Women Long Jump Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Monday 14th, October - Gold Medal: Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania
FinalDistanceSO1.2.3.4.5.6.age
1. Viorica ViscopoleanuROU Romania6.82m WR66.82X6.646.546.526.57
2. Sheila SherwoodGBR Great Britain6.68m56.60X6.506.596.686.61
3. Tatyana TalyshevaURS Soviet Union6.66m36.556.665.386.384.49X
4. Burghild WieczorekGDR East Germany6.48m4X6.486.456.336.426.25
5. Miroslawa SarnaPOL Poland6.47m106.47X4.986.446.316.45
6. Ingrid BeckerFRG West Germany6.43m12X6.32X6.43X6.27
7. Berit BerthelsenNOR Norway6.40m136.386.406.276.22X6.32
8. Heidemarie RosendahlFRG West Germany6.40m9XX6.246.056.376.40
9. Violet OdogwuNGR Nigeria6.23m 6.235.896.15
10.Martha WatsonUSA United States6.20m 6.20X6.06
11.Willye WhiteUSA United States6.08m 6.015.446.08
12.Maureen BartonGBR Great Britain5.95m 5.93X5.95
13.Ann WilsonGBR Great Britain5.90m X5.905.59
14.Barbel LohnertGDR East Germany4.49m XX4.49
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` The medals were settled with the first six jumps of the opening round, as Talysheva jumped 6.55, to be followed by Sherwood with 6.60 and Viscopoleanu’s world record of 6.82. In the absence of Szewińska, concentrating on the 200m, the Romanian had been one of the favourites, but her world record was nevertheless startling. Talysheva reacted well with a personal best 6.66 in the second round, to move into silver medal position, which was recovered by Sherwood in the fifth round, who leapfrogged Talysheva by two places on the world all-time list to fourth with her 6.68. Wieczorek won the battle for the next tier with 6.48, although Rosendahl had jumped 6.54 in the qualifying round. Just eight centimetres covered fourth to eighth places.

Qualification Sunday 13.10

mark 6.30m 14 Athletes
Group ADistance1.2.3.
1. Heidemarie RosendahlFRG West Germany6.54mX6.54
2. Violet OdogwuNGR Nigeria6.45m6.456.09
3. Sheila SherwoodGBR Great Britain6.42m6.42
4. Barbel LohnertGDR East Germany6.35m6.35
5. Tatjana TalyshevaURS Soviet Union6.34m6.346.306.28
6. Maureen BartonGBR Great Britain6.34m6.27X6.34
7. Martha WatsonUSA United States6.30m6.306.185.99
8. Irena KirszensteinPOL Poland6.19mX6.19X
9. Eta KispalHUN Hungary5.98m5.985.93X
10.Mercedes RomanMEX Mexico5.75m5.75X5.72
11.Eva CederstromSWE Sweden5.72mX5.575.72
12.Alice AnumGHA Ghana5.61m5.575.435.61
13.Jean RobothamCRC Costa Rica4.75m4.754.554.40
-. Sieglinde AmmannSWISWINMXXX
-. Nina HansenDEN DenmarkDNS
Group BDistance1.2.3.
1. Berit BerthelsenNOR Norway6.48m6.326.48
2. Viorica ViscopoleanuROU Romania6.48m6.48
3. Miroslawa SarnaPOL Poland6.44m6.326.44
4. Willye WhiteUSA United States6.42m6.176.42
5. Ingrid BeckerFRG West Germany6.40m6.256.40
6. Burghild WieczorekGDR East Germany6.30m6.286.306.15
7. Ann WilsonGBR Great Britain6.30m6.105.856.30
8. Manon BornholdtFRG West Germany6.27m6.276.09X
9. Marcia GarbeyCUB Cuba6.14m5.556.14X
10.Elena RingsURS Soviet Union5.84mX5.84X
11.Chun-Yue LinTPE Taiwan5.59m5.23X5.59
-. Cecilia SosaSALSALNMXXX
-. Joan HendryCAN CanadaNMXXX
-. Alicia KaufmanasARG ArgentinaDNS
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Men Triple Jump
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Men Hammer Throw
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