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Long Jump, Women

Date	23 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	30 from 19 countries

In May 1976 Angela Voigt (GDR) had broken the world record with 6.92 (22-8½), but ten days later, her teammate, Siegrun Siegl bettered that record with 6.99 (22-11¼). In the first round of the final, Voigt settled the gold medal with 6.72 (22-0¾), which was not surpassed. American Kathy McMillan surprised with 6.66 (21-10¼) in round five to win the silver medal. Siegl could do no better than 6.59 (21-7½) in round three losing the bronze medal to Lidiya Alfeyeva (URS), who had also led the qualifying.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	165	Angela Voigt	GDR	6.44 (2)	6.72 (1)	Gold
2	376	Kathy McMillan	USA	6.25 (10)	6.66 (2)	Silver
3	326	Lidiya Alfeyeva	URS	6.54 (1)	6.60 (3)	Bronze
4	160	Siegrun Siegl	GDR	6.42 (4)	6.59 (4)
5	208	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	HUN	6.42 (3)	6.57 (5)
6	315	Jarmila Nygrýnová	TCH	6.41 (6)	6.54 (6)
7	167	Heidemarie Wycisk	GDR	6.42 (5)	6.39 (7)
8	298	Elena Vintilă	ROU	6.28 (8)	6.38 (8)
9	125	Sue Reeve	GBR	6.26 (9)	6.27 (9)
10	204	Anikó Milassin	HUN	6.22 (12)	6.19 (10)
11	65	Diane Jones	CAN	6.28 (7)	6.13 (11)
AC r2/2	48	Lilyana Panayotova-Ivanova	BUL	6.22 (11)	– (NM)
13 r1/2	81	Ana Alexander	CUB	6.20 (13)	–
14 r1/2	385	Sherron Walker	USA	6.20 (14)	–
15 r1/2	47	Ekaterina Nedeva	BUL	6.16 (15)	–
16 r1/2	40	Silvina Pereira	BRA	6.13 (16)	–
17 r1/2	194	Maroula Lambrou	GRE	6.13 (17)	–
18 r1/2	200	Ciska Jansen	NED	6.10 (18)	–
19 r1/2	183	Christa Striezel	FRG	6.09 (19)	–
20 r1/2	295	Doina Spînu	ROU	6.06 (20)	–
21 r1/2	238	Sumie Awara	JPN	6.04 (21)	–
22 r1/2	201	Ilona Bruzsenyák	HUN	6.02 (22)	–
23 r1/2	331	Lyudmila Borsuk	URS	5.98 (23)	–
24 r1/2	123	Myra Nimmo	GBR	5.94 (24)	–
25 r1/2	386	Martha Rae Watson	USA	5.93 (25)	–
26 r1/2	391	Radojka Francoti	YUG	5.83 (26)	–
27 r1/2	93	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	FIJ	5.79 (27)	–
28 r1/2	23	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	5.62 (28)	–
29 r1/2	305	Graziella Santini	SMR	4.90 (29)	–
AC r1/2	316	Eva Šuranová	TCH	– (NM)	–
DNS	18	Hannah Kleinpeter	AUT	– (DNS)	–
DNS	231	Andrea Bruce	JAM	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	23 July 1976

