Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
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.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new Olympic records was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| 23 July | Final | | 6.24 m | OR | |
Results
Qualifying round
Qualifying Performance 5.30 advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Mark |
| B | Yvette Williams | | 6.16 OR |
| B | Mabel Landry | | 5.88 |
| A | Aleksandra Chudina | | 5.77 |
| B | Nina Tyurkina | | 5.77 |
| A | Shirley Cawley | | 5.73 |
| B | Wilhelmina Lust | | 5.63 |
| B | Elfriede von Nitzsch | | 5.62 |
| B | Maire Österdahl | | 5.62 |
| B | Irmgard Schmelzer | | 5.61 |
| 10 | A | Verna Johnston | | 5.58 |
| 11 | A | Thelma Jones | | 5.55 |
| 12 | A | Gladys Erbetta | | 5.51 |
| 13 | B | Valentina Lituyeva | | 5.51 |
| 14 | A | Olga Gyarmati | | 5.50 |
| 15 | B | Adriana Millard | | 5.49 |
| 16 | B | Greta Magnusson | | 5.45 |
| 17 | B | Constance Willoughby | | 5.44 |
| 18 | A | Elżbieta Krzesińska | | 5.43 |
| 19 | A | Leni Hofknecht | | 5.41 |
| 20 | A | Yvonne Chabot-Curtet | | 5.36 |
| 21 | B | Wanda dos Santos | | 5.35 |
| 22 | B | Dawn Josephs | | 5.34 |
| 22 | B | Ayako Yoshikawa | | 5.34 |
| 24 | A | Helena de Menezes | | 5.33 |
| 25 | A | Ursel Finger | | 5.27 |
| 26 | A | Suzanne Glotin | | 5.26 |
| 27 | A | Lilián Buglia | | 5.25 |
| 28 | A | Éliane Dudal | | 5.21 |
| 29 | B | Tamara Metal | | 5.16 |
| 30 | A | Gretel Bolliger | | 5.14 |
| 31 | B | Kathleen Russell | | 5.10 |
| 32 | A | Maria Piątkowska | | 5.09 |
| 33 | A | Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones | | 4.92 |
| B | Rosella Thorne | |
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Final
NM — No Mark
