1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Long Jump (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Long jump
gender	Women
Attendees	31 athletes from 20 countries
Competition location	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	October 14, 1964
Medalists Mary Rand ( GBR )   Irena Kirszenstein ( POL )   Tatiana Shchelkanova ( URS )

The women's long jump at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo was held on October 14, 1964 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. 31 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the British Mary Rand , who set a new world record in the final . She won in front of the Polish Irena Kirszenstein and Tatjana Schtschelkanowa from the Soviet Union.

Jumpers from Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part. The German team was represented by Helga Hoffmann , Ingrid Becker and Hildrun Laufer , all of whom reached the final. Becker was fourth, Laufer seventh and Hoffmann eighth.

Existing records

World record	6.70 m	Tatiana Shchelkanova ( Soviet Union )	Moscow , Soviet Union (now Russia )	4th July 1964
Olympic record	6.37 m	Wera Krepkina ( Soviet Union )	Final of Rome , Italy	August 31, 1960

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed in a qualifying round on October 14th. The width for a direct final qualification was 6.00 m. If fewer than twelve starters had achieved this, which was not the case, the field of final starters would have been filled with the next best jumpers except for twelve participants. In the final, each athlete initially had three attempts. The six best jumpers were then allowed three more attempts.

Time schedule

October 14, 10 a.m .: Qualification

October 14, 3 p.m .: Final

Note: All times are Tokyo local time (UTC + 9)

Best widths are printed in bold.

The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

Date: October 14, 1964, 10:00 a.m.

Weather conditions: rain, approx. 16 ° C, approx. 94% humidity

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	Mary Rand	United Kingdom	6.52 m OR	-	-	6.52 m	OR
2	Helga Hoffmann	Germany	6.44 m	-	-	6.44 m
3	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	5.80 m	6.43 m	-	6.43 m
4th	Ingrid Becker	Germany	6.37 m	-	-	6.37 m
5	Viorica Viscopoleanu	Romania	x	6.37 m	-	6.37 m
6th	Tatiana Shchelkanova	Soviet Union	6.32 m	-	-	6.32 m
7th	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	x	6.32 m	-	6.32 m
8th	Willye White	United States	6.28 m	-	-	6.28 m
9	Hildrun Laufer	Germany	x	6.28 m	-	6.28 m
10	Maria Vittoria Trio	Italy	6.18 m	-	-	6.18 m
11	Diana Jorgowa	Bulgaria	x	x	6.11 m	6.11 m
12	Tatiana Talysheva	Soviet Union	6.08 m	-	-	6.08 m
13	Sheila Parkin	United Kingdom	6.04 m	-	-	6.04 m
14th	Oddrun Hokland	Norway	5.90 m	5.93 m	6.03 m	6.03 m
15th	Joke Bijleveld	Netherlands	x	6.02 m	-	6.02 m
16	Aida Chuiko	Soviet Union	5.71 m	5.88 m	6.00 m	6.00 m
17th	Alix Jamieson	United Kingdom	6.00 m	-	-	6.00 m
18th	Martha Watson	United States	x	5.94 m	5.88 m	5.94 m
19th	Jo Ann Grissom	United States	5.65 m	5.59 m	5.91 m	5.91 m
20th	Nina Hansen	Denmark	5.89 m	5.73 m	5.58 m	5.89 m
21st	Sachiko Kishimoto	Japan	5.87 m	5.80 m	5.70 m	5.87 m
22nd	Helen Frith	Australia	5.83 m	5.71 m	5.83 m	5.83 m
23	Etelka Kispál	Hungary	5.69 m	5.64 m	5.48 m	5.69 m
24	Chi Cheng	Taiwan	5.67 m	5.64 m	x	5.67 m
25th	Emiko Koumaru	Japan	5.26 m	5.44 m	5.66 m	5.66 m
26th	Evalia Farina	Argentina	5.56 m	5.39 m	5.57 m	5.57 m
27	Lolita Lagrosas	Philippines	5.18 m	5.52 m	5.19 m	5.52 m
28	Han Jook-hee	South Korea	5.38 m	5.45 m	5.25 m	5.45 m
29	Alice Annum	Ghana	5.45 m	5.27 m	4.80 m	5.45 m
30th	Alicia Kaufmanas	Argentina	x	x	5.29 m	5.29 m
31	Simin Safamehr	Iran	5.06 m	4.99 m	4.80 m	5.06 m

final

Date: October 14, 1964, 3 p.m.