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	326	Lidiya Alfeyeva	URS	6.54	0.0	–	Q
2	165	Angela Voigt	GDR	6.44	+0.1	–	Q
3	208	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	HUN	6.42	0.0	6.24	Q
4	160	Siegrun Siegl	GDR	6.42	0.0	6.16	Q
5	167	Heidemarie Wycisk	GDR	6.42	0.0	p	Q
6	315	Jarmila Nygrýnová	TCH	6.41	+0.7	–	Q
7	65	Diane Jones	CAN	6.28	0.0	6.24	q
8	298	Elena Vintilă	ROU	6.28	0.0	6.16	q
9	125	Sue Reeve	GBR	6.26	0.0	–	q
10	376	Kathy McMillan	USA	6.25	+0.3	–	q
11	48	Lilyana Panayotova-Ivanova	BUL	6.22	+0.5	6.17	q
12	204	Anikó Milassin	HUN	6.22	+0.2	5.92	q
13	81	Ana Alexander	CUB	6.20	+0.3	6.11
14	385	Sherron Walker	USA	6.20	0.0	5.98
15	47	Ekaterina Nedeva	BUL	6.16	+0.8	–
16	40	Silvina Pereira	BRA	6.13	0.0	6.06
17	194	Maroula Lambrou	GRE	6.13	0.0	6.01
18	200	Ciska Jansen	NED	6.10	0.0	–
19	183	Christa Striezel	FRG	6.09	0.0	–
20	295	Doina Spînu	ROU	6.06	+0.3	–
21	238	Sumie Awara	JPN	6.04	0.0	–
22	201	Ilona Bruzsenyák	HUN	6.02	+0.7	–
23	331	Lyudmila Borsuk	URS	5.98	0.0	–
24	123	Myra Nimmo	GBR	5.94	+0.2	–
25	386	Martha Rae Watson	USA	5.93	0.0	–
26	391	Radojka Francoti	YUG	5.83	0.0	–
27	93	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	FIJ	5.79	+0.8	–
28	23	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	5.62	+0.6	–
29	305	Graziella Santini	SMR	4.90	0.0	–
NM	316	Eva Šuranová	TCH	–	–	–
DNS	18	Hannah Kleinpeter	AUT	–	–	–
DNS	231	Andrea Bruce	JAM	–	–	–

Group A

Date	23 July 1976

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	1	Angela Voigt	GDR	6.44	+0.1	–	6.44 (+0.1)	p	p
2	3	Siegrun Siegl	GDR	6.42	0.0	6.16	5.89 (+1.1)	6.16 (0.0)	6.42 (0.0)
3	7	Heidemarie Wycisk	GDR	6.42	0.0	p	6.42 (0.0)	p	p
4	4	Jarmila Nygrýnová	TCH	6.41	+0.7	–	6.41 (+0.7)	p	p
5	10	Elena Vintilă	ROU	6.28	0.0	–	5.61 (+0.5)	6.28 (0.0)	6.16 (+0.9)
6	8	Kathy McMillan	USA	6.25	+0.3	–	x (-)	6.21 (+0.3)	6.25 (+0.3)
7	9	Lilyana Panayotova-Ivanova	BUL	6.22	+0.5	6.17	6.22 (0.0)	6.17 (0.0)	6.17 (+0.5)
8	16	Anikó Milassin	HUN	6.22	+0.2	5.92	5.92 (+0.2)	5.82 (0.0)	6.22 (+0.2)
9	15	Ana Alexander	CUB	6.20	+0.3	–	6.11 (0.0)	x (-)	6.20 (+0.3)
10	12	Ekaterina Nedeva	BUL	6.16	+0.8	–	x (-)	5.91 (+0.2)	6.16 (+0.8)
11	6	Doina Spînu	ROU	6.06	+0.3	–	5.89 (+0.5)	x (-)	6.06 (+0.3)
12	2	Ilona Bruzsenyák	HUN	6.02	+0.7	–	5.80 (0.0)	6.02 (+0.7)	x (-)
13	13	Myra Nimmo	GBR	5.94	+0.2	–	5.90 (+0.7)	x (-)	5.94 (+0.2)
14	14	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	FIJ	5.79	+0.8	–	5.79 (+0.6)	x (-)	5.49 (+0.8)
15	11	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	5.62	+0.6	–	4.61 (0.0)	5.17 (+0.1)	5.62 (+0.6)
16	5	Graziella Santini	SMR	4.90	0.0	–	x (-)	x (-)	4.90 (0.0)

