- Olga Gyarmati
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The native form of this personal name is Gyarmati Olga. This article uses the Western name order.
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for 
HungaryOlympic Games Gold 1948 London Long jump Olga Gyarmati (born October 5, 1924 in Debrecen) is a retired Hungarian athlete who competed at three Olympic Games in four different events. Her greatest success was winning the inaugural Olympic Women's Long Jump competition in London in 1948.
Lifetime bests[1]
- 100m 11.9 (1951)
- 200m 24.8 (1951)
- High Jump 1.60m (1950)
- Long Jump 6.23m (1953)
Olympic career[1]
- Long Jump: Gold medal, 5.695m (Olympic Record)
- High Jump: 17th=, 1.40m
1952 Summer Olympics, Helsinki:
- Long Jump: 10th, 5.67m
- 200m: 5th in 3rd heat round 1, 25.5 (did not qualify for next round)
- 4x100m relay: Hungarian team disqualified in heat
1956 Summer Olympics, Melbourne:
- Long Jump: 11th, 5.66m
External links
Olympic Champions in Women's Long Jump 1948: Olga Gyarmati (HUN) · 1952: Yvette Williams (NZL) · 1956: Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) · 1960: Vera Krepkina (URS) · 1964: Mary Rand (GBR) · 1968: Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROU) · 1972: Heide Rosendahl (FRG) · 1976: Angela Voigt (GDR) · 1980: Tatyana Kolpakova (URS) · 1984: Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu (ROU) · 1988: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) · 1992: Heike Drechsler (GER) · 1996: Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) · 2000: Heike Drechsler (GER) · 2004: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) · 2008: Maurren Maggi (BRA)
Categories:- 1924 births
- Living people
- Hungarian long jumpers
- Hungarian sprinters
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Hungary
- People from Debrecen
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Hungarian athletics biography stubs
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