Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
DateJuly 27
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Medalists
   South Africa
   Great Britain
   Soviet Union
Athletics at the
1952 Summer Olympics
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
10 km walk 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 1952 Olympic Games took place on 27 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. South African athlete Esther Brand won the gold medal.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Netherlands Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 1.71 m Amsterdam, Netherlands 30 May 1943
Olympic record  Alice Coachman (USA) 1.68 m London, United Kingdom 7 August 1948

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Competition consisted of a final round with all 17 contestants.

Rank Athlete 1.351.401.451.501.551.581.611.631.651.671.69 Result
1st Esther Brand (RSA) ooooooxoxoxxoxxx1.67
2nd Sheila Lerwill (GBR) oxooooxxxoxxoxxx1.65
3rd Aleksandra Chudina (URS) ooooxooxxx1.63
4 Thelma Hopkins (GBR) oooxxx1.58
5 Olga Modrachová (TCH) oooooxxx1.58
6 Fedora Schenk (AUT) oooxoxxx1.58
7 Nina Kossova (URS) oooxxoxxx1.58
7 Dorothy Tyler (GBR) oooxxoxxx1.58
9 Gunhild Larking (SWE) ooooxxx1.55
10 Alice Whitty (CAN) ooooxoxxx1.55
11 Galina Ganeker (URS) oxoxoxxx1.55
12 Deyse de Castro (BRA) oxxx1.50
13 Dawn Josephs (CAN) ooooxxx1.50
14 Solveig Ericsson (SWE) oxooxxx1.50
15 Seija Pöntinen (FIN) ooxxoxxx1.50
16 Sisko Heikkilä (FIN) ooxxx1.40
17 Tamar Metal (ISR) oxoxxx1.40

References

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