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Mary Denise Rand, MBE (née Bignal; born 10 February 1940) is a British former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field.
The Women's long jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14. [1] Competition format ... World record Mary Rand ...
The women's long jump was one of two women's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October 1964. It was held on 14 October 1964. 32 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.
The first world record in the women's long jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. ... Mary Rand (GBR) Tokyo ...
The British long jump athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, [1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.
It was the first time ever that the men's and women's championships were held jointly at the same venue and date—for all years previously, they were held separately. At the championships, Norma Harris and Janell Smith both ran the American record in the women's 440 yards, with the race being declared a dead heat and tie for the
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In 1961 she set a world record at 6.48 m and extended it to 6.53 m in 1962 to and 6.70 m in 1964. However, in the Olympic final she only managed 6.42 m, while the winner Mary Rand broke the world record at 6.76 m. Shchelkanova won two European titles in the long jump, in 1962 and 1966 (indoor). [1]