Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
Angela Voigt  East Germany Kathy McMillan  United States Lidiya Alfeyeva  Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's Long Jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec had an entry list of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the finals took place on July 23, 1976.

Qualifying

All jumpers 6.30 metres and the top 12 ties advance to the final round. All heights are in metres.

Overall	Athlete	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3
1	Lidiya Alfeyeva	Soviet Union	6.54	6.54	-	-
2	Angela Voigt	East Germany	6.44	6.44	–	–
3	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	Hungary	6.42	6.24	6.42	–
4	Siegrun Siegl	East Germany	6.42	6.16	6.42	–
5	Heidemarie Wycisk	East Germany	6.42	6.42	-	–
6	Jarmila Nygrýnová	Czechoslovakia	6.41	6.41	–	–
7	Diane Jones	Canada	6.28	6.28	-	-
8	Elena Vintilă	Romania	6.28	6.28	-	-
9	Sue Scott-Reeve	Great Britain	6.26	6.26	–	–
10	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.25	6.25	-	–
11	Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova	Bulgaria	6.22	6.22	-	-
12	Anikó Milassin	Hungary	6.22	6.22	–	–
13	Ana Alexander	Cuba	6.20	6.20	–	–
14	Sherron Walker	United States	6.20	6.20	–	–
15	Ekaterina Nedeva	Bulgaria	6.16	6.16	-	-
16	Silvina Pereira da Silva	Brazil	6.13	6.13	-	-
17	Maroula Lambrou-Teloni	Greece	6.13	6.13	-	-
18	Ciska Jansen	Netherlands	6.10	6.10	-	-
19	Christa Striezel	West Germany	6.09	6.09	-	-
20	Doina Spînu	Romania	6.06	6.06	-	-
21	Sumie Awara	Japan	6.04	6.04	-	-
22	Ilona Bruzsenyák	Hungary	6.02	6.02	-	-
23	Lyudmila Borsuk	Soviet Union	5.98	5.98	-	-
24	Myra Nimmo	Great Britain	5.94	5.94	-	-
25	Martha Watson	United States	5:93	5.93	-	-
26	Radojka Francoti	Yugoslavia	5.83	5.83	-	-
27	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	Fiji	5.79	5.79	-	-
28	Shonel Ferguson	Bahamas	5.62	5.62	-	-
29	Graziella Santini	San Marino	4.90	4.90	-	-

Final standings

Overall	Athlete	Nationality	Mark
	Angela Voigt	East Germany	6.72
	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.66
	Lidiya Alfeyeva	Soviet Union	6.60
4	Siegrun Siegl	East Germany	6.59
5	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	Hungary	6.57
6	Jarmila Nygrýnová	Czechoslovakia	6.54
7	Heidemarie Wycisk	East Germany	6.39
8	Elena Vintilă	Romania	6.38
9	Sue Scott-Reeve	Great Britain	6.27
10	Anikó Milassin	Hungary	6.19
11	Diane Jones	Canada	6.13
12	Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova	Bulgaria	Did Not Start

References

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