidiya Alfeyeva
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The Women's Long Jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec had an entry list of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the finals took place on July 23, 1976.^[1]

Qualifying

All jumpers 6.30 metres and the top 12 ties advance to the final round. All heights are in metres.

Overall	Athlete	Mark	1	2	3
1	Lidiya Alfeyeva	6.54	6.54	-	-
2		6.44	6.44	–	–
3		6.42	6.24	6.42	–
4		6.42	6.16	6.42	–
5		6.42	6.42	-	–
6		6.41	6.41	–	–
7		6.28	6.28	-	-
8		6.28	6.28	-	-
9		6.26	6.26	–	–
10		6.25	6.25	-	–
11		6.22	6.22	-	-
12		6.22	6.22	–	–
13		6.20	6.20	–	–
14		6.20	6.20	–	–
15		6.16	6.16	-	-
16		6.13	6.13	-	-
17		6.13	6.13	-	-
18		6.10	6.10	-	-
19		6.09	6.09	-	-
20		6.06	6.06	-	-
21		6.04	6.04	-	-
22		6.02	6.02	-	-
23	Lyudmila Borsuk	5.98	5.98	-	-
24		5.94	5.94	-	-
25		5:93	5.93	-	-
26		5.83	5.83	-	-
27		5.79	5.79	-	-
28		5.62	5.62	-	-
29		4.90	4.90	-	-
AC		NM	-	-	-

Overall	Athlete	Mark
		6.72
		6.66
		6.60
4		6.59
5		6.57
6		6.54
7		6.39
8		6.38
9		6.27
10		6.19
11		6.13
12	Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova	Did Not Start

Web site: Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Long Jump . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173602/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/womens-long-jump.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.