Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates	August 9
Medalists
Ibolya Csák Hungary   Dorothy Odam Great Britain   Elfriede Kaun Germany

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
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 steeple		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
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 9, 1936. The final was won by Hungarian Ibolya Csák.

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	Notes
	Ibolya Csák	Hungary	1.60
	Dorothy Odam	Great Britain	1.60
	Elfriede Kaun	Germany	1.60
4	Dora Ratjen	Germany	1.58
5	Marguerite Nicolas	France	1.58
6	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	1.55
6	Annette Rogers	United States	1.55
6	Doris Carter	Australia	1.55
9	Alice Arden	United States	1.50
9	Kathlyn Kelly	United States	1.50
9	Margaret Bell	Canada	1.50
9	Wanda Nowak	Austria	1.50
9	Nellie Carrington	Great Britain	1.50
14	Catherine Stevens	Belgium	1.40
14	Tini Koopmans	Netherlands	1.40
14	Junko Nishida	Japan	1.40
17	Irja Lipasti	Finland	1.30

References

• 1936 Summer Olympics results: Women's high jump, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-05-25.