Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump


The Women's long jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times. At least the top twelve athletes 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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record6.76 mTokyo, JapanOctober 14, 1964
Olympic record6.76 mTokyo, JapanOctober 14, 1964

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 6.35m or at least best 12 qualified. Ties between jumpers were broken by comparing their second best marks.
RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
A6.546.54Q
B6.326.486.48Q
B6.486.48Q
A6.456.096.45Q
B6.326.446.44Q
B6.176.426.42Q
A6.426.42Q
B6.256.406.40Q
A6.356.35Q
10A6.346.306.286.34q
11A6.276.346.34q
12A6.306.185.996.30q
13B6.286.306.156.30q
14B6.105.856.306.30q
15B6.276.096.27
16A6.196.19
17B5.556.146.14
18A5.985.935.98
19B5.845.84
20A5.755.725.75
21A5.575.725.72
22A5.575.435.615.61
23BLin Chun-yu5.235.595.59
24A4.754.554.404.75
A
B
B

Final