1926 Women's World Games – long jump

Long jump
at the 1926 Women's World Games
Long jump ; at the 1926 Women's World Games
	Gold medal winner Japanese Kinue Hitomi during the event.
Venue	Slottsskogsvallen
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Winning score	5.50 m WR
Medalists
	← 1922 1930 →

The long jump event at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen was the second time the long jump was held at Women's World Games.

Japanese Kinue Hitomi won the event with in a new world record of 5.50 meter. Behind her British Muriel Gunn finished second and Czechoslovak Zdena Smolová finished third.^[1]

Records

This was the standing world record (in metres) prior to the 1926 Women's World Games.^[2]

World record	Muriel Gunn (GBR)	5.485	London, United Kingdom	2 August 1926	^[2]

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance (m)	Notes
	Kinue Hitomi	Japan	5.50	WR
	Muriel Gunn	Great Britain	5.44
	Zdena Smolová	Czechoslovakia	5.28
4	Asta Plathino [sv]	Sweden	5.16
5	?	?	?
6	?	?	?
7	?	?	?
8	?	?	?
9	Lucienne Laudré-Viel	France	4.63	^[3]
1?	Léontine Stevens	Belgium	4.51	^[4]
12	Geneviève Laloz [fr]	France	4.41	^[5]
	Josephine Matthews	Great Britain	?

Source:^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. p. 646. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
↑ "LUCIENNE LAUDRE". French Athletics (in French).
↑ "De vrouwenspelen van Ghotemburg" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 31 August 1926 – via uurl.kbr.be. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "GENEVIEVE LALOZ". French Athletics (in French).

Other websites

Image of Kinue Hitomi during the event (winner)
Image of Muriel Gunn during the event (runner-up)
Image of Asta Platino during the event (4th place)
Image of Josephine Matthews during the event

[Swedish-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.

[iaaf2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. p. 646. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[3] "LUCIENNE LAUDRE". French Athletics (in French).

[Belgian3-4] "De vrouwenspelen van Ghotemburg" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 31 August 1926 – via uurl.kbr.be. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

[5] "GENEVIEVE LALOZ". French Athletics (in French).

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