Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
Final classification

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Section Title: Final classification
Table Section Text: None

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	DISTANCE

-	Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL)	6.35 m =WR

-	Willye White (USA)	6.09 m

-	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (URS)	6.07 m

4.	Erika Fisch (EUA)	5.89 m

5.	Marthe Lambert (FRA)	5.88 m

6.	Valentina Shaprunova (URS)	5.85 m

7.	Beverly Weigel (NZL)	5.85 m

8.	Nancy Borwick (AUS)	5.82 m

9.	Maria Kusion (POL)	5.79 m

10.	Helga Hoffmann (EUA)	5.73 m

11.	Olga Gyarmati (HUN)	5.66 m

12.	Genowefa Minicka (POL)	5.64 m

—	Dorothy Kozak (CAN)	DNQ

—	Sheila Hoskin (GBR)	DNQ

—	Erica Willis (AUS)	DNQ

—	Yoshie Takahashi (JPN)	DNQ

—	Margaret Johnson (AUS)	DNQ

—	Margaret Matthews (USA)	DNQ

—	Thelma Hopkins (GBR)	DNQ

Sentence(s)

Krzesińska equalled her world record 6.35 m.

final_sentence: Krzesińska equalled her world record 6.35 m.