Weather conditions: cloudy, approx. 18 ° C, 85% humidity

The favorite was the world record holder Tatiana Shchelnakova from the Soviet Union, reigning European champion from 1962 . Like four years earlier, British rider Mary Rand made the longest jump in qualifying in difficult weather conditions. Back then in Rome nothing worked out in the final and Rand had to be content with ninth place. She was so disappointed that she had already thought of quitting.

But this time it looked different. In the first final jump she improved her Olympic record from qualification by seven centimeters and took the lead. The Polish Irena Kirszenstein took the silver medal rank in the second attempt, Shchelnakova was third after the third round. The bronze medalist from Rome, Hildrun Laufer - who started in 1960 under her maiden name Claus - only missed the final battle of the best six because of the poorer second attempt. In the fifth round, Mary Rand set a new world record with 6.76 m. All of her jumps in the final fight were further than Irena Kirszenstein's best, who eventually won silver. Tatiana Shchelkanova's third place didn't change either. The Briton won the first of three medals here in Tokyo . Silver in the pentathlon and bronze in the 4 x 100 meter relay should follow.

Just two centimeters behind Shchelkanowa, the German Ingrid Becker, who had been ninth in the high jump four years earlier , came fourth. Becker should have a long successful career u. a. with two Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon - 1968 - and over 4 x 100 meters - 1972 - before you.

Mary Rand won the first medal and the first Olympic victory for a British woman in the long jump .

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	Mary Rand	United Kingdom	6.59 m OR	6.56 m	6.57 m	6.63 m OR	6.76 m WR	6.61 m	6.76 m	WR
2	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	5.86 m	6.43 m	6.56 m	6.03 m	6.60 m	x	6.60 m
3	Tatiana Shchelkanova	Soviet Union	6.21 m	6.09 m	6.42 m	6.34 m	6.39 m	x	6.42 m
4th	Ingrid Becker	Germany	5.97 m	6.24 m	6.34 m	6.25 m	6.38 m	6.40 m	6.40 m
5	Viorica Viscopoleanu	Romania	x	6.35 m	x	6.32 m	x	6.32 m	6.35 m
6th	Diana Jorgowa	Bulgaria	6.24 m	6.01 m	6.21 m	x	5.63 m	6.06 m	6.24 m
7th	Hildrun Laufer	Germany	6.06 m	6.24 m	6.04 m	not in the final of the six best jumpers			6.24 m
8th	Helga Hoffmann	Germany	6.03 m	6.23 m	x				6.23 m
9	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	6.19 m	x	6.03 m				6.19 m
10	Tatiana Talysheva	Soviet Union	6.18 m	6.04 m	6.03 m				6.18 m
11	Aida Chuiko	Soviet Union	6.13 m	5.53 m	x				6.13 m
12	Willye White	United States	5.90 m	5.65 m	6.07 m				6.07 m
13	Sheila Parkin	United Kingdom	4.77 m	x	6.04 m				6.04 m
14th	Maria Vittoria Trio	Italy	x	5.98 m	5.82 m				5.98 m
15th	Joke Bijleveld	Netherlands	5.77 m	5.88 m	5.93 m				5.93 m
16	Oddrun Hokland	Norway	5.54 m	5.61 m	5.68 m				5.68 m
17th	Alix Jamieson	United Kingdom	5.64 m	5.65 m	-				5.65 m

Picture gallery

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  Olympic Champion Mary Rand from Great Britain

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  Bronze medal for Tatiana Shchelkanova, USSR

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  Hildrun Laufer from Germany reached seventh place in the final

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  The Italian Maria Vittoria Trio came in 14th

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  15th place for Joke Bijleveld, Netherlands

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 303f

Video

• Olympic Long Jump Highlights - Tokyo 1964 Olympics , published June 18, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed October 30, 2017

Web links

• SportsReference Long Jump , accessed October 30, 2017
• Official report of the Olympic Games 1964 p. 99f engl. (PDF), accessed October 30, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 646 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 30 October 2017
2. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 17 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 30, 2017 
3. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 99f (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 30, 2017 
4. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 100 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed October 30, 2017 
5. ↑ Sport Reference (Engl.) ( Memento of 30 December 2008 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 30 October 2017