Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
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| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualification mark was set at 5.70 metres. Seven athletes didn't surpass that distance in the morning heats.
Final classification
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
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 Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) |
6.35 m |
 |
 Willye White (USA) |
6.09 m |
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 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 Hofmann (EUA) |
5.73 m |
| 11. |  Olga Gyarmati (HUN) |
5.66 m |
| 12. | Genowefa Minicka (POL) |
5.64 m |
| — | 22x20px 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 |
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