1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		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
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's long jump at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Jean Desforges  United Kingdom
Silver	Aleksandra Chudina  Soviet Union
Bronze	Elżbieta Krzesińska  Poland

Results

Final

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Jean Desforges	United Kingdom	6.04	CR
02 !	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	5.93
03 !	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Poland	5.83
4	Erika Fisch	West Germany	5.81
5	Galina Popova	Soviet Union	5.79
6	Maria Piątkowska	Poland	5.73
7	Shirley Cawley	United Kingdom	5.73
8	Maria Bibro	Poland	5.63
9	Renate Ibert	West Germany	5.63
10	Lore Fauth	West Germany	5.53
11	Suzanne Giotin	France	5.53
12	Sanda Grosu	Romania	5.48
13	Galina Segen	Soviet Union	5.46
14	Helga Hoffmann	Saar	5.46
15	Olga Gyarmati	Hungary	5.39
16	Colette Drou	France	5.32
17	Karin Mårtensson	Sweden	5.26
18	Ursula Finger	Saar	5.24
19	Friedrike Harasek	Austria	5.24
20	Reinelde Knapp	Austria	5.13
21	Sheila Hoskin	United Kingdom	5.06
22	Mieke de Graaf	Netherlands	5.03
23	Inge Eckel	Saar	4.90

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References