1938 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

Events at the 1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's high jump at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Vienna, at the time part of German Reich, at Praterstadion on 18 September 1938.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ibolya Csák  Hungary
Silver	Nelly van Balen Blanken  Netherlands
Bronze	Feodora zu Solms  Germany

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ibolya Csák	Hungary	1.64	CR NR
	Nelly van Balen Blanken	Netherlands	1.64	NR
	Feodora zu Solms	Germany	1.64
4	Dorothy Cosnett	United Kingdom	1.58
5	Dora Gardner	United Kingdom	1.58
6	Ilsebill Pfenning	Switzerland	1.55
7	Karin Färnström	Sweden	1.55
8	Wanda Nowak	Germany	1.50
9	Dora Ratjen	Germany	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 9 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.

Germany (3)  Hungary (1)

Netherlands (1)  Sweden (1)

Switzerland (1)

United Kingdom (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014