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Mary RandMBE. 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. Until Emma Finucane in 2024, she was the only British female athlete to ...
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.
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 ...
Mary Rand: 80m hurdles, high jump & long jump: 1 x gold Allan Rushmer: 3 miles: 1 x bronze Peter Seddon: hammer: John Sherwood: 440y hurdles: Sheila Parkin: long jump: 1 x silver Dorothy Shirley: high jump: 1 x silver Ann Simmonds: 80m hurdles, long jump & high jump: Alan Simpson: 1 mile: 1 x silver Janet Simpson: 100 & 220y, relay: 1 x silver ...
4×100 m relay. Representing England. British Empire and Commonwealth Games. 1962 Perth. 4×110 yd relay. Ann Elizabeth Packer MBE (born 8 March 1942) is an English former sprinter, hurdler and long jumper. She won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver in the 400 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1]
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.
Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman: high jump details: Iolanda Balaş Romania: Michele Brown Australia: Taisia Chenchik Soviet Union: long jump details: Mary Rand Great Britain: Irena Kirszenstein Poland: Tatyana Schelkanova Soviet Union: shot put details: Tamara Press Soviet Union: Renate Culmberger United Team of Germany: Galina Zybina ...
The women's long jump event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 28–29 July. Medalists. Gold: Silver: Bronze: Elva Goulbourne