Women's long jump at the Commonwealth Games | |
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Venue | Empire Stadium |
Dates | 7 August |
Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 yd | men | women |
220 yd | men | women |
440 yd | men | |
880 yd | men | |
1 mile | men | |
3 miles | men | |
6 miles | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
120 yd hurdles | men | |
440 yd hurdles | men | |
4 × 110 yd relay | men | women |
4 × 440 yd relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
The women's long jump event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 7 August at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada. [1] [2] [3]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Yvette Williams | ![]() | 19 ft 11+1⁄2 in (6.08 m) | GR |
![]() | Thelma Hopkins | ![]() | 19 ft 2 in (5.84 m) | |
![]() | Jean Desforges | ![]() | 19 ft 2 in (5.84 m) | |
4 | Rosella Thorne | ![]() | 17 ft 10+1⁄4 in (5.44 m) | |
5 | Ann Johnson | ![]() | 17 ft 9+1⁄2 in (5.42 m) | |
6 | Annabelle Murray | ![]() | 17 ft 8+1⁄2 in (5.40 m) | |
7 | Gwen Wallace | ![]() | 17 ft 4+3⁄4 in (5.30 m) | |
8 | Margery Squires | ![]() | 17 ft 4+3⁄4 in (5.30 m) | |
9 | Thelma Jones | ![]() | 17 ft 2+3⁄4 in (5.25 m) | |
10 | Edna Maskell | ![]() | 16 ft 7+3⁄4 in (5.07 m) | |
11 | Dorothy Tyler | ![]() | 16 ft 7+1⁄4 in (5.06 m) | |
12 | Pearline Thornhill-Fisher | ![]() | 16 ft 4+1⁄4 in (4.98 m) | |
13 | Betty Blackburn | ![]() | 16 ft 0+1⁄2 in (4.89 m) | |
14 | Sainiana Sorowale | ![]() | 15 ft 7+1⁄4 in (4.76 m) | |
Marlene Middlemiss | ![]() | DNS | ||
Heather Walker | ![]() | DNS | ||
Patricia Devine | ![]() | DNS |