Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

The women's long jump event was, for the first time, part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4, 1948. The final was won by Hungarian Olga Gyarmati.

Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World record was as follows.

Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Qualifying round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 5.30m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Final standings
Key: OR = Olympic record