Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's long jump

The women's long jump event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 10 and 11 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Women's long jump at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sue Reeve England	Erica Hooker Australia	June Griffith Guyana

Results

Qualification

Held on 10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Erica Hooker	Australia	6.16	q
	Lynette Jacenko	Australia	6.16	q
13	Jennifer Swanston	Barbados	5.52
	Charity Muhuhe	Kenya	DNS
	Hannah Bantamoi	Sierra Leone	DNS

Final

Held on 11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Sue Reeve	England	6.59
	Erica Hooker	Australia	6.58
	June Griffith	Guyana	6.52
4	Susan Hearnshaw	England	6.40
5	Shonel Ferguson	Bahamas	6.24
6	Jeanette Yawson	Ghana	6.19
7	Ruth Howell	Wales	6.17
8	Lynette Jacenko	Australia	6.14
9	Jill Ross	Canada	6.07
10	Diane Jones-Konihowski	Canada	6.05
11	Noeline Hodgins	New Zealand	5.86
12	Esther Otieno	Kenya	5.84

References

• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results