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1926 Women's World Games – standing long jump

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Standing long jump
at the 1926 Women's World Games
Gold medal winner Japanese Kinue Hitomi
VenueSlottsskogsvallen
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
Dates29 August 1926
Winning score2.49 m
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    Czechoslovakia
bronze medal    Great Britain
← 1922

The Standing Long Jump event at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen was the second time the standing long jump was held at Women's World Games. The event took place on the last day of the Games on 29 August 1926.

Japanese Kinue Hitomi won the event with a distance of 2.49 metres, ahead of Czechoslovak Zdena Smolová and British Barbara Holliday.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Distance (m) Notes
1 Kinue Hitomi  Japan 2.49
2 Zdena Smolová  Czechoslovakia 2.47
3 Barbara Holliday  Great Britain 2.37
4 Märtha Johansson  Sweden 2.29
5 Florence Birchenough  Great Britain 2.2?
6 Vera Jacobssen  Sweden 2.28
7 Evelyne Cloupet  France 2.22
8 ? ? ?
9 Lucienne Laudré-Viel  France 2.09 [2]

Source:[1][3][4]

References

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  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.
  2. "LUCIENNE LAUDRE". French Athletics (in French).
  3. "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 31 August 1926. p. 4.
  4. "EVELYNE CLOUPET". French Athletics (in French).

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