Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

The Women's Long Jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec had an entry list of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the finals took place on July 23, 1976.

Women's long jump at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	July 23 (qualifications and finals)
Competitors	30 from 20 nations
Winning distance	6.72
Medalists
Angela Voigt  East Germany Kathy McMillan  United States Lidiya Alfeyeva  Soviet Union

Qualifying

All jumpers 6.30 metres and the top 12 ties advance to the final round. All heights are in metres.

Overall	Athlete	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3
1	Lidiya Alfeyeva	Soviet Union	6.54	6.54	-	-
2	Angela Voigt	East Germany	6.44	6.44	–	–
3	Ildikó Erdélyi	Hungary	6.42	6.24	6.42	–
4	Siegrun Siegl	East Germany	6.42	6.16	6.42	–
5	Heidemarie Wycisk	East Germany	6.42	6.42	-	–
6	Jarmila Nygrýnová	Czechoslovakia	6.41	6.41	–	–
7	Diane Jones	Canada	6.28	6.28	-	-
8	Elena Vintilă	Romania	6.28	6.28	-	-
9	Sue Reeve	Great Britain	6.26	6.26	–	–
10	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.25	6.25	-	–
11	Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova	Bulgaria	6.22	6.22	-	-
12	Anikó Milassin	Hungary	6.22	6.22	–	–
13	Ana Alexander	Cuba	6.20	6.20	–	–
14	Sherron Walker	United States	6.20	6.20	–	–
15	Ekaterina Nedeva	Bulgaria	6.16	6.16	-	-
16	Silvina Pereira da Silva	Brazil	6.13	6.13	-	-
17	Maroula Lambrou-Teloni	Greece	6.13	6.13	-	-
18	Ciska Jansen	Netherlands	6.10	6.10	-	-
19	Christa Striezel	West Germany	6.09	6.09	-	-
20	Doina Spînu	Romania	6.06	6.06	-	-
21	Sumie Awara	Japan	6.04	6.04	-	-
22	Ilona Bruzsenyák	Hungary	6.02	6.02	-	-
23	Lyudmila Borsuk	Soviet Union	5.98	5.98	-	-
24	Myra Nimmo	Great Britain	5.94	5.94	-	-
25	Martha Watson	United States	5:93	5.93	-	-
26	Radojka Francoti	Yugoslavia	5.83	5.83	-	-
27	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	Fiji	5.79	5.79	-	-
28	Shonel Ferguson	Bahamas	5.62	5.62	-	-
29	Graziella Santini	San Marino	4.90	4.90	-	-
AC	Eva Šuranová	Czechoslovakia	NM	-	-	-

Final standings

Overall	Athlete	Nationality	Mark
	Angela Voigt	East Germany	6.72
	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.66
	Lidiya Alfeyeva	Soviet Union	6.60
4	Siegrun Siegl	East Germany	6.59
5	Ildikó Erdélyi	Hungary	6.57
6	Jarmila Nygrýnová	Czechoslovakia	6.54
7	Heidemarie Wycisk	East Germany	6.39
8	Elena Vintilă	Romania	6.38
9	Sue Reeve	Great Britain	6.27
10	Anikó Milassin	Hungary	6.19
11	Diane Jones	Canada	6.13
12	Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova	Bulgaria	Did Not Start