Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's long jump

Women's long jump
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenuePerry Lakes Stadium
Date1 December 1962
Competitors10 from 6 nations
Winning distance20 ft 6 3⁄4 in (6.27 m)
Medalists
   Australia
   Australia
   Australia
Athletics at the
1962 British Empire and
Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd   men   women
220 yd men women
440 yd men
880 yd men women
1 mile men
3 miles men
6 miles men
80 m hurdles women
120 yd hurdles men
440 yd hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 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
 
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The women's long jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.

The event was won by 23 year old Australian Pam Kilborn with a jump of 20 ft 6 3⁄4 in (6.27 m). Kilborn won by one inch ahead of her fellow countrywomen Helen Frith, her training partner and Janet Knee. Bickle's jump was well ahead of the games record set by Yvette Williams of New Zealand set in Vancouver eight years prior but due to the tailwind could not be ratified.[1]

This was one five events at the 1962 Games where Australia won the clean sweep of medals. The others were the women's high jump, the men's 440 yard freestyle, men's 1650 yard freestyle and the men's 220 yard butterfly.

Records

World record  Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m) Moscow, Soviet Union 16 July 1961
Games record  Yvette Williams (NZL) 19 ft 11 1⁄2 in (6.08 m) Vancouver, Canada 7 August 1954 [2]
Commonwealth record '

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Kilborn, PamPam Kilborn Australia 20 ft 6 3⁄4 in (6.27 m)
2nd Frith, HelenHelen Frith Australia 20 ft 5 3⁄4 in (6.24 m)
3rd Knee, JanetJanet Knee Australia 20 ft 1 1⁄4 in (6.13 m)
4 Kampe, EvaEva Kampe Australia 19 ft 3 3⁄4 in (5.89 m)
5 Sherwood, SheilaSheila Sherwood England 19 ft 3 1⁄4 in (5.87 m)
6 Hopkins, ThelmaThelma Hopkins Northern Ireland 18 ft 9 1⁄4 in (5.72 m)
7 Nutting, PatPat Nutting England 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
8 Neil, JanetteJanette Neil Scotland 17 ft 10 in (5.44 m)
9 Boateng, ChristianaChristiana Boateng Ghana 17 ft 1 1⁄4 in (5.21 m)
10 Yates, DorothyDorothy Yates Jamaica 16 ft 4 1⁄2 in (4.99 m)

References

  1. ↑ Webster, Jim (2 December 1962). "Double victory". The Sun-Herald (Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons). p. 25.
  2. ↑ "Games Results". The Sydney Morning Herald (John Fairfax and Sons). 9 August 1954. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "Results of the women's long jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 22 April 2014.