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Athletics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games:
Women's Long Jump
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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Location: National Stadium
Date Started: October 13, 1968
Date Finished: October 14, 1968
| Gold: |  Viorica Viscopoleanu |
| Silver: |  Sheila Parkin-Sherwood |
| Bronze: |  Tatyana Talysheva |
Summary
The rarified air of Ciudad de México had the pundits expecting a world record and they were not disappointed. The favorites should have been the 1966 champions at the Europeans and Commonwealth Games – Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein (POL) and defending gold medalist Mary Rand (GBR) – but neither competed in the long jump in México. This left the field somewhat open and in round one Romania’s Viorica Viscopoleanu jumped a world record 6.82 (22-4½) and that settled the gold medal. The other medalists were also settled in round one. Sheila Sherwood (GBR) jumped 6.60 (21-8), bettering that in round five with 6.68 (21-11) for the silver; while Soviet Tatyana Talysheva jumped 6.55 (21-6) in round one and went 6.66 (21-10¼) in round two for her bronze medal winning leap.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | 29 | Romania | ROU | Gold | WR |
| 2 | Sheila Parkin-Sherwood | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | Silver | |
| 3 | Tatyana Talysheva | 30 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | |
| 4 | Burghild Wieczorek | 25 | East Germany | GDR | ||
| 5 | Mirosława Sarna | 26 | Poland | POL | ||
| 6 | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | 26 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 7 | Berit Berthelsen | 24 | Norway | NOR | ||
| 8 | Heide Rosendahl | 21 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 9 | Violet Odogwu | 26 | Nigeria | NGR | ||
| 10 | Martha Rae Watson | 22 | United States | USA | ||
| 11 | Willye White | 28 | United States | USA | ||
| 12 | Maureen Barton-Chitty | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 13 | Ann Wilson | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 14 | Bärbel Löhnert | 26 | East Germany | GDR | ||
| 15 QR | Manon Bornholdt | 18 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 16 QR | Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein | 22 | Poland | POL | ||
| 17 QR | Marcia Garbey | 19 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 18 QR | Etelka Kispál | 27 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 19 QR | Helēna Ringa | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 20 QR | Mercedes Román | 23 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 21 QR | Gunilla Cederström | 25 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 22 QR | Alice Annum | 19 | Ghana | GHA | ||
| 23 QR | Lin Chun-Yu | 18 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | ||
| 24 QR | Jean Robotham | 24 | Costa Rica | CRC | ||
| AC QR | Joan Hendry | 23 | Canada | CAN | ||
| AC QR | Cecilia Sosa | 20 | El Salvador | ESA | ||
| AC QR | Sieglinde Ammann | 22 | Switzerland | SUI |
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