1938 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

Events at the 1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's long jump at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Vienna, at the time part of German Reich, at Praterstadion on 17 September 1938.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Irmgard Praetz  Germany
Silver	Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland
Bronze	Gisela Voß  Germany

Results

Final

17 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Irmgard Praetz	Germany	5.88	CR
	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	5.81
	Gisela Voß	Germany	5.47
4	Ethel Raby	United Kingdom	5.44
5	Veronika Kohlbach	Germany	5.41
6	Vedder Schenck	United Kingdom	5.34
7	Inge Schmidt-Nielsen	Denmark	5.27
8	Henryka Słomczewska	Poland	5.15
9	Ita Penzo	Italy	5.08
10	Martha Wretman	Sweden	5.02
11	Dorothy Cosnett	United Kingdom	4.97
12	Ingrid Hansson	Sweden	4.90
13	Anna Van Rossum	Belgium	4.75
14	Jeanne Pousset	Belgium	4.51
15	Ilse Uus	Estonia	4.25

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

Belgium (2)  Denmark (1)

Estonia (1)  Germany (3)

Italy (1)  Poland (2)

Sweden (2)  United Kingdom (3)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014