Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: Long Jump
Updated September 27, 2017 |
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1948 | Olga Gyarmati, Hungary | 18 ft 8.25 in |
1952 | Yvette Williams, New Zealand | 20 ft 5.75 in |
1956 | Elzbieta Krzesinska, Poland | 20 ft 9.75 in |
1960 | Vera Krepkina, USSR | 20 ft 10.75 in |
1964 | Mary Rand, Great Britain | 22 ft 2 in |
1968 | Viorica Ciscopoleanu, Romania | 22 ft 4.5 in |
1972 | Heidemarie Rosendahl, West Germany | 22 ft 3 in |
1976 | Angela Voigt, East Germany | 22 ft. 0.5 in |
1980 | Tatiana Kolpakova, USSR | 23 ft 2 in |
1984 | Anisoara Stanciu, Romania | 22 ft 10 in |
1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States | 24 ft 3.5 in |
1992 | Heike Drechsler, Germany | 23 ft 5.25 in |
1996 | Chioma Ajunwa, Nigeria | 23 ft 4.5 in |
2000 | Heike Drechsler, Germany | 22 ft 11.25 in |
2004 | Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia | 23 ft 2.35 in |
2008 | Maurren Higa Maggi, Brazil | 23 ft 1.16 in |
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