Group B

Date	23 July 1976

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	6	Lidiya Alfeyeva	URS	6.54	0.0	–	6.54 (0.0)	p	p
2	3	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	HUN	6.42	0.0	–	6.24 (+0.2)	6.42 (0.0)	p
3	16	Diane Jones	CAN	6.28	0.0	–	6.10 (0.0)	6.24 (0.0)	6.28 (0.0)
4	2	Sue Reeve	GBR	6.26	0.0	–	6.17 (0.0)	6.24 (0.0)	6.26 (0.0)
5	15	Sherron Walker	USA	6.20	0.0	–	5.98 (0.0)	x (-)	6.20 (0.0)
6	1	Silvina Pereira	BRA	6.13	0.0	6.06	6.13 (0.0)	6.06 (0.0)	6.01 (0.0)
7	5	Maroula Lambrou	GRE	6.13	0.0	6.01	6.01 (0.0)	x (-)	6.13 (0.0)
8	9	Ciska Jansen	NED	6.10	0.0	–	6.10 (0.0)	x (-)	6.02 (0.0)
9	4	Christa Striezel	FRG	6.09	0.0	–	6.09 (0.0)	6.06 (0.0)	6.07 (0.0)
10	10	Sumie Awara	JPN	6.04	0.0	–	6.04 (0.0)	x (-)	5.92 (0.0)
11	14	Lyudmila Borsuk	URS	5.98	0.0	–	x (-)	4.89 (0.0)	5.98 (0.0)
12	8	Martha Rae Watson	USA	5.93	0.0	–	5.93 (0.0)	5.70 (0.0)	5.83 (0.0)
13	12	Radojka Francoti	YUG	5.83	0.0	–	5.83 (0.0)	5.82 (0.0)	5.63 (0.0)
NM	11	Eva Šuranová	TCH	–	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)
DNS	7	Hannah Kleinpeter	AUT	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	13	Andrea Bruce	JAM	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	23 July 1976 — 15:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #4 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #5 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #6 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	8	Angela Voigt	GDR	6.72	0.0	6.72 (0.0)	x (-)	6.50 (-0.4)	6.53 (0.0)	x (-)	6.57 (-0.1)
2	12	Kathy McMillan	USA	6.66	-0.6	x (-)	6.31 (+0.4)	6.43 (-0.1)	6.47 (0.0)	6.66 (-0.6)	x (-)
3	10	Lidiya Alfeyeva	URS	6.60	0.0	6.46 (-0.6)	x (-)	6.34 (0.0)	6.60 (0.0)	6.46 (-0.8)	6.39 (-0.4)
4	9	Siegrun Siegl	GDR	6.59	-0.8	6.51 (0.0)	6.36 (-1.3)	6.59 (-0.8)	4.87 (-0.2)	6.55 (0.0)	6.57 (-0.5)
5	11	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	HUN	6.57	0.0	6.51 (0.0)	6.51 (0.0)	6.57 (0.0)	6.40 (0.0)	6.47 (-0.9)	x (-)
6	7	Jarmila Nygrýnová	TCH	6.54	0.0	6.04 (-0.2)	6.15 (0.0)	6.54 (0.0)	x (-)	6.36 (0.0)	6.50 (0.0)
7	5	Heidemarie Wycisk	GDR	6.39	0.0	6.21 (-0.7)	6.39 (0.0)	6.38 (0.0)	x (-)	6.37 (-0.6)	6.05 (-0.8)
8	4	Elena Vintilă	ROU	6.38	0.0	6.38 (0.0)	6.36 (0.0)	x (-)	6.18 (-0.1)	6.31 (-0.4)	x (-)
9	6	Sue Reeve	GBR	6.27	0.0	6.27 (0.0)	6.06 (0.0)	x (-)	–	–	–
10	1	Anikó Milassin	HUN	6.19	-0.2	5.88 (0.0)	6.19 (-0.2)	6.01 (0.0)	–	–	–
11	3	Diane Jones	CAN	6.13	-0.8	6.13 (-0.8)	5.93 (0.0)	6.04 (0.0)	–	–	–
NM	2	Lilyana Panayotova-Ivanova	BUL	–	–	x (-)	x (-)	x (-)	–	–	–