Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

The women's long jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

[1] In the final, the three medalists separated from the rest of the field on their first attempts, just as they had in qualifying.

Elżbieta Krzesińska, who had set the world record three months earlier, jumped 6.20m, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili went 6.00 meters exactly and 16 year old Willye White jumped 5.96m.

In the second round, Krzesińska equalled her world record 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in).

In the third round, White jumped 6.06m to move into silver position.